17 Facts About Ninian Park

Ninian Park was a football stadium in the Leckwith area of Cardiff, Wales, that was the home of Cardiff City FC for 99 years.

Safety concerns led to the ground's capacity being drastically reduced and Cardiff Arms Park replacing the stadium as the preferred home venue for the national side.

Ninian Park declared that Ninian Park had "the making of the finest football ground in the country" and allowed Cardiff City to join the Southern League's Second Division.

Less than a year after it opened, Ninian Park was chosen as the new home ground for the Wales national football team, replacing Cardiff Arms Park.

Ninian Park alerted the fire brigade but they were unable to douse the fire before it destroyed the stand, the dressing rooms and offices.

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Ninian Park was one of the last Football League grounds to have them installed.

In 1975, the Safety of Sports Grounds Act was introduced, and two years later local authorities introduced sanctions on Ninian Park that saw the capacity reduced from 46,000 to just 10,000 over safety concerns.

The club was forced to pay £600,000 towards improving the ground's safety features to ensure that Ninian Park could be maintained and awarded the necessary safety certificate.

Ninian Park was taken to the ground's medical room where he received treatment, but doctors were unable to revive him.

Wright decided to sell his stake in the club in 1993 and a feasibility study of Ninian Park carried out by Tarmac Group on behalf of a prospective buyer estimated that the redevelopment of the ground would cost an estimated £4.

Plans for a new stadium to replace Ninian Park were in development for several years before Cardiff City officially submitted an application to local councils.

In July 2009, the gates of the Ninian Park ground were re-erected opposite the stadium site, though minus one of the bluebird logos which had gone missing following the final match.

The 99-year-old Ninian Park was demolished later in 2009 to make way for a housing development.

At the time of its closure in 2009, Ninian Park had a capacity of 21,508 and comprised four stands; the Grandstand, the Grange End, the Popular Bank and the Canton Stand.

Ninian Park Station was built in 1912 by the Taff Vale Railway at the junction of Sloper Road and Leckwith Road.

Howard Winstone's rematch against reigning WBC and WBA featherweight champion Vicente Saldivar was held at Ninian Park; Salvidar claimed a narrow victory over Winstone by half a point.

Ninian Park was supported by Country Joe and the Fish and Eric Burdon among others.