The Hawthorns
| The Hawthorns | |
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| "The Shrine" | |
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| View into the West Bromwich Albion stadium | |
| Data | |
| place |
 West Bromwich , UK
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 30 '33 " N , 1 ° 57' 50" W |
| owner | West Bromwich Albion |
| opening | 3rd September 1900 |
| First game | 3 September 1900 West Bromwich Albion - Derby County 1-1 |
| Renovations | 1920, 1931, 1949, 1964, 1976–1977, 1979–1982, 1994–1995, 2001, 2008 |
| surface |
Hybrid lawn (Desso GrassMaster) |
| capacity | 26,850 seats |
| playing area | 105 × 68 m |
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The Hawthorns is a football stadium in West Bromwich . The football club West Bromwich Albion , which will play in the EFL Championship from the 2018/19 season , is the owner and plays its home games here. The Hawthorns is the highest stadium (168 m above sea level ) of all four professional football leagues in England.
history
The stadium was built in 1900 in just four months and, like almost all English football stadiums, has a capacity of 26,850 spectators. It is nicknamed The Shrine (German: The Shrine ). When the club was looking for a permanent venue after moving several times, it acquired a site outside the city, which first had to be cleared of wild hawthorn . Hence the name of the stadium: Anyone who appears as an away team in " The Hawthorns " is literally playing in the " hawthorn bushes ".
With the first game on September 3, 1900 against Derby County (1: 1), the club West Bromwich Albion moved from the old stadium Stoney Lane to the new The Hawthorns . In 1920 the first grandstands were built around the field, and in 1949 an electric turnstile system followed at the entrances in order to be able to determine the exact number of spectators. In 1957, £ 18,000 floodlights were installed and the stadium has had a video screen since 2002. In 2008 the west stand was given seating , which reduced the stadium capacity from 28,003 to 26,272 seats.
The attendance record was achieved on March 6, 1937 in the FA Cup game West Bromwich Albion against Arsenal . The encounter of the 6th round saw 64,815 stadium visitors at that time. The record after conversion into a seating stadium dates from May 15, 2005. It competed in the Premier League game West Bromwich Albion and Portsmouth FC in front of 27,751 spectators.
Grandstands
| Grandstand | Built |
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| Halfords Lane Stand - (West, Covered) | 1979-1982 |
| Birmingham Road End - (North, Covered) | 1994-1995 |
| Smethwick End - (south, covered) | 1994-1995 |
| East Stand - (East, covered) | 2001 |
gallery
| View into the stadium | Birmingham Road End | Smethwick End | Stadium facade | |
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Web links
- Stadium on the website of the association (English)
- Stadium data , footballgroundguide.com (English)
- Picture gallery , stadionwelt.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stadium history , wba.co.uk
- ↑ stadium capacity , wba.co.uk
- ↑ a b Information about the stadium , footballgroundguide.com (English)
- ↑ premierleague.com: Premier League Handbook Season 2015/16 - page 39 ( PDF , English)
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