Queen Elizabeth II Stadium: Enfield Town

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Building work began in 1939 on a venue for athletics, with the work not actually being completed until 1953 owing to the outbreak of the First World War. It was named after Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her Silver Jubilee in 1977, with the likes of Sebastian Coe, Daley Thompson and Linford Christie all winning titles after training there. It had fallen into a state of disrepair by 2008, with Enfield Town moving into it and refurbishing it as a result, ending their ground-sharing with Brimsdown Rovers as a result. The club didn’t move in until 2011, but the venue has been used for the likes of some international matches since then.

Enfield Town Football Club sells itself as ‘the country’s first fan-owned club’, which is on account of the fact that the team was formed in 2001 when it was felt by members of the Enfield Supporters’ Trust that the owners of Enfield didn’t have the best interests of the club at heart. When the new club was formed, it entered the Essex Senior League, which was three divisions below the Isthmian League Premier Division that Enfield had been playing in. In the years that followed, Enfield Town made its way through the various leagues in order to gain promotion to the National League South ahead of the 2024-2025 season.

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Queen Elizabeth II Stadium Seating Plan and Where to Sit

The Main Pavilion at the Queen Elizabeth II Stadium was completed in 1953 and is one of the central parts of the venue. It is the clubhouse, Main Stand and changing rooms. Opposite it is a second stand, which is much smaller, but also promises seating. There are two covered terraces also on offer.

Enfield Town FC Ticket Prices

If you’re hoping to get along and watch an Enfield Town match then you’d do well to consider how much tickets are going to cost you. This should give you some idea, given the fact that it is the price that they cost during the 2023-2024 campaign:

• Adults – £12
• Concessions – £8
• Under-21s – £8
• Under-16s – £2

If you’d like to transfer your ticket into the main seating area then you can do for £2. In terms of concession tickets, they are available to disabled supporters and those aged over 65 with valid ID.

How To Get Enfield Town FC Tickets

Lower league clubs have to compete not only against their fellow clubs, but also against the likes of the Premier League, Championship and even foreign divisions for the attention of football supporters. As a result, the clubs work hard to have good websites that people can turn to in order to get hold of information about them and tickets to matches. Enfield Town are no exception, so if you want to see them playing live then you’re best to head to their site or else look to buy tickets at the turnstiles on a match day.

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Getting To Queen Elizabeth II Stadium

Train – There are actually three train stations available to anyone getting that mode of transport to the ground. The first is Enfield Town, with the second being Brimsdown and the third being Southbury, all various distances away from the ground.

Bus – If you’re getting the train into Brimsdown then you’ll want to get the 191 bus afterwards, which will take you close to the ground. There are other options that finish close to the ground, in the form of the 217, the 307, the 317, the 617, the 629 and the W10.

Car – Anyone driving to see an Enfield Town game will want to get onto the M25 before leaving at Junction 10, towards London. From there you’ll want to turn right at Caterhatch Lane, with the Halfway House pub being the thing to look out for. Donkey Lane, on which the stadium stands, is the first left after the pub. If you’re coming from London then you’ll want to take the North Circular to the A10, then follow the directions above.

By Air – Being on the outskirts of London, the best thing to do if you’re going to fly in for an Enfield Town match is to have a look to see which of the London-serving airports best suits your needs. London City Airport is the best, being located around 12 miles away, but London Stansted and London Luton are both about 20 miles away. London Heathrow is next at around 23 miles, whilst London Gatwick is around 36 miles away. You will be well-served to see which one is the most convenient from where you’re flying.

Taxi – Taxis are plentiful in the London area, but not always the cheapest. If you want to get one from the train station then it will obviously depend which of the three stations you arrived at. Expect to spend as much as £10 for one of the close ones.

Parking Near Queen Elizabeth II Stadium

When it comes to parking at the Queen Elizabeth II Stadium, there is a public car park just off Donkey Lane. This is open to supporters on a first-come, first-served basis. Disabled supporters can find dedicated bays at the far end, close to the stadium.

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About Enfield Town FC

Nowadays, the idea of a breakaway club is well-known to football supporters, thanks to the likes of AFC Wimbledon and FC United of Manchester. When the Supporters’ Trust of Enfield decided to form a breakaway club, however, it was the first time that such a thing had happened in England. The idea from the start has been to offer a club that is inclusive for everyone, being a social centre for the local community and that always looks to put the best interests of the club at the forefront of everything that it does. It is because the Enfield owners didn’t do that that a decision was taken to launch a breakaway club in the first place after all.

The club has enjoyed some relative success in the time that it has been in existence. It won the Essex Senior League in both 2002-2003 and 2004-2005, for example, as well as the Supporters Direct Cup on on a joint basis in 2006-2007, then on their own in 2011-2012 and 2012-2013. Their success in the Isthmian League in the 2018-2019 season allowed them to be in a position where making it to the upper echelons of the lower leagues was possible and at the end of the 2023-2024 season they won the Isthmian League Premier Division play-offs in order to play in the National League South for the first time.

Queen Elizabeth II Stadium History

When Enfield Town was first formed, the club played its games at Brimsdown Rovers’ Goldsdown Road ground. In the October of 2008, though, a deal was struck with Enfield Council that allowed the club to make plans to move to Queen Elizabeth II Stadium. The plan was for the dilapidated old ground to be refurbished in order to allow Enfield Town to play its home matches there, with a grant of more than £80,000 being awarded at the end of the 2009-2010 season by the Football Stadium Improvement Fund. It allowed Enfield Town to leave Goldsdown Road at the end of 2010-2011 campaign, taking a lot of the infrastructure with them.

Even so, the first few months of the following season were spent at Cheshunt Stadium, ground-sharing with Cheshunt whilst the finishing touches were put onto the Queen Elizabeth II Stadium. The first match at the new ground was a win over Harefield United in the Middlesex Senior Cup, with the ground being official opened when Enfield Town played against a Tottenham Hotspur XI on the 16th of November 2011. A then-record attendance of 969 was set, although that has, of course, been broken since then. In 2018, the Queen Elizabeth II Stadium was used as a venue for the ConIFA World Football Cup, hosting numerous different matches.