List of English football stadia by capacity

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This is a list of English football stadia, ranked in descending order of capacity.

The list includes all 116 clubs in the top five tiers of the English football league system as of the 2007-08 season (Premier League, Football League Championship, Football League One, Football League Two and Conference National). Also included are several stadia, with a capacity of at least 3,000, of clubs playing in lower tiers of the National League System (tier indicated in brackets).

A person who has watched a match at the stadiums of all 92 Premier League and Football League clubs in England may apply to join The 92 Club.

Contents 1 Existing stadia 2 Old stadia 3 Future stadia 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Existing stadia

Overall Rank	Stadium	Capacity	Club	Division	Rank in Respective Divisions	Notes
1	Wembley Stadium	90,000	England national football team	National stadium	N/A	Largest stadium in the country, most expensive stadium in the world. Holds current world record for the most covered seats.
2	Old Trafford	76,212	Manchester United	Premier League	1	Largest football stadium in the Premier League. Nicknamed the Theatre of Dreams by Sir Bobby Charlton. Hope of expanding the stadium to about 96,000,which if done will make it the biggest stadium in England.
3	Emirates Stadium	60,355[1]	Arsenal	Premier League	2	Also known as Ashburton Grove. Largest club stadium in London.
4	St James' Park	52,387[2]	Newcastle United	Premier League	3	Plans to upgrade to 60,000 seats [3]
5	Stadium of Light	49,000[4]	Sunderland	Premier League	4	Was the largest new club stadium built in England since 1923 when it opened in 1997. Has planning permission for extension of South Stand to take capacity to about 55,555. The stadium's third tier will eventually be extended round the East Stand, pending improvements in local infrastructure, taking the capacity to 67,500.
6	City of Manchester Stadium	47,726[5]	Manchester City	Premier League	5	Also known as Eastlands or abbreviated as COMS; the stadium was originally built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Afterwards it was given a £35 million conversion by Manchester City FC to transform the ground for football use, a new stand and 10,000 seats were also added. The stadia was also the venue for the 2008 UEFA Cup Final. The City of Manchester Stadium's pitch is also the widest in English football[6]
7	Anfield	45,522	Liverpool	Premier League	6	Proposed move to Stanley Park Stadium, with initial 71,000 capacity with the potential to rise to around 85,000 . Will contain a new 'Kop', which will be the largest single-tier stand in the world, seating more than 20,000.
8	Villa Park	42,573	Aston Villa	Premier League	7	Plans to increase capacity to at least 51,000 seats [7]
9	Stamford Bridge	42,360	Chelsea	Premier League	8	Examining possible moves to Earl's Court.
10	Goodison Park	40,569	Everton	Premier League	9	Everton are currently looking at moving to a new 55,000-capacity ground.
11	Elland Road	40,242	Leeds United	League One	1	Largest stadium outside the Premier League & largest stadium in League One, Plans to expand the stadium to hold 58,500 spectators, and house a 12,500-seater arena on the back of the west stand.
12	Hillsborough Stadium	39,814	Sheffield Wednesday	Championship	1	Largest stadium in the Championship
13	White Hart Lane	36,310	Tottenham Hotspur	Premier League	10	£300M plans are in the pipeline to expand White Hart Lane to approx 52,000[8]. Tony Winterbottom who masterminded the acclaimed Emirates Stadium is involved.
14	The Boleyn Ground (Upton Park)	35,647	West Ham United	Premier League	11	Plans to move to a new 50,000 capacity stadium on the site of the Parcelforce deport adjacent to West Ham Station
15	Riverside Stadium	35,100	Middlesbrough	Premier League	12
16	Pride Park Stadium	33,597[9]	Derby County	Championship	2	Announced intention to increase capacity to 44,000 for the start of the 2008/9 season [10]
17	Bramall Lane	32,702[11]	Sheffield United	Championship	2	Redevelopment and approximate 3,000 seat extension of Kop Stand under discussion[12], along with filling in the final corner and installation of additional seats around the ground with a 40,000 seat stadium envisaged.[13]
18	St Mary's Stadium	32,689[14]	Southampton	Championship	3	Largest Southern stadium outside of London.
19	Walkers Stadium	32,500[15]	Leicester City	League One	4	Capacity could be increased to just under 40,000. [16]
20	Ricoh Arena	32,000[17]	Coventry City	Championship	5
21	Ewood Park	31,367	Blackburn Rovers	Premier League	13
22	City Ground	30,602	Nottingham Forest	Championship	2	Plans to move to a new 50,000 seater stadium just outside the city.
23	Portman Road	30,311[18]	Ipswich Town	Championship	6	Largest stadium in East Anglia.
24	St Andrews	30,009	Birmingham City	Championship	7	Plans to build new 55,000 seater stadium at "Birmingham Wheels" city location.
25	Reebok Stadium	28,723	Bolton Wanderers	Premier League	14
26	Molineux	28,525	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Championship	8	Plans to fill in corners to bring stadium capacity to 40,000[19]
27	Britannia Stadium	28,383	Stoke City	Premier League	15
28	The Hawthorns	28,003	West Bromwich Albion	Premier League	16
29	The Valley	27,111	Charlton Athletic	Championship	9	Will be expanded to 40,000 on return to Premiership.
30	Craven Cottage	26,600	Fulham	Premier League	17	Now upgraded to 31,000 for the 2008-09 season. Looking to be expanded to 40,000 with new Riverside cantilever stand out across the Thames and corners filled in.
31	Selhurst Park	26,309	Crystal Palace	Championship	10
32	Carrow Road	26,034[9]	Norwich City	Championship	11
33	KC Stadium	25,404	Hull City	Premier League	18	Shared with Hull FC Rugby League Club and plans in place to extend stadium to 32,500 seats by 2009.
34	The Darlington Arena	25,294	Darlington	League Two	1	Largest stadium in League Two, Capacity restricted to 6,000 by local planning regulations[20]
35	JJB Stadium	25,138	Wigan Athletic	Premier League	19	Shared with Wigan Warriors Rugby League Club
36	Valley Parade	25,136	Bradford City	League Two	2
37	Galpharm Stadium	24,500	Huddersfield Town	League One	3	Shared with Huddersfield Giants Rugby League Club
38	Madejski Stadium	24,161	Reading	Championship	12	Planning permission granted to extend to approximately 38,000 [21]
39	Oakwell	23,009	Barnsley	Championship	13
40	Turf Moor	22,546	Burnley	Championship	14	Re-Development of Turf Moor is proposed to be starting in late 2007, and will take around three years for the redevelopment to be completed. Plans to refurbish the Bob Lord Stand, inside and out, to house a cinema and restaurant will take place, as well as the Cricket Field Stand (The David Fishwick Stand) being completely redeveloped to house a hotel, fitness suite cricket pavilion. Further developments include a Business suite in the Jimmy McIlroy stand, and state of the art changing rooms and players' suite being housed in between the James Hargreaves Stand (commonly known to fans as the Longside) and The Jimmy McIlroy and the redevelopment of the club shop is planned, as well as a new fans' car park with access to the concourse.
41	Vale Park	22,356	Port Vale	League One	4
42	Deepdale	22,225	Preston North End	Championship	15	The oldest, continuously used football league club stadium in the world. Home of the National Football Museum. Construction of the "Invincibles Pavilion", the final phase of the redevelopment, is currently under way and will take the capacity to over 25,000.
43	Ninian Park	22,008	Cardiff City	Championship	16	Based in Wales but play in the English football league system. Proposed move to 25,000 all-seater stadium. [22]
44	Stadium:mk	22,000	Milton Keynes Dons	League One	3	Designed to permit increase to 32,000
45	Ashton Gate	21,548	Bristol City	Championship	17	Proposed move to 30,000 all-seater stadium with potential to increase to 40,000.[23]
46	Home Park	20,922	Plymouth Argyle	Championship	18
47	Fratton Park	20,688	Portsmouth	Premier League	20	Smallest stadium in the Premier League. Proposed move to 36,000 capacity stadium. [24]
48	Liberty Stadium	20,592	Swansea City	Championship	19	Based in Wales but play in the English football league system.
49	Meadow Lane	20,300	Notts County	League Two	4	Shared with Nottingham R.F.C..
50	New Den Stadium	20,146	Millwall	League One	6
51	Vicarage Road	19,920	Watford	Championship	20	Capacity reduced due to safety concerns. Development set to increase capacity to 23,000 in 2008. Looking to rebuild Main Stand to increase to 30,000.
52	Loftus Road	19,148	Queens Park Rangers	Championship	21
53	Knowsley Road	17,500	St Helens Town	North West Counties League Division One (9)	1	Shared with St Helens RLFC Largest stadium outside the top four divisions. Plans to move along with St Helens RLFC into a new 18,000 stadium
54	Prenton Park	16,789	Tranmere Rovers	League One	7	Looking to increase to 22,000.
55	Brunton Park	16,651	Carlisle United	League One	8	Looking to modernise ground.
56	County Ground	15,728	Swindon Town	League One	9	Can increase to 24,000,
57	Racecourse Ground	15,500	Wrexham	Blue Square Premier	5	Based in Wales, but play in the English football league system.
58	London Road	15,314	Peterborough United	League One	6
59	Keepmoat Stadium	15,231	Doncaster Rovers	Championship	10	Can expand to 20,000.
60	Boundary Park	13,624	Oldham Athletic	League One	11	Redevelopment of stadium announced in 2006[citation needed]
61	Kingston Park	13,500	Newcastle Blue Star	Northern Premier League First Division (8)	1	Ground shared with Newcastle Falcons & Newcastle United Reserves
62	Griffin Park	12,763	Brentford	League Two	7	Proposed move to new 20,000 seat stadium in Kew Bridge[25] [26]
63	Kassam Stadium	12,500	Oxford United	Conference National	1	Largest stadium in the Conference National and largest football-only stadium outside the top four tiers.
64	Roots Hall	12,392	Southend United	League One	12	Move to Fossets Farm Stadium in 2008
65	Gateshead International Stadium	12,000	Gateshead	Northern Premier League Premier Division (7)	1	Third largest stadium outside the top five divisions
65	Memorial Stadium	11,724	Bristol Rovers	League One	13	Plans to redevelop into an 18,500-seat stadium for Bristol Rovers FC and Bristol Rugby.[27]
66	Gigg Lane	11,669	Bury	League Two	8	Also home to F.C. United of Manchester in Northern Premier League First Division (8)
67	Priestfield Stadium	11,582	Gillingham	League One	14
68	Bescot Stadium	11,300	Walsall	League One	15
69	Edgeley Park	10,852	Stockport County	League Two	9	Shared with Sale Sharks Rugby Union side.
70	Dean Court	10,700	AFC Bournemouth	League Two	10	Although planned to be a four sided stadium it was rebuilt as a three sided stadium due to lack of finances. Temporary seats currently sit on the undeveloped South End since autumn of 2005.
71	Kenilworth Road	10,300	Luton Town	League Two	11
72	Spotland	10,249	Rochdale	League Two	12
73	Sincil Bank	10,127	Lincoln City	League Two	13
74	Alexandra Stadium	10,118	Crewe Alexandra	League One	18
75=	Adams Park	10,000	Wycombe Wanderers	League Two	14=	Capped to 10,000 due to local planning regulations[citation needed]
75=	Field Mill	10,000	Mansfield Town	League Two	14=
75=	Hilton Park	10,000	Leigh RMI	Conference North (6)	1	Move to new Leigh Sports Village site due in 2008.[citation needed] Also home of Leigh Centurions rugby league club
75=	New Meadow	10,000	Shrewsbury Town	League Two	14=
79	Bloomfield Road	9,788	Blackpool	Championship	22	The club are applying for planning permission to increase the (temporary) East Stand by 972 to 2,937 which would then increase the total stadium capacity to 10,670. When the full stadium is finally completed the capacity will be about 16,000 with potential for 25,000 eventually.
80	Abbey Stadium	9,617	Cambridge United	Conference National	2
81	Bootham Crescent	9,606	York City	Conference National	3
82	Blundell Park	9,546	Grimsby Town	League Two	15	Move to ConocoPhillips Stadium scheduled for 2009[citation needed]
83	Huish Park	9,400	Yeovil Town	League One	19
84	Glanford Park	9,183	Scunthorpe United	Championship	23
85	St James Park	9,036	Exeter City	Conference National	4
86	Withdean Stadium	8,850	Brighton & Hove Albion	League One	20	Club awaiting completion of new Falmer Stadium[citation needed] Will have 23,374 seats, plus executive suites.
87	Twerton Park	8,800	Bath City	Conference South (6)	1	Shared with Team Bath from the Southern League Premier Division (7)
88	Saltergate	8,504	Chesterfield	League Two	16	Move to new stadium scheduled for 2008[citation needed]
89	Millmoor	8,300	Rotherham United	League Two	17	Capacity reduced due to redevelopment work[citation needed] Looking to build 20,000 stadium.
90	Brisbane Road	7,920	Leyton Orient	League One	21	Capacity reduced due to redevelopment work. Plans to move to the Olympic Stadium (London) in Stratford [28] Will have lowered capacity of 25,000 to 30,000.
91	Cougar Park	7,800	Silsden	North West Counties League Division One (9)		Shared with Keighley Cougars
92	Edgar Street	7,700	Hereford United	League Two	18	Proposed re-development at planning stage
93	Victoria Park	7,691	Hartlepool United	League One	22
94	Sixfields Stadium	7,653	Northampton Town	League One	23	Proposed re-development of the complex to 15,000 capacity including Executive Boxes and Commercial Facilities.[citation needed]
95	Recreation Ground	7,500	Aldershot Town	League Two	19
96	Broadhall Way	7,100	Stevenage Borough	Conference National	6
97	Whaddon Road	7,066	Cheltenham Town	League One	24	Smallest stadium in League One. Plans of redevolping main-stand
98	York Street	6,643	Boston United	Conference North (6)
99	The Wessex Stadium	6,600	Weymouth	Conference National	7
100	The Shay	6,561	Halifax Town	Conference National	8	Capacity reduced due to redevelopment work
101=	Crabble Stadium	6,500	Dover Athletic	Isthmian League Division One North (8)
101=	Pirelli Stadium	6,500	Burton Albion	Conference National	9
101=	Church Road	6,500	Hayes	Conference South (6)
101=	Bower Fold	6,500	Stalybridge Celtic	Conference North (6)
105	Manor Park	6,464	Nuneaton Borough	Conference North (6)
106	Nene Park	6,441	Rushden & Diamonds	Conference National	10
107=	Christie Park	6,400	Morecambe	League Two	20
107=	McCain Stadium	6,400	Scarborough	Club now defunct		Stadium currently stands empty and semi-derelict awaiting a decision on its future. Phoenix club Scarborough Athletic currently groundshare with Bridlington Town; though the possibility remains that the ground will be used again for football.
109	Moss Rose	6,335	Macclesfield Town	League Two	21
110	Layer Road	6,320	Colchester United	Championship	24	Smallest stadium in Championship; move to Cuckoo Farm scheduled for 2008[29]
111	New Bucks Head	6,300	A.F.C. Telford United	Conference North(6)
112	Aggborough	6,238	Kidderminster Harriers	Conference National	11
113	Moss Lane	6,150	Altrincham	Conference National	12
114	Kingfield Stadium	6,036	Woking	Conference National	13
115	Deva Stadium	6,012	Chester City	League Two	22
116	Haig Avenue	6,008	Southport	Conference North (6)
117=	The Camrose	6,000	Basingstoke Town	Conference South (6)
117=	Plainmoor	6,000	Torquay United	Conference National	14
117=	Victoria Road	6,000	Dagenham & Redbridge	League Two	22
120	The Walks	5,733	King's Lynn	Southern League Premier Division (7)	1
121	Priory Lane	5,664	Eastbourne Borough	Conference South (6)
122	Underhill Stadium	5,568	Barnet	League Two	23
123	The New Lawn	5,147	Forest Green Rovers and Gloucester City	Conference National	15
124	Crown Ground	5,057	Accrington Stanley	League Two	24	Smallest stadium in the Football League
125	Avenue Stadium	5,009	Dorchester Town	Conference South (6)
126=	Valley Stadium	5,000	Redditch United	Conference North (6)
126=	The Meadow	5,000	Chesham United	Southern Football Division 1 Midlands (8)		Aylesbury United F.C. currently ground share with Chesham United
126=	The Raymond McEnhill Stadium	5,000	Salisbury City	Conference National	16
126=	Longmead Stadium	5,000	Tonbridge Angels	Isthmian League Premier Division (7)
130	Broadfield Stadium	4,996	Crawley Town	Conference National	17
131	West Leigh Park	4,700	Havant and Waterlooville	Conference South (6)
132	Kingsmeadow	4,600	AFC Wimbledon and Kingstonian	Isthmian League Premier Division (7) and Isthmian League Division One South (8)
133=	New Recreation Ground	4,500	Grays Athletic	Conference National	19=
133=	Victoria Stadium	4,500	Northwich Victoria	Conference National	19=
133=	Clarence Park	4,500	St Albans City	Conference South (6)
133=	Wincham Park	4,500	Witton Albion and Runcorn Linnets	Northern Premier League Premier Division (7) and North West Counties League Division Two (10)
133=	St George's Lane	4,500	Worcester City	Conference North (6)
133=	Privett Park	4,500	Gosport Borough	Southern League Division One South & West (8)
138	Marston's Stadium	4,329	Hinckley United	Conference North (6)
139	Park Lane	4,308	Canvey Island	Isthmian League Division One North (8)
140	Newport Stadium	4,300	Newport County	Conference South (6)
141	Marston Road	4,150	Stafford Rangers	Conference National	19
142	Shielfield Park	4,131	Berwick Rangers	Scottish League Second Division		Based in England, but play in the Scottish football league system
143=	Ewen Fields	4,100	Hyde United	Conference North (6)
143=	Princes Park	4,100	Dartford	Isthmian League Premier Division (7)
145	The Lamb Ground	4,065	Tamworth	Conference South (6)
146	The Pilot Field	4,050	Hastings United	Isthmian League Premier Division (7)
147=	Meadow Park	4,000	Gloucester City	Southern League Premier Division (7)	2
147=	Lyme Valley Stadium	4,000	Newcastle Town	North West Counties League Division One (9)	3=
147=	Tameside Stadium	4,000	Curzon Ashton	North West Counties League Division One (9)	3=
147=	College Grove	4,000	Wakefield	Northern Premier League First Division (8)
147=	Colston Avenue	4,000	Carshalton Athletic	Isthmian League Premier Division (7)
152	Throstle Nest	3,900	Farsley Celtic	Conference National	20
153	Wetherby Road Ground	3,800	Harrogate Town	Conference North (6)
154	Culverden Stadium	3,750	Tunbridge Wells	Kent League Premier Division (9)
155	North Street	3,600	Alfreton Town	Conference North (6)
156=	Butcher's Arms Ground	3,500	Droylsden	Conference National	21=
156=	Giant Axe	3,500	Lancaster City	Northern Premier League First Division (8)
156=	Horsfall Stadium	3,500	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Northern Premier League First Division (8)
156=	Barrows Farm	3,500	Harlow Town	Isthmian League Premier Division (7)	21=
156=	Stonebridge Road	3,500	Ebbsfleet United	Conference National	21=
156=	Treyew Road	3,500	Truro City	Western League Premier Division (9)
162	Highbury Stadium	3,497	Fleetwood Town	Northern Premier League Premier Division (7)		Will rise to 5000 in Aug 2008
163	Bridge Road	3,250	Histon	Conference National	24	Smallest stadium in the Conference National
164	Earlsmead Stadium	3,070	Harrow Borough	Isthmian League Premier Division (7)
165=	The Dripping Pan	3,000	Lewes	Conference South (6)
165=	Rockingham Triangle	3,000	Corby Town	Southern League Premier Division (7)
165=	Beveree Stadium	3,000	Hampton & Richmond Borough	Conference South (6)
165=	City Ground	3,000	Cambridge City	Conference South (6)
165=	Queensgate	3,000	Scarborough Athletic	Northern Counties East League	1
165=	Hardenhuish Park	3,000	Chippenham Town	Southern League Premier Division (7)

[edit] Old stadia

Main article: List of defunct English football stadia

Following crowd troubles in the 1980s and regulations imposed after the Taylor Report, several English league stadia have been built or completely redeveloped in the last few years. Prior to 1988, however, the last newly-built Football League ground in England was Roots Hall, Southend, which was opened in 1955.

[edit] Future stadia

Stadia which are currently in development, and are likely to open in the near future, include:

Stadium	Capacity	Club	Notes
Stanley Park Stadium (location name only)	60,000	Liverpool	Initial planned opening date summer 2009, ground expected to be broken in May 2007. Delays halted construction. Planned 60,000 capacity, with future expansion to 80,000 possible pending transport improvements. May be delayed by ongoing boardroom turmoil at the club.
New West Ham Stadium	50,000	West Ham	Expected completion date of 2011, [30] permission granted by local council, ground to be broken 2008. Not yet confirmed.
City of Birmingham Stadium	55,000	Birmingham City	Still in early planning phases as part of a large sporting complex.
New Goodison (unofficial name)	50,000 - 60,000	Everton	Planning permission accepted and Large Tesco should be built too. Faces significant opposition from fans opposed to the club leaving the Liverpool city boundaries. Possibility to expand to 90,000. May be built in Kings Docks.
New Nottingham Forest Stadium	50,000	Nottingham Forest	To open in 2014. No name announced.
Portsmouth Dockland Stadium	36,000	Portsmouth	Replacement for Fratton Park [2] [3] No official name announced yet.
New Cardiff City stadium	35,000	Cardiff City	Expected to open in 2009. No official name announced yet.
Falmer Stadium (code name only)	22,000	Brighton & Hove Albion	Approval granted. Awaiting possible contestation from Lewes District Council.
Conoco Stadium (project name only)	20,100	Grimsby Town	Completion set for 2009 - pending budget sourcing
New St Helens Stadium	18,000	St Helens Town	To be shared with St Helens RFC.
Cuckoo Farm (code name only)	10,000	Colchester United	To open in 2008. Can be expanded to 22,000.
Leigh Sports Village (code name only)	10,000	Leigh RMI	To open in 2008 and shared with Leigh Centurions
New Morecambe Stadium	6,800	Morecambe	Expected to open in 2009. No official name announced yet.[citation needed]
Nunnery Way Stadium (code name only)	6,000	Worcester City	Planning to be started in early 2008. To open in 2009.
Olympic Stadium (London)	80,000 (25,000)	Leyton Orient (post olympics)	To open in 2012 for London Olympics. Reduction in capacity from 80,000 to 25,000 following the Games.
New Luton Town F.C. Ground	25,000	Luton Town	Long delayed new ground near J12 of the M1 to replace Kenilworth Road[31]. Seeking planning permission. Under administration so unlikely to happen with current financial situation.

There are usually also several expansions to existing grounds in progress. See the discussion thread linked below for the latest details.

[edit] See also

• Record attendances of English football clubs
• List of Scottish football stadiums by capacity
• List of football (soccer) stadiums by country
• List of football (soccer) stadiums by capacity
• List of stadiums
• Highest English Football Stadia by Altitude
• Ground improvements at English football Stadia

[edit] References

• The Internet Football Ground Guide

[edit] External links

• Map of Top Tier English Football Stadia

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