Stadium
Bamber Bridge play their home games at the QED Stadium. The ground was previously known as Irongate, before the new name was adopted in a sponsorship deal. The club bought the land in 1983 and spent the next four years developing it into a football pitch, naming it Irongate after the local area. The first game was played in August 1987 and since then the stadium has seen a number of developments. Floodlights were installed in the early 1990s.
In 1996 the Czech Republic national team beat Bamber Bridge 9–1 in a warm up game for the 1996 European Championships in front of a record crowd of 2,300. As well as the home games of Bamber Bridge, the stadium also hosts the home games of Preston North End reserve team.
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