Laid out in the last quarter of the nineteenth century as a cricket ground for Bangor Cricket Club, the Farrar Road Stadium was first used for the purposes of association football in 1919 when Bangor City Football Club lost the use of their home ground at the Maes-y-Dref Field in the Hirael District of the city. Since that time, the ground has developed into a stadium primarily dedicated to football and has therefore lost much of its original cricketing form. As a cricket ground, the Farrar Road stadium had a pavilion in the south-west corner (grid reference: SH5775371774) which was later demolished. By the 1960s, Farrar Road had taken on the characteristics of a modern football ground complete with terracing and two small stands. The ground had a capacity of roughly 1,500 which included 700 seats, although the record attendance is believed to have been around 10,000 for a Welsh Cup final fixture against Wrexham in 1979.

Some memorable matches were played at Farrar Road against some of the biggest sides in Europe. In September 1962 Bangor City were drawn against the Italian giants AC Napoli in the European Cup Winners' Cup. Bangor, at the time being a team of part-timers and playing in the then Cheshire League, beat the Italian club 2-0 in a memorable match at Farrar Road, in doing so becoming the first club in Wales to win in a European competition. The second leg in Italy saw Napoli win 3-1. With scores tied after two legs (and no away goal ruling at the time), a replay was played at Highbury, London, in which Napoli won narrowly 2-1 and progressed to the next round. Another European giant, Spanish side Atletico Madrid, then played at Farrar Road in November 1985, also in the European Cup Winners' Cup, and defeated Bangor 2-0 in front of over 5,000 fans. The second leg in Madrid was also won by Atleti 1-0.

In the last full season ever played at Farrar Road, Bangor City managed to win the Welsh Premier League on the final day of the season in a memorable fixture, defeating the full time outfit, The New Saints 1-0 courtesy of a Craig Garside goal in the 68th minute. That season Bangor set a league record of 14 consecutive victories at the beginning of the season. This was Bangor's first Welsh Premier League title in 16 years. The final match at Farrar Road was played on 27th December 2011 in which Bangor defeated Prestatyn 5-3 in a Welsh Premier Lague fixture. Over 2,500 fans were in attendance. 

The stadium was then demolished in 2012 and the site is now occupied by ASDA supermaket. The club moved to the newly built Nantporth Stadium on the Menai banks in January 2012, the site of which had previously been used by Bangor University sports clubs.

Daryl Leeworthy, RCAHMW, 24 October 2011.
RCAHMW, July 2014.
Meilyr Powel, RCAHMW, October 2020.

Sources:

'Bangor City 1-0 The New Saints' Sgorio, Youtube.com
'Bangor City say farewell in style to Farrar Road ground', bbc.co.uk, 27 December 2011
'Demolition work starts at Bangor City's Farrar Road', North Wales Live (Daily Post), 7 January 2012
'Welcome to our club', Bangorcityfc.com