Mossley A.F.C. - Stadium

Stadium

Mossley play at Seel Park, which has a capacity of 4,000 people, 1,500 of which are covered and 200 are seated. The site was a disused cricket ground before the club started to play home games there in 1911, and christened the site Seel Fold. The ground began its gradual improvement process in 1920, with the building of a 430 person stand and dressing rooms: the first permanent structures on the site. By the 1930s, the ground had been renamed Seel Park. In 1948, Seel Park was bought outright from Stamford Estates, for a total of £1,200. In 1988 Seel Park was sold to investors to clear crippling debts and in 1990 it was purchased by Tameside MBC who continue to lease it back to Mossley AFC. In late December 2009 two floodlight pylons collapsed and the other six were later condemned. Mossley had to play home midweek fixtures for the second half of the 2009–10 season at Ashton United's Hurst Cross ground. New floodlights were erected in time for the 2010–11 season. 2011–12 season sees Mossley celebrate 100 years playing at Seel Park.

The main stand is accompanied with terracing on one side of the ground; the terraces stretch almost all the way down this side and the main stand is a very small stand constructed level with the half way line, and sits above the terracing. This is a covered stand and houses 220 seats. One end of the ground holds a decent sized small covered terrace which spreads almost the length of the end, and is around 12 terrace steps high. The other end features an almost flat open area along the whole length of the end whilst the other longside holds mostly open terracing around 4 steps steep, with a small roof for the terracing around the half way line.

The "Park End" is where the hardcore Mossley supporters are held. The Mossley Ultras is a casual group of supporters that follow the team home and away. They use a mixture of flares and banners to show their support for this small local team.

At approximately 850 feet above sea level, Seel Park is the fourth highest altitude stadium in English football, with only Buxton, Tow Law Town and Bacup Borough being even higher. Visiting sides have often commented on how teams tire regularly during the second half because of the average levels of altitude.