Butcher's Arms Ground

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Butcher's Arms Ground

"The Slaughterhouse" "Abattoir"
Grass
Construction
Built	1892
Renovated	1952
Tenants
Droylsden (1892–1945, 1952–present) Droylsden United (1945–1952) Stretford Paddock FC (2020–present)[1]

Butcher's Arms Ground is a multi-use

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The ground is named after the Butcher's Arms public house, whose landlord in 1892 instigated the formation of Droylsden FC to play on land behind the pub, which became the ground. After the

Trotting Stadium. However, the town wasn't big enough for two clubs, especially with bad feeling between them, and after the local council bought the ground, a merger was negotiated and Drolysden returned to the Butcher's Arms ground in 1952, after it had been renovated and the pitch had been rotated to its present position, finally eradicating a long-standing drainage problem.

The record attendance is 4,250 for an FA Cup first round match between Droylsden and Grimsby Town in 1976.

References

53°28′55″N 2°08′42″W / 53.48194°N 2.14500°W / 53.48194; -2.14500