Richmond Park is a football stadium in Carmarthen, Wales. Situated on Priory Street, it is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of Carmarthen Town AFC.
Parc Waun Dew (Welsh) | |
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| Location | Richmond Park Priory Street Carmarthen SA31 1HZ |
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| Coordinates | 51°51′36″N 4°18′08″W / 51.859936°N 4.302218°W |
| Capacity | 3000 (1000 Seated)[2] |
| Field size | 103 by 65 metres (113 by 71 yd) |
| Surface | 3G |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1952 |
| Renovated | 2003, 2012 |
| Tenants | |
| Carmarthen Town A.F.C. (1952-present) | |
The stadium holds 3,000 people with 1,000 seats in the Clay Shaw Butler stand.[3] The stand is arranged with 1,000 yellow and black seats in rows, matching the colour of the home team's kit.
History
editThe club announced they would be installing a 3G all-weather pitch for the 2017/18 season. Carmarthen Town began the season with a number of games away from their Richmond Park home due these pitch renovations. With the new pitch the 'Old Gold' joined a growing list of Welsh Premier League clubs to install a 3G/4G pitch.
Richmond Park has been used for a number of International football matches. The majority of these have featured Wales national football team sides. The first match was against Scotland on 20 May 2003 which ended in a 2–1 victory for Wales.[4]
| 20 May 2003 Four Nations Tournament (Semi-Pro) | Wales  | 2 – 1 |  Scotland | Carmarthen |
Lloyd  2', 88' |
Report[usurped] | McKenzie 22' |
Stadium: Richmond Park Referee: Lee Probert (England) |
| 20 February 2007 Under-17 International Friendly | Wales | 2 – 1 |  Denmark | Carmarthen |
| 18:00 | Report[usurped] | Stadium: Richmond Park Referee: S L Evans (Wales) Assistant referees: K Morgan (Wales), P Thomas (Wales) |
| 12 November 2008 Women International Friendly | Wales | 1 – 2 |  Finland | Carmarthen |
| 19:30 | Report[usurped] | Stadium: Richmond Park Referee: Dean John (Wales) Assistant referees: Gareth Ayres (Wales), Hywel James (Wales) |
| 8 September 2009 Semi-Pro Under-23 Friendly | Wales | 1 – 2 |  Poland | Carmarthen |
| 19:30 | Report[usurped] | Stadium: Richmond Park Referee: Dean John (Wales) Assistant referees: Richard Harrington (Wales), Ian Hollyoak (Wales) |
| 28 September 2009 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship Qualifying Round | Wales | 3 – 2 |  Iceland | Carmarthen |
| 19:00 CET | Newall 50' Amadi-Holloway 51'Peniket 68' |
Report Report[usurped] |
59' Fridjonsson 66' Emilsson |
Stadium: Richmond Park Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia) |
| 3 October 2009 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship Qualifying Round | Bosnia and Herzegovina  | 1 – 1 | Iceland | Carmarthen |
| 16:00 CET | Bevab 40' |
Report | 69' Gunnarsson |
Stadium: Richmond Park Referee: Christopher Lautier (Malta) |
| 20 October 2010 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification | Wales | 3 – 3 |  Turkey | Carmarthen |
| 18:00 | Holloway 57' Bradshaw 90+1'Matthews 90+4' (pen.) |
Report Report |
7' Bekdemir 59' Özbek 61' Demir |
Stadium: Richmond Park Referee: Radek Matějek (Czech Republic) |
| 25 October 2010 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification | Iceland | 1 – 2 | Turkey | Carmarthen |
| 18:00 | Emilsson 48' |
Report | 57' Demir 90+4' Sarı |
Stadium: Richmond Park Referee: Radek Matějek (Czech Republic) |
| 2 April 2011 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Second qualifying round | Germany  | 2 – 0 | Turkey | Carmarthen |
| 15:00 | Beckmann 36' Simon 51' |
Report | Stadium: Richmond Park Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia) Assistant referees: Sabina Valieva (Russia), Richard Harrington (Wales) Fourth official: Brian James (WAL) (Wales) |
| 5 April 2011 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Second qualifying round | Turkey | 0 – 2 | Wales | Carmarthen |
| 19:00 | Report Report |
62' Green |
Stadium: Richmond Park Referee: Katalin Kulcsar (Hungary) Assistant referees: Katalin Emese Torok (Hungary), Ekaterina Marinova (Bulgaria) Fourth official: Donka Jeleva-Terzieva (Bulgaria) |
| 9 August 2012 Women Under-17 International Friendly | Wales | 0 – 2 | Poland | Carmarthen |
| 18:00 | Report[usurped] | 19' 44' |
Stadium: Richmond Park Referee: Eddie King (Wales) Assistant referees: Tom Bevan (Wales), Ryan Kenny (Wales) Fourth official: Daniel Beckett (Wales) |
| 19 September 2012 Under-17 International Friendly | Wales | 4 – 0 |  Liechtenstein | Carmarthen |
| 18:00 | Atyeo 2' Charles 12'Copp 20'O.Jones 68' |
Report[usurped] | Stadium: Richmond Park Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (Wales) Assistant referees: Ian Bird (Wales), David Morgan (Wales) Fourth official: Aled R.Jones (Wales) |
| 22 August 2013 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship | Wales | 0 – 3 |  England | Carmarthen |
| 14:00 | Report | 63' Lawley 83' Parris 89' Mead |
Stadium: Richmond Park Referee: Dilan Deniz Gökçek (Turkey) |
| 22 August 2013 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship | Finland | 1 – 0 |  Norway | Carmarthen |
| 19:00 | Engman 78' |
Report | Stadium: Richmond Park Referee: Petra Chudá (Slovakia) |
| 25 August 2013 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship | Finland | 1 – 1 | Germany | Carmarthen |
| 15:00 | Kemppi 48' |
Report | 20' Tietge |
Stadium: Richmond Park Referee: Eleni Lampadariou (Greece) |
| 28 August 2013 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship | England | 4 – 0 | Finland | Carmarthen |
| 19:00 | Mead 15', 40' Williams 34' (pen.)Sigsworth 66' |
Report | Stadium: Richmond Park Referee: Eleni Lampadariou (Greece) |
Records
editThe highest attendance recorded at Richmond Park is 911, for Carmarthen's League of Wales match against Barry Town, on 10 September 1997.[5]
The stadium hosted its first European football match in July 2007 when Carmarthen Town entertained Norwegian side SK Brann in a UEFA Cup qualification match.[6]
Transport
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Richmond Park is located to the north east of Carmarthen town centre and is easily accessible on foot, by road or by rail.[7] Directly adjacent to the ground, on either side, are two public car parks; St Peter's car park has 435 parking spaces and Priory Street car park (situated next to the club house) has 53 spaces.[8][9]
Carmarthen railway station is approximately 0.6 miles (1 km)[10] from Richmond Park and serves trains from Manchester, Swansea, Fishguard, Pembroke Dock and Milford Haven.[11] Carmarthen bus station is also approximately 0.6 miles (1 km)[12] from the ground and serves many bus routes that operate throughout South Wales and beyond.[13]
Gallery
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A panoramic view from the Clay Shaw Butler Stand.
See also
editReferences
editCitations
- ^ "UEFA Stadium Infrastructure Regulations" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ "Parc Waun Dew / Richmond Park". Carmarthen Town A.F.C. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ "Official Carmarthen Town AFC Website". Carmarthen Town AFC. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012.
- ^ Garin, Erik (18 October 2012). "Four Nations Semi-professional Tournament 2003 Results". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ^ "Carmarthen Town: Richmond Park". Welsh Premier Football. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ "Carmarthen 0-8 SK Brann Bergen". BBC Sport Wales. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2007.
- ^ "Getting to Richmond Park". Carmarthen Town AFC. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ^ "St. Peter's Car Park Details". parkopedia.co.uk. Parkopedia. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ "Priory Street Car Park Details". parkopedia.co.uk. Parkopedia. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ "Route from Carmarthen Train Station to Richmond Park". theaa.com. Automobile Association Developments Limited 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ "Carmarthen Railway Station". nationalrail.co.uk. National Rail. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ "Route from Carmarthen Bus Station to Richmond Park". theaa.com. Automobile Association Developments Limited 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ "Carmarthenshire bus routes and timetables". carmarthenshire.gov.uk. Carmarthenshire County Council. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.