Jenner Park Stadium
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Jenner Park's modern grandstand.
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| Location | Barry |
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| Operator | Vale of Glamorgan Council |
| Capacity | 2,000 seated |
| Surface | 3G turf and synthetic track |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1912-1913 |
| Opened | 1913 |
| Renovated | 1986-1989, 2015 |
| Expanded | 1996 |
| Tenants | |
| Barry Town United (1913–present) | |
Jenner Park is the premier sports stadium in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan and traditional home of football club, Barry Town United.
Overview
Jenner Park occupies the space of land between Barry's Gladstone Road and Barry Road and has been the setting for the evolution of Barry's senior football club for more than 100 years, as well as hosting athletics, greyhound racing and other attractions over the decades.
Named after the Jenner family who had gifted the land, the ground was built by the Barry football enthusiasts for their representative side to compete at the highest possible level and was completed between the landmark meeting of 1912 and the opening fixture of 1913-14.
Among the most notable Barry matches played at Jenner Park have been European ties, domestic cup finals, major semi-finals and quarter-finals, FA Cup fixtures, televised matches, testimonials, high-scoring thrillers and friendlies against high-profile opposition.
Comprised initially of two wooden stands, popular bank terracing was added in 1923 and floodlights added in the 1940s, allowing Jenner Park to host Wales' first ever floodlit football match between Barry and Newport in 1949-50.
During the 1980s, the local council rebuilt Jenner Park, installing a synthetic running track, a new all-seater stand and improved floodlights. Then, in order to bring Jenner Park up to UEFA standards, a second covered stand was built in the mid 1990s, boosting the seating capacity to 2,500. This was increased to over 6,000 for the visits of Aberdeen and Manchester United in 1996 with the use of temporary bleachers behind each goal; a practice no longer permitted.
Recent years have seen the addition of a special viewing area for wheelchair users in the grandstand (known colloquially as the 'Old Stand'), accessible via the stadium's Devon Avenue entrance. Most recently, August 2015 saw work commence on a new, state-of-the-art 3G pitch, to be ready for November 2015.
See also
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
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