Elland Road
Full name	Elland Road Stadium
Nickname	The Road, The Strutting Ground
Built	1904
Opened	15th October 1904
Capacity	40,296
Home of	Leeds United
Pitch size	105 x 65 mt

Elland Road is the home stadium of the football team Leeds United. It has recently been sold by the club in a 25-year sale-lease back deal with a commercial buy-back provision for when the club’s finances improve. Image File history File links Ellandrd. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... (Redirected from 15 October) October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This is a list of major football (soccer) stadia, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. ... Leeds United Association Football Club are the only professional association football club in the city of Leeds. ... Leeds United Association Football Club are the only professional association football club in the city of Leeds. ...

Initially the ground was used for rugby matches before being purchased by the newly formed Leeds City in 1904. When City were forcibly bankrupted by the Football Association in 1919, the FA took possession of the stadium (along with all the other assets of the club) and sold it to the city council, possibly under the impression that the stadium would be torn down and used for housing, which Leeds was in short supply of in the wake of World War I. When Leeds United was formed immediately afterwards, the council allowed the new club to rent the stadium until they could afford to buy it themselves. Many United supporters refer back to Leeds City as 'The Black Peacocks' as due to the tainted stigma of corruption. With the exception of periods from the 1960s until 1983 and from 1997 to 2004, the council has owned the stadium. It is however owned by a leasing company at present. The stadium is currently the 10th largest football stadium in England. Rugby league is a team sport played by two teams of 17 players, with 13 on the field at any one time and 4 on the bench (reserves). ... Leeds City F.C. were the leading professional association football club in Leeds, England before World War I. Formed in 1904, they were elected to the Football League in 1905. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul von Hindenburg... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a partial list of English football stadia, ranked in descending order of capacity. ...

View of the John Charles and South stands at Elland Road

A packed Revie Stand at Elland Road for the last premiership match at the ground Leeds United 3-3 Charlton Athletic

The most recent stand at Elland Road is the East Stand, a huge cantilever structure which was completed during the 1992-93 season and holds 17,000 seated spectators. At the point of construction it was the largest such cantilever stand in the world. The Don Revie Stand (also known as the Kop terrace) was opened at the start of the 1994-95 season, holding just under 7,000 seated spectators, after a refurbishment scheme. It was named after Don Revie, the club's most successful manager. The South Stand (previously known as the 'scratching shed') was built in 1971 and until 1993 the lower tier accommodated standing spectators, but this section of terracing was replaced by seating to comply with the requirements of the Taylor Report. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1152x864, 81 KB) Elland Road, Leeds Uniteds Ground Obtained here Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1152x864, 81 KB) Elland Road, Leeds Uniteds Ground Obtained here Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Photo by: Onar Vikingstad (2004) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Photo by: Onar Vikingstad (2004) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays Premiership in the UK and the Barclays English Premier League internationally) is a league competition for football clubs located at the top of the English football league system (above The Football League), making it Englands primary football competition. ... Leeds United Association Football Club are the only professional association football club in the city of Leeds. ... Charlton Athletic Football Club are a Football club from southeast London. ... The cantilevered beam (green) projects out into space from its supports (blue). ... The 1992-1993 season was the 113th season of competitive football in England. ... Don Revie, OBE, (10 July 1927 - 26 May 1989), was a football player for Leicester City, Hull City, Sunderland, Manchester City and Leeds United as a deep lying centre-forward. ... Kop or Spion Kop is the name for a number of stands at football stadiums in England and abroad, named after the South African mountain Spion Kop, scene of a battle in the Second Boer War where a majority of the Liverpool Regiment had died, hence Liverpool FC calling the... The 1994-1995 season was the 115th season of competitive football in England. ... The Taylor Report is a document, whose development was overseen by Lord Justice Taylor, concerning the aftermath and causes of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989. ...

Following a fire which destroyed the original West Stand in September 1956, a public appeal raised £60,000 towards a new one which was opened in August 1957 at a cost of £180,000. The roof of the West Stand holds a television commentary gantry and walkway for TV personnel who may be asked to film here on a matchday. The adjoining conference centre and banqueting suite behind the stand was opened in 1991. 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The ground has hosted several England Internationals, the most recent was against Italy. It also hosted several group games during the Euro 96 tournament. In addition to football the ground has hosted rugby league in the past including being temporary home to the Hunslet Hawks. It also hosted the rugby league Tri-Nations final in 2004 and 2005 and the Carnegie World Club Challenge in 2005. First International Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Northern Ireland; 18 February 1882) Worst defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 11 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First... -1... Rugby league is a team sport played by two teams of 17 players, with 13 on the field at any one time and 4 on the bench (reserves). ... Albert Goldthorpe of Hunslet Hawks with All Four Cups in 1908 Hunslet Hawks were a British rugby league team. ... The Rugby League Tri-Nations (also known as the Gillette Tri-Nations for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby league tournament involving the top three nations in the sport: Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2005 WCC logo. ...

Elland Road has also hosted concerts the most notable of which saw the band Queen play at the stadium in 1982^[1] and Irish rock band U2 play at the stadium five years later. The alternative band Happy Mondays also surprisingly played a gig at the stadium in 1991, which was later released as a live album. Queen are an English rock band formed by Brian May, Freddie Mercury, and Roger Taylor in London, England in 1970 from the remains of Smile, with John Deacon completing the lineup the following year. ... Rock group (or later rock band) is a generic name to describe a group of musicians specializing in a particular form of electronically amplified music. ... U2 are a rock band from Dublin, Ireland, featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals, rhythm guitar and harmonica; The Edge (David Howell Evans) on lead guitar, keyboards and vocals; Adam Clayton on bass guitar; and Larry Mullen Jr. ... Happy Mondays are a band formed in Manchester, England in 1985. ...

During the close season of 1994 the names of all Leeds United players who have represented their country were listed on an International Honours Board in the club reception area and this is updated regularly. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...

In December 1997, pictures were shown in the Leeds United matchday programme of the plans to improve the West and South Stands which would have brought capacity up to around 45,000. The new structure mirrored the East Stand but would have seated around 12,000 people. The 3 tier structure would also focus on VIP hospitality and the inclusion of an indoor arena on the back of the West Stand. This added venue would have accommodated basketball, ice hockey, pop concerts and other entertainment events. However, after naming an ice hockey team (The Leeds Lasers) to play at the arena during the half-time interval of a match, the project never got off the ground for various reasons and was quickly forgotten about. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

However, in September 2001, the then Leeds chairman Peter Ridsdale announced plans for relocation to a new 67,000-seat stadium at nearby Skelton because Elland Road's capacity was inadequate for such an ambitious club. Ridsdale was also considering the possibility of improving Elland Road. If any improvements at Elland Road are carried out, they are likely to involve the reconstruction of the three older stands at the stadium. But the relocation plans soon fell through when the club encountered rising debts and finally relegation from the Premiership in 2004. Any relocation or expansion is unlikely considering the club's current position. The current Chairman, Ken Bates, has however stated that once the club's premiership status is secured from a few season's in the top flight he plans to re-develop some of the stands at Elland Road, in particular the John Charles (West) Stand which is the oldest part of the Ground. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Peter Ridsdale is a former chairman of Leeds United AFC, and now currently Cardiff City F.C. chairman. ... The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays Premiership in the UK and the Barclays English Premier League internationally) is a league competition for football clubs located at the top of the English football league system (above The Football League), making it Englands primary football competition. ... Ken Bates (born 4 December 1931 in Ealing, London) is a British football executive. ...

See also

• Sport in Leeds

Leeds has a strong sporting heritage, with the Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Leeds Rhinos (the Rugby League team) and Leeds Tykes (the Rugby Union team) playing at Headingley Stadium, and Leeds United F.C. playing at Elland Road. ...

Notes

1. ^ UK, Leeds, Elland Road Football Stadium. Queen Discography. pcpki.com. Retrieved on 2006-09-25.

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External links

• Official Leeds United website
• BBC Leeds 360 - Elland Road Stadium
• Photos Of Elland Road (German)
• Elland Road pictures @ Flickr

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