Riverside Stadium

Riverside Stadium
	Inside the Riverside Stadium
Earlier names
	BT Cellnet Riverside Stadium (1995-2001)
Data
place	Middlesbrough , North Yorkshire , United Kingdom
Coordinates	54 ° 34 '42 " N , 1 ° 13' 1" W Coordinates: 54 ° 34 '42 " N , 1 ° 13' 1" W
owner	Middlesbrough FC
start of building	1994
opening	August 26, 1995
First game	Middlesbrough FC 2-0 Chelsea FC
Renovations	1998
surface	Natural grass
costs	16 million £
capacity	35,100 seats
playing area	105 × 69 m
Societies)
	Middlesbrough FC;
Events
	Middlesbrough FC matches; Rugby League World Cup 2021;

The Riverside Stadium is a football stadium in the English city of Middlesbrough , North Yorkshire . It is the home ground of the Middlesbrough Football Club , which is also the owner.

history

Construction work on the new stadium began in 1994 and took 32 weeks. For the 1995/96 season, the move from Ayresome Park , where Boro had played his home games since 1903, to the Riverside Stadium. The new sports facility in Middlesbrough was the first major stadium in England to be built according to the Taylor Report .

The Borobrick Road in front of the Riverside Stadium

The first batch took place for the inauguration on August 26, 1995. Middlesbrough FC met Chelsea FC and Boro won the game 2-0 in front of 28,286 spectators. The first goal in the stadium was scored by Craig Hignett . At the beginning, the sports facility was sponsored by the BT Cellnet Riverside Stadium , but the ten-year contract until 2005 was prematurely terminated at the end of the 2001/02 season.

In 1998 the building was expanded by 5,000 seats by expanding two stadium corners; the cost of the expansion was £ 5 million. The current capacity is 35,100 seats, this can be increased to 42,000 if some seats should be converted into standing space, which has been abolished in English and international football.

In 2005, the old Ayresome Park entrance gates were re-erected by the club in front of Riverside Stadium as a reminder of times gone by and now serve as the entrance gates to the new stadium. In front of the stadium are the statues of George Hardwick , who played for Middlesbrough for 13 years, and Wilf Mannion , who played for the Boros for 18 years . Borobrick Road is also in front of the stadium . With a donation you can immortalize yourself with a stone with your name on it.

International matches

So far, the English national football team has played once in the new stadium in Middlesbrough.

June 11, 2003: England - Slovakia 2: 1 ( qualifying for the 2004 European Football Championship )England Slovakia

U-21 internationals

The England U-21 national football team played five times at Riverside Stadium .

August 31, 2000: England - Georgia 6: 1 (Friendly Match)England Georgia

4 September 2001: England - Albania 5: 0 ( qualifying for the U-21 Football Championship in 2002 )England Albania

7 August 2004: England - Ukraine 3: 1 (Friendly Match)England Ukraine

March 29, 2005: England - Azerbaijan 2: 0 ( qualifying for the U-21 Football Championship in 2006 )England Azerbaijan

February 29, 2012: England - Belgium 4: 0 ( qualifying for the U-21 Football Championship in 2013 )England Belgium

Records

Record attendance: 35,000, England - Slovakia , June 11, 2003, ( qualification EM 2004 )
Record attendance at a game by Middlesbrough FC: 34,386, Middlesbrough FC - Norwich City , December 28, 2004, ( Premier League 2004/05 )
Record attendance at the former Ayresome Park: 53,536, Middlesbrough FC v Newcastle United , December 27, 1949, ( First Division 1949/50 )