groundshare

English edit

Alternative forms edit

ground share

Etymology edit

ground +‎ share

Noun edit

groundshare (plural groundshares)

The sharing of a sports ground between two or more teams.
- 1997, Peterjon Cresswell, Simon Evans, Dan Goldstein, European football: a fans' handbook: the rough guide:
  The groundshare between the two teams began in 1975.
- 2010, Silke Steets, Stadium Worlds: Football, Space and the Built Environment, page 169:
  The groundshare has been far from unproblematic and has been extremely costly to the new club, although it has fulfilled the basic requirement of competing in English football (and indeed most sport) of having a 'home' ground.

Verb edit

groundshare (third-person singular simple present groundshares, present participle groundsharing, simple past and past participle groundshared)

To share a sports ground with another team