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Highfield Road - Coventry City Football Club |
| Old Grounds - Highfield Road |
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| Highfield Road - as it was | Click images to view in Google Earth | Highfield Road - what's there now |
| Highfield Road was the home ground for Coventry City until the club moved to the Ricoh Arena after the 2004-05 season. It was built in 1899 in the Hillfields district, close to the city centre, and staged its final game on 30 April 2005. It was demolished in January 2006. The site of the stadium is being regenerated to provide housing on the areas which were originally the car parks and stands. The area which was the playing surface will be relaid with grass so that the youth of the area can continue the tradition of playing football on that space. |
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Coventry City at Highfield Road 1899-2005 (Desert Island Football Histories)
Ghosts of a Vanished Stadium - A written history covering Coventry City's 106 years at their former ground, Highfield Road. Published in 2006.
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Lost Football League Grounds from the Air (Aerofilms Guide)
Almost 20 clubs have relocated from their traditional homes to brand-new stadia in the last twenty years and this figure is constantly rising. The superb archive provides some 125 images recording many of these lost grounds. From the White City Stadium, once home of Queens Park Rangers, to Bristol Rovers ground Eastville, each of these grounds is illustrated with an historic shot recording the ground as it once looked. The book provides a detailed caption outlining the history of the ground and its current status.
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