Showing posts with label England. Show all posts
Showing posts with label England. Show all posts
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Old Trafford
Club: Manchester United FC
Opening: 1910
Capacity: 75,811 seats
Record attendance 76,962 (Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Grimsby Town, 25 March 1939)
Old Trafford officially opened on the 19th of February 1910 with a match between Manchester and Liverpool (3-4)
Old Trafford is the second-largest football stadium in England after Wembley, the third-largest in the United Kingdom and the eleventh-largest in Europe
From this ground, Man Utd become the best club of England with 19 champions premiership.
The ground, nicknamed the Theatre of Dreams by Bobby Charlton.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Wembley
Club: none
Opening: 2007
Capacity: 90,000 seats
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 the annual League Cup final, FA Cup final, and the Community Shield.
The old Wembley Stadium got demolished in 2003, after which construction of the new stadium started. After several delays, postponing the opening of the stadium for almost two years, the stadium finally got completed in 2007.
Empire Stadium is used as a neutral venue for hosting cup finals, relegation battles and matches featuring the England national team.
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