Cae-y-Castell
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 Main Stand in 2018 | |
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| Capacity | 3,000 (250 Seated) |
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| Surface | Artificial Turf |
| Opened | 1993 |
| Tenants | |
| Flint Town United F.C. Flint Mountain F.C. (2022 - ) Connah's Quay Nomads FC (2023 - ) | |
Cae-y-Castell (currently known as the Essity Stadium for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Flint, Flintshire, Wales. Located on the banks of the Dee Estuary close to Flint Castle, it is the home ground of Flint Town United and is also used by Flint Rugby Club.[1]
History
[edit]The stadium was opened in 1993 after Flint moved from their previous Holywell Road ground.[2]
In 2006–07, Connah's Quay Nomads were tenants at the ground.[3]
In 2019, the stadium was renamed The Essity Stadium as part of a deal with the club's main sponsors.[4]
In 2022, the club announced that an artificial pitch would be installed at the stadium.[5] Later that year, Halkyn & Flint Mountain F.C. (now Flint Mountain F.C.) announced they had agreed to use the ground.[6] The new pitch was installed in September 2022.[7]
In 2023, Connah's Quay Nomads announced they would be moving to Cae-y-Castell for the 2023-24 season.[8]
Proposed renovation
[edit]In 2019, Flint Town United and Connah's Quay Nomads began exploring a groundshare agreement which would see the stadium upgraded to UEFA Category 2, allowing it to host European qualifiers for both clubs as well as youth international fixtures.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Flint RFC". Flint RFC. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "History of Flint Town Utd FC". www.pitchero.com.
- ^ Live, North Wales (3 February 2006). "Home help". North Wales Live.
- ^ "Flint Town's Cae-y-Castell renamed Essity Stadium as part of new Sponsorship deal". Deeside.com.
- ^ "Flint Town United to have new 3G pitch". 14 April 2022.
- ^ Jones, Dave (13 May 2022). "Halkyn and Flint Mountain Football Club reveal a change of home ground". Grassroots North Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Club set for 'biggest game' in their history on new 3G pitch". 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Nomads by name, Nomads by nature".
- ^ "Connah's Quay Nomads and Flint in top-level talks". The Leader. 16 June 2019.