Saturday 19th February 2011 KO 3pm
Capacity: 15,728 (all seated)
Address: County Road, Swindon, SN1 2ED
Main Telephone No: 0870-443-1969
Fax No: 01793-333-703
Team Nickname: The Robins
Year Ground Opened: 1896
Pitch Size: 110 x 70 yards
Shirt Sponsors: FourFourTwo
Home Kit Colours: Red & White
Meeting Place
Address: Tap & Barrel, 115 Manchester Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 2AJ
Telephone: 01793 432587
What’s the Ground Like?
At one end is the Stratton Bank Stand, a former terrace with rows of seats bolted on to it. This area is uncovered and has a clock above it as well as a small electric scoreboard. Opposite is the small, covered Town End, with several supporting pillars across the front. An unusual feature is that the supporting legs of one of the floodlight pylons are actually in one side of the stand, there are even some seats situated behind them! The sides are larger, two tiered covered stands towering above the two ends. The newest of these is the attractive Don Rogers Stand, while on the other side is the older Arkells Stand. The latter has windshields on either side and a few supporting pillars.
The ground also benefits by a striking set of four floodlight pylons. Once a feature across the country, floodlights are slowly but surely disappearing from the landscape, being replaced by rows of lights across the stand roofs. It's a shame really, if only because the floodlight pylons made it a lot easier to locate a ground in a town or city and were always synonymous with a football ground.
How To Get There By Car & Where To Park
The ground is well signposted in and around Swindon town centre. Just follow signs for ‘The County Ground’.From M4 Junc.15: Follow A345 (Queens Drive) to Drake’s roundabout. Turn left towards the Magic Roundabout, The County Ground is on the corner of this roundabout.
From the North A419 from Cricklade/Cirencester/M5:This must be the easiest route - follow Cricklade Road down the hill.It becomes Cirencester Way about halfway down. At Transfer Bridges roundabouts turn left at the first and then straight over the second. The County Ground is on the left after the mini-roundabout.
If you survive the Magic Roundabout then there is some street parking. Otherwise park at the cricket club (take County Road off the Magic Roundabout, go past the County Hotel on your right, you will see a small sign further down on your right for football parking, just before the mini roundabout) or St Josephs School (£3 opposite Burger King) by the ground.
By Train
The ground is walkable from Swindon train station and will take you around 10-15 minutes. Leave the station, cross the road and proceed up the road between the two pubs (Great Western and Queen’s Tap), continue to end of road. Turn left, proceed along Manchester Road, through traffic lights as far as you can go. At the junction turn right. The County Ground is about 300 yards up this road on the left.