Field Mill

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Field Mill

Full name	Field Mill Stadium
Nickname	The Field or Feel Ill
Built	1919
Opened	1919
Capacity	10,000
Home of	Mansfield Town F.C.
Pitch size	114 x 70 yards

Field Mill is a multi-use stadium in Mansfield, England. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Mansfield Town F.C.. The stadium holds 10,000.

[edit] History

Football has been played on the Field Mill site since 1861, making it one of the oldest football grounds in the country. Mansfield Town F.C. first started playing matches there in the 1919/20 season. The ground saw it first league football in 1933 following Mansfield's election to the football league.

The first grandstand was erected in 1922 along the length of the west side of the ground. The other 3 sides were initally mounds formed from pit ash. In 1929 a covered stand was built on the Bishop Street side and occupied a similar position to the Bishop Street Stand of today.

Concrete terracing was built in 1947 and in 1957 a stand on the North Side was added.

In the 60s a new grandstand was purchased, for the west side, from Hurst Park Racecourse in Lincoln. The cost was £30,000, however the final amount spent was considerably more than this once the cost of transportation and reconstruction had been taken into account. The stand was first used in 1966 but it was not fully completed until 1971.

In July 1999 work began to completely modernise Field Mill. The North Stand, Quarry Lane End and West Stand were completely demolished and new stands built in there place, including a two tier stand on the west side of the ground. The 'new' ground was officially opened by John Prescott on the 28th July 2001, 6 months after work had been completed.

Football League Two venues, 2006-2007
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