page_title: Vetch Field
section_title: The East Stand
hierarchical_section_title: Vetch Field / Stands / The East Stand
caption_attribution_description: English: Panoramic shot of Swansea City FC's Vetch Field moments before the kick off of the last ever league match to be played at the ground.
context_page_description: The Vetch Field was a football stadium in Swansea, Wales. It was used for football matches and was the home ground of Swansea City until the club moved to the newly built Liberty Stadium in 2005. Opened in 1912, the ground held around 12,000 at the time of its closure, but upwards of 30,000 at its peak.
  As well as being home to the Swans, the Vetch also hosted games for the Wales national football team, with 18 internationals played at the Vetch between 1921 and 1988. Other sports also found a home at the Vetch, with 8 rugby league matches played there between 1990 and 1999. In 1960, local boy Brian Curvis beat the Australian boxer George Barnes at the Vetch to win the Commonwealth Welterweight title.
  The stadium also operated as a music venue, hosting The Who in 1976 and Stevie Wonder in 1984.
  The Vetch's final Football League fixture was a 1–0 win for Swansea over Shrewsbury Town on 30 April 2005. The last ever game of football to be held at the Vetch was the 2005 FAW Premier Cup final, which saw Swansea beat Wrexham 2–1.
context_section_description: The East Terrace was originally another mound of earth with some railway sleepers, and remained so until the late 1970s, when the club began its rise through the divisions. It became the first area of the ground to be redeveloped, and half the length of the pitch at the 'Town' end of the ground became home to the East Stand. A small layer of steep terracing lay beneath a stand with a capacity of around 2,500. It was also home to one of the most bizarre floodlights in the league, jutting out over the stand, completely out of character with the rest of the ground. Due to the refusal of residents of William Street behind the stand it could not be extended further, and financial problems ensured that it was the only part of the ground to be redeveloped, although further developments were initially planned.
caption: The Vetch prior to the kick-off of the last ever league match to be played at the ground, the penultimate fixture of the 2004/05 season. Swansea beat Shrewsbury Town 1–0 courtesy of an early Adrian Forbes strike.
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