An overview of the National League Football Stadiums, home to the 24 teams competing in England’s fifth tier football division.
This guide will provide you with a brief overview of each stadium, it’s maximum capacity, number of seats, type of playing surface, pitch dimensions, current club owner, construction costs if known and club contact numbers amongst the detail.
Boston Community Stadium
The Jakemans sponsored stadium is almost newest in the National League, opening in 2020. It has all the modern facilities expected in a new build with unrestricted views of the full pitch, hospitality areas, and excellent provision for disabled fans of both home and visiting teams.
Total Capacity: 5061
Seats: 2155
Construction Costs: £12 million
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 105m x 68m
Owner: Chestnut Homes
Contact: 01205 364406
Boundary Park
Oldham Athletic hold the biggest capacity in the National League. The ground has seen a lot of improvements in the last ten years in order to become a fully all seater stadium despite an area of unused terracing on one side.
Total Capacity: 13513
Seats:13513
Construction Costs: Unknown
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 106yds x 72yds
Owner: Frank Rothwell
Contact: 0161 624 4972
Cressing Road
The home of Braintree Town Football Club is a standard non-league venue. A mixture of seating and terracing throughout the stadium and some without cover, the ground has been in operation since 1923 but with one the smallest National League capacities.
Total Capacity: 4222
Seats: 553
Construction Costs: Unknown
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 111yds x 727yds
Owner: Braintree Town Football Club Limited
Contact: 01376 345617
Damson Park
Currently known as the Sportnation.bet Stadium, Solihull Moors have one of the newest grounds in the National League. Able to accommodate seated and standing spectators, the ground also holds a high number of hospitality areas to increase club revenue.
Total Capacity: 5500
Seats: 2131
Construction Costs: Costs unknown
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 102m x 64m
Owner: Solihull Moors Group Limited
Contact: 0121 705 6770
Gander Green Lane
The VBS Community Stadium has been in operation for over 125 years. Unique for it’s curved terraces on each corner of the ground, there is suitable cover for both home and visiting supporters from the elements.
Total Capacity: 7032
Seats: 1132
Construction Costs: Costs unknown
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 110yds x 70yds
Owner: Sutton United Football Group Limited
Contact: 0208 644 4440
Gateshead International Stadium
Primarily an athletics stadium, there are completely unrestricted views across the pitch. Stands with no cover behind each goal are not used for football matches, hospitality areas are also available for purchase.
Total Capacity: 11800
Seats: 11800
Construction Costs: Costs unknown
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 100yds x 72yds
Owner: Neil Pinkerton and Trevor Clark
Contact: 0191 478 3883
Grosvenor Vale
The home of Wealdstone FC since 2008, the Vale is another of the smallest National League grounds. The Stones have added stands and more seating in recent years to comply with ground grading for non-league’s top division.
Total Capacity: 4085
Seats: 709
Construction Costs: Costs unknown
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 110yds x 73yds
Owner: Fan-owned club
Contact: 01895 637487
Huish Park
A ground built with symmetry in mind around the pitch, the Glovers stadium once graced the Championship. Huish Park does offer executive box tickets which suggests the ground is capable of sustaining the club in the EFL should they return.
Total Capacity: 9565
Seats: 5212
Construction Costs: £3.5 million
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 115yds x 72yds
Owner: Hellier Group
Contact: 01935 423662
J Davidson Stadium
The home of Altrincham FC is one of the few grounds to suffer from impaired views thanks to pillars and floodlight pylons obstructing sightlines. With each stand out of sync with those around them the views differ in each section of the ground.
Total Capacity: 6085
Seats: 1154
Construction Costs: Costs unknown
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 110yds x 72yds
Owner: Unknown number of shareholders
Contact: 0161 928 1045
Kingfield Stadium
The magnificent Leslie Gosden Stand towers over the rest of the Laithwaite Community Stadium and the surrounding area. It houses a majority of the 2500 seats with the remainder of the stadium made up of smaller seated areas and terracing.
Total Capacity: 6000
Seats: 2500
Construction Costs: Costs unknown
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 110yds x 73yds
Owner: Cardinal Football Group LLC
Contact: 01483 772470
Mill Farm
The current home of AFC Fylde is less than ten years old. A stadium designed for use in the EFL it offers both seated and terraced options for home and visiting supporters. It is also one of the few grounds with electronic barcode ticketing turnstiles.
Total Capacity: 6000
Seats: 2000
Construction Costs: £25 million
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 100m x 67m
Owner: David Haythornthwaite
Contact: 01772 682593
Recreation Ground
The EBB Stadium as it’s currently known has a unique feel to it. A mixture of seating and terracing around the stadium also gives way to areas out of bounds for any supporters. Renovations works are due to begin in 2025 to spruce up the ground in three phases.
Total Capacity: 7100
Seats: 2136
Construction Costs: £20 million
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 117yds x 74yds
Owner: Shahid Azeem and Deane Wood
Contact: 01252 320211
Roots Hall
One of the largest capacity grounds in the National League, Southend United are one of the few all seater grounds. The stadium is in need of much re-investment which will lift some safety regulations and increase some areas back to higher capacity levels.
Total Capacity: 12392
Seats: 12392
Construction Costs: Costs unknown
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 110yds x 74yds
Owner: COSU (Custodians of Southend United)
Contact: 01702 304050
Silverlake Stadium
The ground has undergone a lot of redevelopment in the last 15 years with new stands built and extended. The stadium is a mixture of seating and terracing for both home and visiting supporters, there is also hospitality areas available in the Clubhouse End.
Total Capacity: 5500
Seats: 3210
Construction Costs: Costs unknown
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 111yds x 73yds
Owner: Stewart Donald
Contact: 023 8061 3361
Spotland Stadium
The Crown Oil Arena as it is now known has been relatively unchanged for the last 25 years. The last stand to be built was in 2000 which has a capacity of 4000 having replaced the previous terrace. The stand opposite to Willbutts Lane Stand houses executives suites.
Total Capacity: 10249
Seats: Unknown
Construction Costs: Costs unknown
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 114yds x 76yds
Owner: The Ogden Family
Contact: 0844 826 1907
Stonebridge Road
The Kuflink Stadium has seen little modernisation although a new main stand was opened in 2017 that runs the full length of the pitch. The remainder of the stadium is made up of covered seating and terracing which now look a little out of place dwarfed by impressive red structure along the touchline.
Total Capacity: 4769
Seats: 2179
Construction Costs: £40 million (proposed new site costing)
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 112yds x 72yds
Owner: KEH Sports Ltd
Contact: 01474 533796
The Hive Stadium
The home of Barnet FC opened on 2013 and has been the subject of much change. A new North Stand was built in 2016 to house away supporters whilst amendments have been made internally to the main stand. The South end of the ground is also due for redevelopment in the coming months.
Total Capacity: 5356
Seats: 5356
Construction Costs: £60 million
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 112yds x 71.5yds
Owner: Tony Kleanthous
Contact: 0208 381 3800
The Lamb Ground
The newest addition to the stadium is an artificial surface laid in 2016 to add extra revenue streams into the club. The ground gets its name from the former pub called The Lamb that was situated near to the entrance.
Total Capacity: 4065
Seats: 518
Construction Costs: Costs Unknown
Playing surface: Artificial 3G
Pitch size: Unknown
Owner: Bob Andrews
Contact: 01827 65798
The New Lawn Stadium
The New Lawn Stadium was opened in 2006 on top of a hill not far from their previous ground. Some of the terracing artifacts from the Old Lawn have been transported and used in construction of the current stadium, a ground famous for it’s vegetarian only food.
Total Capacity: 5147
Seats: 2000
Construction Costs: £3 million
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 110yds x 70yds
Owner: Dale Vince
Contact: 01453 834860
The Shay
The home of FC Halifax Town has a very old school feel to it’s stadium. The ground is split almost 50/50 on seats and terracing although not all are used for every match. Grass banks adorn the stand on the west side of the stadium.
Total Capacity: 10401
Seats: 5108
Construction Costs: Costs unknown
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 110yds x 76yds
Owner: David Bosomworth
Contact: 01422 341222
Victoria Park
The currently named Suit Direct Stadium is a very compact ground. It houses stands named after former managers Cyril Knowles and Neale Cooper while the away end is prone to the biting cold North Sea wind during the winter months.
Total Capacity: 7865
Seats: 4180
Construction Costs: Cost unknown
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 110yds x 73yds
Owner: Raj Singh
Contact: 01429 272584
Victoria Road
The currently named Chigwell Construction Stadium features like most National League grounds a mixture of different shaped stands comprising both seating and terracing options for supporters.
Total Capacity: 6078
Seats: 2200
Construction Costs: Costs unknown
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 110yds x 70yds
Owner: Club Underdog
Contact: 0208 592 1549
York Community Stadium
The LNER Stadium opened just four years ago as an upgrade to Bootham Crescent. A fully all seater ground shared by the football and rugby clubs hence the different coloured seating throughout the venue, it is fit for purpose going into the 21st century.
Total Capacity: 8005
Seats: 8005
Construction Costs: £44.2 million
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 115yds x 74yrd
Owner: 394 Sports, York City Supporters Trust and one other un-named owner.
Contact: 01904 950950
York Road
York Road is believed to be the oldest continually used football ground by one club in the world with the first match taking place in 1871. The stadium has a painted ‘Maidenhead Utd FC’ mural on one terrace wall, a quirky ground with a mixture of stands and terraces.
Total Capacity: 4000
Seats: 550
Construction Costs: Costs unknown
Playing surface: Grass
Pitch size: 111yds x 74yds
Owner: Peter Griffin and MUFC Limited
Contact: 01628 636314
National League History
The National League was originally formed in 1979 as the Alliance Premier League and sat above the Southern and Northern Leagues. Clubs were invited to apply for election to the Football League against the team finishing bottom but not one non-league club ever won the ballot.
The Football League and it’s non-league counterpart agreed in 1987 to accept promotion and relegation for one club per season between the two divisions. Scarborough Athletic were the first club to be promoted while Lincoln City were relegated into non-league football. This remained in place until 2003 when a second promotion place was agreed between the leagues and the introduction of the play-offs involving four clubs with the final held at Wembley Stadium.
The play-off’s participation has now increased to six clubs with eliminators held before the semi-final’s.
Over time the non-league pyramid has formed underneath the top division and the league draws in two clubs from the National League North and South each season while four clubs are relegated.
The North and South divisions were added to the league’s portfolio in 2004-05 with ‘four up, four down’ between the top division and it’s regional counterparts coming into force in 2006-07. These two divisions also follow the same play-off and relegation format, drawing in teams from much lower regional football.
The National League are hopeful of upcoming talks with the EFL over a campaign for a third promotion place into the Football League.
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