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on the evening of 13 September 1988, when three youths set fire to it. All the club’s memorabilia and its documentary records, stored in the board room, were lost. Following the disaster, Dewsbury continued to play on at Crown Flatt for three more years, with a temporary metal stand being provided by
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This is a simple grass bank, with no cover or stand, at the western end of the ground behind the posts. This area is not accessible to spectators, due to health and safety reasons. The club has aspirations to one day develop this area into an all-weather stand very much like the eastern
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Nathan Graham, with a late conversion, registered the last senior points to be scored at the ground. The club then spent three seasons ground-sharing with local rivals
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The car parks to the south of the stadium hold one of the biggest car boot sales in the region, raising much needed revenue for the
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