Home Stadium
During its first few decades, the football program had only one poorly suited athletic field on which to play and practice and had no dedicated facilities such as locker rooms. Former coach and contemporary university president Dr. Harry C. Byrd allocated funds for the construction of a stadium in 1915, and it was completed in 1923. The Board of Regents voted to name it Byrd Stadium in honor of its main advocate. The stadium's capacity was 5,000. During this time, it was common for Maryland to play its better-drawing games in larger stadiums in Washington, D.C. or Baltimore. In 1950, that small field was replaced by the identically named but much larger Byrd Stadium, which was constructed at the cost of $1 million. The new stadium had an initial capacity of 34,680, which has since been upgraded to 51,055 through extensive additions. Shortly after its construction, the stadium hosted its dedication game against Navy, which Maryland won 35-21. That same year, the new field held its first and only bowl game, the Presidential Cup Bowl, which featured Texas A&M and Georgia. In 2006, the University of Maryland became the first school to sell naming rights to its field. The home field was officially branded "Chevy Chase Bank Field at Byrd Stadium" in a 25-year, $20 million contract. In 2008, Chevy Chase Bank was bought out by Capital One, and the stadium was renamed Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium. On December 11, 2015, the Board of Regents voted 12-5 to remove the "Byrd" from the stadium's name because of Harry "Curley" Byrd's segregationist history, renaming it Maryland Stadium for the time being.
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Chronology of the home stadium
The club have not always had its own stadium, before 1924 the team played in different courts. Also, at present, due to problems with the Juan Carmelo Zerillo Stadium, the team is forced to play matches of high concurrence at the Ciudad de La Plata Stadium. Here are the places where locally made (without regard to temporary situations): 1901-1905 Plaza de Juegos Atlticos, 1 Avenue & 47 Street, La Plata, Province of Buenos Aires. 1905 51 & 20 streets, La Plata, Province of Buenos Aires. (Belgrano's field - played a few matches to complete 1905 season) 1906-1911 Practice of football is suspended. 1912-1914 Plaza de Juegos Atlticos de los Bomberos, 60 Avenue (near present stadium) 1915 Club Independientes field (near present stadium) 1916-1923 12 & 71 streets (Meridiano V), La Plata, Province of Buenos Aires. 1924-2005 Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo (named on December 21, 1974), 60 Avenue & 118 Street, La Plata, Province of Buenos Aires. 2005-2008 Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, 32 & 25 streets, La Plata, Province of Buenos Aires. 2008-present Estadio Juan Carmelo Zerillo, 60 Avenue & 118 Street, La Plata, Province of Buenos Aires.The stadium's club remains the Juan Carmelo Zerillo Stadium, which is owned by the club. At present, after the steering committee headed by Gisande arrangements made at the security agency Co.Pro.Se.De enabled the stadium for matches of minor visitor attendance. However, Gimnasia y Esgrima can play home games at the Estadio Ciudad de La Plata if they so decide.
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Home Stadium
Ground Name: Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium also known as Kaloor Stadium
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Scotland national football team home stadium
Hampden Park in Glasgow is the primary home stadium for the Scotland national football team. This has been the case since 1906, soon after it opened. The present site of Hampden Park is the third location to bear that name and both the previous locations also hosted Scotland games. Scotland have also played many of their home games in other stadiums throughout their history, both in friendly matches and for competitive tournaments
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Wales national football team home stadium
The Wales national football team represents Wales in international association football. The team played its first match in March 1876 against Scotland before hosting its first home match the following year against the same opponent. The location selected for the fixture was the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham, the world's oldest international football ground still in use. The ground hosted all of Wales' matches until 1890, when a game was played against Ireland in the English border town of Shrewsbury. Wales played matches in several parts of the country, including Bangor, Cardiff and Swansea, over the following two decades. The advent of professionalism in Welsh club sides saw the construction of several purpose-built football grounds. Two, Ninian Park in Cardiff, which hosted its first international in 1911, and Vetch Field in Swansea, which hosted its first in 1921, shared Wales' home matches with the Racecourse for nearly a century. Although one match was moved to Anfield in Liverpool in 1977 as a result of crowd trouble, no other venue would host a Wales home international fixture between 1910 and 1989 (when the team began playing at the National Stadium in Cardiff). Construction of the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff was completed in 2000, and it was immediately named as the side's new home ground. Although attendance was initially high at the Millennium, a gradual drop saw the team play matches in several newly built grounds (including the Cardiff City Stadium and the Liberty Stadium). The former was popular, and was credited as a factor in the team's improvement; it was subsequently designated Wales' permanent home venue. Since the team's first match, sixteen grounds have hosted a Wales home international. The Racecourse has held more matches than any other venue with 94 by January 2020, 12 more than the second-most-frequently-used ground, Ninian Park, which was demolished in 2009. Four home matches have been held outside Wales; three were played at Anfield in Liverpool, and one at the Old Racecourse in Shrewsbury.
