Imperial Fields is a football stadium in

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, London, which is home to Tooting & Mitcham United. It is also the former ground of Chelsea Ladies and Kingstonian. The stadium opened in 2002, and has a total capacity of 3,500 (612 seated).

Men's football

Tooting & Mitcham United moved in 2002 from an all-wooden facility at Sandy Lane in Mitcham. In the 2017–18 season,

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groundshared at the ground after disagreements with the owner of its Champion Hill ground. The record attendance for Imperial Fields was set by Dulwich Hamlet in their Isthmian Premier Division play-off final win against

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with an attendance of 3,321 on 7 May 2018. Tooting & Mitcham's record attendance at the stadium was set by a 1–1 draw with

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on 16 April 2005, which saw a crowd of 2,637. Before the 2022–23 season, Kingstonian moved to Imperial Fields.

Women's football

The stadium served as the home ground for Chelsea Ladies in the inaugural 2011 season of the

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, and hosted the league's first-ever match on 13 April 2011 between Chelsea and

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. Gilly Flaherty scored the match-winning goal for Arsenal in the 1–0 match, in front of a crowd of 2,510.

References

External links

Chelsea Ladies pageFulham PageTooting and Mitcham page
Imperial Fields - geograph

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