Smallbrook Stadium is a multi-use sports venue on the east side of the Ashey Road, south of

Ryde Ryde is an English seaside town and civil parish on the north-east coast of the Isle of Wight. The built-up area had a population of 24,096 according to the 2021 Census. Its growth as a seaside resort came after the villages of Upper Ryde and ...

. It currently hosts two football teams and

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...

run by Island Speedway (Iow) Limited.

Football

The ground hosts Ryde Saints, who play in the Isle of Wight leagues.

Newport (IOW) F.C. Newport (Isle of Wight) Football Club is a semi-pro association football, football club based in Newport, Isle of Wight, Newport on the Isle of Wight, England. They are currently members of the and they currently groundshare at East Cowes Vict ...

who play in the

Wessex Football League The Wessex Football League, known as the Velocity Wessex Football League for sponsorship reasons, is an English regional men's Association football, football league in southern England. Its members are primarily from Hampshire and Dorset, but c ...

played at the stadium from 2022 until 2023 and the defunct

Ryde Sports F.C. Ryde Sports (1888–1997) were an English football club based in Ryde, Isle of Wight. Before their untimely demise, Ryde Sports was for many years a successful and significant club on the Isle of Wight and in Hampshire, and an important part of ...

also played at the stadium.

Speedway

The venue was the home of the

Isle of Wight Warriors The Isle of Wight Warriors (formerly Isle of Wight Islanders) are a motorcycle speedway team from England. They last competed in the 2019 National Development League and ride their home meetings at the Smallbrook Stadium. Since leaving the Br ...

, who competed in the British speedway leagues from 2009 until 2019. In 2021, the club announced they would not be competing during the 2021 season but various speedway challenge matches still take place at the stadium.

History

The stadium is named after the existing Smallbrook Heath. In 1990,

moved into the newly built stadium and they were elected to the Wessex League that year. In 1996, a 396 metres speedway track was built around the football pitch and the a team called Ryde Wight Wizards competed in the newly formed Conference League, under the co-promotion of Gareth Rogers. In January 2022, the stadium flooded due to a burst water main.

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{{Motorcycle speedway tracks Sport on the Isle of Wight Buildings and structures on the Isle of Wight Isle of Wight Sports venues completed in 1990 Sports venues on the Isle of Wight

Football

Speedway

History

See also

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