Franklin's Gardens

The Carlsberg Stand (with old branding)

The Carlsberg Stand (formerly the Tetley's stand) holds 6,000 (est) people and has 19 executive boxes. The stand's capacity is split between the Gordon Terrace (named after former club secretary Jerry Gordon) and seating. Unlike premier league football stadiums, standing is allowed at rugby stadiums and the terracing was included as a specific part of the design. All of the people in the stand are under cover.

The Carlsberg Stand also includes the club's major conferencing facilities, including the Rodber Suite, Captains' Suite and Heroes' Bar. There is full wireless internet access throughout the stand. Facilities including all the bars and suites were refurbished to simulate the look and feel of the members' bar located in the Barwell Stand in 2016.

In November 2017, it was announced that through a continuation of the sponsorship from Carlsberg, the stand will be re-branded as 'The Carlsberg Stand', this rebrand was completed in July 2018.

The South Stand (formerly The Burrda Stand and Elite Insurance Stand)

In 2005 the South Stand was doubled in size raising the Gardens capacity from 12,100 to 13,591. The redevelopment involved extending the South Stand over the lake in the village area of the ground to make room for additional seating, seven new boxes, a premium members' club, as well another bar and extra toilet facilities. The South stand extension was finished in the 2005/2006 season. At the start of the 10/11 season it was announced that the South stand will be renamed the Burrda Stand after the club's new kit suppliers. The stand was renamed in 2016 to become the Elite Insurance Stand, but this ended in 2018. Currently, there are no sponsors for the stand.

The Church's Stand

The Church's Stand is the 'third' all seater stand. It was developed and completed the horseshoe in the summer of 2002. It was opened by five club legends, former captains – Ron Jacobs, Don White, Gary Pearce, David Powell and Vince Cannon in November 2002.

The stand replaced the old Members' Stand which had lasted since the 1920s. It contains both the home and away dressing rooms, TV camera gantry, press bench, press room and a cinema for Saint's players (this was a bar until the Barwell Stand development).

The Barwell Stand

This is to the North of the ground and is the newest stand (built in 2015) which replaced The Sturtridge Pavilion, completing the redevelopment of Franklin's Gardens. This stand takes the name of the Barwell family, who were influential in making Northampton Saints one of English rugby's leading clubs at the turn of the professional era in the mid 1990s. This stand houses the members' bar, corporate facilities, control room, the Sturtridge Suite and approximately 2,000 seats. It also houses a war memorial to former Saints players who died in the 1st and 2nd World Wars. This stand was officially opened by Keith Barwell on 14 February 2016.

The demolished old Sturtridge Pavilion

The 1966/67 season kicked off with style with the opening of the Peter Haddon designed Gordon Sturtridge Pavilion, marked by a floodlit game between the Saints and an R E G Jeeps XV. The pavilion enhanced the Gardens’ reputation for being one of the finest rugby grounds in the country.

The Pavilion was earmarked for demolition and redevelopment when the original rebuild was designed, however, due to time and money, the rebuild didn't happen until 2015.

Further development on the existing ground would be compromised by the Beacon Bingo hall which sits in close proximity to the Barwell Stand. The Church's Stand also is compromised by backing onto the site boundary. Further opportunity could involve expanding the South and/or Tetley's Stand's.

Northampton Saints explored playing one fixture a season at the 30,000 capacity MK Dons stadium in Milton Keynes, although in 2017 it was announced that this would be 'put-on-hold' for the foreseeable future.

The second LV= Cup final was played at the Gardens, seeing Gloucester beat Newcastle 34–7.

20 March 2011 15:30

Gloucester	34 - 7	Newcastle Falcons
Try: Voyce 6'c, Fuimaono-Sapolu 57'c, Sharples 66'c, Dawidiuk 80'c Con: Robinson (4/4) Pen: Robinson 20', 51'	Report	Try: Eves 74'c Con: Gopperth (1/1)

Franklin's Gardens, Northampton Attendance: 6,848 Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

FB 15 Olly Morgan  60' RW 14 Charlie Sharples OC 13 Tim Molenaar  56' IC 12 Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu  74' LW 11 Tom Voyce FH 10 Nicky Robinson SH 9 Jordi Pasqualin N8 8 Luke Narraway (c) OF 7 Andy Hazell  41' BF 6 Akapusi Qera RL 5 Alex Brown LL 4 Jim Hamilton  64' TP 3 Rupert Harden  71' HK 2 Olivier Azam  78' LP 1 Nick Wood  76' Replacements: HK 16 Darren Dawidiuk  78' PR 17 Yann Thomas  76' PR 18 Shaun Knight  71' LK 19 Will James  64' FL 20 Matt Cox  41' FH 21 Tim Taylor  74' FB 22 Freddie Burns  60' CE 23 Henry Trinder  56' Coach: Bryan Redpath

FB 15 Alex Tait RW 14 Luke Fielden  61' OC 13 Tane Tu'ipulotu IC 12 James Fitzpatrick  53' LW 11 Luke Eves FH 10 Jimmy Gopperth SH 9 Micky Young  69' N8 8 Ally Hogg OF 7 Brent Wilson BF 6 Tim Swinson  71' RL 5 Andrew van der Heijden  62' LL 4 James Hudson (c) TP 3 Kieran Brookes  68' HK 2 Matt Thompson  46' LP 1 Jon Golding  65' Replacements: HK 16 Rob Vickers  46' PR 17 Grant Shiells  65' PR 18 James Hall  68' LK 19 Filipo Levi  71' FL 20 Mark Wilson  62' SH 21 Hall Charlton  69' CE 22 Gcobani Bobo  53' FB 23 Tom Catterick  61' Coach: Alan Tait

Touch judges:
Wayne Barnes (England)
Paul Dix (England)

On 4 June the Churchill Cup was opened with a double header of fixtures as Canada defeated Italy 'A' before eventual winners England Saxons breezed past the USA.