Raymond McEnhill Stadium: Salisbury FC

The Raymond McEnhill Stadium opened its doors for the first time in 1997 and took the name of the club’s then-Chairman, Raymon McEnhill. The purpose-built venue has an official capacity of 4,000, although it is actually able to host 5,000 if needs be. There was a plan to sell the land for development when Salisbury City folded in 2014, but the newly formed Salisbury Football Club overcame that and managed to keep the venue as their home ground. It is now very much set in stone that it is where the club plays its matches, to such an extent that Salisbury Women also started playing their games in it in 2022.

There actually isn’t a huge amount to say about Salisbury FC. That is because the club is a relatively young one, having only been formed in 2014 as a phoenix club following the liquidation of Salisbury City. Known as the Whites on account of the fact that the team plays in a white shirt with black shorts, Salisbury is one of the youngest clubs in the English Football League Pyramid. It is a shame that Salisbury City was so badly run, given the dace that the club can trace its history back to 1947 when it was formed, ironically enough, as Salisbury.

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Raymond McEnhill Stadium Seating Plan and Where to Sit

The Main Stand is actually not really a stand at all and is instead a section of seating that is covered by a roof that comes out from the offices and other administrative parts of the football club. There are concrete terraces on either side of the Main Stand, with the Northern end covered whilst the Southern end is not. Opposite the main stand is an uncovered concrete terrace, with terraced areas also on offer behind each of the goals.

Salisbury FC Ticket Prices

If you are the sort of person that feels really at ease with buying stuff online then you’ll be able to do so for £1 cheaper than if you were buying your tickets on the turnstile. To give you a sense of how much you’re likely to have to pay, here is a look at how much tickets were during the 2023-2024 season, presuming you bought them at the turnstile:

• Adults – £14
• Concessions – £10
• Child (5-7) – £5
• Under 5s – Free

Concessions are disabled people, those over the age of 65 and students with valid ID. It is worth pointing out that you can swap your ticket from a standing one to a seat for an extra £1, which has to be paid in cash on the day.

How To Get Salisbury FC Tickets

When it comes to lower league clubs, they know that it is extremely difficult for them to compete against the likes of the Premier League and the Championship, to say nothing of foreign leagues such as La Liga and the Bundesliga. As a result, the likes of Salisbury put a decent amount of effort into making their website as good as can be, giving punters the chance to find out all about the club and even purchase tickets to see their matches via the official website. That’s the best place to go if you want to see a Salisbury match, but you will be able to buy tickets on the turnstiles too.

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Getting To Raymond McEnhill Stadium

Train – The Raymond McEnhill Stadium is about thee miles from Salisbury Train Station, so if you’re getting the train then it is likely to take you around 40 minutes to walk to the ground once you’ve arrived.

Bus – Anyone hoping to get a bus to the ground will want to look out for the PR11, the X4, the X5 and any Activ8 buses, which run between the Blue Boar Row and the Beehive Roundabout. You will still have a walk of about 15 minutes from there to the stadium, though.

Car – If you’re planning on driving to a Salisbury match then you’ll be wanting to get to the South of England in whatever means is available to you. For most people coming from the North, this will entail getting the M40 towards Oxford then the A34 before switching to the A303. As you get into Salisbury, take the first exit on the Beehive Roundabout then the second exit at the next roundabout and get onto Partridge Way. From there you’ll be able to follow the signs.

By Air – For those of you planning to either fly into the UK in order to watch a Salisbury match or else fly there from a city so far away that driving is prohibitive, you’ll want to be aiming for Bournemouth airport. That’s around 20 miles away, whilst London Heathrow is likely to have more options and is about 65 miles away.

Taxi – If you want to get a taxi from the train station out to the stadium then the likelihood is that you’re going to pay about £10 for the privilege. Obviously it’s traffic dependent, so you might end up paying a little more or a little less than that.

Parking Near Raymond McEnhill Stadium

For the vast majority of matches that Salisbury play each season, there is plenty of parking at the Raymond McEnhill Stadium. It costs £1 per car, so it is well worth doing rather than parking somewhere else and running the risk of getting a ticket by parking somewhere else.

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About Salisbury FC

In 2014, Salisbury City Football Club went into administration and, effectively, ceased to exist. The response to this was the incorporation of Salisbury FC Limed, designed as a phoenix club by a consortium that was made up of David David Phillips, Ian Ridley, Jeremy Harwood, Graeme Mundy, and Steve Claridge. Claridge was appointed as the team manager, with the new club buying as many of the assets of the old club as they could from the administrators. By the start of 2015, a new lease had been taken out on the ground and Salisbury FC could apply to the Football Association to be placed in a competitive league.

That happened in time for the 2015-2016 season, with huge amounts of work needing to be done in order to ensure that matches could be played. Things went well for the team, though, becoming champions of the Sydenhams Wessex League Premier at the first time of asking. A slow and steady few years followed and was just what the club needed after the manner in which the Whites had been put through the wringer in the form of Salisbury City. That culminated with promotion to the National League South at the end of the 2023-2024 season when the club won the Play-Offs, getting to its highest position to date.

Raymond McEnhill Stadium History

When Salisbury City needed a new home to play football, the purpose-built Raymond McEnhill Stadium was the answer. It was built at the Old Sarum, which is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement in the city, being given the name of the then-Chairman of the football club. When Salisbury folded in 2014, with huge amounts of debt, the Raymond McEnhill estate initially planned to sell the stadium to some land developers. Instead, the newly created Salisbury FC came to an agreement with them to play its matches there, taking over from Salisbury City as the occupants of the venue.

The problem that the new club had was that the stadium had been locked and shuttered up for nearly a year. As a result, the pitch had grown to nearly 18 inches, with much work required to bring it back to anything like a playable area. Supporters of the old club, ready to switch their allegiance to the new one, worked with volunteers in order to get the stadium back to the sort of thing it would need to be in order for football to played there. The first match of the new club kicked off on the 28th of April 2015, with Salisbury taking on AFC Totton in front of 729 people, who watched an exciting 2-2 draw play out at the old new stadium.