Richmond Park, Carmarthen

This article is about the Welsh football stadium. For all other uses, see Richmond Park (disambiguation).

Richmond Park
Parc Waun Dew (Welsh)
A single-tiered stand which has nine rows of alternating gold and black seats. In front of the stand is a field of grass upon which a solitary football sits
UEFA Category 1 Stadium[1]
Map
LocationRichmond Park
Priory Street
Carmarthen
SA31 1HZ
Coordinates51°51′36″N 4°18′08″W / 51.859936°N 4.302218°W / 51.859936; -4.302218
Capacity3000 (1000 Seated)[2]
Field size103 by 65 metres (113 by 71 yd)
Surface3G
Construction
Built1952
Renovated2003, 2012
Tenants
Carmarthen Town A.F.C. (1952-present)

Richmond Park is a football stadium in Carmarthen, Wales. Situated on Priory Street, it is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of Carmarthen Town AFC.

The stadium holds 3,000 people with 1,000 seats in the Clay Shaw Butler stand.[3] The stand is arranged with 1,000 yellow and black seats in rows, matching the colour of the home team's kit.

History

The club announced they would be installing a 3G all-weather pitch for the 2017/18 season. Carmarthen Town began the season with a number of games away from their Richmond Park home due these pitch renovations. With the new pitch the 'Old Gold' joined a growing list of Welsh Premier League clubs to install a 3G/4G pitch.

Richmond Park has been used for a number of International football matches. The majority of these have featured Wales national football team sides. The first match was against Scotland on 20 May 2003 which ended in a 2–1 victory for Wales.[4]

20 May 2003 Four Nations Tournament (Semi-Pro) Wales  2 – 1  Scotland Carmarthen
Lloyd 2', 88' Report[usurped] McKenzie 22' Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Lee Probert (England)
20 February 2007 Under-17 International Friendly Wales  2 – 1  Denmark Carmarthen
18:00 Report[usurped] Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: S L Evans (Wales)
Assistant referees: K Morgan (Wales), P Thomas (Wales)
12 November 2008 Women International Friendly Wales  1 – 2  Finland Carmarthen
19:30 Report[usurped] Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Dean John (Wales)
Assistant referees: Gareth Ayres (Wales), Hywel James (Wales)
8 September 2009 Semi-Pro Under-23 Friendly Wales  1 – 2  Poland Carmarthen
19:30 Report[usurped] Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Dean John (Wales)
Assistant referees: Richard Harrington (Wales), Ian Hollyoak (Wales)
28 September 2009 2010 UEFA European Under-17
Championship Qualifying Round		 Wales  3 – 2  Iceland Carmarthen
19:00 CET Newall 50'
Amadi-Holloway 51'
Peniket 68'		 Report
Report[usurped]		 59' Fridjonsson
66' Emilsson		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
3 October 2009 2010 UEFA European Under-17
Championship Qualifying Round		 Bosnia and Herzegovina  1 – 1  Iceland Carmarthen
16:00 CET Bevab 40' Report 69' Gunnarsson Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Christopher Lautier (Malta)
20 October 2010 2011 UEFA European Under-19
Championship qualification		 Wales  3 – 3  Turkey Carmarthen
18:00 Holloway 57'
Bradshaw 90+1'
Matthews 90+4' (pen.)		 Report
Report		 7' Bekdemir
59' Özbek
61' Demir		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Radek Matějek (Czech Republic)
25 October 2010 2011 UEFA European Under-19
Championship qualification		 Iceland  1 – 2  Turkey Carmarthen
18:00 Emilsson 48' Report 57' Demir
90+4' Sarı		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Radek Matějek (Czech Republic)
2 April 2011 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19
Championship Second qualifying round		 Germany  2 – 0  Turkey Carmarthen
15:00 Beckmann 36'
Simon 51'		 Report Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)
Assistant referees: Sabina Valieva (Russia), Richard Harrington (Wales)
Fourth official: Brian James (WAL) (Wales)
5 April 2011 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19
Championship Second qualifying round		 Turkey  0 – 2  Wales Carmarthen
19:00 Report
Report		 62' Green Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Katalin Kulcsar (Hungary)
Assistant referees: Katalin Emese Torok (Hungary), Ekaterina Marinova (Bulgaria)
Fourth official: Donka Jeleva-Terzieva (Bulgaria)
9 August 2012 Women Under-17 International Friendly Wales  0 – 2  Poland Carmarthen
18:00 Report[usurped] 19'
44'		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Eddie King (Wales)
Assistant referees: Tom Bevan (Wales), Ryan Kenny (Wales)
Fourth official: Daniel Beckett (Wales)
19 September 2012 Under-17 International Friendly Wales  4 – 0  Liechtenstein Carmarthen
18:00 Atyeo 2'
Charles 12'
Copp 20'
O.Jones 68'		 Report[usurped] Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (Wales)
Assistant referees: Ian Bird (Wales), David Morgan (Wales)
Fourth official: Aled R.Jones (Wales)
22 August 2013 2013 UEFA Women's
Under-19 Championship		 Wales  0 – 3  England Carmarthen
14:00 Report 63' Lawley
83' Parris
89' Mead		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Dilan Deniz Gökçek (Turkey)
22 August 2013 2013 UEFA Women's
Under-19 Championship		 Finland  1 – 0  Norway Carmarthen
19:00 Engman 78' Report Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Petra Chudá (Slovakia)
25 August 2013 2013 UEFA Women's
Under-19 Championship		 Finland  1 – 1  Germany Carmarthen
15:00 Kemppi 48' Report 20' Tietge Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Eleni Lampadariou (Greece)
28 August 2013 2013 UEFA Women's
Under-19 Championship		 England  4 – 0  Finland Carmarthen
19:00 Mead 15', 40'
Williams 34' (pen.)
Sigsworth 66'		 Report Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Eleni Lampadariou (Greece)

Records

The highest attendance recorded at Richmond Park is 911, for Carmarthen's League of Wales match against Barry Town, on 10 September 1997.[5]

The stadium hosted its first European football match in July 2007 when Carmarthen Town entertained Norwegian side SK Brann in a UEFA Cup qualification match.[6]

Transport

A map of Carmarthen Town and surrounding connections to Richmond Park.

Richmond Park is located to the north east of Carmarthen town centre and is easily accessible on foot, by road or by rail.[7] Directly adjacent to the ground, on either side, are two public car parks; St Peter's car park has 435 parking spaces and Priory Street car park (situated next to the club house) has 53 spaces.[8][9]

Carmarthen railway station is approximately 0.6 miles (1 km)[10] from Richmond Park and serves trains from Manchester, Swansea, Fishguard, Pembroke Dock and Milford Haven.[11] Carmarthen bus station is also approximately 0.6 miles (1 km)[12] from the ground and serves many bus routes that operate throughout South Wales and beyond.[13]

  • A panoramic view from the Clay Shaw Butler Stand.
    A panoramic view from the Clay Shaw Butler Stand.

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ "UEFA Stadium Infrastructure Regulations" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Parc Waun Dew / Richmond Park". Carmarthen Town A.F.C. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Official Carmarthen Town AFC Website". Carmarthen Town AFC. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012.
  4. ^ Garin, Erik (18 October 2012). "Four Nations Semi-professional Tournament 2003 Results". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Carmarthen Town: Richmond Park". Welsh Premier Football. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Carmarthen 0-8 SK Brann Bergen". BBC Sport Wales. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2007.
  7. ^ "Getting to Richmond Park". Carmarthen Town AFC. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  8. ^ "St. Peter's Car Park Details". parkopedia.co.uk. Parkopedia. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  9. ^ "Priory Street Car Park Details". parkopedia.co.uk. Parkopedia. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  10. ^ "Route from Carmarthen Train Station to Richmond Park". theaa.com. Automobile Association Developments Limited 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  11. ^ "Carmarthen Railway Station". nationalrail.co.uk. National Rail. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  12. ^ "Route from Carmarthen Bus Station to Richmond Park". theaa.com. Automobile Association Developments Limited 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  13. ^ "Carmarthenshire bus routes and timetables". carmarthenshire.gov.uk. Carmarthenshire County Council. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.