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Old Trafford Stadium is a full-seat football stadium located in Greater Manchester, England. Old Trafford is the home of Premier League team Manchester United, with 76,212 seats, making it the second largest football stadium in England after Wembley. The stadium is also the third largest in Britain and the eleventh largest in Europe. Old Trafford is also one of the two UEFA five-star football fields in England, so it can host the finals of UEFA Champions League and European Football Championship. [3][4] The stadium is only .5 miles (.8 kilometers) from Manchester Light Rail Station and Old Trafford Cricket Stadium.

The stadium was nicknamed "Dream Stage" by Bobby Charlton. Old Trafford has been used as Manchester United's main stadium since 191. On the way, it was attacked by the Germans in World War II and it took eight years (1941-1949) to repair it. Manchester United therefore needs to move to the Main Road Stadium in Manchester City, the club in the same city. The stadium was expanded in the 199s and 2s. The north, east and west stands are all expanded to the second floor, and the south stand is planned to be expanded in the future, and the total capacity is expected to increase to 9,. [5] The football game with the highest attendance on the stadium was created in 1939. Interestingly, this game is not one of Manchester United's games. It was an FA Cup semi-final between Kensby and Wolves, with a total audience of 76,962. [1]

When Wembley Stadium has not been rebuilt, it often hosts the semi-finals of the FA Cup and the matches of England's national football team. Old Trafford has also hosted many large-scale events, such as the 1966 World Cup, the 1996 European Football Championship and the 23 UEFA Champions League final. Apart from being used as a football field, the stadium has also hosted rugby matches, such as the 2 Rugby World Cup Final.

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1 history

1.1 construction and early

1.2 air raid in World War II

1.3 completion of overall planning

1.4 transformation of full seats

1.5 expansion in 26

2 structures and facilities

3 future

4 other uses

5 records

6 traffic. History

[ Editor] Construction and early days

A statue of former team coach matthew busby was placed in the east stand. Before 192, Newton Heath, the predecessor of Manchester United, played in North Road and Bank Street in Crayton, but the stadium was often influenced by nearby factories, which reduced the quality of the grass. [6] Therefore, as the team changed its name and was on the verge of bankruptcy, john davis, the new president of the club, said that Bank Street was not suitable as a home stadium that had won the first division league and the FA Cup, so he decided to take an interest in a new stadium to meet the needs of the team. [7] After a regular round of investigation, Davis decided to use a piece of land in Trafford near the Bridgeport Canal as the new home of the team. [8]

The Scottish architect archibald leitch, who has great experience in designing stadiums, is responsible for the design of Old Trafford Stadium. The stadium was originally designed as a large stadium with a capacity of 1, people, while the south stand has a roof and special chairs, while the other stands are bleachers. [9] Including the land purchase price, the total construction cost of the stadium was originally budgeted at 6,. However, due to the rising cost, the stadium needs to add an extra 3, pounds to become a large stadium with a capacity of 1, people, so the club decided to reduce the capacity to 8, to avoid a significant increase in the project cost. [1][11] However, the amazing cost of this stadium has made Manchester United known as the "Rich United". [12] Due to the huge construction cost, archibald leitch, the chief architect, had to write to the Cheshire Route Committee in May 198, hoping to get a loan of 1, pounds from the Committee, and promised to return 2, pounds every year for the next five years or half of the annual ticket income in exchange for the Committee's funding for the construction of the stadium. Although it was guaranteed in the name of the club and two other breweries, the Committee never passed this plan. [13] In response to the completion of a new stadium, the Committee built a new railway station and Trafford Park Station here, but the passenger traffic was lower than expected. [8]

The stadium building was supervised by Ma Lixun Brameld, [14] and was officially completed at the end of 199. The opening match of the stadium was held on February 19, 191, and Manchester United played at home against the old enemy Liverpool. However, the home team failed to present a victory for the fans, and the visiting team beat Manchester United 4-3 to win the game. According to a reporter at that time, it was the biggest, most beautiful, spacious and comfortable stadium he had ever seen. At that time, the stadium was really unrivaled and brought honor to Manchester United as the home team of the stadium. [1]

Before Wembley Stadium was built in 1923, many stadiums, including Old Trafford, had hosted the FA Cup finals. [15] The first FA Cup final at Old Trafford was held in 1911. After 12 minutes of fierce fighting at the Crystal Palace, Ballard and Newcastle still failed to record each other, and they chose to play again at Old Trafford. Ballard beat his opponent 1- in front of 58, spectators and won the first and only FA Cup. [16] The second FA Cup final was held four years later, in 1915, when Sifi beat Chelsea 3- and won the championship. The competition attracted 5, fans, most of whom came from the army, because the final was called "the Khaki Cup Final". [17] On December 27th, 192, Old Trafford held a game in which Manchester United had the most people in the league before World War II. azazel lost 1-3 to Aston Villa in the face of 7,54 fans. [18] On April 17th, 1926, Old Trafford held its first international competition, and England lost -1 to visiting Scotland in front of 49,429 fans. [19][2] Unfortunately, the attendance record held by Old Trafford did not include Manchester United. On March 25, 1939, an FA Cup semi-final between Kensby and Wolves was the most attended event at Old Trafford, with a total of 76,962 spectators. [1]

[ Editor] Air raid in World War II

In p>1936, Manchester United used a sum of money? The maintenance cost of 35, yuan is to add an 8-yard-long upper cover for the North Stand for the first time, [21] and add an upper cover for the South Stand two years later. [22] When the Second World War broke out, Old Trafford was requisitioned by the British army as a military camp and supply station. [23] Although requisitioned, football matches are still held on the stadium. Until December 22, 194, the German bombed the nearby Old Trafford Park, which also caused some damage to the stadium. The damage order will be held at Christmas, and the game between Manchester United and Stowe Port needs to be moved to the home of Stowe Port. [23] After the maintenance was completed, the old Trafford Stadium was finally able to hold the event again on March 8, 1941, but it was again damaged by another round of air strikes by the Germans three days later. Manchester United will need to find another stadium to play. [23] Under the pressure of James Gibson, the War Damage Committee promised to pay Manchester United 4,8 pounds to clean up the wreckage and 17,478 pounds to rebuild the stadium. [21] When rebuilding, Manchester United decided to borrow the Main Road Stadium, the home of Manchester City, the same city club, as the substitute home of the team with 5, pounds a year and part of the ticket proceeds. [24] At that time, the club still had a debt of about 15, pounds, which obviously failed to support the loan fee for Main Road Stadium. Someone once asked the government to increase compensation, but unfortunately it didn't work. [21] In 1949, the Old Trafford Stadium was finally reopened after being closed for nearly 1 years. [25] On August 24th, 1949, Manchester United finally returned to play at Old Trafford, and beat Bowden 3- in front of 41,748 people, giving Old Trafford the best reopening gift. [26]

In the early 199s, the Stratford part

[ Editor] completed the master plan

After the renovation of the roof originally located in the main grandstand was completed in 1951, the roofs of the other three grandstands were added immediately, and finally, after the roof of the west grandstand was installed in 1959, all the grandstands were covered. [22] azazel also invested? 4, people have been equipped with floodlights to qualify for the European competition held in the evening, so there is no need to use the Main Road Stadium for the competition. In order to avoid double shadows being cast on the court, the roofs of two grandstands were forcibly removed. [21] The first game that Manchester United needed to play with floodlights was a League One match against Bolton on March 25th, 1957. [14]

However, although the audience can enjoy the game held at Old Trafford in the evening, they are still blocked by the columns supporting the cover and prevent them from watching the game. Taking advantage of the 1966 World Cup, in 1965, Manchester United decided to redesign the North Stand and the East Stand, remove the columns supporting the upper cover and replace them with modern cantilever columns. This will enable all spectators to fully enjoy their games without obstacles. [22] At the same time, it will increase the capacity of the United Road stand to 2, people (1, seats and 1, enterprises). This plan will always cost * * *? 35,。 [27] The design company of the new stands "Mather and Nath" (now Everton Funa) [14] rebuilt the open space in front of the stands into a large open-air terraced stand, and added a wing to the stands of the English football field for the first time. After the two stands were changed into cantilever columns, the club owner put forward a long-term plan, hoping to change the other two stands into cantilever columns and turn the stadium into a bowl-shaped stadium. [5] The organizers hope that this project can focus the fans' voices on the stadium as much as possible, so that the players in the stadium can feel the atmosphere and momentum in the stadium. [28] During this period, the stadium held its third FA Cup final again, and 62,78 spectators entered the stadium to watch the replay of the 197 FA Cup final between Leicester United and Chelsea. Finally, Chelsea beat their opponents 2-1 and became the champion. In the 197s, due to the sharp rise of hooliganism in English football [29] and Manchester United's relegation from the first division in 1974, the hooligan organization of the club, the "Red Army", was notorious. An incident in which a knife was thrown into the stadium led the club to install the first fence in Britain at Old Trafford to separate the fans from the grass on the pitch. [27]

In 1973, all the stands were designed with covers. At the same time, the stadium replaced the old scoreboard and installed a new electronic scoreboard in the northeast corner, and the original scoreboard was changed to 5,5 seats. A ￡ 3 million expansion project was started in 1975, and a wing was added to the grandstand. The wing can overlook the venue, but part of the line of sight is still blocked by the columns supporting the upper cover. Therefore, the stand of United Road, the scoreboard, the main stand and the rear are all changed to cantilever column design. The cover on the wing and cantilever column increases the total length of the grandstand, and this change can also change the club office from the southeast corner of Old Trafford to the main grandstand. After the relocation of the club office, all its locations were converted into seats, making Old Trafford have a total of 25,686 seats (including 56,385 corporate positions). The design of cantilever column also made the floodlight position of the stadium need to be completely set up, which was reorganized in 1987.

[ Editor] Changing full seats

With every improvement project of the stadium, the capacity of the stadium has been declining. In the 198s, the capacity of the stadium dropped from 8, to about 6,. Until the 199s, the government listened to the recommendations of Taylor's report, demanding that all the stadiums be changed to full seats and enterprises be abolished. This means that Manchester United need three to five million pounds to change all the terraces on the grass near Stratford stadium into seats. [14] In addition, the other three terraces should be demolished. In addition to spending 1 million pounds, the rhodium capacity of Old Trafford has been reduced to a record low, which can only accommodate about 44, fans. [3] However, the government informed Manchester United that only about 1.4 million, up to 2 million pounds, could be paid from the compensation scheme of this policy. [31]

The reconstruction of the East Stand was completed in 2-21, and the club revived in the early 199s, which made the club decide to redevelop Old Trafford again. In 1995, the North Stand announced the construction of a new row of stands, [32] which enabled Old Trafford to successfully host three group matches, a quarter-final and a semi-final of the 1996 European Football Championship. In March 1995, Shiyuan Club announced that it would spend 9.2 million pounds to buy the Trafford Park Trade Village, which covers an area of about 2 acres on the other side of United Road. The project started at the end of the 1994-95 season and was put into operation before the opening of the 1996 European Cup. The design of the new stand was once again entrusted to the design company "Everton Funa", and a three-story north stand was built at a cost of 18.65 million pounds. The new stands provide 25,5 new seats, bringing the total seating capacity of the stadium to 55,. Its cantilever column also became the largest in Europe at that time, with a total length of 58.5 meters (192 feet) from the back wall of the stand to the edge of the upper cover. [33] As the team continues to achieve good results, Manchester United will announce the expansion plan of Old Trafford. First of all, the third floor will be built in the East Stand, which was opened in January 2. At the same time, the stadium can accommodate 61, spectators to watch the game at the same time. The second floor of the West Stand was subsequently built, with an additional 7, seats, and the total seating capacity increased to 68,217. [34] Three years later, Old Trafford ushered in its first major European final and hosted the 23 UEFA Champions League final with Juventus and AC Milan.

Since 21, due to the reconstruction project of Wembley Stadium, the English football team needs to play in other stadiums. In the first few years, the team took turns to play in all regional stadiums, from Villa Park Stadium in Birmingham to St. James Park Stadium in Newcastle. However, from 23 to 27, Old Trafford hosted 12 of the 23 home games in England, which was higher than other stadiums. Old Trafford lost to Spain -1 at home on February 7, 27. [35] The total number of spectators at the last international event was 58,27. [36]

[ Editor] Expansion in 26

The latest expansion of Old Trafford was carried out from July 25 to May 26, adding a second floor in the northeast corner and northwest corner of the stadium and providing 8, seats. [5] Newly built seats are in batches.