Bloomfied Road is the home of Blackpool FC. The stadium currently has a capacity of 16,007 seats. Football had been played at the site of Bloomfield Road since 1887 when in 1899 a modest stadium was built. The first match at the new stadium was played on the 21st of [...]
Boleyn Ground, more commonly referred to as Upton Park, is the home ground of West Ham United FC. The stadium has a capacity of 35,016 seats. Boleyn Ground was built in 1904, and about a decade later West Ham selected it as their home ground. The stadium recorded its highest [...]
Cardiff City Stadium is the second largest stadium in Wales and home to Cardiff City FC. The stadium has a capacity of 26,828 seats. Plans for the construction of a new Cardiff City stadium were first made in the early 2000s and received approval in 2005. It took however until [...]
The City Ground has been the home ground of Nottingham Forest FC for more than 100 years. It currently offers a capacity of 30,576 seats. The club moved to the City Ground on the 3rd of September 1898. It remained a fairly small stadium for the subsequent decades until new [...]
Elland Road is the home ground of Leeds United FC. The stadium currently has a capacity of 39,460 seats. Elland Road opened in 1897, however in the first years of its existence the ground was only used for rugby matches. In 1904 newly formed football club Leeds City moved into [...]
The KC Stadium is the home of Hull City AFC. The stadium has a capacity of 25,586 seats. The KC Stadium replaced Hull’s old stadium Boothferry Park. First plans for the stadium were made in the late 1990s and construction started in 2001. The stadium officially opened on the 18th [...]
The King Power Stadium, until 2011 called Walkers Stadium, is the home of Leicester City FC. The stadium has a capacity of 32,312 seats. Plans to replace Leicester’s previous ground Filbert Street with a new stadium were first made in the mid 1990s, but concrete plans were only unveiled in [...]
Madejski Stadium is the home of Reading FC. The stadium has a capacity of 24,161 seats and holds 28 executive suits. Madejski Stadium replaced Reading’s previous ground Elm Park. The new stadium got built at a cost of £50 million, with the first match played on the 22nd of August [...]
Pride Park Stadium has been the home stadium of Derby County FC since 1997, when it replaced The Baseball Ground. The stadium has a capacity of 33,010 seats. First plans for a move away from The Baseball Ground were made in the early 1990s, when, following the publication of the [...]
The Ricoh Arena is the home of Coventry City FC. The stadium has a capacity of 32,604 seats. Coventry moved to the Ricoh Arena in 2005 after having played the previous 106 years at Highfield Road. Plans for the move were announced as early as 1997, but due to several [...]
The Riverside Stadium is the home of Middlesbrough FC. It was one of the first modern stadiums to be constructed after the Taylor Report. The stadium has a capacity of 34,988 seats. The Riverside Stadium replaced Middlesbrough’s previous home Ayresome Park. The old ground, being hemmed in by terraced housing, [...]
St Mary’s Stadium is the home of Southampton FC. The stadium has a capacity of 32,689 seats. Southampton moved to the St Mary’s Stadium in 2001, having played at The Dell for the previous 103 years. The stadium had been constructed between December 1999 and July 2001 at a total [...]
St. Andrew’s Stadium is the home of Birmingham City FC. The stadium has a capacity of 30,009 seats. St. Andrew’s opened on the 26th of December 1906 with a league match between Birmingham City and Middlesbrough. On the 11th of March 1939 the record attendance was set when 66,844 fans [...]
The Amex, officially called the American Express Community Stadium, or colloquially Falmer Stadium, is the home of Brighton & Hove Albion FC. The stadium has a capacity of 22,500 seats. The Amex officially opened on the 30th of July 2011 with a friendly match between Brighton and Tottenham Hotspur (2-3). [...]
The Den, previously called The New Den, is the home of Millwall FC. The stadium has a capacity of 19,734 seats. The Den was one of the first stadiums to be built following the Taylor Report with the report’s recommendations in mind. It replaced The Old Den, which was located [...]
Turf Moor is the home of Burnley FC. The stadium has a capacity of 22,619 seats. Burnley moved to Turf Moor in 1883, nine months after the club had formed. The first match played at the ground was against Rawtenstall (3-6). At that point the stadium was nothing more than [...]
Vicarage Road is the home stadium of Watford FC. It has a capacity of 17,477 seats. Watford FC moved to Vicarage Road in 1922 after it had been playing for 23 years at a ground on Cassio Road. The club played its first match at the new ground on the [...]
Houston Celebrate Opening of BBVA Compass Stadium
On Saturday the Houston Dynamo’s new stadium, the BBVA Compass Stadium, officially opened with a match between the Dynamo and DC United. The Dynamo celebrated the opening with a 1-0 win over the visitors from Washington DC. The BBVA Compass Stadium is the 14th soccer-specific stadium in the Major League [...]
Boca Juniors Wants to Build a New Stadium
Boca Juniors president Daniel Angelici has confirmed that the club is currently looking into the options of building a new stadium. The president did this in a radio interview while in Spain looking for investors in the club. He right away went into further detail [...]
Chelsea Submit Bid for Battersea Station Site
Chelsea’s interest in the Battersea Power Station site as a potential location for a future new stadium has been no secret, but the club has now officially submitted a bid for the iconic site. From the press release on its official website: [...]
Work Behind the Scenes on New AS Roma Stadium
A recently tweeted photo by AS Roma CEO Mark Pannes has confirmed that the club is currently working hard on realising a new stadium. The photo shows three men looking at a wall full of stadium photos and was accompanied by the following [...]
New Barcelona Stadium Back on the Table
FC Barcelona is again looking into the possibilities of either building a new stadium, or extensively renovating Camp Nou. This reports Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo based on a strategic report the club will internally discuss in the upcoming weeks. The strategic report calls for the return of [...]
Liverpool FC took a step back and forwards at the same time when it decided to proceed with its 9-year-old plans for a new stadium, reports the Telegraph. Even though current American owners Fenway Sports Group had earlier indicated to prefer a redevelopment of Anfield, they now [...]
Valencia Stadium Works Resumed in 2012
Works on the Nuevo Mestalla stadium will resume at the beginning of 2012, according to an announcement of the mayor of Valencia and the club’s president last Tuesday. Construction of the stadium, which began in August 2007, was halted early 2009 with little indication during the last [...]
Twenty Years Ago: The Bastia Stadium Disaster
No matches were played in Ligue 1 last Saturday. Instead the league commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Furiani stadium disaster which took the lives of 18 fans and injured hundreds more. The lead up to the disaster starts on the 22nd of April 1992. SC Bastia, from the football-mad [...]
The Stadiums that Could Have Been
Building a new football stadium is no easy task. It usually starts with an ambitious chairman enthusiastically announcing the plans, but all too often ends in frustration and sometimes resignation. Though in the end most stadium proposals manage to overcome [...]
Five Reasons Why Poland and Ukraine Won’t Be Another Portugal
With the European Championships still three months away, there is already plenty of talk about the legacy of the tournament. That is, experts are warning that Poland and the Ukraine might become the next Portugal. Or South Africa, speaking in World Cup terms. [...]
