Mornflake Stadium

Gresty Road or the Alexandra Stadium - currently known as the Mornflake Stadium for sponsorship reasons - is a football stadium in Crewe, Cheshire, England. The home ground of Crewe Alexandra, it has an all-seated capacity of 10,153.

History

Crewe had initially played at the Alexandra Recreation Ground, also on Gresty Road and located just to the north of current site. After leaving the ground towards the end of the 1895–96 season the club played at a variety of venues, including in nearby Sandbach, before moving to the original Gresty Road ground in 1897.

In 1906 that ground was demolished to make way for the construction of new railway lines, and a new Gresty Road ground was built on an adjacent site to the west. The new ground initially had a stand on each touchline, one of which had been moved from the first Gresty Road ground, and some embankments around the remainder of the pitch. The pitch runs approximately east to west, with teams playing either towards Gresty Road (west) or towards the railway station (east).

The main stand has always been situated on the south side of the ground. Until the 1990s, the main stand was a wooden structure (built in 1932 after a fire destroyed the original stand) offering the ground's only (wooden) seating plus a standing area ('The Paddock'), while the other three sides were all standing terraces. This configuration saw the club's record attendance when 20,000 people watched the FA Cup third round tie against Spurs on 30 January 1960.

During the 1990s, phased modernisation saw open terracing at the 'Railway End' (at one time a roughly formed 'ash bank' terraced with sleepers) replaced by a new family stand (1993); the 'Gresty Road End' (the main away supporters area) was also replaced by an all-seater stand (1995); and the partially-covered northern stand (the home supporters' 'Pop Side') was replaced by an all-seater stand (1996-97). Completion of the final phase in 2000, including construction of a new £5.2 million main stand, saw some

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