Full name | Knowsley Road |
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Former names | GPW Recruitment Stadium (2008–2010) |
Location | St Helens, Merseyside |
Coordinates | 53°27′6″N 2°45′52″W / 53.45167°N 2.76444°W |
Owner | St Helens |
Operator | St Helens |
Capacity | 17,500 |
Record attendance | 35,695 vs Wigan 26 December 1949 |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1890 |
Built | 1890 |
Opened | 1890 |
Renovated | 2006 |
Expanded | 1960 |
Closed | 2010 |
Demolished | 2011 |
Tenants | |
St. Helens (1890–2010) St Helens Town FC (2002–2010) |
Knowsley Road in Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, was the home ground of St. Helens from 1890 until its closure in 2010. St Helens Town FC played their home fixtures at Knowsley Road from 2002 until 2010. For a period, the venue also hosted Liverpool F.C. Reserves. The stadium was demolished during spring 2011 and a new construction then known as Cunningham Grange, named after club legend Keiron Cunningham, was built on the site.[1]