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 [...]
Craven Cottage is the home of Fulham FC. It currently holds a capacity of 25,700 seats. The first match at the site of the current stadium was played in 1896, however it took a further 10 years for the first proper stand to be built: the current Johnny Haynes stand [...]
The Emirates Stadium has been Arsenal FC’s home since 2006, replacing their previous stadium Highbury. The stadium has a capacity of 60,361 seats. First plans for the construction of a new stadium arose in the late 1990s. Highbury had gotten too small and lacked the possibilities of expansion being enclosed [...]
Highbury, officially called Arsenal Stadium, was the home of Arsenal FC between 1913 and 2006. In its latest years it had a capacity of about 38,500 seats. In the early years of the 20th century Arsenal had been playing its matches at Manor Ground close to Greenwich, when then Arsenal-Chairman [...]
Loftus Road is the home of Queens Park Rangers FC. The stadium has a capacity of 18,439 seats, which makes it the smallest ground in the Premier League. The stadium was built in 1904, but it was only in 1917 that QPR moved to the ground. In the 1930s first [...]
Tottenham Hotspur is currently in an advanced planning stage of building a new stadium at a site next to their current stadium White Hart Lane. For years the club had been looking for ways to increase its revenue by either refurbishing White Hart Lane, building a brand new stadium, or [...]
Stamford Bridge is one of the oldest stadiums in England and home to Chelsea FC. It has a current capacity of 41,837 seats. The stadium officially opened on the 28th of April 1877, however for the first 28 years of its existence it was primarily used as an athletics venue. [...]
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 [...]
Wembley Stadium is, after Camp Nou, the second largest stadium in Europe and the standard playing venue of the English national team. It also hosts, among others, the annual League Cup final, FA Cup final, and the Community Shield. The stadium has a capacity of 90,000 seats. Wembley Stadium, or [...]
Wembley Stadium was the English national stadium from 1923 until 2003, when it got demolished and replaced with a new stadium with the same name. In its 80 years of existence the stadium hosted many finals, among which of the World Cup, European Championships, and five European Cups. Most distinctive [...]
White City Stadium was for years one of the largest stadiums in Britain until it got demolished in 1984. The stadium was built for the 1908 Olympic Games. It formed part of the Franco-British exhibition site, an 140-acre complex of palaces and exhibition buildings, most with whitewashed exteriors, hence the [...]
White Hart Lane is the home ground of Tottenham Hotspur FC. It has a current capacity of 36,240 seats. The stadium opened on the 4th of September 1899 with a match against Notts County which Tottenham won 4-1. The initially small ground was quickly expanded, and after major developments early [...]
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. [...]
