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==Stadium and training facilities== {{Main|St Mary's Stadium|The Dell (Southampton)}} [[File:St Mary's Stadium Southampton.jpg|thumb|right|View from the Chapel Stand]] The club's first home ground was the [[Antelope Ground]] from 1887 to 1896. Followed by the [[County Ground, Southampton|County Cricket Ground]] from 1896 to 1898.<ref>{{cite book | title=Saints β A complete record|last= Chalk|first= Gary|author2=Holley, Duncan | publisher= Breedon Books| year=1987| isbn= 0-907969-22-4|pages=216β220}}</ref> From 1898 to 2001, Southampton played their home games at [[The Dell, Southampton|The Dell]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last1=Race |first1=Michael |last2=Coombes |first2=Lewis |date=26 May 2021 |title=Southampton FC: Twenty years since the last game at The Dell |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-57146702 |access-date=15 August 2023 |website=BBC News}}</ref> The purpose-built stadium was redeveloped a number of times through its 103-year history, with two of the stands being completely rebuilt after fires and in 1950 it became the first ground in England to have permanent floodlighting installed.<ref name=":4" /> Following the [[Taylor report]], The Dell was converted to an all-seater stadium and, with a capacity of approximately 15,000, became the smallest ground in England's top-flight, precipitating a move to a new home.<ref name=":4" /> St Mary's Stadium has been home to the Saints since August 2001. It has a capacity of 32,689<ref>{{cite web|title=St Mary's Stadium|url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/clubs/profile.stadium.html/southampton|work=Club profile: Southampton|publisher=The Premier League|access-date=21 July 2013|archive-date=30 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830183454/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/clubs/profile.stadium.html/southampton|url-status=dead}}</ref> and is one of only a handful of stadia in Europe to meet [[UEFA stadium categories|UEFA's Four Star criteria]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/features/premier-league-stadium-focus-st-marys-stadium-southampton.html |title=Around the grounds: St Mary's Stadium |publisher=Premier League |date=15 July 2013 |access-date=30 October 2013 |archive-date=7 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107161141/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/features/premier-league-stadium-focus-st-marys-stadium-southampton.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The stadium has also been host to a number of international games. The ground's record attendance is 32,363, set in a game between Southampton and [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] in April 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Club Records|url=http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/club/club-records/|website=www.saintsfc.com|publisher=Southampton F.C.|access-date=16 February 2016}}</ref> The club's training facilities, [[Staplewood Campus]], are located in [[Marchwood]] on the edge of the [[New Forest]]. The current facilities were opened in November 2014, at a cost of circa Β£40m.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staplewood to stick at Β£40m |url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/15155620.southamptons-staplewood-training-ground-cost-to-total-40m-as-predicted/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=Daily Echo |date=15 March 2017 |language=en}}</ref> The main building was named after the club's late owner, [[Markus Liebherr]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/20141105-markus-liebherr-pavilion-2063443.aspx|title=Saints honour Markus Liebherr's memory at new training centre|work=saintsfc.co.uk|access-date=31 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402104506/http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/20141105-markus-liebherr-pavilion-2063443.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> For the 2012β13 season, until the end of the 2013β14 season, the club agreed a deal with [[Eastleigh F.C.|Eastleigh]], then of the [[Conference South]], for the use of their stadium, [[Ten Acres]], for The Saints' U21 team fixtures. This continued a partnership with Eastleigh that had lasted for nearly a decade.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saints & Spitfires Link Up|url=http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/saints-spitfires-link-up-511796.aspx|publisher=Southampton FC|access-date=19 August 2013|date=27 November 2012|archive-date=11 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111020253/http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/saints-spitfires-link-up-511796.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> This partnership, though, ended and Southampton's youth teams continued to play at Staplewood and St. Mary's until the 2019β20 season when some U23 cup games were to be played at [[A.F.C. Totton|Totton]]'s Testwood Stadium, where [[Southampton F.C. Women|Southampton Women]] had played their league home matches.<ref>{{cite web|title=AFC Totton to host Premier League Cup fixtures|url=https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2019-10-01/under-23-fixtures-afc-totton-snows-stadium-premier-league-cup|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001160602/https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2019-10-01/under-23-fixtures-afc-totton-snows-stadium-premier-league-cup|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 October 2019|publisher=Southampton FC|access-date=1 October 2019|date=1 October 2019}}</ref> [[File:Red and White Stripes at St Mary's Stadium - geograph.org.uk - 431347.jpg|thumb|Fans create a [[tifo]] in the St Mary's Stadium]]
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