Ground
| The Homelands | |
|---|---|
| Full name | The Homelands Stadium |
| Location | Kingsnorth, Kent, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°6′18″N, 0°51′21.51″E |
| Built | 1989 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Capacity | 3,200 (500 seated) |
| Tenants | |
| Ashford Town 1989–2010 Margate 2004–05 Maidstone United 2009–2011 Ashford United 2011– |
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Ashford have played at the Homelands since it was built in 1989. In 2004 Conference South Margate spent a season sharing the ground while they tried to bring their Hartsdown Park stadium up to standard. In 2009 a deal was agreed for Maidstone United to share the stadium while they tried to build their James Whatman Way ground. Maidstone spent two years at The Homelands before returning to play at Sittingbourne's Bourne Park, where the Stones had previously shared the ground from 2002 until 2009.
The record attendance at the ground is 3,363 for a match against Fulham in the first round of the 1994–95 FA Cup.
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