 The interior of Stamford Bridge is decorated in Chelsea's blue and white Stamford Bridge is a football stadium in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham that is home to Chelsea Football Club. The capacity is 42,449, making it the largest league ground in London until Arsenal's new Emirates Stadium opens in 2006. Download high resolution version (1143x1543, 501 KB)Source: http://www. ...
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Chelsea Football Club (also known as the Blues, previously known as the Pensioners, a reference to the Chelsea pensioners), founded in 1905, is a Premier League football team that plays at the Stamford Bridge football ground in south-west London. ...
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The Emirates Stadium is a football stadium, being built for Arsenal Football Club in Ashburton Grove, Islington, north London, England. ...
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The stadium was opened in 1877, and was used as an athletics track until 1904, when it was acquired by new owners who wanted to attract a professional football club. It was initially offered to Fulham, but they turned it down. Instead, Chelsea was formed as a new club and were given entry to The Football League for the 1905-06 season. 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
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The capacity was originally planned to be 100,000, making it the second largest ground in England after Crystal Palace, the FA Cup final venue. Stamford Bridge itself hosted the cup final for three years from 1920 to 1922, after which it was replaced by Wembley. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Inter. ...
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The stadium was also the 'home' stadium for the London XI team that played in the original Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which is today called the UEFA Cup. The team reached the two-legged final, and played their home leg at Stamford Bridge. The London XI was an association football representative team, specially created to take part in a Europe-wide competition, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the precursor of todays UEFA Cup. ...
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Name
18th century maps show a 'Stanford Creek' running along the route of what is now a railway line at the back of the East Stand as a tributary of the Thames.
The stream had two local bridges: Sanford Bridge on the Fulham Road (also recorded as Little Chelsea Bridge) and Stanbridge on the King's Road. Stanford Creek, Sanford Bridge and Stanbridge no doubt all contributed in some uncertain way to the eventual name of Stamford Bridge, which must have been further suggested by the well known Battle of Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire, a famous victory by King Harold Godwinson against the Vikings in 1066 that took place shortly before his defeat by the Normans at the Battle of Hastings. Fulham Road is a street in London, England, that runs from the A219 road in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, through Chelsea to Brompton Road and the A4 in Brompton, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. ...
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The Battle of Stamford Bridge in England is generally considered to mark the end of the Viking era. ...
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Stands
Matthew Harding Stand Capacity: 10,933
The Matthew Harding Stand, previously known as the North Stand, is along the north edge of the pitch. It is named for Chelsea director Matthew Harding, who transformed the club in the early 1990s before his death in a helicopter accident in October 22, 1996. The stand has two tiers. Matthew Harding (December 26, 1953 – October 22, 1996) was a British businessman and vice-chairman of Chelsea football club. ...
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1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
East Stand Capacity: 11,253
The East Stand is located along the east side of the pitch. Away supporters are seated in this stand. The stand has three tiers.
Umbro Stand Capacity: 6,832
The Umbro Stand, previously known as the Shed End or the South Stand, is located along the south side of the pitch. The stand has two tiers. UMBRO is a brand of apparel, shoes and equipment for football (soccer). ...
The new Stamford Bridge West Stand - Entrance Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x797, 340 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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West Stand Capacity: 13,432
The West Stand, recently updated, is located along the west side of the pitch. It has three tiers, in addition to a row of executive boxes that stretches the length of the stand.
Earlier stands As originally constructed, Stamford Bridge was an athletics track and the pitch was initially located in the middle of the running track. This meant that spectators were separated from the field of play on all sides by the width of the running track and, on the north and south sides, the separation was particularly large because the long sides of the running track considerably exceeded the length of the football pitch.
The 1905 stadium was designed by Archibald Leitch and had a single stand for 5,000 spectators on the east side. The other sides were all open in a vast bowl and thousands of tons of material excavated from the building of the underground railway provided high terracing for standing spectators exposed to the elements on the west side. Archibald Leitch (1865 – 1939) was a Scottish architect, most famous for his work designing football stadiums throughout the United Kingdom. ...
In 1930, a new terrace was built on the south side for more standing spectators. Only part of this was roofed and it became known as "The Shed". This became the favoured spot for the loudest and most die-hard support until the terrace was demolished in 1994 (when all seater stadiums became compulsory by law as a safety measure in British senior professional football). The seated stand which replaced it is still known as the Shed End (see above).
In 1939, a two storied North Stand including seating was erected. It was demolished and replaced by open terracing for standing supporters in 1975. The North Terrace was closed in 1993 and the present North Stand of two tiers (the Matthew Harding Stand) was then constructed at that end (see above). Matthew Harding (December 26, 1953 – October 22, 1996) was a British businessman and vice-chairman of Chelsea football club. ...
In 1964/65, a seated West Stand was built to replace the existing terracing on the west side. Most of the West Stand consisted of rising ranks of wooden tip up seats on iron frames, but seating at the very front was on concrete forms known as "the Benches". The old West Stand was demolished in 1998 and replaced by the current West Stand (see above).
A vast new East Stand was built in 1973, originally intended as the start of a comprehensive redevelopment of the stadium which was abandoned when the football club ran into financial difficulties. The East Stand essentially survives in its 1973 three tiered cantilevered form, although it has been much refurbished and modernised since (see above).
The successive building phases have eliminated the original running track: the 1973 East Stand began this process. All stands are now roofed and are immediately adjacent to the pitch. This has had the effect of concentrating and capturing the noise of the supporters, which paradoxically appears louder now than when support was dispersed at a distance from the pitch on open terraces, although the stadium capacity is approximately half of what it was.
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