Broadfield Stadium

Checkatrade.com Stadium
Construction

Full name	Checkatrade.com Stadium
Location	Crawley, West Sussex
Owner	Crawley Borough Council
Capacity	6,134
Field size	110 x 75 yards
Built	1997
Opened	1997
Tenants
Crawley Town F.C.

Broadfield Stadium (known as the Checkatrade.com Stadium for sponsorship purposes) is a multi-purpose stadium in Crawley, England. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Crawley Town F.C. The stadium has a capacity of 6,134 people, and is owned by Crawley Borough Council. From 1 September 2013, the stadium has been known as The Checkatrade.com Stadium as a result of a 5-year sponsorship deal.^[1]

Stands

West Stand

Broadfield Stadium - West stand

The West Stand is the main stand, running two thirds of the length of the pitch. It contains club offices, merchandise shop, changing rooms and hospitality. It is raised above pitch level meaning that fans have to climb a small flight of stairs at the front to enter the seated area. Prior to the building of the East Stand, it was the only stand in the stadium to contain seats and a small section at the north end of the stand was available to away supporters. It is now entirely for home support.

North and South Stands

Two identical small roofed terraces. The south stand contains the most vocal home support and the north stand is allocated to away fans. Both stands curve around the corners of the pitch to meet up with the west stand.

Checkatrade.com Stand

The East stand is an all seated roofed stand with a capacity of 2,154.^[2] It is mainly for home fans although some seats at the north end of the stand are available to away supporters. The stand opened for the first time on Good Friday 2012 for the League Two home game against Crewe Alexandra.

The stand was planned following promotion to the football league in May 2011, to comply with Football League regulations. Work on the East Stand of the stadium started in early February 2012. It replaced the uncovered East terrace which was a standing area.

Alongside the stadium renaming in September 2013, the East stand was renamed as The Checkatrade.com Stand.^[3]

Location

The Stadium is located next to a roundabout about a mile from Crawley railway station and two miles from Three Bridges railway station, which is on the Brighton Main Line. The roundabout has a large white and red football in the centre and is at the end of the Brighton Road, which is easy to find from junction eleven on the M23 motorway.

References

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↑ "Checkatrade.com partners with Crawley Town FC". Midnight Communications. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
↑ "Crawley Town’s new stand will make a ‘fantastic atmosphere’". Crawley Observer. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
↑ "Checkatrade.com partners with Crawley Town FC". Midnight Communications. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.

Crawley Town Football Club

History Seasons

Grounds	Broadfield Stadium

Seasons	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

2015–16 Football League Two venues

Abbey Stadium Adams Park Bootham Crescent Brisbane Road Broadfield Stadium Broadhall Way Brunton Park Crown Ground Field Mill Fratton Park Globe Arena Home Park Huish Park Kassam Stadium Kenilworth Road Kingsmeadow Meadow Lane Memorial Stadium Rodney Parade Sixfields Stadium St James Park The Hive Stadium Victoria Park Victoria Road

Crawley, West Sussex

Administration	Constituency Local Elections MP: Henry Smith Gatwick Diamond Public services

The New Town	Crawley Development Corporation Thomas Bennett Anthony Minoprio

Neighbourhoods and other areas	Bewbush Broadfield Fernhill Forge Wood Furnace Green Gossops Green Ifield Langley Green Lowfield Heath Maidenbower Manor Royal Industrial Northgate Pound Hill Southgate Three Bridges Tilgate Tinsley Green West Green Worth

Geography	Gatwick Stream River Mole

Transport	Crawley Station Gatwick Airport Station Ifield Station Three Bridges Station M23 motorway A23 road Metrobus Fastway Gatwick Airport Timeline Proposed expansion

Education	Central Sussex College Ifield Community College Thomas Bennett Community College Hazelwick School Holy Trinity School Oriel High School St Wilfrid's School

Places of worship	Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony Ifield Friends Meeting House St John the Baptist's Church St Margaret's Church St Michael and All Angels Church St Nicholas' Church

Buildings	Ancient Priors Brewery Shades Broadfield House Charlwood House City Place Gatwick Crawley Hospital Dyers Almshouses George Hotel Ifield Water Mill Old Punch Bowl The Beehive Tree House White Hart Inn

Heritage	Conservation areas Listed buildings Locally listed buildings

Leisure	Broadfield Stadium Celtic and Irish Cultural Society Crawley and District Football League Crawley Rugby Club Crawley Town F.C. Hawth Theatre Tilgate Nature Centre Tilgate Park Worth Park Gardens Worth Way

Coordinates: 51°05′58.94″N 0°11′41.16″W / 51.0997056°N 0.1947667°W / 51.0997056; -0.1947667

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