Anfield is one of the oldest grounds in England and home of Liverpool FC. It has a capacity of 45,522 seats. After Anfield opened in 1884 it got initially rented by Everton FC. The first game at the ground ended in Everton beating Earlstown 5-0. After a dispute over the [...]
The Britannia Stadium is the home ground of Stoke City FC. It has a capacity of 27,598 seats. Stoke City moved into the stadium in 1997 after having played for 117 years at the Victoria Ground. Construction of the new stadium began late 1996 and was finished in time for [...]
Carrow Road is the home ground of Norwich City FC. The stadium has a capacity of 27,010 seats. In the 1930s the club played its matches at a ground called “The Nest”, however it had limited capacity and in 1935 failed to meet FA safety requirements. A few weeks before [...]
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 DW Stadium, until 2009 called JJB Stadium, is the home of Wigan Athletic FC. The stadium offers a capacity of 25,133 seats. The DW Stadium replaced Wigan’s previous home Springfield Park, where Wigan had played its home matches for almost 70 years. The stadium officially opened on the 4th [...]
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 [...]
Etihad Stadium, previously called the City of Manchester Stadium and also known as Eastlands, is the home ground of Manchester City FC. The stadium has a capacity of 48,000 seats. The Etihad Stadium was built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, but was converted after the games into a football stadium [...]
Ewood Park is one of the oldest grounds in England and home to Blackburn Rovers FC. The stadium has a capacity of 31,154 seats. Ewood Park opened in 1882 as a multi-sports ground. Blackburn Rovers had earlier played a few matches at the site, but started playing regularly at Ewood [...]
The Liberty Stadium is the home of Swansea City FC. The stadium has a capacity of 20,520 seats. The Liberty Stadium opened in 2005. It replaced Swansea City’s previous home Vetch Field, where the club had been playing for almost 100 years, but which at the start of the new [...]
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 [...]
Old Trafford is the second largest stadium in England and home to Manchester United FC. The stadium has a capacity of 75,811 seats. In the first decade of the 20th century Manchester United played its matches at a 50,000-stadium at Bank Street, when then president Davies began planning for a [...]
The Reebok Stadium is the home ground of Bolton Wanderers FC. The stadium has a capacity of 28,100 seats, and is particularly known for its characteristic roof structure. The Reebok Stadium was opened on the 1st of September 1997. The first match at the new stadium was a league match [...]
St James’ Park, currently temporarily renamed Sports Direct Arena, is the home of Newcastle United FC. It is the fourth largest stadium in England with a capacity of 52,339 seats, and has the largest cantilever roof in Europe. First football was played at the current site as early as 1880, [...]
The Stadium of Light is the home of Sunderland AFC. It offers a capacity of 49,000 seats. In the 1990s it became increasingly clear that Sunderland needed a new stadium as their old ground Roker Park had no capacity for expansion. In 1996 construction began of the Stadium of Light, [...]
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 Hawthorns has been the home ground of West Bromwich Albion FC for more than a hundred years. The stadium has a capacity of 26,287 seats. The stadium got build in just four months and works to the ground, which could initially hold 35,000 supporters, were completed on the 3rd [...]
Villa Park is the home ground of Aston Villa FC. Its current capacity is 42,785 seats. The stadium opened on the 17th of April 1897 with a friendly game between Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers. Its initial capacity was 40,000, but this was gradually increased in the following decades. On [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
