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{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name  = Lynn Road
| fullname = 
| nickname =
| image =
| caption =
| coordinates  = {{coord|51.571789|N|0.085117|E|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline}}
| location = [[Ilford]], [[London]], England
| built = 1904
| opened = 1904
| closed = 1977
| capacity = 
| record_attendance = 17,000
| owner = [[Ilford F.C.|Ilford]]
| operator =
| surface = Grass
| tenants  = [[Ilford F.C.|Ilford]]
}}

'''Lynn Road''' was a [[association football|football]] ground in the [[Newbury Park, London|Newbury Park]] area of [[Ilford]], [[London]]. It was the home ground of [[Ilford F.C.]] from 1904 until 1977 and hosted [[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|football]] matches during the [[1948 Summer Olympics]].<ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/OR1948.pdf XIV OLYMPIAD] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716035822/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/OR1948.pdf |date=2011-07-16 }} Olympics Committee, p387</ref>

==History==
The ground was built in 1904 after Ilford were given notice to leave their Wellesley Road ground.<ref name=GT>[http://groundtasticmagazine.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/ilford-fc-at-newbury-park.html Ilford FC at Newbury Park] Groundtastic, 16 February 2014</ref> The first match at the new ground was played against [[Clapton F.C.|Clapton]] in September that year, and in November a new 400-seat stand was opened on the southern side of the pitch.<ref name=GT/> They bought the freehold of the site in 1922, and built another stand (which became known as the Clock Stand) on the northern side of the pitch, seating 600.<ref name=GT/> The original stand was demolished in 1928 and replaced by an 850-seat stand that included a paddock with a standing capacity of 950.<ref name=GT/>

The record attendance of 17,000 was set for an English Schools Trophy match between Ilford and Swansea in May 1952.<ref name=GT/> By this time the ground had a capacity of 18,000. Floodlights were subsequently installed in 1962.<ref name=GT/>

In the 1970s plans were made to relocate to a new ground near [[Fairlop tube station]] and the club left in the summer of 1977, with the main stand dismantled in order to be moved to the new site. However, the new ground never materialised and Ilford subsequently merged with [[Leytonstone F.C.|Leytonstone]] to form [[Redbridge Forest F.C.|Leytonstone/Ilford]].<ref name=GT/>

===Olympic matches===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center
!Date
!Time
!Team #1
!Result
!Team #2
!Round
!Attendance
|-
|31 July 1948||18:30|| {{fb|FRA}} || 2–1 || {{fb|IND}} || [[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|First round]]||17,000<ref>[https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/london1948/matches/round=197052/match=32358/index.html France - India] FIFA</ref>
|-
|5 August 1948||18:30||{{fb|YUG}}||3–1||{{fb|TUR}}||[[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Second round]]||8,000<ref>[https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/london1948/matches/round=197053/match=32363/index.html Turkey - Yugoslavia] FIFA</ref>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{1948 Summer Olympic venues}}
{{Olympic venues football}}

[[Category:Ilford F.C.]]
[[Category:Venues of the 1948 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Defunct football venues in England]]
[[Category:Football venues in London]]
[[Category:Sport in the London Borough of Redbridge]]