Victoria Ground (Stockton-on-Tees)
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| name = Victoria Ground (Stockton-on-Tees)
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| image = Victoria Ground Stockton on Tees (1).jpg
| location = Tynedale Street, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham
| coordinates = {{coord|54|33|48|N|1|19|42|W|region:GB}}
| opened = 1889
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| expanded =
| closed = 1975
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Victoria Ground (Stockton-on-Tees) was a football and greyhound racing stadium located on Tynedale Street, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.{{cite web|url=https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/443516/518954/12/101200|title=OS Plan Partial 1960-1970|publisher=old-maps.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=https://britainfromabove.org.uk/cy/groups/football-grounds|title=The Millfield Scrap Metal Works, Stockton-on-Tees, 1950|publisher=Britain from Above}}
Origins
The stadium was constructed during the latter part of the 19th Century at a time when the area was being developed from open land into housing. The stadium was located on the east side of the cemetery, the north end of Suffolk Street and on the south side of Tynedale Street.{{cite web|url=https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/443516/518954/12/100615|title=OS County Series Durham 1899|publisher=old-maps.co.uk}} The stadium could hold up to 20,000 spectators.{{cite web|url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/sports-grounds-weve-loved-lost-12388413|title=Victoria Ground, Stockton|date=January 2017 |publisher=Teesside Live}}
Football
Greyhound racing
The greyhound racing took place around the outside of the football pitch and the racing was independent (not affiliated to the sports governing body the National Greyhound Racing Club). It started in c.1947 but the end date is not known. It was one of three greyhound racing venues in Stockton-on-Tees.{{cite book|last=Barnes|first=Julia|title=Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File|year=1988|publisher=Ringpress Books|isbn=0-948955-15-5}}
Other uses
The Victoria Ground held athletic meetings and school sports days.
Closure
References
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External links
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{{English greyhound tracks}}
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Category:Defunct football venues in England
Category:Defunct greyhound racing venues in the United Kingdom