Newspapers and soccer magazines used to give away “league ladders” or other means to record the current football league table, suitable for tacking to a bedroom wall or tucking into a school desk. The top …
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York City left Bootham Crescent at the end of 2020, moving to their new ground York Community Stadium and leaving behind almost 90 years of football memories beginning in 1932. Fixtures were duly auctioned off, …
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On May 7th Bristol Rovers defeated Scunthorpe United, The Iron, 7-0 to win automatic promotion on the final day of the League Two season. This dropped Northampton Town into the playoff spot but also marked …
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The pending sale of Chelsea doesn’t include ownership of either the freehold of the pitch itself or the name Chelsea FC. Whilst the club have rights to use both, the pitch freehold and club …
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Eight grounds were used for 1966 World Cup in England: Goodison Park, Hillsborough, Old Trafford, and Villa Park are still in use. Three of the other four have been replaced with Sunderland’s Roker Park and …
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Arsenal vs. Wolves! This match is LIVE and currently being held at Molineux Stadium. Molineux has been home ground to the Wolves since 1889 when the gardens of Molineux House were replaced with a football pitch. …
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The southern end of St. James’ Park is currently known as the Gallowgate End due to its close proximity to the former location of public executions in Newcastle up to 1844. Previous names of the …
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Leicester visit Stoke City for a 3rd Round FA Cup match on Saturday, but Stoke have only played at their current ground since 1997. Before that they played for 119 years at the Victoria Ground, …
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Burnley visit Villa Park to face Aston Villa. Villa Park has been home to AV since 1897 but the oldest stand at the ground, the North Stand, dates from the mid-1970s. The clubs share an …
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Located next to the site of a house known as Boleyn Castle, West Ham began playing at the Boleyn Ground in 1904. The ground was damaged by a V-1 flying bomb in August 1944, forcing …
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