Griffin Park

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Griffin Park

Full name	Griffin Park Stadium
Built	1904
Opened	1904
Capacity	12,763
Home of	Brentford F.C.
Pitch size	110 x 73 yards

Griffin Park is a football ground situated on Braemar Road in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow, west London.

It has been the home of Brentford Football Club since 1904. It was also the home ground for the London Broncos rugby league club, until their move to The Stoop at the end of the 2005 Super League season. It is situated in a predominantly residential area.

It comprises four stands: the Ealing Road end, an uncovered terrace which is closed due to work being carried out on erecting a new roof (Allocated to away fans), the New Road stand, a single tier seated stand (allocated to home fans), the Brook Road stand, a double tiered stand, comprising terracing at the lower level and seating in the upper section, and, finally, the Braemar Road stand (Main Stand) a seated single tier stand. The ground has hosted 3 international friendlies in recent times.

The newly covered Ealing Road terrace will be allocated to home fans from the 2007/8 season onwards, with the away fans being accommodated in the Brook Road end.

[edit] Trivia

It is known for being the only English league football ground to have a pub on each corner.

The ground gets its name from the Griffin in the logo of Fuller's Brewery, which at one point owned the land on which the stadium was built.

Griffin Park is beneath the flightpath of London Heathrow Airport and the roofs of the stadium are used as Europe's largest outdoor advertising space because of this. The advertising space is currently used by Qatar Airways.

The ground hosted several football games for the 1948 Summer Olympics.

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Map and aerial photo of Griffin Park from Multimap.com
Other map and aerial photo sources - Griffin Park can be seen as a square on the west side of Ealing Road (ie. left side on the map). It may be labelled Brentford FC rather than Griffin Park.

Football League One venues, 2006-2007
Alexandra Stadium \| Ashton Gate \| Bloomfield Road \| Boundary Park Brunton Park \| City Ground \| Fitness First Stadium \| Galpharm Stadium Glanford Park \| Griffin Park \| Huish Park \| Keepmoat Stadium Liberty Stadium \| Matchroom Stadium \| Millmoor \| New Den Stadium Prenton Park \| Priestfield Stadium \| Recreation Ground \| Sixfields Stadium Vale Park \| Valley Parade \| Whaddon Road \| Withdean Stadium