The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, is the world’s oldest football stadium to still host international matches, the first being on 5 March 1877 when Scotland were the visitors and left with a 2-0 victory under their belts, and the latest (at the time of writing) being Wales 4-0 win against Gibraltar in a friendly match on 11 October 2023. The Racecourse Ground has also hosted the greatest number of Wales international matches; The Welsh national team have played here a total of 95 times.

The ground dates back to 1739, when a race course was set out and in the 1830s a cricket pitch was established in the middle of the course. Races ceased to be run here in 1857 due to the level of drunkenness and public disorder that the sport had begun to attract. The site has been home to Wrexham AFC since their formation in 1864, with the exception of a couple of seasons away during the 1880s due to a disagreement over a rent increase with Wrexham Cricket Club who, at the time, still owned the stadium. Other owners in the 160 years that Wrexham AFC have called the ground home have included a brewery, the club, companies owned by the owner of the club and the adjacent University. The freehold of the ground was repurchased by the club in June 2022.

The record attendance was set on 26 January 1957 when 34,445 witnessed Manchester United's 5-0 victory in the 4th round of the FA Cup. The current capacity is 12,600 which makes it the third largest club football stadium in Wales after The Cardiff City Stadium and the Liberty Stadium.

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