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Football

Simonside Hall, Football Ground

54.970452, -1.458721

Jarrow, South Tyneside

Opened:

1951

Closed:

1974

Redeveloped

Condition:

Home Teams/Clubs:

Last Updated:

21 Jun 2022

South Shields FC

HER Description

The home of South Shields Football Club since 1992. Before that this was the ground of the Filtrona company, manufacturers of cigarette filters. The ground cost £400,000 and holds 2000 spectators. The first football club in South Shields formed in 1899 and were based at Horsley Hill (HER 11811). The second club played within the grounds of Simonside Hall from 1951-74. This ground attracted 18,500 people for a cup tie against York in 1957. The ground is now built over with houses. The current South Shields FC is known as the Mariners. It formed in 1974. They played their first 18 seasons on a council pitch in Jack Clark Park.

Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey, 1967

'Sketches of The Coal Mines in Northumberland and Durham' T.H.Hair, published in 1844

Simonside Hall, 1973. Source: Gz via the Shields Gazette

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'Sketches of The Coal Mines in Northumberland and Durham' T.H.Hair, published in 1844

Simonside Hall, 1969. Source: gz via the Shields Gazette

Historic Environment Records

Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past

Tyne and Wear: Sitelines

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