Fred Taylor Park

{{Short description|Home stadium to Waitakere United}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox stadium | name = Fred Taylor Park | nickname = | logo = | image = 20220918 110215 Fred Taylor Park.jpg | location = 184 Fred Taylor Drive, Whenuapai, Auckland, New Zealand | broke_ground = | opened = | owner = City of Auckland | operator = City of Auckland | surface = Grass Pitch | construction_cost = | architect = | structural_engineer = | former_names = | website = | tenants = Waitakere City (–2020) <br /> Waitakere United (2004–2021) <br> West Coast Rangers (2021–present) <br> Auckland FC Reserves (2025–present) | capacity = 1,000 | dimensions = }}

'''Fred Taylor Park''' is an association football ground based in Whenuapai, Auckland. It is currently the home ground of West Coast Rangers and Auckland FC Reserves. It was also the home to Waitakere City F.C. and Waitakere United before those clubs dissolved in 2020 and 2021 respectively.

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==History== In September 2022, FIFA announced that Fred Taylor Park was shortlisted to be a team base camp for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Team Base Camps added to list of FIFA Women’s World Cup ‘firsts’|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/news/team-base-camps-added-to-list-of-fifa-womens-world-cup-tm-firsts|website=FIFA|language=en-NZ|access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The grounds that will get upgrades as part of $19 million plan for Women’s World Cup|url=https://www.friendsoffootballnz.com/2022/09/27/the-grounds-that-will-get-upgrades-as-part-of-19-million-plan-for-womens-world-cup/|website=friendsoffootballnz.com|language=en-NZ|access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref> On 12 December 2022, Fred Taylor Park was announced as the training ground for Vietnam during the world cup.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Team Base Camps confirmed for FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/team-base-camps-confirmed-for-fifa-womens-world-cup-2023|website=FIFA|language=en-NZ|access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Fifa Women’s World Cup: Team base camps revealed for next year’s tournament in New Zealand|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/fifa-womens-world-cup-team-base-camps-revealed-for-next-years-tournament-in-new-zealand/4CB25MBZ5RHRVEPYBADWMPHOL4/|website=New Zealand Herald|language=en-NZ|access-date=15 December 2022|archive-date=15 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215000523/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/fifa-womens-world-cup-team-base-camps-revealed-for-next-years-tournament-in-new-zealand/4CB25MBZ5RHRVEPYBADWMPHOL4/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.waitakereunited.co.nz/stadium.html Fred Taylor Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229190307/http://www.waitakereunited.co.nz/stadium.html |date=29 February 2012 }} at the Waitakere United website

Category:Association football venues in New Zealand Category:Sports venues in Auckland Category:Association football in Auckland