Valley Parade

Northern Commercials Stadium
	Valley Parade
	The Sunwin booth in Valley Parade in February 2008
Earlier names
	Valley Parade Stadium (1886–1995, 2005–2007) ; Pulse Stadium (1995–1999) ; The Bradford and Bingley Stadium (2005–2007) ; Intersonic Stadium (2007) ; Coral Windows Stadium (until 2016)
Data
place	Valley Parade Bradford BD8 7DY, West Yorkshire , United Kingdom;
Coordinates	53 ° 48 '15.3 " N , 1 ° 45' 32.5" W Coordinates: 53 ° 48 '15.3 " N , 1 ° 45' 32.5" W.
owner	Gordon Gibb Pension Fund
opening	1886
Renovations	1905, 1990, 2000
surface	Natural grass
architect	Archibald Leitch (1905)
capacity	25,136 seats
playing area	103 × 64 m
Societies)
	Bradford City;
Events
	Manningham FC games (1886–1903); Bradford City Games (since 1903); Bradford Park Avenue Games (1973-1974); Bradford Bulls Games (2001-2002);

The Valley Parade (full name: Valley Parade Stadium through sponsorship agreement officially Northern Commercials Stadium ) is a football stadium in the English city Bradford , in the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire , United Kingdom . Today the venue offers visitors 25,136 covered seats.

history

Valley Parade has been Bradford City's home ground since the club was founded in 1903 and since 1886, when the previous club was still active in rugby under the name Manningham FC .

On May 11, 1985, Valley Parade was the site of one of the greatest stadium disasters in British history when the main stand went up in flames during a game. 56 spectators were killed in the Valley Parade fire disaster .

Visitor record and average attendance

39,146 fans gathered in Valley Parade for the fourth round game in the 1910/11 FA Cup on March 11, 1911 between Bradford City and Burnley FC (1-0). The record in the age of modern seating stadiums was set on March 7, 2015. The game of the 6th round of the 2014/15 FA Cup between Bradford City and Reading FC (0-0) drew 24,321 spectators to the stadium.