"steel industry continuing to increase production and the Sheffield Development Corporation were given the task of redeveloping the area. Among the new developments are Meadowhall shopping centre, Valley Centertainment and Sheffield Arena. A public footpath, the Five Weirs Walk, has been opened up along the banks of the river from the city centre, and the Sheffield Supertram provides light rail access. It is home to one of the highest concentrations of sporting facilities in the UK with the Olympic Legacy Park, incorporating iceSheffield and the English Institute of Sport - Sheffield, located in the area. Lower Don Valley The Lower"
"they were without a ground in Rotherham. Rugby league and American football were staged there, and the Channel 4 celebrity sports show ""The Games"" also used the stadium. Due to financial problems, the stadium was closed in September 2013. The site has since been redeveloped to include a research centre, sports centre and educational facilities for local universities. At the time of its closure, Don Valley Stadium was the second largest athletics stadium in the UK – with a seated capacity of 25,000 – behind the London Olympic Stadium. The whole of the running track and its infield was illuminated"
"attendances rose to three times more than what they were at Don Valley. The Eagles returned to Don Valley midway through 2011 and stayed there until 2013. Don Valley was demolished in 2014. After being left homeless the club moved to the city's greyhound track, Owlerton Stadium in Hillsborough where they had previously played games between 1984-1989. The club experienced a dip in form at Owlerton, with there being temporary changing rooms and poor facilities. The club moved out of Sheffield for the first time in 2015 when they made the temporary switch to the Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster. Here they"
"The Valley (London) The Valley is a 27,000 -capacity sports stadium located in Charlton, London, England and is the home of Charlton Athletic Football Club. In Charlton's early years, the club had a nomadic existence using several different grounds between its formation in 1905 and the beginning of World War I in 1914. The ground dates from 1919, at a time when Charlton were moderately successful and looking for a new home. The club found an abandoned sand and chalk pit in Charlton, but did not have sufficient funds to fully develop the site. An army of volunteer Charlton supporters"
"complexes, four of which are in the city centre and a further two in the Lower Don Valley. One of these complexes is located at Valley Centertainment, a leisure and entertainment complex in the Don Valley. It was built on land previously occupied by steel mills near what is now Meadowhall and the Sheffield Arena. It is home to several restaurants, bars, a cinema multiplex and a bowling alley. It is also the largest Cineworld complex in the United Kingdom, containing 20 screens in one building. Odeon Sheffield, situated on Arundel Gate in the city Centre and Vue, located within"
"New York Stadium The New York Stadium, known as the AESSEAL New York Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Opened in July 2012, it is the home ground of Rotherham United. Rotherham United announced their intention to construct a new community stadium when they moved away from Millmoor to the Don Valley Stadium in May 2008 after a dispute with the ground owner Ken Booth. In January 2010 the club purchased the former site of the Guest and Chrimes Foundry to be used for the new stadium. Outline planning permission for the stadium"
"Valley Centertainment Valley Centertainment is a leisure and entertainment complex in the Don Valley in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It was built on land previously occupied by steel mills which also includes what is now Meadowhall shopping centre and the Fly DSA Arena. It is home to several restaurants, bars, a cinema, and a bowling alley as well as other attractions. The Cineworld cinema is one of the busiest in the UK, with 1.8 million visits a year and has more screens than any other Cineworld multiplex with twenty screens in all. It is also one of the first cinemas"
"Valley Stadium in Sheffield in 2008. Whilst a new purpose-built community stadium was being built in Rotherham, the club relocated to the Don Valley Stadium in nearby Sheffield for four seasons from 2008–09 to 2011–12. In January 2010 the club announced that their new stadium, later named the AESSEAL New York Stadium, would be built on the former Guest and Chrimes foundry site in Rotherham town centre. Preparation work on the site began in February 2010 to make way for the foundations to be put in place and for the old factory to be knocked down to make way for"
"Commonwealth Games, was reconfigured for football-only use after that event. The largest existing stadium then became the 25,000-seat Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield. Prior to the 2012 Summer Olympics, London's largest athletics venue was Crystal Palace, which has just 15,500 permanent seats. It has since been superseded by the Olympic Stadium, now known as London Stadium, which was initially built as an 80,000-seater for the 2012 Olympics. The venue was reduced to 60,000 seats following the Games after the London organising committee accepted West Ham United's bid to take over the stadium. As part of the downsizing, movable seating was"
"Milton Keynes Dons F.C. Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (), usually abbreviated to MK Dons, is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It was founded in 2004, following Wimbledon F.C.'s controversial relocation to Milton Keynes from south London, when it adopted its present name, badge and home colours. The club currently competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system, following relegation from League One at the end of the 2017–18 season. Initially based at the National Hockey Stadium, the club competed as Milton Keynes Dons from the start of the"
"of the Valley with a supporting pillar. The Valley's highest average attendance came in the 1948-49 season when crowds averaged 40,216, making Charlton one of only thirteen clubs in English football to achieve a seasonal average of 40,000+. The Valley's lowest average attendance is 5,108 from the 1984-85 season. Highest Lowest Average attendance for every season since 1993–94, the first full season since Charlton returned to the Valley. The Valley (London) The Valley is a 27,000 -capacity sports stadium located in Charlton, London, England and is the home of Charlton Athletic Football Club. In Charlton's early years, the club had"
"2,000-seater away stand. It is located behind a goal, with the family stand to the right, the main stand to the left, and the kop directly opposite. New York Stadium The New York Stadium, known as the AESSEAL New York Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Opened in July 2012, it is the home ground of Rotherham United. Rotherham United announced their intention to construct a new community stadium when they moved away from Millmoor to the Don Valley Stadium in May 2008 after a dispute with the ground owner Ken Booth. In"
"particularly the London boroughs of Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley. Supporters played a key role in the return of the club to The Valley in 1992 and were rewarded by being granted a voice on the board in the form of an elected supporter director. Any season ticket holder could put themselves forward for election, with a certain number of nominations, and votes were cast by all season ticket holders over the age of 18. The last such director, Ben Hayes, was elected in 2006 to serve until 2008, when the role was discontinued as a result of legal issues. Its"
"Sheffield. The main sports team to play at iceSheffield are the Sheffield Steeldogs ice hockey team who play in the EPIHL. Managed by Sheffield International Venues on behalf of the Sheffield City Trust, in February 2015 it was announced that iceSheffield would be incorporated into the Olympic Legacy Park on the site of the former Don Valley Stadium. IceSheffield iceSheffield is an ice arena in the Lower Don Valley, Sheffield, England. It was completed in May 2003 at a cost of £15 million. It consists of two Olympic-size ice rinks with seating for 1,500 people in pad 1 and 125"
"made that the stadium was to close in September 2013 and would be demolished from 21 November 2013. In October 2014, it was announced that the Olympic Legacy Park would be constructed on the site of the old Don Valley Stadium. It was to contain a Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre, an indoor sports arena, a sports pitch and stadium to be home of the Sheffield Eagles, Oasis Academy and University Technical College (UTC). The college, which costed £10 million and is backed by Sheffield College and Sheffield Hallam University, opened in 2016.<ref name=""BBC News 6/8/14""></ref> On 11th March 2018, the"
"On Saturday 16 September 2006 the stadium played host to the 'Battle of Belle Vue' when 11,000 fans from Wakefield Trinity and Castleford watched the match which would decide who was relegated from Super League. Wakefield Trinity won the match 29–17 sending their nearest rivals Castleford down to the National League. Sheffield Eagles made Belle Vue their temporary home in 2017 after they were forced out of their home ground Don Valley Stadium two years earlier. The previous season they had played at Doncasters Keepmoat Stadium. After Emley A.F.C. were relocated to Wakefield in 2000, they chose to play their"
"Championship, held in the nearby Crucible Theatre. Qualifying matches, previously held in Prestatyn, typically take place between late February and early March. Since 2010 the EIS host qualifying matches to all snooker tournaments as well as all PTC events. The EIS-Sheffield was used by British Athletes to train for the 2012 Summer Olympics. In February 2015, it was announced that the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield would be incorporated into the Olympic Legacy Park on the site of the old Don Valley Stadium. English Institute of Sport, Sheffield The English Institute of Sport is a multi-sport facility in Sheffield, England."
"which would include increasing capacity to 44,000. England's bid was unsuccessful, but Stadium MK went on to be one of stadia for the Rugby World Cup 2015. The Dons' most famous non-football related supporter was local resident Jim Marshall, the founder of Marshall Amplification, who were one of the earliest shirt-sponsors. Racing driver Dan Wheldon was also reported to be a fan; after his death, a minute's silence was held in his memory before the next game's kickoff, against Scunthorpe. Former cricketer and talkSport radio presenter Darren Gough, despite being a Barnsley F.C. fan, attends Dons games from time to"
"Don Valley Village Don Valley Village is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the former suburb of North York. It is located north of Highway 401, and is bounded by Sheppard Avenue to the south, Leslie Street to the west, Finch Avenue to the north and Highway 404 to the east. Like the nearby Don River Valley (to the east), the neighbourhood has hill and dale topography. The population in Don Valley Village mainly consists of mostly Iranian and Arab immigrants, with sizable Asian, African and Caribbean populations as well. The areas residents"
"major renovations in the coming year due to the ambition of Rovers to progress further as a football team. Leckview Park Leckview Park () is a football stadium in County Donegal, Ireland. Located on the banks of the River Swilly on Canal Street close to central Letterkenny, it is the home ground of one of Ireland's leading football teams, Letterkenny Rovers. It is also close to the county's largest multi-screen cinema complex at Leckview Lane on Letterkenny's Pearse Road. The stadium's name refers to Conwal and Leck in which it is located, and the stadium can be easily viewed through"
"Recreation Ground, Oakwell Stadium and Belle Vue. They survived one season in the top flight but were then relegated. This was a temporary decline as they immediately regained their place in the First Division, winning the Second Division title and Premiership. The Eagles slowly established themselves as a top flight club. Don Valley Stadium became home for the club in September 1990, it had been built for the 1991 World Student Games held in Sheffield. In May 1991, Eagles signed their first local recruit, Jason Davidson. In 1992 they reached the Yorkshire Cup final, losing to Wakefield Trinity. Bill Gardner"
"defeat of Donegal in the NFL Division 1. On 5 February 2017, it hosted Kerry's defeat of Donegal in the opening round of NFL Division 1. On 4 February 2018, it hosted Galway's defeat of Donegal in the NFL Divison 1. O'Donnell Park O' Donnell Park () is a GAA stadium in County Donegal, Ireland. The home ground of the Naomh Adhamhnáin club, it is situated between the Letterkenny Regional Sports and Leisure Complex and Ballymacool Park on the outskirts of the town. The Donegal senior inter-county football team uses O'Donnell Park as a venue for matches. The ground has"
"River Don, Yorkshire The River Don (also called ""Dun"" in some stretches) is a river in South Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It rises in the Pennines and flows for eastwards, through the Don Valley, via Penistone, Sheffield, Rotherham, Mexborough, Conisbrough, Doncaster and Stainforth. It originally joined the Trent, but was re-engineered by Cornelius Vermuyden as the Dutch River in the 1620s, and now joins the River Ouse at Goole. Don Valley is the local UK parliamentary constituency near the Doncaster stretch of the river. The Don derives its name from Dôn (or Danu), a Celtic mother"
"the divisions above and the lowest-ranking teams in each division are relegated. Only clubs from England, Scotland and Wales played; clubs in Northern Ireland competed against Republic of Ireland clubs in an all-Ireland Irish American Football League. Teams competed annually to reach the championship game (BritBowl) and win the Boston Trophy. The game was traditionally hosted at Sheffield's Don Valley Stadium, however the venue for the finals was switched in 2008 because of a schedule conflict with Rotherham United FC, the stadium's temporary tenants, with the match instead being played at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster. Tensions grew between the"
"Stadium. The stadium was demolished in 2007. Belle Vue, South Yorkshire Belle Vue is a suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It was the location of the home ground of Doncaster Rovers F.C. and the Doncaster Lakers RLFC, until 2007 (when the new Keepmoat Stadium replaced it. It had the 3rd biggest pitch in England at the time, and the pitch was in good state. In the 2005-06 season Doncaster had knocked out Aston Villa and Manchester City on this pitch in the League Cup. The old ground was known as Belle Vue, but following commercial sponsorship (for the 2004–05"
"every home match, with entertainment; advertising in the ground; and first call on away tickets and FA Cup final tickets. In May 2008, Rotherham United left Millmoor after talks with Ken Booth broke down. The team moved to the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield until 2012, when the club moved into a new community stadium in Rotherham. Millmoor is currently unused apart from its car park which has been used by C F Booth as an overspill and storage area for former tube trains awaiting scrapping. C F Booth C F Booth Ltd is a family-owned scrap metal and recycling"
"of South Norwood, their stadium Selhurst Park being six miles from The Den and eight from The Valley. AFC Wimbledon play at Kingsmeadow, which is eight miles west of Selhurst Park, 11 from The Den and 15 from The Valley. The fixture between the teams has been contested over 300 times and the rivalry dates back to 1906, when Crystal Palace and Millwall Athletic first met in the Southern League. Often competing in the same division, the two teams have contested the most derby games, over 130. Charlton entered the Football League in 1921, competing at the same level as"
"Don Valley (UK Parliament constituency) Don Valley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Caroline Flint of the Labour Party. Created in 1918, Don Valley is a former coal mining area which has elected only Labour MPs since 1922. The current MP is Caroline Flint, first elected in 1997 who was Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in 2015 and through the Blair Ministry and Brown Ministry served successively as a Health, Employment/Welfare, Housing and Europe Minister of State. 1918—1950: The Urban Districts of Mexborough and Tickhill, and"
"Leckview Park Leckview Park () is a football stadium in County Donegal, Ireland. Located on the banks of the River Swilly on Canal Street close to central Letterkenny, it is the home ground of one of Ireland's leading football teams, Letterkenny Rovers. It is also close to the county's largest multi-screen cinema complex at Leckview Lane on Letterkenny's Pearse Road. The stadium's name refers to Conwal and Leck in which it is located, and the stadium can be easily viewed through the trees from the similarly named cemetery across the river. The stadium is, and will soon be, subject to"
"Sheffield Giants The Sheffield Giants are a British American Football team based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom. They play in the BAFA Premier Division North. They were formed in 2008 as the Sheffield Predators but rebranded to the Giants in 2016 in a nod to the Steel City Giants who folded in the 1980s. As of 2017, The Giants currently play their home games at Sheffield Hallam University. In 2012 they were crowned Division Two Bowl Champions after defeating the Peterborough Saxons at the Don Valley Stadium. There have been a number of teams in and around the Sheffield"
"socks. The original club's badge was an Eagles head inside a crest with ""The Eagles"" across the top and Sheffield Eagles in italics across the bottom. The inside of the crest was yellow with a red border. The new club chose to use a different more updated crest to replace the old dated one. The new more modern crest features an eagle carrying a rugby ball within a circle with Sheffield Eagles around it. Sheffield originally played at Don Valley Stadium. In a bid to increase attendances, the Eagles left Don Valley in 2010 and moved to Bramall Lane where"
"fans of Scottish football team Dunfermline Athletic F.C., the local team of the band, and Charlton Athletic F.C. of the English Football League Championship, whose stadium is aptly named The Valley. It was also used in their premiership years by Bradford City A.F.C., whose stadium is named Valley Parade. It's also played as the teams come out at the Valley Stadium, home of Redditch United F.C.. In 2012 the song was used in a television advertising campaign by the cycle and motoring accessory retailer Halfords. The song was covered by street punk band the Street Dogs on their 2008 album"
"The Avenue Stadium The Avenue Stadium is a football stadium in Dorchester, England and is home of Dorchester Town F.C.. Located to the south of Dorchester on Weymouth Avenue (where the club have been based since their inception), the ground was opened in 1990, having cost £3,000,000 to build. The stadium was designed and is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall. As such the Duke of Cornwall paid two official visits to the ground, plus a number of unofficial ones prior to the inaugural match on 18 August 1990. The whole ground was built by McIntyre Construction at a cost"