Poundland Bescot Stadium | |
Full name | Bescot Stadium |
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Former names | Banks's Stadium (2007–2022) |
Address | Bescot Crescent Bescot Walsall WS1 4SA West Midlands England |
Coordinates | 52°33′56″N 1°59′27″W / 52.5655°N 1.9909°W |
Public transit | Bescot Stadium |
Owner | Walsall F.C. |
Capacity | 11,300 |
Record attendance | 11,049 Walsall v Rotherham United 9 May 2004[1] |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Built | 1989–1990 |
Opened | 18 August 1990 |
Construction cost | £4.5m |
Tenants | |
Walsall (1990–present) Aston Villa Women (2020–present) |
Bescot Stadium, currently known as the Poundland Bescot Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in the area of Bescot, Walsall, West Midlands, England, and is the current home ground of Walsall Football Club and Aston Villa Women. It was built in 1989–90 by GMI Construction, with a reported build cost of £4.5m.[2] The stadium replaced the club's previous ground, Fellows Park, which was located a quarter of a mile away and was the club's home for 94 years.