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| Full name | Whaddon Stadium |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 7,066 |
| Field size | 111 x 72 yards |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1927 |
| Opened | 1927 |
| Tenants | |
| Cheltenham Town (1932–present) Gloucester City (2010–2017) | |
Whaddon Road, known as theEV Charger Points Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is afootball stadium inCheltenham,England. It is the home ground ofCheltenham Town F.C. It has a total capacity of 7,066, with a mixture of seating and terracing. The ground's official name was theVictory Sports Ground[1] until April 2009 when it was renamed theAbbey Business Stadium through a sponsorship deal.[2] It was announced on 13 July 2015 that the club had agreed a three-year deal to rename the stadiumThe World of Smile Stadium,[3] but the deal ended after only one year and the stadium was renamedLCI Rail Stadium in 2016–17, before being namedJonny-Rocks Stadium in 2018–19, andCompletely-Suzuki Stadium in 2022.
The stadium, on the site of what was the Berkeley Hunt kennels, was built by the Cheltenham Original Brewery in 1927 and has been the home ofCheltenham Town since 1932, although it did not hostsenior football for 67 years. Cheltenham marked their 70th anniversary at the stadium by winning promotion to theFootball League Second Division, the third tier of English football, for the first time.
The record attendance is 8,326, at a game versusReading,FA Cup 1st Round, 17 November 1956. Whaddon Road was the smallestLeague One stadium in the2007–08 and2008–09 season.
The ground is made up of 4 stands:
Other teams to have used Whaddon Road as a home venue are:
The ground is also used as the venue for many local league and youth cup finals.
The stadium has been used for the following international games:
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