Stompond Lane Sports Ground

The Sports Ground, Stompond Lane (also called Stompond Lane Sports Ground, but often just shortened to Stompond Lane) was a stadium located in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. It was where Walton & Hersham F.C. played their home matches^[2] and it was also used by the Walton Athletic Club.^[3]

The Sports Ground

Stompond Lane
Full name	The Sports Ground, Stompond Lane
Location	Stompond Lane, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
Coordinates	51°22′44.53″N 0°24′53.19″W
Capacity	2,000 (444 seated[1])
Tenants
Walton & Hersham F.C. (Isthmian League Division One South),[2] Walton Athletic Club[3]

Structure

Stompond Lane consisted of a football pitch surrounded by a running track. There was a brick grandstand on the north side, which contained 404 regular seats and 40 in the two directors' boxes.^[1] The seats had to be accessed by stairways because the dressing rooms were beneath them.^[4] On the opposite side of the pitch was a covered terrace and there was uncovered terracing surrounding the east side of the track.

Closure

On 19 September 2017, Stompond Lane was used for the last time to host Walton & Hersham F.C. After this game, the existing structures were demolished to make way for a development of 54 new houses,^[5] and Walton & Hersham F.C relocated to the new Elmbridge Sports Hub in Waterside Drive.