Villa Park
Posted on January 28, 2008
Filed Under Aston Villa
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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