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| Full name | The Laithwaite Community Stadium |
|---|---|
| Location | Kingfield Road Woking Surrey GU22 9AA |
| Coordinates | 51°18′22.80″N0°33′31.72″W / 51.3063333°N 0.5588111°W /51.3063333; -0.5588111 |
| Public transit |  Woking (0.8 miles (1.3 km)) |
| Owner | Woking Borough Council |
| Operator | Woking F.C. |
| Record attendance | 6,036[2] |
| Field size | 109 by 76 yards (100 m × 69 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1921 |
| Opened | 5 June 1922[1] |
| Renovated | 1942, 1995 |
| Tenants | |
| Woking F.C. (1922–) Hayes & Yeading United F.C. (2011–2014) Sheerwater F.C. (2018–2021) | |
Kingfield Stadium, currently known asThe Laithwaite Community Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is afootball stadium in the Kingfield area ofWoking,Surrey, and is the home ofWoking Football Club which has a capacity of approximately 6,000, of which 2,500 are seated on grandstands.
The stadium has a number of structures, built at different times during its history.
The main stand, called the Leslie Gosden Stand, is the tallest structure on the ground. It has entirely covered seating. The stand was built in 1995[3] using financing fromWoking Borough Council[3][4] and represented the first of four phases of development.[4]
Opposite the Leslie Gosden Stand is the Kingfield Road End, which is a covered terrace. One side of the ground has two small seated stands and a small open terrace known as "moaners' corner". The other side is a long open terrace, called the Chris Lane Terrace, which is reserved for away fans when a match requires crowd segregation but can be used by anybody when there is no segregation in place. Above the Chris Lane Terrace there is a camera tower where the highlights are filmed from.
The record official attendance at the ground is 7,020 for theFA Amateur Cup match between Woking andFinchley in the 1957–58 season[citation needed]. Unofficial reports suggest as many as 8,100 were present when Woking playedCharlton Athletic in theFA Cup 1st Round on November 27[citation needed], 1926 but the official attendance that day is recorded as 5,593[citation needed].
Woking's all-time record home league attendance at Kingfield came on Sunday 2 January 2022, when 5,171 spectators attended the 3-2 National League defeat againstAldershot Town. Commercial director Mick Livesey announced on Twitter the following day that it had beaten the previous record of 4,900 when Woking hostedWycombe Wanderers back in 1992.[5]
All-time highest attendance7,020 vFinchley,FA Amateur Cup.[citation needed]
Average attendance -Woking F.C.[citation needed]
† COVID-19 pandemic
Hayes & Yeading United shared the use of the stadium for three seasons; 2011–12, 2012–13 and 2013–14.
As well as hosting Woking F.C. games, matches have also been played at The Laithwaite Community Stadium by theEnglish National Game XI and theEngland women's U17 team.[6] The ground also hosted an FA Women's cup semi-final in 2014.[7]
Following the conclusion of the 2017–18 season, it was announcedSheerwater would ground-share for the 2018–19 and 2019–20 campaigns while the team's new ground was under construction.[8]
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