Windsor Park - a view from the Kop Stand, showing the two-tiered North Stand and the low Railway stand behind the opposite goal

Windsor Park is the home ground of the Northern Irish football club, Linfield FC, in Belfast. It is also the home of the Northern Ireland national football team and Irish Cup Finals. Glentoran's ground The Oval is used as the back up cup final venue. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2816x2120, 1469 KB) Summary The view from the Alex Russle stand of Windsor park, Belfast, on a Sunday morning during the carboot sale (hence empty) 26/2/2006. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2816x2120, 1469 KB) Summary The view from the Alex Russle stand of Windsor park, Belfast, on a Sunday morning during the carboot sale (hence empty) 26/2/2006. ... Northern Ireland is an administrative region and one of four parts of the United Kingdom. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Linfield F.C. (the Blues) are a Northern Irish football team, founded in March 1886 in south Belfast, who play at Windsor Park, the home of the Northern Ireland international team. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... First international Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Largest win Ireland (IFA) 7 - 0 Wales (Belfast, Northern Ireland; 1 February 1930) Worst defeat Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) World Cup Appearances 3 (First in 1958) Best result Quarterfinals, 1958 European Championship Appearances none... The Irish Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Northern Ireland. ... Glentoran F.C. is a Northern Irish football club, playing in Belfast. ... The Oval has been home to the Glens since 1892. ...

Windsor Park was first opened in 1905, with a match between Linfield and Glentoran. However most of the stadium was designed and built in the 1930s, to a design made by the Scottish architect Archibald Leitch (who also worked on Celtic Park, Ibrox Park and Hampden Park). It had one main seated stand the South Stand, a large open terrace behind the goal to the west called the Spion Kop, to the north a long covered terrace and behind the eastern goal at the Railway End another covered terrace. Windsor Park's peak capacity in this format was as high as 60,000. In the early 60's the Railway End terrace had seats put in while in the early 70's a Social Club/Viewing Lounge was constructed in the corner between the Railway End and South Stand. In the 1980s, the covered terrace opposite the main stand was damaged in a fire so it was demolished and replaced with a modern 6800 seater "North Stand", on two tiers and with a cantilever roof. In the late 1990s, the open west terrace or "Kop" was also demolished and replaced with sleek 5000 seater "Kop Stand". 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Linfield F.C. (the Blues) are a Northern Irish football team, founded in March 1886 in south Belfast, who play at Windsor Park, the home of the Northern Ireland international team. ... Glentoran F.C. is a Northern Irish football club, playing in Belfast. ... Archibald Leitch (April 27, 1865 – 1939) was a Scottish architect, most famous for his work designing football stadiums throughout the United Kingdom. ... Celtic Park is a football stadium in Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland. ... The main stand of Ibrox Stadium Ibrox Stadium, originally Ibrox Park, is the stadium of Rangers F.C. It is located on the south side of the River Clyde in the Ibrox district of Glasgow. ... For other uses, see Hampden Park (disambiguation). ... The cantilevered beam (green) projects out into space from its supports (blue). ...

The current capacity of the ground is 20,332, of which 14,000 is seated. For most Linfield home games only the main stand (now known as the South Stand) and Kop stands are opened. The north stand is usually given to away supporters when a bigger crowd is expected, for example when Linfield play against local rivals Glentoran. The venue usually sees its biggest crowds for Northern Ireland internationals, from which Linfield receive 15% ^{[citation needed]} of the gate receipts.

External links

• Ground Hopper's tour of Windsor Park