The Trophy Room



The Trophy Room was a project by artist Neville Gabie, who was commissioned to make a series of interventions at the former site of Ayresome Park - the old Middlesbrough Football Club ground. In 2000-2001 he created bronze cast sculptures at the site, which now belongs to Wimpey Homes. They included realistic versions of a football, football boots, a discarded Middlesbrough scarf, as well as the sand-blasted word 'enclosure' on a brick wall. Gabie was able to place each work at a specific location by overlaying the current site map with the old map of the football ground, which required cooperation from the present residents.

The project was commissioned by Wimpey Homes in collaboration with Middlesbrough Council. A book entitled 'The Trophy Room - Ayresome Park' documenting the project was also published in 2001 by Cleveland Arts (now Tees Valley Arts).