The Dell (Southampton)
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| The Dell at the game Southampton FC - Leicester City in March 1997 | |
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| place | Southampton , England |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 54 '53 " N , 1 ° 24' 47" W |
| opening | September 3, 1898 |
| First game | 3rd September 1898 Southampton FC - Brighton United 4-1 |
| demolition | 2001 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| costs | £ 10,000 (1898) |
| capacity | 15,200 |
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The The Dell at Milton Road in Southampton , the home of the English football club was 1898-2001 Southampton FC .
history
On September 3, 1898, the football stadium was opened with the opening game against Brighton United . The game ended 4-1 for Southampton. The stadium was built by George Thomas for around £ 10,000 . In 1929 The Dell was expanded and the capacity increased to about 30,000 seats. The reason for this expansion was a fire in the east stand that was triggered by a cigarette.
The last game at the venue was on 19 May 2001 between Southampton FC and Arsenal FC (3-2) and the stadium was demolished that same year. Today there is a residential complex on the property. Southampton FC has played its home games at St. Mary's Stadium since then .
Web links
- oldgrounds.co.uk: Images of the stadium (English)
- worldstadia.com: Data on the stadium (English)
- stadiumguide.com: data and images to the stadium (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ news.bbc.co.uk: Report on the last game (English) Article from May 19, 2001
- ↑ aap-arc.co.uk: Residential complex on the architects' homepage ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
