The Showgrounds, home to Ballymena United, are only a couple of streets away from my in-laws house. Whilst visiting recently, I wandered down on a particularly rainy day and took a few photographs.
The stadium is a multi-use venue and gets used for exhibitions and stock care racing in addition to football. For that reason, both ends are open and the ground has an oval shape with a sizable track between the pitch and the stands.
The ground is considered to be one of the better venues available for football in Northern Ireland (taking things such as general facilities and accessibility into account) and recently hosted the finals of all three categories of the Milk Cup 2011, the world famous youth tournament played annually throughout County Antrim.
The main stand from the nearby Ecos Centre.
The away entry.
I've no idea why I took this photo.
One of the stands from inside the ground.
The stadium is open at both ends.
Looking towards the other end.
The Warden Street stand.
Clock on the other side of the turnstiles.
