Stadium Of the Week #1 - Ewen Fields

Home Of: Hyde FC and Manchester City Youth
Built: 1885
Capacity: 4,073 (530 Seated)
History: The ground has hosted many different sides along with the current Hyde FC and Manchester City Youth sides, it’s played host to Manchester United reserves, Stockport County Reserves and Oldham Curzon ladies. It used to have an artificial surface. It also hosted American football as Manchester Spartans used to play there when they existed in the sport’s most popular period in the 80’s.


Description: There are 5 stands in Ewen Fields, the main stand, Shed End, Tinker’s passage end, Leigh street stand and the Walker Lane end, and all of the stands are covered. The main stand houses the only seated section of the ground along with the dressing rooms, board room and sponsors lounge as well as the refreshments bar and toilets. The shed end is a terrace stand where most of the vocal fans stand, behind that is the social club.

The Tinker’s passage end is the stand behind the goal and next to the shed end, strangely the stand runs at an angle to the goal line, this was because of the irregular shape of one of the previous pitches. Away fans are placed in this stand when the crowd is segregated. On the opposing side of the pitch to the main stand is the Leigh street stand, which is situated behind the dugouts. Behind the other goal is the Walker lane end, another terrace stand.