VICTORIA PARK
All games played:
- August 23rd, 1986 — 2β2 v Port Vale (3,690) (August 23rd, 1986)
1 League game played at Victoria Park by Middlesbrough
This match was played here as Middlesbrough FC was barred from using Ayresome Park.
League Record
- First Match
- 0β1 v Wrexham (1,000) (September 3rd, 1921)
- Highest Attendance
- 17,118 v Hull City (0β2) (October 9th, 1948)
- Lowest Attendance
- 790 v Stockport County (1β2) (May 5th, 1984)
- Biggest Home Win
- 10β1 v Barrow (3,870) (April 4th, 1959)
- Biggest Home Defeat
- 1β8 v Plymouth Argyle (2,389) (May 7th, 1994)
2,047 League games played at Victoria Park by Hartlepool United (including 5 play-offs)
The club was a founder member of the Football League Division 3 [N] in 1921 as Hartlepools United. The name was changed to Hartlepool in 1968 and to Hartlepool United in 1977. The club was also involved in a Football League Play Off Match at the neutral venue of the Millennium Stadium. The League game v. New Brighton (3-0) on March 15th, 1947 featured the appearance of the oldest player to take part in a competitive match in England when New Brightonβs manager Neil McBain, at the age of 52 years and 4 months, had to play as an emergency goalkeeper.