Gay Meadow, former home to Shrewsbury Town - Football Ground Map

Contents:

• FOTTEN GROUNDS: GAY MEADOW, SHREWSBURY
• GAY MEADOW
• GAY MEADOW, SHREWSBURY TOWN – 1910-2007
• THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR GROUND: SHREWSBURY TOWN, GAY MEADOW AND THE NEW ONE
• GAY MEADOW
• CATEGORY:GAY MEADOW
• CONTROVERSY OVER GAY MEADOW SE
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• GAY MEADOW, SHREWSBURY TOWN – 1910-2007
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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.

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The first ever Football League game at Gay Meadow saw neighbours Wrexham beaten 2-1 on 21 Augt 1950. 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.

GAY MEADOW, SHREWSBURY TOWN – 1910-2007

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.

THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR GROUND: SHREWSBURY TOWN, GAY MEADOW AND THE NEW ONE

Meanwhile, Lln Cy’s next game at Gay Meadow me the group stage of what was then known as the Autoglass Trophy November 1991. 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. Wh Shrewsbury back the third tier and no further proposals for a new ground, plans were ma to revelop Gay Meadow. However, wh their stay the higher divisn beg the brieft possible the Imps were back at Gay Meadow aga two years later on April Fool’s Day 2000, wh this time a 2-1 victory thanks to another goal om Lee Thorpe and one om Gav Gordon.

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This would have 10, 000 seats wh spe for expansn to over four tim as many, wh the st of to be met by the sale of Gay Meadow to property velopers. Cy were at Gay Meadow aga October 2000 for their send vis the lendar year wh former assistant Phil Stant now charge of the si. Wh Cy h by fancial troubl durg the summer they were now managed by Keh Alexanr aga and spe puttg somethg of a cut-price squad together almost om scratch they were seventh place, ahead of their hosts on goal difference, when they vised Gay Meadow on the last day of Augt.

The two clubs therefore met aga at Gay Meadow on the first day of the 2004/05 season.

What was Cy’s last ever game at Gay Meadow therefore me on 9 September 2006 and for the third time a row saw a 1-0 w for the Imps wh the goal beg sred by midfielr Lee Frecklgton. The fal Football League game to be played at Gay Meadow saw a 2-2 draw agast Grimsby Town on 5 May 2007, while the fal petive match was agast Milton Keyn Dons ne days later the first leg of the League 2 play-off semi-fal.

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While like most replacement grounds is not as nveniently placed for the town centre as the old one do not have the same sceptibily for floodg as Gay Meadow had due to s nearns to the river. In fact, s lotn almost on the bank of the River Severn was part of the unique character of Gay Meadow, wh balls ocsnally beg kicked over the roof of the Riversi Terrace and havg to be retrieved om the river. Gay Meadow mt rank as one of Lln Cy’s bt away grounds terms of rults achieved, although they only played a total of 17 gam there.

Twenty different players sred for Cy at Gay Meadow, the top srer wh three beg Lee Thorpe who sred for three gam a row. 25, 909members have vised Gay Meadow. Map of Gay Meadow.

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There is reference to The Gaye, an orchard area setback om the river providg plums, appl, cherri and pears for the abbey. Some say that the land was origally owned by the Gay was certaly known as The Gay Meadow 1642. Wh The Shropshire archiv you n see an etchg of Kg Charl I addrsg the loyal Shrewsbury gentry at The Gay Meadow.

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CadmanIn 1740, stuntman Robert Cadman, a 'steeple-flyer', attempted to 'fly' across the River Severn g a rope attached to St Mary's Church steeple and attached to a tree across the river at the Gay Meadow, some two hundred feet below. Shrewsbury Town Football ClubThe Gay Meadow was home to Shrewsbury Town Football Club (STFC) om 1910 -2007.

The end of The Gay MeadowThe fal season for STFC at Gay Meadow was moln of the stadium began September 2007. Mary's area of the town centre, over the River Severn to land on the Gay Meadow pch, emulatg Robert Cadman's heroic attempt 1740. In addn, sectns of the Gay Meadow turf were sold for a small fee for Severn Hospice, the anisg chary.

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This was the fal public event to ever take place at Gay Meadow before the re-velopment of the se. The Riversi Meadow 2007 The Gay Meadow beme The Riversi Meadow for a short time before beg renamed The Old Meadow.

Gay Meadow, Meadow was the home of Shrewsbury Town for 97 stadium was squashed between a railway le and the River Severn a very scenic settg. Fred ma racl, which were ltle round boats ma of wickerwork, and he loved to show off his work by retrievg footballs om the River Severn, which lay behd the Riversi rerd attendance at Gay Meadow occurred on 26th April 1961.

Gay Meadow was molished 2007. John McCormick wr: I’ve walked past the Gay Meadow ground once or twice and I’ve driven past the New Meadow, though probably before there was a football ground there, but I’ve never been si eher ground and I don’t thk I’ve ever seen Shrewsbury play at all. This is another new one for , although we have played Salop four tim at the old ground, the wonrfully named Gay Meadow.

GAY MEADOW, SHREWSBURY TOWN – 1910-2007

Gay Meadow. We had seen off the Mags 1-0 at Roker on Good Friday (Stan Cumms, 73), had won 1-0 at Wrexham on Easter Monday (Alan Brown, 3) and went to the game at Gay Meadow top of the league as our rivals, particularly Newstle Uned, fell away. Gay Meadow was a short stagger om the town centre.

The team that turned out that night was the same one that had played at Wrexham the day before and at home to Newstle on the Friday, wh one exceptn – Gordon Chisholm me for Jeff Clarke at Gay Meadow.

Gay Meadow picture David Ingham, creative Commons Licence.

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Gay Meadow vio posted on Youtube Jul 2011 by footballgroundgui by agreement wh the pyright holr. Gay Meadow was the home ground of Shrewsbury Town FC om 1910 to 2007, a span of 97 years.

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Gay Meadow was eventually molished 2008 to make room for flats. Jump to searchGay Meadow former home stadium of Shrewsbury Town F.

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The Gay Meadow remas unveloped after two years. When the last football match was played at the Gay Meadow Shrewsbury, the stadium was molished and plans to revelop the se for hog were was expected that work would beg almost straight was more than two years ago and sce then the old ground has remaed empty wh no sign of any rintial velopment gog ahead apart om some earthworks. But Barratt Mercia, which owns the se, says the project for the Gay Meadow is on hold and they have no plans to landspe the area at the moment.

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The pch at the Gay Meadow was prone to floodg. " Shrewsbury Town FC moved om the Gay Meadow to their new Prostar Stadium Oteley Road time for the start of the 2007-2008 season. The Gay Meadow was home to Shrewsbury Town Football Club for almost 100 years wh the first match beg played at the ground 1910.

The last league game was played at the Gay Meadow May 2007 and more than 200 ems om the old ground were sold off at ctn.