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Vicarage Road, a stadium in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, is the home of the football club Watford F.C. and their tenants, the Saracens rugby union club. A four stand all-seater stadium, its capacity is 19,920. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x683, 347 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Vicarage Road ...
1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ...
1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
This is a list of major football (soccer) stadia, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. ...
Saracens Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union team located in Watford, Hertfordshire. ...
Watford Football Club are an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. ...
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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 A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English) is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of...
Watford is a town and district in Hertfordshire, England and is situated 27 km (17 miles) northwest of central London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. ...
Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom and part of the East of England Government Office region. ...
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Watford Football Club are an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. ...
Saracens Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union team located in Watford, Hertfordshire. ...
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It has been the home of Watford since 1922, when the club moved from a ground on Watford's Cassio Road. The ground was officially opened by Col. Charles Healey of Benskins Brewery for the visit of Millwall on August 30th 1922. Watford temporarily had to sell the stadium in 2003 but after a campaign entitled 'Let's Buy Back The Vic' with donations coming from fans as well as celebrity former owner Elton John donating the entire proceeds of a concert held at the venue, the club was able to repurchase the stadium in 2005 for £7.6m. 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Millwall Football Club is a professional football team based at the 20,146 capacity New Den Stadium in Zampa Road, Bermondsey, South East London, England. ...
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Sir Elton Hercules[1] John, CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ...
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Vicarage Road Stand
The Vicarage Road Stand (known as The Parsonage or Vicarage) was built following the conclusion of the 1992-93 season. Previously an open terrace, the all-seater stand was built to comply with the Taylor Report and raise the standard of the ground. It cost £2.3 million to build and has a capacity of 5,800 people. 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. ...
Originally a mere earth bank when the club moved to the ground, it was gradually made into a conventional terrace. In 1978 an electronic scoreboard was put up, which became an iconic symbol of Watford's eighties heyday. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
Its final game as a terrace was a 1-0 loss to Oxford United on Saturday May 8th 1993. It opened to the public once more on September 18th 1993, with Watford beating Notts County 3-1. Oxford United F.C. is an English football team currently playing in Football League Two. ...
Notts County Football Club are a football club based in Nottingham, England and are the oldest professional football team in the world. ...
The home stand until 1999, it now houses the away support. A partition was added in 2004, meaning that both home and away support could be put in the stand. In previous seasons, the whole of the Vicarage Road Stand could be allocated to visiting supporters, but now only half of the stand is given to away fans, and the other half is used for home fans. It also houses wheelchair supporters of both teams. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Rookery Stand At present the newest part of the stadium, The Rookery Stand was built over the course of the 1994/95 season. Another former terrace, the all-seater Rookery stand has a capacity of 6960. Larger than the Vicarage Road stand, it has facilities on two levels. It also holds most of the clubs administrative areas, along with the club shop, which was moved to its current location in November 2005 from a site on Vicarage Road. The stand cost £1.6 million to build, approximately £300,000 of this figure was contributed by the Football Trust, with the remainding money coming from the sale of Paul Furlong and Bruce Dyer by owner Jack Petchey at the end of the 93/94 season. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Paul Furlong (born 1st October, 1968) is an English professional footballer. ...
Bruce Dyer (born 13 April 1975) is an English professional football player, who currently plays for Sheffield United as a striker. ...
When Watford moved from Cassio Road this end of the ground featured a roof over a cinder bank, and over the years the roof eventually had to be removed for safety reasons. The Supporters' Club eventually raised funds to enable the Rookery End to feature concrete terracing under cover and this aim was realised in 1959. 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The new stand, replacing the 1959 model was used by Watford supporters for the first time on April 22nd 1995 for the visit of Bristol City.
The Rook is the "home end," containing the noisier Watford fans and noticeably more electric atmosphere.
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x683, 360 KB) Game of rugby Date: September 25, 2005 Summary Picture taken by myself. ...
The Rous Stand The Rous Stand - named after former FIFA president Sir Stanley Rous - runs along the side of the pitch, on the west side of the ground. It is a two-tiered stand, with executive boxes and a TV camera gantry. Sir Stanley Rous (April 25, 1895 – July 18, 1986) was an English football referee and administrator. ...
Built in 1986, it replaced the Shrodells Stand. The £3 million development was partly-funded via a loan from Elton John. The upper tier complete with executive boxes was constructed first, and temporary seats forming a lower-tier were added later. These were later replaced with permanents seats, first used for a game against Notts County on September 18th 1993. Sir Elton Hercules[1] John, CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ...
Notts County Football Club are a football club based in Nottingham, England and are the oldest professional football team in the world. ...
1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
When the club moved from Cassio Road in 1922, the Union Stand was transported and reconstructed on this side of the ground. It was replaced by the Shrodells Stand, which was constructed during the 1930's. It was extended in 1979 with a further 2,200 seats replacing the standing enclosure in front of the stand.
The final match for the Shrodells Stand was against Manchester United on May 3rd 1986, the new Rous Stand opened on August 23rd 1986, when Oxford United visited Vicarage Road, with Watford coming out 3-0 winners. Manchester United Football Club is a world famous English football club. ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Upper Rous is well known amongst Hornets fans for being the most sedate part of the ground.
The Main Stand The Main Stand sits on the east side of the ground, and contains the changing rooms, tunnel, director's box and press area. The eldest stand of the four, the Main Stand contains the only part of the original stadium built at Vicarage Road still standing.
Constructed in 1922 as Watford moved from Cassio road to the present ground, the stand was included as part of the stadium constructed with the financial help of Benskins' breweries, who initially handed the land to the football club on a 21-year lease. The structure featured 3,500 seats and a standing enclosure and cost around £7,000.
In 1969 a new extension to the main stand was constructed adding approximately 1700 seats to this side of the ground. Seats were added to the terrace in front of the original main stand In 1982 to create the club's family enclosure, and capacity was further increased with the addition of uncovered seats towards the Vicarage Road end of the stadium around the same time. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In 2004 parts of the stand were closed, after they were deemed unfit for use. The club are drawing up plans - originally shelved after 2002's financial crisis - to redevelop the stand, along with making considerable developments to the Rous Stand. This scheme is in conjunction with Watford General Hospital, whose site runs alongside the Rous. This will be the first such plan to have housing in a British stadium. Watford also bought a pub for the supporters opposite Vicarage Road. The Hornets are hoping to increase capacity to initally 23,500 and then gradually increase upon this. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...
Floodlights The first game under floodlights at Vicarage Road was played in 1953, when lights were installed on top of the Main Stand. There were replaced in 1960, with four pylons being built in the corners of the ground. Currently the floodlights are mounted on the top of the Vicarage Road and Rookery Stands. 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...
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