The football stadium of my beloved home city closed today, one year short of its centenary. The ageing ground is being replaced by a new 30,000-seater stadium shared with the Cardiff Blues rugby team. Ninian Park was built in 1910 by ambitious amateur club Riverside FC who turned professional and joined the Southern League as Cardiff City. The ground was named after Lord Ninian Stuart of the Bute family who agreed to be a guarantor for the club. The new 30,000 capacity venue stands opposite the old ground on the former site of the Leckwith athletics stadium. The Bluebirds will share it with the Cardiff Blues rugby region. They will be leaving their present home at Cardiff Arms Park in the city centre, although in recent years many of their bigger games have been switched to the neighbouring Millennium Stadium.
Saturday, 25 April 2009
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