Riverside Stadium
Riverside Stadium entrance gates
Full name	Riverside Stadium
Location	Middlesbrough, England
Built	1994
Opened	August 26, 1995
Owner	Middlesbrough F.C.
Operator	Middlesbrough F.C.
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	£16 million[1]
Tenants
Middlesbrough FC
Capacity
35,100[2]
Dimensions
115 x 75 m

The Riverside Stadium is a football stadium in Middlesbrough, England, which has been the home of Middlesbrough F.C. since it opened in 1995. Its current capacity is 35,100^[2] all seated, although there is provisional planning permission in place to expand that to 42,000 if required.^[1]. It was the first stadium designed and constructed to comply with the Taylor Report and at the time, was the biggest new arena to be built in England since World War II. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 240 KB) Summary Riverside Stadum with the Old gates outside. ... This article is about the town in North East England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Middlesbrough Football Club are an English football club, commonly known as Boro, that play in the Premier League. ... This article is about the town in North East England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total... Middlesbrough Football Club are an English football club, commonly known as Boro, that play in the Premier League. ... 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. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

History

The stadium was built to replace Ayresome Park following the Taylor Report, which required all top division football stadia to be all-seater. Middlesbrough were unable to expand the current stadium outwards due to it being located in the middle of a residential area, and expanding the stadium upwards would have limited the club to a capacity of 20,000 seats. The decision was taken by club officials to build a new stadium and Teesside Development Corporation offered them the Middlehaven site by the River Tees for development. Ayresome Park was a football stadium in the United Kingdom, and was the home of Middlesbrough F.C. from its construction in time for the 1903/1904 season, until the Riverside Stadium opened in 1995. ... The Teesside Development Corporation was a government-backed development corporation which was established in 1987 to fund and manage regeneration projects in the former-county of Cleveland in North East England. ... The Tees is a river in Northern England. ...

It was originally constructed with a 30,000 capacity for a modest £16 million, and took only 32 weeks to complete. The name of the stadium was chosen by the club's fans, following a vote during the final game at Ayresome Park. The other choices available were Middlehaven Stadium, Erimus Stadium and Teesside Stadium. When first opened, the name was amended to Cellnet Riverside Stadium (and then BT Cellnet Riverside Stadium) as part of a £3 million sponsorship deal with Cellnet, but this deal ended after the 2001-02 season^[3]. The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ...

The first game was played against Chelsea in front of a 28,286 crowd (the highest home attendance in 14 years) on August 26, 1995^[4]. Middlesbrough won the game 2-0, with Craig Hignett taking the honour of scoring the first ever goal at the stadium, Jan Aage Fjortoft scoring the second. Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are an English professional football club based in west London. ... is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A Norwegian international striker, Fjørtoft signed for English premiership club Swindon Town from Austrian club Rapid Vienna in July 1993, for a then club record fee of £500,000. ...

In 2005 the club resurrected the old Ayresome Park gates which were famously locked when the club went in to liquidation. They were erected outside the Riverside Stadium as a new entrance and a reminder of the past. The club have the Council's permission to extend the capacity by another 7,000 if such demand made it necessary.

International Matches

Like its predecessor Ayresome Park before it, the Riverside stadium has been used for an international match, this time as England's stadium for the Euro 2004 qualifying match against Slovakia on 30 June 2003.^[5] England won the match 2-1 with a brace by Michael Owen after Vladimir Janočko had put Slovakia ahead.^[6] The match is notable for pitting Middlesbrough's England defender Gareth Southgate against their own Slovakian striker at the time, Szilard Nemeth.^[7] 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... The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly called Euro 2004, was held in Portugal between June 12 and July 4, 2004. ... is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 2003 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael James Owen[2] (born December 14, 1979, in Chester, Cheshire)[3] is an English football player currently with Newcastle United. ... Gareth Harold Southgate (born 3 September 1970 in Crawley, Sussex) is a former English footballer, currently manager of Middlesbrough in the English Premiership. ... Szilárd Németh (born August 8, 1977 in Komárno) is a Slovakian professional footballer. ...

Details

Records

Record Attendance: 35,000 England v Slovakia, 11 June 2003, (Euro 2004 Qualifier)

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Average Attendances

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References

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External links

• World Stadiums entry
• Riverside Stadium at Internet Football Grounds Guide

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