Shamrock Park is a tidy enough wee ground.
Their owners - who were in the steel business - put money in a few years back with the intention of rebuilding the entire stadium. Unfortunately it all went tits up before they got round to completing the job, meaning they're left with two fine new stands, an old main stand which they don't currently use and an empty end behind the goal:
"The stadium is classed as an all-seater stadium and has two seated stands around the pitch totaling 2,770 seats, with one side containing a training pitch and the other having an older seated stand which is no longer in use. When grants become available, the older stand will be demolished and replaced with a brand new seated Grand stand."
https://portadownfc.co.uk/shamrockpark/
Which was a shame, but without being familiar with the details, I gather it was all bit like
"The Sopranos meet The Three Stooges" when it went wrong - dodgy payments, points deductions, relegation etc.
Anyhow, it's been more than adequate while they were in the 2nd tier. As for the future, Stormont has been promising £36m of stadium development money for several years now - delayed while they were closed - and if Ports could get established in the Prem, they might be eligible for a share? Though I'm worried that Covid-19 might see it diverted to more pressing needs?
Anyhow, if you could get to one of their games against Glenavon, or maybe Linfield or Cliftonville, it could be... er.... an experience!
Tbf, the grounds up there often aren't so bad as you might expect when you consider the crowds and standard of football etc.
Ballymena and Larne are pretty good/modern, Cliftonville and Crusaders not so much(!), but atmospheric none the less.
It's a long while since I was at Glenavon, but it was ok then and Dungannon is very tidy for a club of that size.
I've only scanned this website, but it seems reasonably reliable:
https://www.footballgroundguide.com/...gue-clubs.html
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