The Britannia Stadium is the home of Stoke City Football Club. The club had played at the Victoria Grounduntil 1997 and the move was the brainchild of then-Chief Executive Jez Moxey. The club's manager at this time was Chic Bates. Image File history File links Britannia1. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of major football (soccer) stadiums, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. ... Stoke City Football Club (known as Stoke Football Club until 1925) is a football club from Stoke-on-Trent in England (the other league club in the city being Port Vale F.C.). They play in the Championship. ... Stoke City Football Club (known as Stoke Football Club until 1925) is a football club from Stoke-on-Trent in England (the other league club in the city being Port Vale F.C.). They play in the Championship. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The new stadium holds 28,383 supporters, with the highest attendance being recorded for the sell out fixture against Everton in their FA Cup 3rd Round tie in 2002. Everton Football Club are an English football club based in the city of Liverpool in Merseyside. ... The FA Cup - this is the fourth trophy, in use since 1992, and identical in design to the third trophy introduced in 1911. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...
The 'away end' holds a maximum of 4,800 visiting supporters.
The cantilever Stadium has four stands. The first goal in the stadium was scored by Sir Stanley Matthews, the club president. Sir Stanley Matthews (February 1, 1915 - February 23, 2000) was a football player of genius and one of the greats of the English game. ...
Unfortunately, the stadium has witnessed some of the worst violence amongst any British stadia and after a particularly poor record of spectator violence in 2001-2 the club management has organised safety stewarding, to become one of the safest stadia for spectators. These measures helped to make the least violent crowd/spectator problems for the 2003/4 season.
The new stadium holds 28,383 supporters, with the highest attendance being recorded for the sell out fixture against Everton in their FA Cup 3rd Round tie in 2002.
It is close to the Sideway junction with the A500.
Unfortunately, the stadium has witnessed some of the worst violence amongst any British stadia and after a particularly poor record of spectator violence in 2001-2 the club management has organised safety stewarding, to become one of the safest stadia for spectators.
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