Wednesday, May 11, 2011

STADIUM LIST THAT HAS BEEN OPENED THE UK Football

League clubs in England has its own stadium as the club's headquarters(not owned by local government). Some clubs had time to build a newstadium and shut the old stadium to accommodate the growing number ofspectators.

The following is a list of stadiums that have been closed from footballactivities.




1. Highbury
Club: Arsenal FC
Capacity: 38,419
Long standing: 1913-2006
Replacement Stadium: Emirates Stadium (60,355 kap. org).





2. Maine Road
Club: Manchester City
Capacity: 35,150
Long standing: 1923-2003
Replacement Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium (aka Eastlands. Kap47,726 org)

3. Burnden Park
Club: Bolton Wanderers
Capacity: 25,000
Long standing: 1895-1997
Replacement Stadium: Reebok Stadium (28,723 Kap. org)

4. Roker Park
Club: Sunderland
Capacity: 22,500
Long standing: 1898-1997
Replacement Stadium: Stadium of Light (49,000 Kap. org)

5. Ayresome Park
Club: Middlesbrough
Capacity: 26,667
Long standing: 1903-1995
Replacement Stadium: Riverside Stadium (34,988 Kap. org)

6. The Dell
Club: Southampton
Capacity: 15,200
long standing: 1898-2001
Replacement Stadium: St.. Mary's Stadium (32,689 org)

7. Filbert Street
Club: Leicester City
capacity: 22,000
Long standing: 1891-2002
Replacement Stadium: Walkers Stadium (32,500 Kap. org)

8. Highfield Road
Club: Coventry City
Capacity: 23,489
Long standing: 1899-2005
Replacement Stadium: Ricoh Arena (32,609 Kap. org)

9. Baseball Ground
Club: Derby County
Capacity: 18,300
Long standing: 1892-2004
Replacement Stadium: Pride Park Stadium (33,597 Kap. org).

Photo: Emirates Stadium (left) and Highbury (right) viewed from above.

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