After initially playing at Botwell Common,
Hayes F.C. (then known as Botwell Mission) moved to the ground in Church Road. The site was originally named Cox's Meadow and later Townfield. It officially opened with a Whites vs. Stripes trial match on 26 August 1920. During
World War II, the clubhouse was hit by a bomb dropped by the
Luftwaffe. The record attendance at the ground was 15,370 for an
FA Amateur Cup match against
Bromley in 1951. For some twenty years before its demolition, the spacious carpark at the front of the former stadium was the site of a popular local community
market on Wednesdays and Fridays each week. ==References==