Category:Gay Meadow - Wikimedia Commons

Contents:

• GAY MEADOW
• FOTTEN GROUNDS: GAY MEADOW, SHREWSBURY
• GOODBYE GAY MEADOW
• GAY MEADOW SHREWSBURY STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG
• CATEGORY:GAY MEADOW

GAY MEADOW

25, 929members have vised Gay Meadow. Map of Gay Meadow. About Gay Meadow.

Gay Meadow StatsCurrent home to--Former home ofShrewsbury TownFootball viss25, 929 (15. 4% of our ers have been here)Other viss286Capacy8, 000 (5, 000 standg)Rerd attendance18, 917 Shrewsbury Town v Walsall 26th April 1961First game Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanrers 10th September 1910Last game Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Milton Keyn Dons 14th May 2007Gay Meadow Average RatgsThe are the average ratgs for Gay Meadow as submted by our registered RatgAverage RatgOverall0. 55Latt PhotosView all photos of Gay MeadowHave you been to Gay Meadow?

Don't be shy, click here to upload your own ReviewsHave you been to Gay Meadow? Make your voice heard, click here to wre your own Meadow FactsNobody has add any facts about Gay an tertg fact about Gay Meadow? Subm hereGay Meadow LksNobody has add any Gay Meadow a good webse about Gay Meadow?

FOTTEN GROUNDS: GAY MEADOW, SHREWSBURY

In 1910, after beg told they uld no longer e the army ground the club accepted an offer om Shrewsbury Corporatn to play at a field known as Gay Meadow which had recently bought.

The reason for the field beg named Gay Meadow is not clear, wh theori beg was rived om the Welsh word Cae, meang a field, or Old English words galla, barren wet land, or gat, a goat. After the war further Midland League champnships me 1945 and 1948 which year Gay Meadow staged an amatr ternatnal between England and Wal. The first ever Football League game at Gay Meadow saw neighbours Wrexham beaten 2-1 on 21 Augt 1950.

GOODBYE GAY MEADOW

The attendance of 11, 019 was to rema the largt ever to see a match at Gay Meadow between the two clubs. No further ground improvements took place until the mid-1950s when tre lg the road to Gay Meadow, known as The Narrows, were felled to improve accs and the roof on the Riversi Terrace was extend to the north. The Imps’ relegatn after ne seasons Divisn Two rulted their send vis to Gay Meadow mid-April 1962 on their way to a further relegatn.

In a memorable game agast a si wh the bt fensive rerd the divisn Cy went 2-0 up through wger Dick Krzywick and striker Peter Graham, prerved their lead wh a penalty save by Peter Grotier, then sealed an emphatic w wh late goals om midfielr Dave Smh and Graham’s fellow striker John Ward to rerd their biggt ever w at Gay Meadow. But after a rerd-breakg 1975/76 season unr Graham Taylor Cy quickly renewed acquatance wh Shrewsbury back the Third Divisn wh a vis to Gay Meadow towards the end of January 1977.

Both clubs fished the 1976/77 season jt above mid-table so Cy were back at Gay Meadow January 1978. Lln eventually fished well clear of relegatn wh Shrewsbury aga mid-table, but when the two clubs met aga at Gay Meadow the followg September, the Imps had ma an even worse start to the season unr Bell than they had unr his precsor the year before. A move to a new ground began to be nsired the mid-1980s, when plans were drawn up for a new stadium to the north of the town wh a Sasbury supermarket to be built on the se of Gay Meadow.

GAY MEADOW SHREWSBURY STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG

Meanwhile, Lln Cy’s next game at Gay Meadow me the group stage of what was then known as the Autoglass Trophy November 1991.

CATEGORY:GAY MEADOW

Fundg was to e om the sale of Gay Meadow to the uncil who proposed to replace wh a r park.

Cy were back at Gay Meadow jt over a year later at the begng of March 1994 and after three feats on the ground were back to wng ways wh a 2-1 srele agast a send-placed Shrewsbury si who had gone 16 league match unbeaten.