Anfield
Liverpool
Name: Anfield Road
Nickname: Anfield
When Built: 1884
Capacity: 45,362
Record Attendance: 61,905 – February 2, 1952 – Liverpool vs. Wolverhampton
Address: Anfield Road, Liverpool, L4 0TH
Description: Anfield Road Stadium is considered a 4-star Uefa stadium and it hosted a lot of important games, some of them for England team too. The stadium has 4 all-seater stands called: the Anfield Road Stand, the Centenary Stand, the Kop and the Main Stand.
Brief History: Built in 1884, the stadium was initially the home of Everton, but in 1888 Everton moved to Goodison Park and the stadium’s owner has decided to form a new club called: Livepool Association Football Club. Like this, Anfield Road was Livepool’s home since 1888. The stadium hosted several important games and during time, it had a lot of modifications and the stadium’s capacity has became 45,362. But, since Liverpool is one of the most important football clubs from Europe, the club wants to expand their stadium more but due to difficulties of expanding Anfield beyond it’s current boundries, the club will soon move to a new stadium called New Anfield. The initial plans were made in 2000 and the new stadium will have a capacity of over 70,000 seats. The club will move there in the 2010-2011 season, but until then, Anfield Road will remain the place where they’ve had their biggest successes.
Ewood Park
Blackburn Rovers
Name: Ewood Park
Nickname: Ewood
When Built: 1882
Capacity: 31,367
Record Attendance: 62,522 – March 2, 1929 – Blackburn Rovers vs Bolton Wanderers
Address: Nuttall Street, Blackburn, Lancs, BB2 4JF
Description: The stadium is a multi sports stadium with a capacity of 31,367 all-seated. The pitch size is 115×76 yards and the stadium has four sections called: Darwen End, Riverside Stand, Blackburn End and Jack Walker Stand (named after brittish industrialist and Blackburn fan, Jack Walker)
Brief History: Ewood Park is the oldest home for a Premier League Club. Even though Anflied and Stanford bridge were built before Ewood, Blackburn Rovers started playing here before Chelsea or Liverpool started playing at their current homes. The stadium remained almost unchanged in the 20th century. Only in 1984 there were a couple of modifications made to the stadium after Nuttall Street Stand was damaged by fire. Since the club was bought by Jack Walker, the stadium became modern and the newly named Fraser Eagle Stand is the only stand of Ewood Park to date from before the 90s. After Walker bought the club the Ewood Park was extensively rebuilt for the modern Premiership Era and the biggest stand of the stadium, Nuttall Street Stand was demolished and rebuilt. The 11,000 all-seated stand was renamed the Jack Walker stand in the honour of their owner.
St James Park
Newcastle
Name: St. James’ Park
Nickname: St. James’ Park
When Built: 1892
Capacity: 52,387
Record Attendance: 68,386 – 1930 – Newcastle vs Chelsea
Address: St James’ Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 4ST
Description: St. James’ Park is the third largest club ground and the fourth largest stadium from England. Also, this stadium is the seventh largest stadium in the United Kigdom. St James’ Park has 4 stands called: the Gallowgate End, the Leazes End, the Milburn Stand and the East Stand.
Brief History: After the unification of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, the new club, Newcastle started using this stadium from 1892. During time, the stadium had small modifications and from 1990s there were major extension projects when businessman Sir John Hall invested a lot of money in the club. By 1995 the stadium had a capacity of 36,610 seats, a capacity that was a lot smaller than the club’s fanbase. There were even some plans to build a new stadium but those plans failed and St James’ Park was modified again in 1998-2000 and it’s capacity has reached 52,387 seats. On 2 april 2007 the club announced it’s intention to submit plans for a new great development for the stadium that would increase it’s capacity to over 60,000 seats but it’s nothing sure for now.
White Hart Lane
Tottenham Hotspur
Name: White Hart Lane
Nickname: The Lane, WHL
When Built: 1899
Capacity: 36,310
Record Attendance: 75,038 – March 5, 1938 – Tottenham vs Sunderland
Address: 748 High Road, Tottenham, London N17 0AP
Description: The stadium has four all seated stands called after compass direction. The biggest stands are the North and East Stands, each of them have over 10,000 seats. South Stand has 8,573 seats and the smallest stand, the West Stand, has a below 7,000 seats. The stadium’s capacity has reached 36,310 places after small alterations to the seating configuration in 2006.
Brief History: White Hart Lane is Tottenham’s home from 1899. The first match played here was Tottenham vs Notts County, won by Tottenham with 4-1. For almost 70 years the stadium was one of the only brittish stadiums that featured no advertising at all. During time, the stadium had really big attendance, but now it had to be decreased to over 36,000 all-seated. There were a couple of modifications to the stadium and the club likes it’s home a lot. Tottenham ruled out plans to move to a future stadium made for 2012 Olympic Games or a move to Wembley Stadium. Also, in the future, there are several plans to increase the stadium’s capacity to 50-60,000, but these have yet to proceed.
Emirates Stadium
Arsenal
Name: Emirates Stadium
Nickname: The emirates
When Built: 2006
Capacity: 60,355
Record Attendance: 60,161 – November 3, 2007 – Arsenal vs Manchester United
Address:
Ashburton Grove, London
Description:
Emirates stadium is one of the newest stadiums from England. Built in 2006, the stadium’s construction cost was £430 million, but it’s one of the nicest stadiums from the United Kingdom now. Emirates has an all-seated capacity of 60,355 and this makes it the second largest stadium from Premiership after Old Trafford and 3rd largest stadium from London in the entire history, after Wembley and Twickenham.
Brief History: Arsenal’s former stadium, Highbury was really small for team’s needs. In the late 90s they’ve started a project for a new, bigger stadium. The plan was announced in 1999, and the location was Ashburton Grove. The stadium’s initial name was Ashburton Grove, but due to a big sponsorship from Emirates Airlines the stadium was name Emirates Stadium. The official opening was in 2006, when even Queen Elizabeth II was expected at the stadium’s official opening, but she had some medical problems and couldn’t attent. On Thursday, October 26, the Emirates Stadium was officially opened by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and since then… the Emirates Stadium was a great host for Arsenal.
Villa Park
Aston Villa
Name: Villa Park
Nickname: Villa Park
When Built: 1897
Capacity: 42,573
Record Attendance: 76,588 – March 2, 1946 – Aston Villa vs Derby County
Address: Trinity Road, Birmingham B6 6HE
Description:
Villa Park is the home of Aston Villa since 1897. The stadium is rated with 4 stars by Uefa and it hosted 16 England internation matches at senior level. In the FA Cup history, Villa Park is the most used stadium in the semi-finals. Here, there were 55 FA cup semi-finals. The club has 4 stands called: Holte End, Trinity Road Stand, Doug Ellis Stand and North Stand. In the future, the stadium’s capacity will be extended to 50,000 because the club has permission to extend the North Stand.
Brief History: Opened in 1897, the stadium was officially called Aston Lower Grounds and year by year the stadium has been improved. Holte End was was covered in 1962 and a couple of years later, in 1966, the stadium hosted 3 games from the 1966 World Cup. Doug Ellis stand is the name given in the 1990s to former Witton Lane Stand. Apperently, Doug Ellis didn’t knew anything about this and he found out only after the stand was renamed. Last modification came in 2001, when the Old Trinity Road Stand was replaced by a new, larger and modern stand which took the stadium’s capacity to 42,573.
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