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Edgeley Park
Full name	Edgeley Park Stadium
Built	1901
Opened	1901
Capacity	10,852
Home of	Stockport County F.C.

Edgeley Park is the home of Stockport County Football Club and Sale Sharks Rugby Union club. It is located in Edgeley, south-west of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England, and has a capacity of 10,852 seats. It is now over 100 years old and has seen on its hallowed turf many of football's greats, including George Best who played for Stockport County in 1975.

The ground is built in the classical Northern style with the more recently added Cheadle End (which seats 5,250) providing a modern aspect and keeping Edgeley Park as a stadium full of atmosphere and fit for modern requirements.

• Robinson's Brewery Stand (Cheadle End) - 5,250
• Stockport Express Stand (Main Stand) - 2,100
• Vernon Building Society Stand (Popular Side) - 2,150
• Shotton Paper Stand (Railway End) - 1,350

For football matches, the allocation for opposition (away) supporters varies as follows:

• 800 for small away followings. This is two sections in the Popular Side.
• 2,300 for medium away followings. This is two sections in the Popular Side, and the whole of the Railway End.
• 3,500 for large away followings. This is the Popular Side & the Railway End.

For Rugby Union matches there is no segregation.

• Edgeley Park was the venue for the final of the 1978 World Lacrosse Championship.
• The ground once held two matches by the England international football team on the same day. On the 14 January 1958 the England squad were due to play training matches at Maine Road, but the pitch was frozen. Edgeley Park's pitch was fine so it was decided to hold the matches in Stockport instead. The first game saw England draw 2-2 with a Manchester City XI, and the second saw the England senior side defeat the England U23 side 1-0.
• The floodlight system was first used with an opening friendly match against Fortuna '54 Geleen of the Netherlands on 16 October 1956, whose side included four members of the Dutch national team that had defeated Belgium the previous week.
• The original timber Main Stand was destroyed in a fire in 1935, taking most of the club's records with it.
• The record attendance is 27,833, when Liverpool visited Stockport in the 5th round of the FA Cup in 1950.

• Edgeley Park History
• Internet Football Ground Guide section for Edgeley Park

Football League Two venues, 2006-2007

Adams Park | Bescot Stadium | Blundell Park | County Ground The Darlington Arena | Edgar Street | Edgeley Park | Field Mill Fraser Eagle Stadium | Gay Meadow | Gigg Lane | London Road Meadow Lane | Memorial Stadium | Moss Rose | National Hockey Stadium Plainmoor | Racecourse Ground | Saunders Honda Stadium | Sincil Bank Spotland Stadium | Underhill Stadium | Victoria Park | York Street

Guinness Premiership Venues 2006-2007 v • d • e
Adams Park | Edgeley Park | Franklin's Gardens | Kingsholm Stadium Kingston Park | Madejski Stadium | Memorial Stadium | Recreation Ground Sixways Stadium | The Stoop | Vicarage Road | Welford Road

Coordinates: 53°23′58.83″N, 2°9′58.61″W