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History

Pride Park Stadium is a football (soccer) stadium in the Pride Park business park on the outskirts of Derby city centre in the UK. It is owned by and is the home of Derby County F.C. The stadium holds 33,597 spectators. Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia is capable of being converted from a rectangular rugby football field to an oval for cricket and Australian rules football games This article is about the building type. ... Pride Park is a business park on the outskirts of the city centre of Derby, UK. It includes Pride Park Stadium. ... Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ... Derby County Football Club are a football club based in Derby, playing in the Football League Championship. ...

The stadium was completed in 1997 and replaced Derby County's previous stadium, the Baseball Ground. It was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on July 18, with a friendly against Sampdoria following on August 4. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Baseball Ground was a stadium in Derby, UK. It was first used for baseball as the home of Derby County Baseball Club from 1890 until 1898 and then for football (soccer) as the home of Derby County F.C. from 1895 until 1997. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | Italian football clubs ... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ...

The first competitive match to be played there was against Wimbledon. The floodlights failed part way through the match and it had to be abandoned. Wimbledon F.C. crest Wimbledon F.C. was the original name of a football club that played in south London. ...

Records and Internationals

The stadium has been used for three England under-21s international matches and one full international, a 4-0 friendly victory for England over Mexico on May 27, 2001. That match also holds the record for the highest attendance at the stadium: a full-house of 33,597. The highest attendance at Pride Park for a Derby County match is 33,475. First International England U-21 0-0 Wales U-21 (Molineux, Wolverhampton; December 15, 1976) Largest win England U-21 8-1 Finland U-21 (Boothferry Park, Hull; October 12, 1977) Worst defeat Romania U-21 4-0 England U-21 (PloieÅŸti, Romania; October 14, 1980) & England U-21... First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Biggest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Biggest defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First in... May 27 is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Pride Plaza Redevelopment

On 27 April 2007, Derby County released details^[1] of a proposed £20m development around the stadium which would create about 250 jobs. Although plans have yet to be submitted to the city council, the Pride Plaza project would include a 165-bed hotel, bars, restaurants and office space. April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ...

Two squares and a road on the west side of the stadium would be named after club legends Brian Clough, Steve Bloomer and Lionel Pickering^[2]. The club have said no money would be taken away from the team to pay for the development. Brian Howard Clough, OBE (21 March 1935 – 20 September 2004) was a successful footballer and subsequently football manager, most notable for his success with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. ... Steve Bloomer Stephen Bloomer (January 20, 1874 - April 16, 1938) was an English footballer from 1892 until 1914. ... Lionel Victor Pickering (December 6, 1932 - September 2, 2006) was a newspaper mogul and the owner of Derby County Football Club in Derby, England from 1991 to 2003. ...

External link

• Pride Park Stadium web-site

References

1. ^ Pride Plaza Development
2. ^ Pride Plaza tributes

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