the britannia stadium

the Britannia stadium

- the Britannia stadium has been the home of stoke city
  football club since 1997
- it was built in 1997 ant a cost of just £14,700,000
- it has a seated capacity of 27,740 seats
- there are currently plans to expand the Britannia to a 30,000
  seater stadium
- it replaced stokes old stadium called the Victoria ground
- the record attendance at the Britannia is 28,218 which
  exceeded the original capacity this record was set in 2002
  when stoke played Everton in 2002

st mary's stadium

St Mary's stadium

- saint Mary's has been the home of Southampton F.C.
  since 2001
- it was built in 2001 at a cost of more than £35,000,000
- the stadium has a seated capacity of 32,689
- the record attendance is 32,363 it was set in 2012 when
  Southampton played Coventry city F.C.
- it was formerly known as the friends provident stadium
- there are currently plans to expand St Mary's to a 50,000
  seater stadium
- the record lowest attendance is 13,257 when Southampton
  played Sheffield united

madejski stadium

madejski stadium

- the madejski stadium has been the home of reading football
  club since 1998
- it has also been the home of rugby team London Irish
  since the year 2000
- it was named after long serving reading chairman sir john
  madejski
- the facilities include a 4 star hotel
- the seated capacity of the stadium is 24,161
- plans for the stadium were originally laid down in 1995
- the record attendance is 24,184 people exceeding the grounds
  stated capacity

loftus road

loftus road

- it is the home of queens park rangers football club
- the stadium was originally built in 1904 as the home for
  Shepard's bush football club
- QPR are currently looking at moving to a new 40,000
  seater stadium
- the seated capacity of the stadium is 18,500
- it is the smallest stadium in the premier league by capacity

carrow road

carrow road

- carrow road has been the home of Norwich city F.C.
  since 1935
- it was built in 1935
- the stadium has a seated capacity of 27,220
- the facilities include a cafeteria, megastore, and a holiday inn
- the grounds record standing attendance is 43,984 in 1963 at a
  game against Leicester city in 1963
- the record seated attendance is 26,840 in a game against Manchester
  united in 2012
- the most goals in a game is 9
- there are currently pans to raise the capacity by 8,000 seats 

st james's park

St James's park

- the stadium is the home of Newcastle united and has been since 1892
- it was opened in 1892
- then expanded in 1998
- the seated capacity is 52,404 people
- the stadium was designed by TTH architects
- it was used as a football venue for the 2012 Olympic games
- it is the third largest premier league stadium in England
- the grounds record attendance is 68,386 in 1930 when
   Newcastle hosted Chelsea

old trafford

Old Trafford

- it was built in 1909
- it was opened on the 19th February 1909
- Old Trafford is the home of European giants Manchester united
- the seated capacity is 75,765
- the original stadium was designed by Archibald leitch who also
  designed anfield, Highbury, and Stamford bridge
- the record attendance is 76,962 people in a game in 1939 when
  Manchester united played host Wolverhampton wanderers
- it has seen 18 1st division titles so far in its lifespan.
- and 11 F.A. cups

etihad stadium

the Etihad stadium

- the Etihad was initially opened in 2002 as an athletics stadium
- Manchester city started playing there in 2003 as a successor to
  Maine road
- it is currently owned by the Manchester city council
- the stadium was designed by arup architects and kss designes
- it has a seated capacity of 47,805
- the record seated attendance is 47,435 in 2012 when Manchester
  city played queens park rangers
- the stadium has also hosted athletics and music concerts
- it saw its first premier league trophy in 2012 when Manchester
  city won the title in the last seconds of the season

maine road

Maine road

- the home of Manchester city F.C. between 1923 and 2003
- it was built in 1923
- it was closed in 2003
- and it was demolished in 2004
- the original architect was a man of the name Charles Swain
- the record standing attendance is 84,569 in 1934
- Maine road had a famously large pitch
- the stadium was originally built at a cost of £100,000
- it had a seated capacity of 35,150 people
- replaced by the Etihad stadium