Introduction to Old Trafford Stadium

Old Trafford is a full football field, located in the west of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England. It is the home of English football club Manchester United. It can accommodate 76,265,438+02 people at most, enjoying the reputation of "theatre of dreams". It is one of the three UEFA five-star football fields in England, the second largest football field in England after Wembley, the third largest football field in Britain and the eleventh largest football field in Europe. Therefore, it can host the finals of the European Champions League and the European Football Championship. Since 19 10, Manchester United have always used this stadium as their home. During World War II, the stadium was partially damaged by German air strikes, which took eight years to repair (194 1 to 1949) and has been maintained to this day. 1939, the stadium created the highest attendance rate. In the semi-final of the FA Cup between Gamsby and Wolves, a total of 76,962 spectators entered the stadium to watch the game. In 1990s and early 20th century, 65,438+expansion projects were implemented. The north, east and west stands have been expanded to the second floor, and the south stand is planned to be expanded in the future. The total capacity is expected to increase to 90,000. Since 2006, Old Trafford Stadium has been expanded in the northeast and northwest of the stadium, and it was officially put into use in the 2006 /07 season, with the seating capacity increased from 68,000 to 76,000. At present, it has the second largest number of seats in England, second only to the newly-built 90,000-seat Wembley Stadium. In June 2006, the number of seats in Portsmouth Football Club reached 76,004, which was the highest since the expansion of the stadium. At the same time, Old Trafford also hosted various important competitions, such as the European Championship, the Champions League final and the Olympic football match.