Maidenhead Football Club

A football Stadium Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. The home ground of Maidenhead United, it is acknowledged by the FA and FIFA to be the oldest continuously-used senior association football ground in the world by the same club, having been home to the club since 1871. The current capacity of the ground is 3,000 (250 seated)and holds a "B" grading. The club's record attendance is 7,989 for the 1936 FA Amateur Cup quarter-final against Southall. A further 2,000 spectators are estimated to have watched the match from the adjacent railway embankment. The ground record attendance was set on Easter Monday 1947 when 8,277 people paid total receipts of £494 to watch the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup Final between Slough Town and Wycombe Wanderers. The ground facilitates fans in a mixture of covered all-seater stands, covered and uncovered traditional terraces and flat concrete by the side of the pitch. As well as the normal facilities for lower-league football, the ground hosts Stripes Bar which can be hired out for functions. The ground is located just a few minutes walk away from the town centre and from Maidenhead railway station.