| Jenner Park | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 51°24′39″N 3°15′55″W / 51.41083°N 3.26528°W / 51.41083; -3.26528Coordinates: 51°24′39″N 3°15′55″W / 51.41083°N 3.26528°W / 51.41083; -3.26528 |
| Opened | 1913 |
| Expanded | 1923 |
| Owner | Barry Town FC |
| Operator | Barry Town |
| Surface | Grass |
| Tenants | |
| Barry Town (1913–present) | |
Jenner Park is a stadium in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
It is the home of football club, Barry Town, and has been since 1913, when local volunteers and businesses worked together to build the new ground for the newly-formed football team.
Initially starting with two wooden stands, popular bank terracing was added in 1923, but years of battling with financial problems saw the ground deteriorate.
During the 1980s, the council invested in Jenner Park, installing a synthetic running track, floodlights and a new grandstand.
In 1996, in order to bring Jenner Park up to UEFA standards, a second stand was built in 1996, increasing the seating capacity to 2,500.
In addition, a new hospitality complex was constructed along with new dressing rooms, floodlights and clubhouse.
Since then, the ground has international matches at various levels, including under-21 and women's ties.
Famous quotes containing the words park and/or stadium:
“Therefore awake! make haste, I say,
And let us, without staying,
All in our gowns of green so gay
Into the Park a-maying!”
—Unknown. Sister, Awake! (L. 9–12)
“The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no longer forms a part; but belief is only a stadium of mental action, an effect upon our nature due to thought, which will influence future thinking.”
—Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)