Peel Park (Accrington)

Peel Park
Tenants
Full name	Peel Park
Location	Accrington, Lancashire, England
Capacity	9,000 (at closing) 17,634 (record attendance)
Opened	1919
Closed	1966
Accrington Stanley F.C. (1919–1963)

Peel Park was a football stadium in Accrington, Lancashire that was the home of Accrington Stanley F.C. between 1919 until their dissolution in 1963.

The record attendance was set in a friendly match against Blackburn Rovers on 15 November 1954 with 17,634 spectators in attendance. The record for a league match occurred against York City on 11 April 1955 with 15,425 spectators.

References

Accrington Stanley Football Club

The club	Seasons Players Managers Accrington F.C. Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891) Accrington Stanley, Who Are They?

Grounds	Thorneyholme Road Peel Park Crown Ground

Seasons	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Culture and infrastructure of the Borough of Hyndburn

Transport

Accrington Corporation Steam Tramways Company Accrington Corporation Tramways Pilkingtons Buses

Railway stations	Accrington Church and Oswaldtwistle Huncoat Rishton

Disused stations	Baxenden Great Harwood

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History

Burnley Rural District

Politics

Council elections 1976 79 80 82 95 96 98 99 2000 02 03 04 06 07 08 10 11 12 14 15

Constituencies: Accrington Hyndburn North East Lancashire By-election: 1880

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