Ground
Ilford play their home games at Cricklefields Stadium, 486 High Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 1UE.
Cricklefield Stadium is a multi-use stadium which is also used by Waltham Forest. The stadium, built in 1923, holds 3,500 people. The ground consists of three fully terraced sides, one side housing a small covered terrace which is set just behind the dugouts. The main stand is opposite which has a press box and directors seating accommodating 216 fully covered.
1st team home matchdays are Wednesdays (7.45pm), Saturdays (3.00pm), with Ilford under 18s at home on Sundays (1.30pm). Admission to the ground includes a matchday programme. Turnstiles open 1 hour before kick off times.
It hosted some of the football preliminaries for the 1948 Summer Olympics.
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