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Tai Po Sports Ground is a sports ground located in Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. It was opened on 23 September 1992.It is the home stadium of Hong Kong Premier League club Tai Po.HistoryTai Po Sports Ground staged its first ever Hong Kong First Division game on 30 September 2006, when Tai Po played South China. Despite losing 2:3, all 2,020 tickets for the match were sold out.After the game, the stadium was determined to be unsuitable for future First Division games. Refurbishment work begun in 2007 to upgrade the facilities, including refurbishing the changing rooms, building corporate boxes, installing new goal posts and replanting the grass, such that Tai Po would be allowed play all of their home games during the 2007-08 season at the stadium. The work cost the Leisure and Cultural Services Department HK$1 million.2007 - 08 seasonOn 3 August 2007, the Hong Kong Football Association agreed to allow Tai Po to play 9 games at the Tai Po Sports Ground in the 2007-08 season, regardless whether the games are home or away. There were likely to be other first division matches for two other clubs at the ground on the same days as well. But after the pre-season pitch examination, the HKFA decided that it was not up to standard for First Division matches and thus no matches were to be held at the ground.