Layer Road

Location	Layer Road, Colchester
Built	1910
Opened	1910
Closed	2008
Owner	Colchester Borough Council
Surface	Grass
Capacity	6,320 (2,040 seated)

Coordinates: 51°52′37.25″N 0°53′00.33″E / 51.8770139°N 0.883425°E / 51.8770139; 0.883425

Layer Road was a Football League stadium in Colchester, England. It was only used for football matches and was the home ground of Colchester United before being replaced by the Colchester Community Stadium. The stadium held 6,320 spectators and was built in 1907, originally for use by Colchester Town Football Club. Layer Road has often had up to 17,000 packed into the ground, when Colchester had been on a good FA Cup run, before the capacity was reduced to 6,320. The record attendance at Layer Road is 19,072 for an FA Cup fixture against Reading in November 1948, a match that was abandoned. The ground was also used to host Sudbury Town's FA Cup match against Brentford in 1996,^[1] as their Priory Stadium was deemed unfit.

The most recent development to the ground was the construction of a small, temporary seating stand for housing away supporters. It held 143 supporters and was similar to the chocolate boxes at The Dell.

The last match at Layer Road took place on 26 April 2008, when Colchester lost 1-0 to Stoke City, with Richard Cresswell scoring the last goal at the stadium.^[2]

The stadium was locked for the last time on 17 July 2008.

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• Layer Road information Colchester United F.C.

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