Home of South Shields FC

Opened 1992

Capacity 3,500

Rating: 4.6

(605) Google Reviews

Went to see joe mcelderry here in the wedding venue tent. Was brilliant. Lovely and clean grounds were good. Bar very reasonable. Food very good.
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2 weeks ago
I was at South Shields yesterday watching my beloved Curzon Ashton. This was a 'home game' for me as I have relocated to the Newcastle area last year.I met up with the tiny Nash contingent in the corner of the ground. Everything about the place was first class including beer and food prices. The home fans displayed the standard warm Geordie welcome, a flashback to the good old days where you discussed your team's fortunes without malice. The facilities in general are exceptional for the level of football. I will definitely return to South Shields for a future NLN game. .Despite a dubious late penalty in favour of Curzon the home fans were gracious in defeat. Irrespective of the 3 points for Curzon a fabulous day was had all round.
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5 months ago
First visit to the ground. Very friendly stewards at the gates and hard working staff in the refreshments hut. Pie, chips, peas and gravy (red hot) x 2 and two pints was £17:50 and tasted great. View from the away stand was a bit restricted as the terracing is shallow. Pitch was excellent. The three points were very welcome. Local children caused some trouble around our buses and the team coach had a window smashed. A shame for the football club as they had been so welcoming
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5 months ago
Excellent pitch for the standard, friendly and lively home fans, welcoming to opposition. Queues for the bars were massive and not really any option to drink elsewhere. Easy to get to by metro. A few small stands around the stadium and some areas with just a barrier.
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5 years ago
There is loads on offer at this football ground. Fab staff and great atmosphere. I was here for a charity football match. Better facilities than some bigger stadiums
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a year ago

History (from Wikipedia)

Stadium[edit]

South Shields today play their home games at 1st Cloud Arena (formally known as Mariners Park and before that Filtrona Park in reference to the filter factory next door) situated on the Bede Industrial Estate, East Jarrow. It has a capacity of around 3,000 with 250 seats. The ground was home to the Filtrona factory's works football team before previous chairman John Rundle bought the facility and moved Shields in during the summer of 1992. Before this, the club used rented council facilities like The Nook but spent the majority of their existence sharing Jack Clark Park with Marsden cricket club.

The club were forced to leave the facility after the 2012–13 season by the former chairman who still acted as landlord until funds or a buyer could be found. during this, the club played their games at Eden Lane, the former home of Peterlee Newtown FC for two seasons. This was before current chairman Geoff Thompson bought the Filtrona Park premises in May 2015 and moved the club back in.

Since moving back, the ground has undergone a massive transformation with a 3G training facility built alongside the pitch and new stands on the shaftesbury end in 2016, new stands at the 3G end would follow in 2018 and in February 2021, ambitious plans were announced to build two new permanent stands on both the Shaftesbury and 3G ends. This plan if approved would allow the ground to meet National League standards.

The ground is within a 2-minute walk of the nearest 
Tyne & Wear Metro stop, that being Bede.

Between 1974 and 1992 however, the club had no home to call its own and spent the vast majority of its time at the council owned Jack Clark Park in Horsley Hill. Home games were also played at The Nook.

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