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Opened 1899

Capacity 9,052

Rating: 4.2

(549) Google Reviews

A vintage traditional football stadium boasting the oldest Main stand in the EFL. All areas under cover. Cracking atmosphere with passionate fans. Great bars for home and away supporters. There is a fan zone that is open before the match and at half time, serving local beer from Dovks Beer. Good selection of food in the ground. On street parking and good bus service from Grimsby and Cleethorpes railway stations. A good selection of pubs within 10 minutes walking distance of the ground, that accept away fans. Plenty of affordable bed and breakfasts in Cleethorpes if you need to stop over.
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a month ago
The ground is very old and so the facilities are not the most modern. The toilets were adequate but I didn't try the catering so no comment on that. Some of the stewards need to use some common sense when dealing with people.
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3 months ago
Obviously winning there helps. Up the Stones
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3 months ago
Good first 25 minutes then the pace drops a bit till the end of the half. Second half let 2 quick goals in and lose their way stop doing what they did in the first 20 minutes and can't hold the ball so well and struggle to get forward and stay in the opposition half, more work for the defence and another goes in in injury time.
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3 months ago
Blundell Park has the oldest main stand still in use in the whole of the English football league. Some of the toilets are an experience and will give you the opportunity to experience being a supporter in the 1970s. Notable managers include Bill Shankly, Lawrie McMenemy, Alan Buckley and Paul Hurst. The football on the pitch is at times mesmerising, but in recent years it has improved. Grimsby, I believe, was the first club to introduce striped nets, made by Cosalt shipping chandlers. Having nets helped the players find the goal a little more often. The away support is some of the best in the football league, with thousands of people travelling to away matches on a regular basis. Their main songs relate to the once great fishing pirt of Grimsby, once the biggest in the world. Songs reflecting the heritage of Grimsby: 'FISH' ; 'We Only Sing When We're Fishing' and the classic, 'We're From Grimsby, Who the Fxck Are You?' The food at Blundell Park is pretty good, and the drinks are reasonable. It's worth booking fish and chips in McMenemys before the match. There are good food outlets around the ground. The staff are very good and the steeards are not too bad. But whatever you do, don't commit the cardinal sin of taking a can to your seat, or you will be surrounded by stewards and asked to leave. As with football, your experience depends on whether the team turns up on the day and wins. Parking is on the streets around the stadium. Please be aware at night matches, though, that a lot of dogs use the pavements as a toilet. Good public transport to the ground on Saturdays.
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a year ago

History (from Wikipedia)

Grimsby Town Football Club moved into their new Blundell Park stadium in the summer of 1899, having relocated from Abbey Park, and bringing with them all the fixtures and fittings, as well as the Abbey Park and the Hazel Grove stands.[1] The opening match was a Football League Second Division fixture against Luton Town on 2 September 1899, with 4,000 spectators seeing the teams draw 3–3.[1][4] In 1901 a new Main Stand was built on the northern side of the ground.[1]

In 1925 the Abbey Park Stand was demolished and in its place was built the Barrett's Stand. In 1937 the club's record attendance of 31,651 was recorded when the club met 
Wolverhampton Wanderers in an FA Cup tie on 20 February 1937.[3] In 1939 around the time of the break-out of the Second World War the Hazel Grove Stand, the final remaining stand from the previous ground was demolished and was replaced by the Osmond Stand.[5]

In 1953 the club introduced its first floodlights to the ground and with that enabling Grimsby Town to play night-time fixtures.
[6] Tall floodlights were purchased second hand from Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1958 and installed in 1960 at a cost of £9,000 which was raised by the supporters club, they have illuminated matches ever since when required.[4][7]

In 1961, the 63-year-old Pontoon Stand was demolished and replaced with a new stand of the same name. In 1980 the ground was renovated again, the Main Stand the ground's only original stand was made an all-seater, and the Barrett's stand which was built in 1925 was demolished and replaced the two tier 
Findus stand, which now became the ground's largest stand. Following the Taylor Report which documented the Hillsborough disaster, Blundell Park was made an all seater stadium in 1995. The club in 1995 also introduced temporary seating in the partings between the Pontoon and Main Stands and the Osmond and Findus stands. The club's largest attendance since being made an all seater stadium was 9,528 on 3 March 1999 against Sunderland in a Football League Division One tie. Following Grimsby Town's relegation from the second tier of English football to the fourth between in 2003 and 2004, the club removed the expansion seating, which would only have made returns in high-profile cup fixtures.[5]

Grimsby Town received a £19,000 grant in April 2015 from 
The Football Stadia Improvement Fund (FSIF) – the largest funder of non-league football in the country, which enabled the club to carry out repairs and maintenance to the floodlights at Blundell Park.[8][9]

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