St Georges Park (Newport)

St Georges Park
Location St Georges Way, Newport
Capacity 3,200 (300 seated)
Opened 1888
Tenants
Newport (IOW)
Isle of Wight national team

St Georges Park is an association football stadium in Newport on the Isle of Wight. It is home to Newport (IOW) F.C. and the Isle of Wight official football team, which represents Isle of Wight at the bi-annual island games.

The record attendance at the stadium is 3,112 in a pre-season friendly match against Portsmouth F.C. in 2008. The record gate for a Newport game is 2,270 for a friendly game against Portsmouth in July 2001.[1]

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Coordinates: 50°41′39.22″N 1°17′10.98″W / 50.6942278°N 1.2863833°W / 50.6942278; -1.2863833


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