Richmond Park (Carmarthen)

Richmond Park is a Welsh Premier League stadium in Carmarthen, Wales. Situated on Priory Street, it is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of Carmarthen Town AFC. The stadium holds 3,000 people with 1,000 seats in the Clay Shaw Butler stand.[3]

This article is about the Welsh football stadium. For all other uses, see Richmond Park (disambiguation).

Richmond Park
Parc Waun Dew (Welsh)
LocationRichmond Park
Priory Street
Carmarthen
SA31 1HZ
Coordinates51.859936°N 4.302218°W / 51.859936; -4.302218
Capacity3000 (1000 Seated)[2]
Field size103 by 65 metres (113 by 71 yd)
Surface3G
Construction
Built1952
Renovated2003, 2012
Tenants
Carmarthen Town A.F.C. (1952-present)

History

In December 1998, Barry Town F.C. goalkeeper Andy Dibble was scarred by chemical burns from hydrated lime used as pitch markings. He received £20,000 compensation from the public liability insurance of Carmarthen Town Council, who maintained the pitch.[4]

Other uses

International football matches

Richmond Park has also been used for a number of international matches most of which have featured Wales national football team sides. The first match was against Scotland on 20 May 2003 which ended in a 2–1 victory for Wales.[5]

20 May 2003 Four Nations Tournament (Semi-Pro)Wales 2 – 1 ScotlandCarmarthen
Lloyd  2', 88' Report McKenzie  22' Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Lee Probert (England)
20 February 2007 Under-17 International FriendlyWales 2 – 1 DenmarkCarmarthen
18:00 Report Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: S L Evans (Wales)
Assistant referees: K Morgan (Wales), P Thomas (Wales)
12 November 2008 Women International FriendlyWales 1 – 2 FinlandCarmarthen
19:30 Report Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Dean John (Wales)
Assistant referees: Gareth Ayres (Wales), Hywel James (Wales)
8 September 2009 Semi-Pro Under-23 FriendlyWales 1 – 2 PolandCarmarthen
19:30 Report Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Dean John (Wales)
Assistant referees: Richard Harrington (Wales), Ian Hollyoak (Wales)
28 September 2009 2010 UEFA European Under-17
Championship Qualifying Round		Wales 3 – 2 IcelandCarmarthen
19:00 CET Newall  50'
Amadi-Holloway  51'
Peniket  68'		 Report
Report		  59' Fridjonsson
 66' Emilsson		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
3 October 2009 2010 UEFA European Under-17
Championship Qualifying Round		Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 – 1 IcelandCarmarthen
16:00 CET Bevab  40' Report  69' Gunnarsson Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Christopher Lautier (Malta)
20 October 2010 2011 UEFA European Under-19
Championship qualification		Wales 3 – 3 TurkeyCarmarthen
18:00 Holloway  57'
Bradshaw  90+1'
Matthews  90+4' (pen.)		 Report
Report		  7' Bekdemir
 59' Özbek
 61' Demir		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Radek Matějek (Czech Republic)
25 October 2010 2011 UEFA European Under-19
Championship qualification		Iceland 1 – 2 TurkeyCarmarthen
18:00 Emilsson  48' Report  57' Demir
 90+4' Sarı		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Radek Matějek (Czech Republic)
2 April 2011 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19
Championship Second qualifying round		Germany 2 – 0 TurkeyCarmarthen
15:00 Beckmann  36'
Simon  51'		 Report Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)
Assistant referees: Sabina Valieva (Russia), Richard Harrington (Wales)
Fourth official: Brian James (WAL) (Wales)
5 April 2011 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19
Championship Second qualifying round		Turkey 0 – 2 WalesCarmarthen
19:00 Report
Report		  62' Green Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Katalin Kulcsar (Hungary)
Assistant referees: Katalin Emese Torok (Hungary), Ekaterina Marinova (Bulgaria)
Fourth official: Donka Jeleva-Terzieva (Bulgaria)
9 August 2012 Women Under-17 International FriendlyWales 0 – 2 PolandCarmarthen
18:00 Report  19'
 44'		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Eddie King (Wales)
Assistant referees: Tom Bevan (Wales), Ryan Kenny (Wales)
Fourth official: Daniel Beckett (Wales)
19 September 2012 Under-17 International FriendlyWales 4 – 0 LiechtensteinCarmarthen
18:00 Atyeo  2'
Charles  12'
Copp  20'
O.Jones  68'		 Report Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (Wales)
Assistant referees: Ian Bird (Wales), David Morgan (Wales)
Fourth official: Aled R.Jones (Wales)
22 August 2013 2013 UEFA Women's
Under-19 Championship		Wales 0 – 3 EnglandCarmarthen
14:00 Report  63' Lawley
 83' Parris
 89' Mead		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Dilan Deniz Gökçek (Turkey)
22 August 2013 2013 UEFA Women's
Under-19 Championship		Finland 1 – 0 NorwayCarmarthen
19:00 Engman  78' Report Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Petra Chudá (Slovakia)
25 August 2013 2013 UEFA Women's
Under-19 Championship		Finland 1 – 1 GermanyCarmarthen
15:00 Kemppi  48' Report  20' Tietge Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Eleni Lampadariou (Greece)
28 August 2013 2013 UEFA Women's
Under-19 Championship		England 4 – 0 FinlandCarmarthen
19:00 Mead  15', 40'
Williams  34' (pen.)
Sigsworth  66'		 Report Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Eleni Lampadariou (Greece)

Records

The highest attendance recorded at Richmond Park is 911, for Carmarthen's League of Wales match against Barry Town, on 10 September 1997.[6]

The stadium hosted its first European football match in July 2007 when Carmarthen Town entertained Norwegian side SK Brann in a UEFA Cup qualification match.[7]

Transport
A map of Carmarthen Town and surrounding connections to Richmond Park.

Richmond Park is located to the north east of Carmarthen town centre and is easily accessible on foot, by road or by rail.[8] Directly adjacent to the ground, on either side, are two public car parks; St Peter's car park has 435 parking spaces and Priory Street car park (situated next to the club house) has 53 spaces.[9][10]

Carmarthen railway station is approximately 0.6 miles (1 km)[11] from Richmond Park and serves trains from Manchester, Swansea, Fishguard, Pembroke Dock and Milford Haven.[12] Carmarthen bus station is also approximately 0.6 miles (1 km)[13] from the ground and serves many bus routes that operate throughout South Wales and beyond.[14]

  • A panoramic view from the Clay Shaw Butler Stand.

See also
  • List of stadia in Wales by capacity

References

Citations

  1. "UEFA Stadium Infrastructure Regulations" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  2. "Parc Waun Dew / Richmond Park". Carmarthen Town A.F.C. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  3. "Official Carmarthen Town AFC Website". Carmarthen Town AFC. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012.
  4. "Goalkeeper given burns damages". BBC Online. 4 July 2001. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  5. Garin, Erik (18 October 2012). "Four Nations Semi-professional Tournament 2003 Results". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  6. "Carmarthen Town: Richmond Park". Welsh Premier Football. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  7. "Carmarthen 0-8 SK Brann Bergen". BBC Sport Wales. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2007.
  8. "Getting to Richmond Park". Carmarthen Town AFC. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  9. "St. Peter's Car Park Details". parkopedia.co.uk. Parkopedia. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  10. "Priory Street Car Park Details". parkopedia.co.uk. Parkopedia. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  11. "Route from Carmarthen Train Station to Richmond Park". theaa.com. Automobile Association Developments Limited 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  12. "Carmarthen Railway Station". nationalrail.co.uk. National Rail. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  13. "Route from Carmarthen Bus Station to Richmond Park". theaa.com. Automobile Association Developments Limited 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  14. "Carmarthenshire bus routes and timetables". carmarthenshire.gov.uk. Carmarthenshire County Council. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
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