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Bloomfield Road has been a League ground
for 111 seasons;
from June 1st, 1900
to
the current day
.
Bloomfield Road was the 62nd
ground
to be used for a League game.
Current Capacity; 9,491.
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South Shore FC moved to Bloomfield Road from Cow Gap Lane in 1899 and the first game played at the new ground was against the 1st South Lancashire Regiment on October 21st, 1899. At the time of the first match, the grandstand had not been built nor was there an enclosure to the pitch but a small stand was later removed from Cow Gap Lane and re-erected at the new venue in the northwest corner. In the same year, Blackpool FC amalgamated with South Shore FC and moved here from Raikes Hall.
A stand was constructed along the west side in 1900 and, by 1912, an open stand was also in place behind the north end. In 1925, the South Stand and a small stand linking the south and west sides were completed and, by WWII, a large bank (which was roofed in the immediate post-war years) had been constructed at the north end and the east side covered.
In the 1970s the roof over the north end was deemed unsafe and demolished and eventually only half of this end was available for spectators. In 2001 the west and north sides were demolished and a new 7,700 seat stand with a continuous cantilever roof constructed as the first phase in the planned redevelopment of the ground as a 16,000 seat stadium. The remaining old stands were demolished in 2003 and a temporary 1,700 seat open stand constructed on the east side giving an all seat capacity of 9.491 at the start of the 2007/8 season. The pitch size was 112 x 74 yards.
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