5 hours ago, Roving Mick said:

I must admit to having reservations over the ground location.  After living in this area for the last 20 odd years, Sacred Heart school's position is far too steep to have hosted football matches.  The old Leamington Road Baptist church and its surrounding area is more likely to be where the ground was located.

It seems a bit odd how nobody is really sure of the exact ground location, despite Leamington Street arguably being the first purpose built football ground in the world.  It's certainly accepted as the first to host an England match.

Have a look at the drawing attached.

The row of houses in the bottom left is New Bank Road. The row in the top left is Revidge Road and the row at the top right is Dukes Brow. 

The building beyond the top right corner of the pitch is the Dog Inn. The two ends of terraced houses on the right, behind the stand is now Higher Bank St. 

As per my last post, the pavilion at the right of the picture is now part of Sacred Heart Primary School. Half of the original building still stands at the end of the school, it looks like an extension but it's actually older than the rest of the building. 

On 15/07/2017 at 13:51, StubbsUK said:

I've gone full Time Team & overlayed the map from Roving Mick's post over a modern map of the area ...

 

 

It's not quite right... The ground went right up to Revidge Road, the near half of the road wasn't built at the time. The Dog Inn was at the top corner of the ground. (see map attached) 

The other boundaries are spot on though. 

The pavilion was extended and eventually became Sacred Heart RC primary school. Half of the pavilion is still there today, it's the small end of the school on the Leamington Road side. (see image attached)