I appreciate that # 2 is a contentious issue, but Sandygate and York Road are or were not Football stadia and not home to professional clubs. Deepdale is a football stadium in the Deepdale area of Preston, England, the home of Preston North End F.C. Deepdale is "widely recognised as being the oldest 'continuously used' football stadium in the world. But like most coveted historic accolades, it is fiercely contested". For example, Maidenhead United F.C. have played at their York Road ground since 1871, but they are not a professional club, unlike Preston North End.