Whaddon Road
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| Full name | Whaddon Stadium |
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| Capacity | 7,066 |
| Field size | 111 x 72 yards |
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| Built | 1927 |
| Opened | 1927 |
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| Cheltenham Town (1932–present) Gloucester City (2010–2017) | |
Whaddon Road, known as the Completely-Suzuki Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Cheltenham, England. It is the home ground of Cheltenham Town F.C. It has a total capacity of 7,066, with a mixture of seating and terracing. The ground's official name was the Victory Sports Ground[1] until April 2009 when it was renamed the Abbey Business Stadium through a sponsorship deal.[2] It was announced on 13 July 2015 that the club had agreed a three-year deal to rename the stadium The World of Smile Stadium,[3] but the deal ended after only one year and the stadium was renamed LCI Rail Stadium in 2016–17, before being named "Jonny-Rocks Stadium" in 2018–19, and "Completely-Suzuki Stadium" in 2022.
The stadium, on the site of what was the Berkeley Hunt kennels, was built by the Cheltenham Original Brewery in 1927 and has been the home of Cheltenham Town since 1932, although it did not host senior football for 67 years. Cheltenham marked their 70th anniversary at the stadium by winning promotion to the Football League Second Division, the third tier of English football, for the first time.
The record attendance is 8,326, at a game versus Reading, FA Cup 1st Round, 17 November 1956. Whaddon Road was the smallest League One stadium in the 2007–08 and 2008–09 season.
The ground is made up of 4 stands:
Other teams to have used Whaddon Road as a home venue are:
The ground is also used as the venue for many local league and youth cup finals.
The stadium has been used for the following international games:
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