Home of Weston-super-Mare AFC
Since 2004
Capacity 3,500
★★★★★
★★★★★
3/9/24 Weston-Super-Mare FC 2-0 Slough Town FC in the Vanarama National League South. My second visit to the Woodspring Stadium. I like this ground. It feels very non-league apart from the huge stand at the far end. It was £16 for an adult, programme was £3. The Stadium has gone cashless. Parking was £2. The bar area is huge, loads of room. Found it a bit dull though. Don’t know if there was a problem with the lighting. When you walk in you walk behind the covered seated stand. This will lead you to the main stand which is part terrace, part seating. I can see you getting wet if it rained in these seats. The side behind the dug outs is open to the elements with the other end side covered by scaffolding. The fans were good, open for a chat as were the many volunteers. Would highly recommend a visit.
3 months ago
Tidy little non-league football ground. Decent Kop like end for home fans behind the goal. Decent club house along side of pitch with food and drink available and covered seating/standing. Limited shelter in the awayend. Excellent game of football in the very wet rain. Excellent atmosphere with an attendance of over 2,300. Over 800 visiting Torquay United fans. Had a good day out visiting the club and ground for the first time
a year ago
Facilities as you'd expect for a non league club but everyone seemed friendly. I thought £12 for a concession ticket was a bit high considering I pay that for EFL football . However if it helps keep a local club afloat I'm happy to pay it. Bars seemed busy but service seemed quick and you can take your alcohol drinks into the stands! No segregation between fans which was good to experience and I'll certainly come see games again when I'm in the area and WSM are playing.
3 months ago
Nice ground very friendly staff been there twice now with Yeovil. Good food too.
Only thing I don't like is that it's "cashless". It WILL crash at some point either through an Internet failure or global problem as we've just seen recently so hope they have contingency plans. Nice club though.
4 months ago
History (from Wikipedia)
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Weston-super-Mare A.F.C. play their home games at Optima Stadium on Winterstoke Road, where the club moved to in August 2004. They previously played at Woodspring Park a short distance away. The move marked the third time in the past 40 years that Weston-super-Mare have changed venues. The capacity of Optima Stadium is 3,500 in which 2,000 is covered and 350 are seated.[22]
Woodspring Park had been built almost entirely by supporters and boasted a clubhouse costing £100,000.[3] The Park had been the home of Weston-super-Mare since 1983 and had floodlights installed in 1986.[3] The ground nearly had a greyhound track around the pitch, an idea which chairman Paul Bliss shot down.[8] Weston-super-Mare sold this ground to a residential home builder when it became apparent the club was going to move the short distance to the Optima Stadium. The last home fixture was played in April 2004.[22]
The ground for what is now Optima Stadium was formerly a sporting complex owned by Westland Aircraft known as Westland Sports Ground. It was home to cricket and football in addition to social buildings. Difficult financial times forced Westland to reconsider their place in town and put the ground up for sale. The club purchased it for £270,000 in 2001.[22] The Stadium opened 14 August 2004, with its first match against Conference South opponents Hornchurch drawing 500 people to the game.
The record attendance for this ground 2,949 in a match in the FA Cup against Doncaster Rovers on 18 November 2014.
Weston-super-Mare A.F.C. play their home games at Optima Stadium on Winterstoke Road, where the club moved to in August 2004. They previously played at Woodspring Park a short distance away. The move marked the third time in the past 40 years that Weston-super-Mare have changed venues. The capacity of Optima Stadium is 3,500 in which 2,000 is covered and 350 are seated.[22]
Woodspring Park had been built almost entirely by supporters and boasted a clubhouse costing £100,000.[3] The Park had been the home of Weston-super-Mare since 1983 and had floodlights installed in 1986.[3] The ground nearly had a greyhound track around the pitch, an idea which chairman Paul Bliss shot down.[8] Weston-super-Mare sold this ground to a residential home builder when it became apparent the club was going to move the short distance to the Optima Stadium. The last home fixture was played in April 2004.[22]
The ground for what is now Optima Stadium was formerly a sporting complex owned by Westland Aircraft known as Westland Sports Ground. It was home to cricket and football in addition to social buildings. Difficult financial times forced Westland to reconsider their place in town and put the ground up for sale. The club purchased it for £270,000 in 2001.[22] The Stadium opened 14 August 2004, with its first match against Conference South opponents Hornchurch drawing 500 people to the game.
The record attendance for this ground 2,949 in a match in the FA Cup against Doncaster Rovers on 18 November 2014.
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