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Ninian Park
Full name	Ninian Park Stadium
Nickname	Bluebirds
Built	1910
Opened	1910
Capacity	22,000
Home of	Cardiff City F.C.
Pitch size	110 x 70 yards

Coordinates: 51°28′28.73″N, 3°11′59.99″W

Ninian Park is a football stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Currently, it is the home ground of Cardiff City F.C., a Welsh club that competes in the English Football League Championship.

Contents 1 Overview 1.1 The Grandstand 1.2 Spar Family Stand 1.3 The Popular "Bob" Bank Seating & Terrace 1.4 John Smiths Grange End 2 History 3 Stats 4 Future 5 See Also

As you walk out onto the pitch from the dressing rooms, the stand furthest on your left is the Spar Family Stand (formerly known as the Canton End), the stand at the other end of the pitch is the John Smith's Grange End (formerly known as the Grange End prior to being sponsored by John Smith's Brewery), the stand in front of you is the Popular Bank (commonly known as the "Bob Bank"), and the stand behind you is the Grandstand. There is a huge Floodlight in each corner and a plasma screen showing highlights during the game in the zone between the Popular Bank and the Grange End.

The Grandstand is a two-tier, all-seater stand, with old-fashioned wooden seats in the upper tier, and modern plastic seating in the lower tier. This stand also has several supporting poles holding up the roof.

The Spar Family Stand is a fully covered, all-seated stand with several supporting poles along the width of the stand.....

The Popular Bank has a mixture of covered seating to the rear of the stand, and uncovered terrace to the front. The seating has many supportive poles keeping the roof up, and some seats are white and spell out "Cardiff".

The John Smiths Grange End is a fully covered terrace, which was uncovered for many years, before its renovation after Sam Hammam took over as chairman. It also has several supporting poles, and one section houses the away fans. The away section has terrace to the back and seating at the front.this is where all the hooligans go. such as sam parrot and daniel while the big busfull of men call themselves the valley rams.

The stadium and surrounding area are served by Ninian Park railway station on the Cardiff City Line.

Built on a rubbish tip, Ninian Park is named after Lt.-Col. Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart (15 May 1883–2 October 1915), son of John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute (12 September 1847–9 October 1900).

• Capacity: 22,000
• There is an advert on the roof of the Spar Family Stand for Redrow Homes, former shirt sponsor of the club (2003-2006). There is also an advert on the roof of the Bob Bank for Brace's Bread, a local bread-making firm. This was previously a mechanical scoreboard similar to that found in cricket or baseball.
• Record Attendance: 61,556; Wales-England, 14 October 1961
• The record attendance for a Cardiff City match is 57,893 v Arsenal, April 22nd 1953.
• The 2005-2006 season's average attendance at the ground, over 23 home Cardiff City matches, was 11,720.
• Address: Sloper Road, Cardiff CF11 8SX

See main article New Cardiff City stadium

Work will be started on Cardiff City's new stadium in February 2007, it is believed to hold 30,000 when completed, which could be increased to 60,000 if needs be. No name has yet been agreed upon, although St David's Stadium appears to be favoured amongst the Bluebirds fans.

The official online home of the Ninian Park Fans

Football League Championship venues, 2006-2007

Britannia Stadium | Carrow Road | Deepdale | Elland Road The Hawthorns | Hillsborough | Home Park | Kenilworth Road KC Stadium | Layer Road | Loftus Road | Molineux Stadium Ninian Park | Oakwell Stadium | Portman Road | Pride Park Stadium Ricoh Arena | Roots Hall | Selhurst Park | Stadium of Light St Andrews | St Mary's Stadium | Turf Moor | Walkers Stadium