Sporting venues in Scunthorpe

Glanford Park Football Ground

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Glanford Park got built in the 1980s to replace Scunthorpe’s Old Show Ground. It was the first new English Football League stadium to be built since Southend’s Roots Hall in 1955. First plans called to incorporate the Old Show Ground’s cantilever stand, the first cantilever stand to be built in England. However, a move of the old stand turned out to be not feasible. Glanford Park officially opened on 14 August 1988 with a friendly between a Scunthorpe XI and a Football League XI. The stadium got its name from Glanford Borough Council who had financed the stadium. The stadium came at a cost of £2.5 million. In 2014, Scunthorpe started investigating moving to a new stadium, however plans were dropped again in 2017 and the club is now looking to redevelop Glanford Park.