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Groundshare

Meaning in football (soccer), with examples

nounAdvanced term

In football (soccer), groundshare means: An arrangement in which two or more clubs use the same stadium as their home ground.

In Turkish: ortak stadyum kullanımı

How it is used

A groundshare can be temporary or long-term; the clubs remain separate teams.

Example sentences

  1. The groundshare continued while our old stadium was being rebuilt.

    Sharing provides a home venue during construction elsewhere.

  2. A groundshare forced the clubs to coordinate their home fixtures.

    Several home users must fit their matches into one venue's schedule.

Common collocations

  • agree a groundshare
  • temporary groundshare
  • groundshare arrangement
  • stadiumThe venue where matches are played, made up of the pitch and the stands around it for spectators.
  • fixtureA match arranged for a particular date; the fixtures, or the fixture list, are all the matches a team or league has scheduled for the season.

More terms: Stadium, Pitch & Fans

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