The Athletic Ground (The McCain Stadium)

It may have been old, it may have been tatty, but it was home and we loved the place.  Scarborough Football Club moved to The Athletic Ground on Seamer Road in 1898 and played there ever since (although when it got married to McCain Foods it had to change its name).
 
The main grandstand (on the right hand side of the picture) held around 950 seats and was built in 1979 to replace the old wooden stand.  On the ground floor of this stand were the changing rooms, board room, kit room, etc.  The Directors Box was at the front of the white-seated section, and the Press Box was at the back.
 
At either end were the two newest stands, imaginatively named the East Stand (from where this photo was taken) and the West Stand which was reserved for visiting fans.  Over the years, as some of the seats became broken or unusable, a section of seating in the West Stand was removed to provide replacements.  The West Stand, despite one of the five sections being out of use, still held over 1,000 spectators.  The West Stand was accessed by separate turnstiles at the Edgehill Road end of the ground.
 
On the left of the photo is The Cowshed or just The Shed.  It is an area of covered terracing and was where the most vociferous of the Boro fans tended to gather.
 
The social club was located within the ground (on the far right of the photo) and - because of the ridiculous and restrictive ground regulations imposed upon us by the local council - could only be accessed from the "home" section of the ground.  This meant that away fans could not go into our social club before the game, which we think was a great shame. 

Finding the location of the McCain Stadium is easy, as it still lies on the main road into town from the direction of York (A64 / Seamer Road).  There was no club car park (well, apart from a small car park for players, directors and sponsors).

The club shop and the programme shop were just inside the main gates (and therefore also in the "home" section of the ground). 

In a couple of years time, we had hoped to have a brand new home for our beloved football club.  It would have been on the western outskirts of town.  By selling the stadium for housing, we hoped to build a new ground and simultaneously clear the club's historic debts.  Realistically, it was the only way forward.  But time ran out.