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Key facts<\/h3>\n

Club: Shrewsbury Town FC | Opening: 2007 | Capacity: 9,875 seats<\/p>\n

History and description<\/h3>\n

Montgomery Waters Meadow,\u00a0also known as New Meadow, was built in 2007 to replace Shrewsbury’s old Gay Meadow ground, which could not meet the standards of modern time.<\/p>\n

New Meadow officially opened on 14 July 2007 with a friendly match between Shrewsbury and an All Star XI.<\/p>\n

The record attendance at the stadium was set in 2014 when Shrewsbury hosted Chelsea in a League Cup tie. The attendance of 10,210 was higher than the standard capacity due to the addition of temporary stands.<\/p>\n

The stadium was initially without name, but then first changed Prostar Stadium, then Greenhous Meadow, and finally\u00a0Montgomery Waters Meadow, all resulting from naming rights sponsorship deals.<\/p>\n

How to get to\u00a0Montgomery Waters Meadow<\/h3>\n

Montgomery Waters Meadow is located on a retail park on the southern edge of the town of Shrewsbury at just under 2 miles from Shrewsbury town centre and a little more from the town’s railway station.<\/p>\n

The stadium can be reached with bus<\/a> 27. Take the bus from the bus station in the direction of Bayston Hill. Buses typically run four times and hour. The journey takes just under 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

On matchdays, shuttle buses run between the town’s bus station and the town centre, typically 50 minutes and 1 hr and 50 minutes before the game (or 1hr and 1hr 45 mins before the match on a midweek fixture).<\/p>\n

Frequent direct trains<\/a> run from Birmingham New Street and Manchester Piccadilly stations to Shrewsbury rail station. In both cases the journey takes about an hour. From London a change in Birmingham is required.<\/p>\n

Address:\u00a0Oteley Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6ST<\/p>\n