Middlesbrough AFC Former Ground's Gates - Middlesbrough, UK - Preserved Architectural Remnants and Ruins on Waymarking.com

"Middlesbrough Football Club is a professional football club in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, which competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since 1995. The club played at Ayresome Park for 92 years, from 1903 to 1995...

...With the club's growing size, and entry to the Football League, they had to move to a new ground in 1903, Ayresome Park. It was designed by Archibald Leitch and would be the club's home for the next 92 years, having also been chosen as one of the stadia for the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Following the Taylor Report in 1990, the ground either needed modernising or the club needed a new stadium. The club decided on the latter, and moved out at the end of the 1994–95 season. It was used as a training ground during 1995–96, before it was demolished in 1997 and a housing estate built in its place. The club now trains at a £7 million complex at Rockliffe Park, in Hurworth, on the outskirts of Darlington.

The Riverside Stadium, named by the supporters of the club after a vote, became the club's home in 1995. It was the first stadium to be built in line with the Taylor Report's recommendations on all-seater stadiums for clubs in the top two divisions of the English football league system. It was originally a 30,000-seater stadium, constructed at a cost of £16 million, before it was expanded in 1998 to a capacity of 35,100 for an extra £5 million...." Extracted from Wikipedia

...The erection of the old gates.

In 2005 the club resurrected the old Ayresome Park gates which had been famously locked when the club went into liquidation. They were erected outside the Riverside Stadium as a reminder of the past.

A blue plaque attached to the left hand gate post has the following text.

TEES TRANSPORTER TRAIL

MIDDLESBROUGH FOOTBALL
CLUB
Founded in 1876, Middlesbrough
Football Club has played at the
Riverside Stadium since 1995.
Thes gates originally formed part of
the Boro's former Ayresome Park
home. (1903 - 1995)

heritage
lottery fund
LOTTERY FUNDED

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