 On 15 May 1919 a fire destroyed the grandstand . During the Second World War the United States Army took over the Tower Athletic Grounds as a storage facility for military vehicles to be used in the invasion of France . Following the war the stadium was reopened as the home ground for New Brighton A.F.C. , whose Sandheys Park had been requisitioned for housing . They sold it to the Wallasey Housing Corporation in 1977 . 
