Edgar Street is a football stadium in Hereford and has been the home of Hereford United Football Club since 1924. It is the largest football stadium in the county of Herefordshire and is located on the edge of Hereford City Centre, adjacent to the cattle market. The name of the stadium directly derives from the name of the street where it is located, which is also the A49.
The stadium consists of four stands with both terracing and seating and has largely remained the same since the last major redevelopment work was completed in 1974. The stadium has been central to the financial troubles of Hereford United for the last decade, with control of the two ground leases having been transferred to developers in exchange for a £1 million loan in the late 1990s. More recently any proposed redevelopment of the ground to include revenue-generating facilities has been prevented by the influence and presence of the proposed nearby Edgar Street Grid redevelopment scheme.
Read more about Edgar Street: History, Planned Redevelopment
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