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THE OVAL Address:  Dee Street,   Belfast Opened:  1892 (rebuilt 1903 and 1949) AKA: - Capacity:  - Main Tenants:  Glentotan Surface:  Grass Co-Ordinates:  54.603, -5.891 Venue Type:  Home Played 1 Won 0 Drew 1 Lost 0 Win Ratio 0% Result Ratio 33% The Oval c.1960 1 100 14/02/1920 Wales D 2-2 BC Links: Britain From Above (1923) The Oval 1923 The Oval location 1938 The Oval location 2024 A destroyed and water-logged after it was bombed during the Belfast Blitz in 1941 The Oval in 2024 - - - - - -

GROSVENOR PARK Address:  Distillery Street,   Belfast Opened:  1889-1971 Demolished: 1972 AKA: - Capacity: - Main Tenants: Distillery  (1889-1922, 1927-1971) Surface:  Grass Co-ordinates:  54.592, -5.947 Venue Type:  Home Played 4 Won 1 Drew 0 Lost 3 Win Ratio 25% Result Ratio 25% Grosvenor Park c.1960 1 2 3 4 51 60 83 93 04/03/1899 01/03/1902 20/03/1909 18/01/1913 Wales Scotland Wales Wales W L L L 1-0 1-5 2-3 0-1 BC BC BC BC Grosvenor Park in 1923. Distillery FC actually played at York Road from 1922-1927 Map from 1938 Grosvenor Park in the 1960s. Within a decade the ground would be gone. The location of the ground overlaid on a 2024 map Some waste ground where Grosvenor Park once stood. The Westlink can be seen in the background The view down Distillery Street that fans would've seen on exiting the ground is much changed since the 1970s Distillery Cour

STADE DES LUMIERES Address: Décines,   Lyon Opened:  2016 AKA:  Stadium of Lights (English) Capacity:  59,500  (2016) Main Tenants:  Olympique Lyonnais,   Euro 2012 Surface:  Grass Venue Type:  Neutral Played 1 Won 1 Drew 0 Lost 0 Win Ratio 100% Result Ratio 100% 1 613 16/06/2016 Ukraine ECF N 2-0

ALLIANZ RIVIERA Address:  Nice Opened:  2013 AKA:  - Capacity:  35,624  (2016) Main Tenants: OCG Nice, RC Toulon,   Euro 2012 Surface:  Grass Venue Type:  Neutral Played 1 Won 0 Drew 0 Lost 1 Win Ratio 0% Result Ratio 0% 1 - 12/06/2016 Poland ECF N 0-1

CELTIC PARK Address: Donegall Road,   Belfast Opened:  1901-1980s AKA:  Paradise Capacity:  Main Tenants:  Belfast Celtic (1901-1949) Surface:  Grass Venue Type:  Home Played 2 Won 2 Drew 0 Lost 0 Win Ratio 100% Result Ratio 100% 1 2 133 152 01/02/1930 11/03/1936 Wales Wales W W 7-0 3-2 BC BC

ULSTER CRICKET GROUND Address:  Ormeau Road, Belfast Opened: c.1879 AKA:  Ballynafeigh Park; Ulidia Playing Fields (present) Capacity: c.7,000 Main Tenants:  Ulster Cricket Club (1879-1931) , Ulster FC (1879-193?) , Rosario YFC, Ireland rugby team (1894) Surface:  Grass Venue Type:  Home Played 10 Won 0 Drew 1 Lost 9 Win Ratio 0% Result Ratio 3% Present day Ulidia Playing Fields 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 004 005 007 010 012 013 019 022 024 025 17/03/1883 26/01/1884 23/02/1884 11/04/1885 13/03/1886 20/03/1886 07/04/1888 27/04/1889 15/03/1890 29/03/1890 Wales Scotland England Wales England Scotland England Wales England Scotland D L L L L L L L L L 1-1 0-5 1-8 2-8 1-6 2-7 1-5 1-3 1-9 1-4 FR BC BC BC BC BC BC BC BC BC Notes: In 1878 the Ulster CG was the site of the first organised football match to be played under the association rules in Ireland.