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Cambridge United was founded in 1912 as Abbey United (named after the Abbey district of Cambridge in which they play). In 1949 the club turned professional and took the name Cambridge United in 1951.
Club Name:
Club Address:
Cambridge
The Cledara Abbey Stadium
Newmarket Road
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB5 8LN
Telephone:
01223 566 500
Stadium:
Capacity:
Address:
The Cledara Abbey Stadium
7,937
Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8LN
Club Founded:
Team Colours:
1909
Yellow and Black
From the South: M11 to Junction 14, then turn east along the A14 dual carriageway
From the North: A14 from Huntingdon, then turn east along the A14 dual carriage way
Then exit the A14 at the fourth junction (situated east of Cambridge), up the slip road to the roundabout (signposted Stow-Cum-Quy). Turn right onto the A1303, and return westwards towards Cambridge. Go straight over the first roundabout, passing Marshall Airport to the left. Go straight over two sets of traffic lights to a roundabout. The Ground\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s floodlights can be seen from here and McDonald\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s is on the right.
Turn left onto the ring road. Turn right at the first roundabout (a large Sainsbury\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s is on the left here), and go along Coldham\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Lane. After half a mile, immediately after the traffic lights (at the Greyhound Public House) turn right into Coldham\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Road before the railway bridge.
Parking is available on the left-hand side of the road for coachesonly.
Parking for cars is limited to side street parking only. For disabled parking, contact the Club on 01223 566500 or by e-mail info@cambridge-united.co.uk
A Citibus C3 bus stops within a few yards of the ground (Ditton Walk stop) and runs from the Railway Station and through the city centre every ten minutes during the day, and at longer intervals in the evenings. Check the Stagecoach website for more details and a Citi 3 timetable.
There are regular services to and from Cambridge Railway Station, where taxis are available or the Citibus C3 service runs from the station every ten minutes during the day and at longer intervals in the evenings. Check the Stagecoach website for more details and a Citi 3 timetable.
To walk from the railway station to the ground could take 25-30 minutes. Walk away from the station along Station Road and take the first right, (Tenison Road). Take the first right again, (Devonshire Road), follow this round to the left, up to the next junction. Turn right - again - onto Mill Road. Walk over the railway bridge, then take the third left, (Sedgewick Street). Follow this road, pass a set of traffic calming barriers, and shops (at this point you are in Cromwell Road) to a T-junction, (Coldham\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Lane). Ahead of you should be a large field (Coldham\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Common). Go into this field and follow a path under the railway bridge to the away turnstiles.
Date | Home Team | Away Team |
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Sat 3rd May | Cambridge | Birmingham City |
Date | Home Team | Away Team | Result |
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Sat 26th Apr | Burton Albion | Cambridge | 2-1 |
Mon 21st Apr | Cambridge | Leyton Orient | 1-2 |
Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Birmingham City | 45 | 108 |
2 | Wrexham | 45 | 89 |
3 | Stockport County | 45 | 84 |
4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 45 | 84 |
5 | Charlton Athletic | 45 | 82 |
6 | Leyton Orient | 45 | 75 |
7 | Reading | 45 | 75 |
8 | Bolton Wanderers | 45 | 67 |
9 | Blackpool | 45 | 64 |
10 | Huddersfield Town | 45 | 64 |
11 | Lincoln City | 45 | 61 |
12 | Barnsley | 45 | 58 |
13 | Rotherham United | 45 | 56 |
14 | Stevenage | 45 | 56 |
15 | Exeter City | 45 | 56 |
16 | Wigan Athletic | 45 | 55 |
17 | Peterborough United | 45 | 51 |
18 | Mansfield Town | 45 | 51 |
19 | Northampton Town | 45 | 50 |
20 | Burton Albion | 45 | 47 |
21 | Crawley Town | 45 | 43 |
22 | Bristol Rovers | 45 | 43 |
23 | Cambridge | 45 | 38 |
24 | Shrewsbury Town | 45 | 33 |
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