ONCE upon a time, Layer Road packed in around 6,000 fans to games in England’s second tier.
Now, Colchester United’s old stadium is only remembered by the statue in the middle of a housing estate.
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Colchester United, Layer Road Credit: Google Earth
Teddy Sheringham played the final games of his career with Colchester at the stadium Credit: PA:Press Association
The Peter Wright statue that now sits in the middle of the estate
A view of Turnstile Square Credit: BPM
The Us now play their games at the JobServe Community Stadium on the outskirts of the city, but from 1937-2008, Layer Road was their home.
Four years after moving out, the stadium was torn down and now it serves as a residential estate.
As shown by the impressive aerial images, the houses have been built around where the pitch used to be, leaving a communal green and the statue.
The statue itself is of club legend Peter Wright in what is now known as Turnstile Square in Colchester.
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Wright played 427 games for the club and was a fitting tribute to that era of Colchester.
The traditional football stadium saw plenty of ups and downs from its first construction back in 1907.
The ground regularly had huge crowds fill the terraces, including high-profile FA Cup matches against Leeds United and Reading.
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Layer Road in it’s prime as Colchester’s home
And here is the development it turned into
The last first team match at Layer Road took place on 26 April 2008, when Colchester lost 1–0 to Stoke City.
The last actual game was a reserve fixture three days later where the floodlights would be used for the last time.
In 2011, three years after the final match, the Colchester Borough Council sold the 3.63 acre stadium site in a deal worth approximately £1.5 million. They would subsequently build Turnstile Square.
