Bramall Lane
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| Bramall Lane in Sheffield | |
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| place | Bramall Lane Sheffield S2 4SU, United Kingdom
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 22 '13.2 " N , 1 ° 28' 15.7" W |
| owner | Sheffield United |
| opening | April 30, 1855 |
| First game | 29 December 1862 Sheffield FC - Hallam FC (football) |
| Renovations | 1966, 1975, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2006 |
| surface | Desso GrassMaster |
| architect | (John St Booth) Ward McHugh Associates |
| capacity | 32,609 seats |
| playing area | 102.5 × 66 m |
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The Bramall Lane is the football stadium of the football club Sheffield United in the English city of Sheffield . It got its name from Bramall Lane, a street in Sheffield. It is the oldest stadium in the world that still plays professional football.
history
The stadium was built in 1855 and opened with a cricket match on April 30, 1855. The first football game took place on December 29, 1862 between Sheffield FC and Hallam FC . The charity game in favor of the Lancashire Distress Fund ended 0-0. Also steeped in history is the hosting of the first international soccer tournament, the Youdan Cup , in 1867 with the final at Bramall Lane Stadium, as well as the first soccer game under floodlights in history in 1878 . In 1889, the stadium became the home of Sheffield United - a relationship that continues to this day.
After the founding of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club , Bramall Lane became its home ground until the club moved to Headingley Stadium in Leeds in 1893 . However, games continued to take place here, a total of 391 first-class matches between 1863 and the last game in 1973 . The only test match in Bramall Lane was against Australia in 1902.
In 1994 the stadium was renovated for the last time and in the process converted into a complete seating stadium. Four grandstands ( The Bramall Lane Stand , The South Stand , The Kop Stand , The John Street Stand ) and two corner stands ( Kop Corner , Westfield Health Stand ) offer space for 32,702 spectators. The south-west corner of the stadium is also filled with office space, the south-east corner is open.
On March 16, 2002, a championship game between Sheffield United and West Bromwich Albion took place at Bramall Lane , which went down in football annals as the "Battle of Bramall Lane". During the heated game, three United players were sent off and two other players from the club left the field, allegedly injured. As the home team only had six players left on the field, the referee broke off the game according to the regulations.
Visitor records
- Record crowd: 68,287 spectators, Sheffield United versus Leeds United , February 15, 1936, 5th round of the FA Cup
- Record crowd in the all-seat stadium: 32,604 spectators, Sheffield United versus Wigan Athletic , May 13, 2007, Premier League
Average viewership
- 1996/97: 16,638 ( Football League First Division )
- 1997/98: 17,942 (Football League First Division)
- 1998/99: 16,243 (Football League First Division)
- 1999/00: 13,718 (Football League First Division)
- 2000/01: 17,211 (Football League First Division)
- 2001/02: 18.020 (Football League First Division)
- 2002/03: 20,069 (Football League First Division)
- 2003/04: 21,646 (Football League First Division)
- 2004/05: 19,594 ( Football League Championship )
- 2005/06: 23,650 (Football League Championship)
- 2006/07: 30,684 ( Premier League )
- 2007/08: 25,631 ( Football League Championship )
- 2008/09: 26.023 (Football League Championship)
- 2009/10: 25,120 (Football League Championship)
- 2010/11: 20,632 (Football League Championship)
- 2011/12: 18,702 ( Football League One )
- 2012/13: 18,612 (Football League One)
- 2013/14: 17.507 (Football League One)
- 2014/15: 19.804 (Football League One)
- 2015/16: 19.803 (Football League One)
- 2016/17: 21,892 (Football League One)
- 2017/18: 26.854 (Football League Championship)
Web links
- sufc.co.uk: Bramall Lane (English)
- cricinfo.com: CricInfo - Stadium information (English)
- footballgroundguide.com: Stadium description (English)
- stadionwelt.de: picture gallery
- groundhopping.de: Visitor report from 2005
Individual evidence
- ↑ Visitors Guide to Bramall Lane . sufc.co.uk. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
- ↑ watson.ch: A bone breaker foul turns a football game into the “Battle of Bramall Lane” article from March 16, 2017
- ↑ footballgroundguide.com: attendance records and attendance average (English)
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