Fratton Park Tickets

Stadium facts

Fratton Park key facts

Home team

Portsmouth

Capacity

20,867

Opened

1899

Owner

Portsmouth Football Club

Record attendance

51,385 — Portsmouth 2–1 Derby County, FA Cup sixth round, 26 February 1949

Pitch size

105 × 67 m

Postcode

PO4 8RA

• Fratton Park staged the first Football League match under floodlights, in February 1956.
• The record crowd is 51,385, for an FA Cup sixth-round tie with Derby County in 1949.
• It hosted a 1948 Olympic football match, Netherlands 3–1 Ireland.
• The South Stand was designed by Archibald Leitch and opened in 1925.

History

About Fratton Park

In 1898 a group of local businessmen formed a professional club and bought farmland off Goldsmith Avenue; Fratton Park staged its first match in September 1899, a friendly against Southampton. Archibald Leitch designed the South Stand, opened in 1925, and the North Stand of 1934–35. In February 1956 it staged the first Football League match played under floodlights. In 2013 Portsmouth became England's largest community-owned club, and in 2017 supporters voted to sell it to Michael Eisner's Tornante.

Seating layout

Fratton Park seating plan & capacity

An old-fashioned ground with four separate stands. The Fratton End is the home end; the South Stand dates from 1925.

• Fratton End

  The west end, opened in 1997, where the most vocal home supporters gather; it includes some rail seating.

• North Stand

  Two-tier stand, the largest at the ground.

• South Stand

  The oldest stand, a 1925 Archibald Leitch design, with most of the hospitality and the family zone.

• Milton End

  The east end, with rail seating; it houses away supporters.

Getting there

How to get to Fratton Park

Fratton Park is at PO4 8RA, Portsmouth, England.

Train

Fratton station is the nearest. From Goldsmith Avenue, walk about half a mile (around 7 minutes) and turn down Frogmore Road to the ground.

Drive

From the west, take the M27 east and the A27, then turn right at the A2030; from the M25, take the A3 and A27 west, then turn left at the A2030.

Parking

Parking is limited. The club car park in Anson Road (PO4 8SX), behind the North Stand, must be booked in advance; Milton Cross School on Milton Road opens two hours before kick-off.

FAQ

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