A large number of English football clubs have ongoing schemes to redevelop existing grounds, or to move to newly constructed stadiums. A trend towards all-seater stadiums was initially prescribed by the
Taylor Report
The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster Inquiry report is the report of an inquiry which was overseen by Lord Justice Taylor, into the causes of the Hillsborough disaster in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989, as a result of which, ...
, and was originally a condition only of
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
admission. It has now become a requirement that within three years of a club's first promotion to
the Championship
The English Football League Championship (often referred to as the Championship for short or the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship purposes) is the highest division of the English Football League (EFL) and second-highest overall in the En ...
all paying spectators are seated, even if the club is subsequently relegated. This page provides an (incomplete) list and description of those clubs who have planned new stadiums or refurbishments, or who have already moved/refurbished since around the time of the Taylor Report.
The following list includes clubs that are based in
Wales
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but play in the
English football league system
The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the Isl ...
.
History
When
Scunthorpe United
Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. The side currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The tea ...
moved to
Glanford Park
Glanford Park is a football stadium in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, and is the current home of team Scunthorpe United.
Opened in 1988 at a construction cost of £2.5 million, it was the first new purpose-built Football League st ...
in 1988, it was the first time a
Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...
club had moved to a new purpose-built home since 1956. Up to this point, most sides were playing in grounds that had been largely structurally unchanged for most of the 20th century. One of the few clubs to play in a completely rebuilt post
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
stadium was
Manchester United
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...
, whose stadium had been rebuilt due to bomb damage during the war, and significantly altered in the 1960s and again in the early 1980s.
Ground improvements were seldom, most clubs rarely reached their capacity on a regular basis, and poor facilities were commonplace – this particularly being the case between 1979 and 1986, when attendances fell, with this fall in spectators being blamed largely on increased
hooliganism
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, as well as the
economic downturn
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and sharp rise in unemployment that occurred in the early 1980s. The main source of income came from gate receipts, and most additional money was spent on transfers. It was not until the growing concern in the 1980s about the safety of existing stadiums, that clubs began to examine the possibilities offered by redeveloping their grounds. This was first highlighted in May 1985, when 56 fans were burnt to death
in a fire at the
Bradford City
Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes.
Th ...
stadium, and even more so in the aftermath of the
Hillsborough disaster
The Hillsborough disaster was a fatal human crush during a football match at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989. It occurred during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in the ...
of April 1989, which led to the death of 96
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
fans at an
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
semi-final. Poor maintenance was seen as the main reason for the fire at Bradford, while the presence of perimeter fencing and standing areas (as well as loss of police control) were seen as the main factors in the Hillsborough tragedy.
In January 1990, the
Taylor Report
The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster Inquiry report is the report of an inquiry which was overseen by Lord Justice Taylor, into the causes of the Hillsborough disaster in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989, as a result of which, ...
recommended the conversion of all
Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...
stadiums to all-seater arenas although this was subsequently applied just to the top two levels with effect from the
1994–95 season. The report had ordered third and fourth tier teams to follow suit by 1999, but clubs at this level were allowed to continue with standing accommodation.
This was given governmental financial assistance, and while unpopular with many fans, attendances began to rise again in the 1990s.
The new all-seater arrangement tended to be more popular with both the clubs and football authorities, as they had the combined benefits of being safer and more profitable.
The boom in television rights following the creation of the
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
in 1992 allowed a number of clubs to further expand their stadiums, or even move to new ones. Realising the commercial possibilities of new stadiums, many ambitious outfits constructed purpose-built stadiums often on the outskirts of cities or in urban regeneration areas. It has become common for clubs to tie these new stadiums in with residential or leisure complexes.
A number of lower-league clubs had plans for ground improvements halted following the collapse of
ITV Digital
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and the lucrative broadcasting contract they had agreed. Following the re-sale of rights, a number of these programmes have been re-activated in recent years, and some of the heaviest stadium redevelopment has been in the lower divisions. Most teams with ambitions of eventual promotion to the Premier League have plans for continued work on their grounds to bring them up to an appropriate standard. Even the biggest clubs have been affected,
Manchester United
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...
have heavily rebuilt and expanded
Old Trafford
Old Trafford () is a football stadium in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, and the home of Manchester United. With a capacity of 74,310 it is the largest club football stadium (and second-largest football stadium overall after Wemb ...
since 1992, while
Arsenal
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moved to the
Emirates Stadium
The Emirates Stadium (known as Arsenal Stadium for UEFA competitions) is a football stadium in Holloway, London, England. It has been the home stadium of Arsenal Football Club since its completion in 2006. It has a current seated capacity ...
in 2006.
In 2015, every stadium in England have to adhere to Accessible Stadia guideline, which each clubs are required to have a certain minimum number of amenity and easy access spaces with accessible toilets. Since then most of England stadium have more accessibility for disabled.
Under the bullet ''Current stadium status'' below, "New" means built after 1988 and replacing a former venue, while "Reconstructed" means the club has merely made improvements to their stadium.
Premier League
AFC Bournemouth
* Stadium:
Vitality Stadium
Dean Court, currently known as the Vitality Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium in Kings Park, Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England and the home ground of AFC Bournemouth.
History
In 1910, Boscombe F.C. was gi ...
* Capacity: 11,364
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
AFC Bournemouth
AFC Bournemouth () is a professional association football club based in Kings Park, Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest division of English club football. Formed in 1899 as B ...
's
Dean Court
Dean Court, currently known as the Vitality Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium in Kings Park, Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England and the home ground of AFC Bournemouth.
History
In 1910, Boscombe F.C. was gi ...
ground was completely rebuilt in 2001, with the pitch rotated ninety degrees from its original position. The stadium was also moved away from adjacent housing. Although it was rebuilt as a three sided stadium, seats were placed on the undeveloped South End in the autumn of 2005. These seats were removed when the club was relegated to the bottom tier in 2008 but installed once more following promotion back to League One in 2010. Following promotion to the
Sky Bet Championship
The English Football League Championship (often referred to as the Championship for short or the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship purposes) is the highest division of the English Football League (EFL) and second-highest overall in the E ...
in 2013 the club installed a larger, roofed temporary stand, bringing the total ground capacity just shy of 12,000. This was named after club legend, the
Ted MacDougall
Edward John MacDougall (born 8 January 1947 in Inverness) is a Scottish former footballer.
MacDougall was a prolific goalscorer who played for eight teams, scoring 256 goals in 535 League appearances and winning seven full international caps fo ...
Stand. After a successful debut
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
campaign, the club submitted a planning application to Bournemouth Borough Council to redevelop the temporary Ted MacDougall Stand with a much larger one which would take the capacity of the ground to 14,529. However these plans have been put on hold and just nine months later the club announced that they were seeking a new site on which to build a new stadium, with a view to being ready for the 2020/21 season.
Arsenal
* Stadium:
Emirates Stadium
The Emirates Stadium (known as Arsenal Stadium for UEFA competitions) is a football stadium in Holloway, London, England. It has been the home stadium of Arsenal Football Club since its completion in 2006. It has a current seated capacity ...
* Capacity: 60,704
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Arsenal
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moved to the
Emirates Stadium
The Emirates Stadium (known as Arsenal Stadium for UEFA competitions) is a football stadium in Holloway, London, England. It has been the home stadium of Arsenal Football Club since its completion in 2006. It has a current seated capacity ...
in 2006, which has massively boosted club income. At present, the capacity is 60,355 (seated), with currently no public plans to expand it despite strong average attendances of 60,025 in the Premier League. Emirates Stadium is the third largest club ground in England, after Old Trafford and Tottenham's new White Hart Lane. The Emirates replaced
Highbury
Highbury is a district in North London and part of the London Borough of Islington
in Greater London that was owned by Ranulf brother of Ilger and included all the areas north and east of Canonbury and Holloway Roads.
The manor house was situ ...
, where the club had been based since 1913, which itself had been substantially updated in the early 1990s and reduced capacity from 59,000 to an all-seater 38,500 by 1993. However, this was deemed inadequate by 1998 and led to the club's directors deciding that relocation was necessary, prompting the club to build a new stadium, with the site at Ashburton Grove being selected in November 1999 (after a bid to buy
Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium (branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 200 ...
failed) and work beginning in the spring of 2004. It finally opened for the
2006–07 season.
Aston Villa
* Stadium:
Villa Park
Villa Park is a football stadium in Aston, Birmingham, England, with a seating capacity of 42,682. It has been the home of Premier League side Aston Villa since 1897. The ground is less than a mile from both Witton and Aston railway stations ...
* Capacity: 42,785
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Aston Villa
Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park ...
have planning permission to increase
Villa Park
Villa Park is a football stadium in Aston, Birmingham, England, with a seating capacity of 42,682. It has been the home of Premier League side Aston Villa since 1897. The ground is less than a mile from both Witton and Aston railway stations ...
from 42,000 to 50,000 seats by expanding the North Stand. Villa Park has been all-seater since 1994, when the Holte End was rebuilt, but did not reach its current capacity until the Trinity Road Stand was rebuilt in the
2000–01 season. No major developments have taken place since, although plans have been in the pipeline since the late 1990s to take the stadium's capacity to more than 50,000
Brentford
* Stadium:
Brentford Community Stadium
The Brentford Community Stadium, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Grey Technology (Gtech), Gtech Community Stadium, is a stadium in Brentford, Middlesex, West London that is the home of Premier League club Brentford F.C., Brentford, ...
* Capacity: 17,250
*''Current stadium status'': New
Brentford F.C.
Brentford Football Club is a professional football club in Brentford, West London, England, which competes in the Premier League, the highest tier of English football, having gained promotion via the playoffs at the end of the 2020–21 Champi ...
, who have been considering relocating from
Griffin Park
Griffin Park was a football ground in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow, England. It was the home ground of Brentford F.C. from its opening in September 1904 to August 2020. The ground is in a predominantly residential area and was ...
since the 1990s, are hoping to move to a
new 20,000-capacity stadium a mile from Griffin Park, and still in
Brentford
Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross.
Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings whi ...
. After several years of effort, the club announced in December 2007 that they had been given an option on the site at Lionel Road, and announced two months later a link-up with property developer Barratt Homes to develop the site. The proposed move is strongly backed by fans, particularly as it will keep them in
Brentford
Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross.
Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings whi ...
. The new stadium may be shared with a professional rugby club.
At one point, it was reported that the club would increase the capacity of Griffin Park (their home since 1904) from 12,500 to 17,000, but those plans now appear to be on hold in relation to the new stadium.
In 2014 the club announced that planning permission had been granted for the new stadium. After a number of delays, a compulsory purchase order was finally granted by the London Borough of Hounslow in late 2016, allowing the club to take full possession of the site. In February 2017, Brentford announced that they expected to start work on the new stadium in March. They moved into the new stadium for the 2020/2021 season.
Construction of
Brentford Community Stadium
The Brentford Community Stadium, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Grey Technology (Gtech), Gtech Community Stadium, is a stadium in Brentford, Middlesex, West London that is the home of Premier League club Brentford F.C., Brentford, ...
began on 24 March 2017 and finished by summer 2020. The capacity of the new stadium is 17,250.
Brighton and Hove Albion
* Stadium:
The American Express Community Stadium
* Capacity: 31,800
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Brighton's 14-year wait for a permanent home came to an end when Brighton moved to
Falmer Stadium
The Falmer Stadium, known for sponsorship purposes as the American Express Community Stadium and also referred to as the Amex, is a football stadium in the village of Falmer, in the City of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex. With a capacity of 31 ...
, in 2011, with a capacity of 22,000 seats. The stadium had built into its design the ability to have capacity increased to 30,750, which has been completed as of the end of the 2012–13 season. This has been done by filling in all four corners of the stadium and adding an extra tier to the top of the East Stand. Extra corporate boxes and hospitality suites have also been added to the existing South Stand mezzanine, and the 1901 Club West Stand middle tier has been extended around each corner.
Brighton had been without a permanent home since May 1997, when they left the
Goldstone Ground
The Goldstone Ground (or The Goldstone) was a football stadium in Hove, East Sussex that was the home ground of Brighton & Hove Albion between 1902 and 1997.
History
The Goldstone Ground stood on Old Shoreham Road, Hove, opposite Hove Park i ...
after 95 years after it was sold to a developer in an effort to ease the club's financial crisis. Two seasons were spent ground-sharing with
Gillingham before the club returned to Brighton to a temporary home at
Withdean Athletics Stadium
Withdean Stadium is an athletics stadium in Withdean, a suburb of Brighton. It was constructed in 1930. It was the home track of Olympic athlete Steve Ovett. Between 1999 and 2011 it was the home ground of football team Brighton & Hove Albion ...
, although the aim from the outset was to build a new stadium in the Falmer area.
Chelsea
* Stadium:
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** Battle of Stamford Bridge, 25 September 1066
* Stamford Bridge (bridge), a bridge in the village of Stamford Bridge
* Stamford Bridge (stadium), in L ...
* Capacity: 41,837
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed. Reconstruction on hold indefinitely.
Following
Roman Abramovich
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's takeover,
Chelsea
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Canada
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United Kingdom
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have examined expanding their current home at
Stamford Bridge Stamford Bridge may refer to:
* Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, a village in England
** Battle of Stamford Bridge, 25 September 1066
* Stamford Bridge (bridge), a bridge in the village of Stamford Bridge
* Stamford Bridge (stadium), in L ...
to a capacity of over 50,000. Numerous problems over health and safety issues have stalled this, because due to the stadium's location fans can only exit onto the
Fulham Road
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Overview
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. The club have thus been linked with moves to a number of potential sites in west
London
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, including a site at
Earl's Court
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, although the club have indicated no such plans exist. A further stumbling block is that the club's
naming rights
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are owned by the
Chelsea Pitch Owners
Chelsea Pitch Owners plc is a nonprofit organisation which is part of Chelsea Football Club, tasked with the upkeep of the stadium. It owns both the freehold of the Stamford Bridge stadium and the naming rights of Chelsea Football Club.
Histor ...
, which also owns the Stamford Bridge
freehold
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*Customary freehold, a form of feudal tenure of land in England
*Parson's freehold, where a Church of England rector or vicar of holds title to benefice p ...
. As a condition for using the Chelsea FC name, the club has to play its first team matches at Stamford Bridge. A move to a new stadium could mean the club having to change their name. Stamford Bridge was extensively rebuilt between 1993 and 1998, with three stands being replaced and the circular track between the pitch and stands being removed, and the only pre-1993 stand at the stadium being the 1974 East Stand structure. This achieved a 34,000 all-seater capacity which had been given the go-ahead in July 1990. The current capacity of just under 42,000 was reached in 2001.
In November 2015, Chelsea Football Club announced that they have submitted plans to the Local Authority to build a new 60,000 seater stadium on the Stamford Bridge site, which would match the current capacity of Arsenal's Emirates Stadium and only be surpassed by Old Trafford, and Tottenham's new stadium in the Premier League.
Crystal Palace
* Stadium:
Selhurst Park
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* Capacity: 25,486
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
In January 2011,
Crystal Palace
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announced plans to move from their run-down
Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park is a football stadium in Selhurst in the London Borough of Croydon which is the home ground of Premier League side Crystal Palace. The stadium was designed by Archibald Leitch and opened in 1924. It has hosted international footba ...
home to return to the
Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
The National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, England is a large sports centre and outdoor athletics stadium. It was opened in 1964 in Crystal Palace Park, close to the site of the former Crystal Palace Exhibition building which ...
(on the site of the original ground the club left in 1915, a stadium that also hosted the
FA Cup final
The FA Cup Final, commonly referred to in England as just the Cup Final, is the last match in the FA Cup, Football Association Challenge Cup. It has regularly been one of the List of sports attendance figures, most attended domestic football ev ...
from 1895 to 1914). The plans involve demolishing the existing structure and redeveloping it into a 40,000-seater
purpose-built football stadium.
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The team has playe ...
also released plans to redevelop the NSC into a 25,000-seater stadium, maintaining it as an athletics stadium, as part of their plans to redevelop the
Olympic Stadium
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after the
2012 Summer Olympics
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and
Paralympics
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. However, Spurs' failure to secure the site, which instead went to
West Ham United
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, hav ...
has left the road clear for Palace to pursue the site.
Their current
Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park is a football stadium in Selhurst in the London Borough of Croydon which is the home ground of Premier League side Crystal Palace. The stadium was designed by Archibald Leitch and opened in 1924. It has hosted international footba ...
home has been all-seater since the mid 1990s, holding more than 26,000 spectators. In December 2017, the club announced plans to undertake a redevelopment of the Main Stand at Selhurst Park, raising the capacity to approximately 34,000, with the new structure ready by 2021.
Everton
* Stadium:
Goodison Park
Goodison Park is a football stadium in the Walton area of Liverpool, England. It has been the home stadium of Premier League club Everton F.C. since its completion in 1892. Located in a residential area 2 miles (3 km) north of Liverpool ...
* Capacity: 39,414
*''Current stadium status:'' Reconstructed.
Everton were planning to relocate to a
new stadium in
Kirkby
Kirkby ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. The town, historically in Lancashire, has a size of is north of Huyton and north-east of Liverpool. The population in 2016 was 41,495 making it the largest ...
. This generated a large amount of controversy, as it was beyond the city limits of
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
. In June 2008 Kirkby council approved the new stadium, however, following a public inquiry that was held in December 2008, the stadium was rejected by the Secretary of State in November 2009.
It is planned to have 50,401 seats initially, with potential to increase to 60,000 at a later date. The club's current stadium has been all-seater (with a capacity of just over 40,000) since 1994, when a new stand was built at one end of the ground. The Main Stand was built in 1970, while the two remaining stands are refurbished interwar structures.
The first plans for relocation were announced in 1996. A site at
King's Dock was identified and bid for in 2000, with a view to building a new stadium with 55,000 to 60,000 seats. These plans were then shelved in 2003 when chairman
Bill Kenwright
William Kenwright, CBE (born 4 September 1945) is an English West End theatre producer and film producer. He has also been the chairman of Everton Football Club since 2004.
Kenwright was born in Liverpool and attended Booker Avenue County Prima ...
said that the club could not raise adequate funds.
Fulham
* Stadium:
Craven Cottage
Craven Cottage is a football ground in Fulham, West London, England, which has been the home of Fulham F.C. since 1896.According to the club'official website The ground's capacity is 22,384; the record attendance is 49,335, for a game against M ...
* Capacity: 25,700
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Since
Fulham's promotion to the Premier League, and the conversion of
Craven Cottage
Craven Cottage is a football ground in Fulham, West London, England, which has been the home of Fulham F.C. since 1896.According to the club'official website The ground's capacity is 22,384; the record attendance is 49,335, for a game against M ...
to an all-seater stadium, the club have been slowly adding to the capacity of the ground every summer. There are periodic reports of a new stadium in
White City White City may refer to:
Places Australia
* White City, Perth, an amusement park on the Perth foreshore
* White City railway station, a former railway station
* White City Stadium (Sydney), a tennis centre in Sydney
* White City FC, a football clu ...
to be shared with
Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England, which compete in the . After a nomadic early existence, they have played home matches at Loftus Ro ...
, but such plans are not currently being pursued by either club, with both concentrating on developing their existing grounds. Craven Cottage was the final top division stadium to feature standing accommodation when Fulham were promoted in 2001, but
Taylor Report
The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster Inquiry report is the report of an inquiry which was overseen by Lord Justice Taylor, into the causes of the Hillsborough disaster in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989, as a result of which, ...
regulations meant it closed a year later. During this period there was intermittent rumours of the Cottage being sold and Fulham possibly purchasing land at
Battersea Power Station
Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned Grade II* listed coal-fired power station, located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Nine Elms, Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It was built by the London Power Company (LPC) ...
or elsewhere in West London. Thus Fulham ground-shared with rivals Queens Park Rangers for two years at
Loftus Road
Loftus Road is a football stadium in White City, London, England, which is home to Queens Park Rangers.
In 1981, it became the first stadium in British professional football to have an artificial pitch of Omniturf installed. This remained in ...
until they returned to an all-seater Craven Cottage. The plan at the time had been for Craven Cottage to reach over 30,000 capacity, but these were delayed due to opposition from local residents and at first the club had to settle for a 22,000-seat stadium.
There have been gradual increases in capacity since Fulham's return, with the capacity now being 25,700. In 2012, the local council approved raising Craven Cottage's capacity to 30,000. The latest plans include changes made by their new owner Shahid Khan after he purchased the club in 2013, with construction to begin in Summer of 2019. The new plan includes a riverwalk which extends up to 11m into the River Thames, which some opponents feel will set a dangerous precedent for future development along the river. On 22 May 2019, Fulham appointed
Buckingham Group Contracting Ltd as the lead contractor for Riverside Stand project.
The development began in summer 2019 and is scheduled to be completed in 2021.
The capacity at Riverside Stand will be increased from 4,689 to 8,650; increasing the overall capacity into 29,600.
Leeds United
* Stadium:
Elland Road
Elland Road is a football stadium in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which has been the home of Premier League club Leeds United since the club's formation in 1919. The stadium is the 14th largest football stadium in England.
The g ...
* Capacity: 37,890
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
At one point, while flying high in Europe in 2001,
Leeds United
Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road S ...
were examining a potential move to a new 50,000-seat stadium in nearby
Stourton, while there were also ambitious plans to redevelop
Elland Road
Elland Road is a football stadium in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which has been the home of Premier League club Leeds United since the club's formation in 1919. The stadium is the 14th largest football stadium in England.
The g ...
as a 90,000-seat "Wembley of the North". Leeds United are currently exploring the possibility of expanding Elland Road, according to the new vice chairman of the Premier League side Paraag Marathe, taking the capacity to over 50,000. in June 2021 LCC announced "Leeds United reviewed their stadium development ambitions and want to preserve their ability to deliver an expanded 60,000-seater stadium at Elland Road, as opposed to a 50,000 seat capacity previously agreed with Leeds City Council."
The stadium became all-seater in 1994, following the refurbishment of "Kop" (now the
Don Revie
Donald George Revie OBE (10 July 1927 – 26 May 1989) was an England international footballer and manager, best known for his successful spell with Leeds United from 1961 until 1974, which immediately preceded his appointment as England manage ...
Stand), and also following the reconstruction of the East Stand two years earlier as a 15,100-seat stand, which gave Elland Road a capacity of more than 40,000 seats.
Leicester City
* Stadium:
King Power Stadium
King Power Stadium (also known as the Leicester City Stadium due to UEFA sponsorship regulations and formerly known as the Walkers Stadium) is a football stadium in Leicester, England. It has been the home of Premier League club Leicester City ...
* Capacity: 32,261
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Leicester have announced plans to extend the King Power Stadium to 42,000 seats.
The owners announced in June 2015 that they had begun the application for permission to build. This expansion plan will most likely extend the east stand, and possibly the south stand (Kop) into 2-tier stands.
The club have played at their 32,500-seat stadium since relocating from nearby
Filbert Street
Filbert Street was a football stadium in Leicester, England, which served as the home of Leicester City F.C. from 1891 until 2002. Although officially titled the City Business Stadium in the early 1990s, it remained known almost exclusively b ...
in 2002. They had spent 111 years at Filbert Street and converted it into an all-seater format in 1993 with the construction of one new stand and the refurbishment of the three others, but a run of success in the top flight prompted demand for tickets vastly outstripping supply, and the stadium's confined location made expansion difficult, so by 1998 the decision was made to build a new stadium. However, the relocation to a new stadium took place in the same year as relegation from the Premier League, putting a huge strain on the club's finances and leading to a spell in
administration
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** Administrative assistant, Administrative Assistant, traditionally known as a Secretary, or also known as an admini ...
as debts reached more than £30million.
Liverpool
* Stadium:
Anfield
Anfield is a football stadium in Anfield, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, which has a seating capacity of 53,394, making it the seventh largest football stadium in England. It has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since their formation in 1892. ...
* Capacity: 53,394
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed. 7,000 Anfield Road expansion plan.
Anfield has been all-seater since the mid-1990s, when the Spion Kop was rebuilt two years after the completion of the Centenary Stand on the southern side of the stadium. The Main Stand dates back to the early 1970s, while the Anfield Road Stand was already all-seater when it was rebuilt in 1997.
In May 2002,
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
announced plans to build a new 55,000-seat
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
in
Stanley Park
Stanley Park is a public park in British Columbia, Canada that makes up the northwestern half of Vancouver's Downtown Peninsula, surrounded by waters of Burrard Inlet and English Bay. The park borders the neighbourhoods of West End and Coal ...
, near their current
Anfield
Anfield is a football stadium in Anfield, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, which has a seating capacity of 53,394, making it the seventh largest football stadium in England. It has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since their formation in 1892. ...
home. The stadium's planned capacity was then increased to more than 66,000, with preliminary construction beginning in 2007.
The relocation was first proposed in 2000, when the club had been hoping to have a 70,000-seat stadium ready for the 2004–05 season. In May 2002 it was decided that relocation was a more viable option than expansion, when the plans were amended for a less expensive 55,000-seat stadium to be built.
Construction of the new stadium, however, was halted in 2008 due to lack of funds combined with the
onset of the recession.
In April 2014 Liverpool F.C. signed a legal agreement with Liverpool City Council and Your Housing Group to redevelop the surrounding Anfield area. This is seen as a significant step towards the renovation of the stadium. The redevelopment was worth around £260 million. On 9 September 2016, the first phase of expansion was completed, bringing the total capacity 54,047. On 10 September, the newly renovated Anfield was opened for its first use in a
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
game against
Leicester City
Leicester ( ) is a city, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands.
The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National ...
. Plans to expand the Anfield Road stand have been announced to increase the capacity to over 60,000. However, as of yet these plans have not been officially published.
Anfield Road expansion plan were allowed to be expired in September 2019 and Liverpool resubmitted a new £60M plan which will push Anfield capacity into 61,000. The expansion plan includes granting permission of permanent hosting concert and other major events such as American Football
Manchester City
* Stadium:
Etihad Stadium
The City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England, also known as the Etihad Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is the home of Premier League club Manchester City F.C., with a domestic football capacity of 53,400, making it the 6th-largest ...
* Capacity: 55,017
*''Current stadium status'': New – expansion to 54,000 completed August 2015.
City have played at the
City of Manchester Stadium
The City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England, also known as the Etihad Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is the home of Premier League club Manchester City F.C., with a domestic football capacity of 53,400, making it the 6th-largest ...
since 2003 (it was completed for the
previous year's Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
) and for the previous 80 years had played at
Maine Road
Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England, that was home to Manchester City F.C. from 1923 to 2003. It hosted FA Cup semi-finals, the Charity Shield, a League Cup final and England matches. Maine Road's highest atte ...
, which had been converted into an all-seater format during the 1990s with the construction of two new stands, giving it a capacity of just over 35,000, although in its early days it had held crowds of more than 80,000.
The decision to relocate to the City of Manchester Stadium was made in 1997, in place of previous plans for Maine Road to be expanded to 45,000 seats, which had initially been postponed a year earlier due to City's relegation.
Manchester City were taken over by the
Abu Dhabi United Group
The Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment (ADUG; ar, مجموعة أبوظبي الاتحاد للتنمية والاستثمار) is a United Arab Emirates (UAE) based private equity company. It is owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Za ...
in September 2008, and quickly earmarked land around Eastlands for redevelopment. A memorandum of understanding has since been formed with Manchester City Council, and City jointly own 200 acres of land in the vicinity of Eastlands. In July 2011, the City of Manchester Stadium was renamed the Etihad Stadium which would help fund the redevelopment. The first developments include a new state-of-the-art training complex for Manchester City and the local community is to be built nearby the Etihad Stadium with a centrepiece bridge linking the complex to the stadium.
After two seasons with virtually every league match selling out, City announced that they were in the process of applying for planning permission for an expansion of approximately 13,500 seats, which would make the ground the second largest club ground in the
United Kingdom
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, and the seventh largest stadium of any type in the same, at approximately 61,000 total seats.
After receiving planning permission for stadium expansion on 14 February 2014, City announced their intention to begin construction of a third tier of seating on the South Stand only.
Although they noted that permission has been received for expansion to the North Stand along with further pitch-side seating, the club is at present holding off on these projects.
With the South Stand expansion adding approximately 6,250 seats, the new capacity of the stadium after construction will be just above 54,000.
In August 2015, the 7,000 seat third tier on the South Stand was completed, in time for the start of the 2015–16 football season. The expansion was designed to be in keeping with the existing roof design. A North Stand third tier has planning approval and work on it is expected to begin by 2017, increasing capacity to around 61,000.
Manchester United
* Stadium:
Old Trafford
Old Trafford () is a football stadium in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, and the home of Manchester United. With a capacity of 74,310 it is the largest club football stadium (and second-largest football stadium overall after Wemb ...
* Capacity: 74,879
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Since 1992,
Old Trafford
Old Trafford () is a football stadium in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, and the home of Manchester United. With a capacity of 74,310 it is the largest club football stadium (and second-largest football stadium overall after Wemb ...
has undergone a massive facelift converting the stadium into a 76,000 all-seater, the largest club stadium in the
United Kingdom
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.
Old Trafford has been United's home since 1910, and after decades of gradual development (and a complete rebuild following bomb damage in
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
) became largely all-seater in the
1992–1993 season when the Stretford End was rebuilt, and completely all-seater the following season once the Scoreboard Paddock had been converted, giving it the country's largest capacity at club level with more than 45,000 seats, although demand for tickets vastly outstripped supply. Further redevelopment took place in
1995–96 when the 30-year-old North Stand was bulldozed to make way for a new three-tier structure. The other two stands at Old Trafford were expanded in the
1999–2000 season and the latest expansion took place in
2006–07 with the enlargement of seating in the quadrants. There have been proposals for the South Stand to become triple-tiered; also this would increase the capacity to 92,300 (a higher capacity than even Wembley Stadium); however, the railway station and tracks have hindered such ideas and seem to be on ice for the foreseeable future. If this expansion did take place, it would even allow for attendances that were not seen in the days when Old Trafford had standing areas.
Newcastle United
* Stadium:
St James' Park
St James' Park is a football stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is the home of Premier League club Newcastle United F.C. With a seating capacity of 52,305 seats, it is the eighth largest football stadium in England.
St James' Park ...
* Capacity: 52,305
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
In 2007 under the chairmanship of
Freddy Shepherd
Freddy Shepherd (29 October 1941 – 25 September 2017) was an English businessman and the chairman of Newcastle United football club from 1997 until 2007.
During his time at Newcastle, both as an active assistant to and later replacement of ...
,
Newcastle United
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End ...
announced plans to increase the capacity of
St James' Park
St James' Park is a football stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is the home of Premier League club Newcastle United F.C. With a seating capacity of 52,305 seats, it is the eighth largest football stadium in England.
St James' Park ...
by 8,000 to 60,000 by rebuilding the Gallowgate End as part of a £300m scheme to redevelop the stadium and its surrounding area. This would cure
St James' Park
St James' Park is a football stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is the home of Premier League club Newcastle United F.C. With a seating capacity of 52,305 seats, it is the eighth largest football stadium in England.
St James' Park ...
of its current lopsided appearance. The plans appeared to have been shelved upon the 2007 takeover and review of the club by
Mike Ashley, who subsequently announced in 2008 he would be selling the club. The club had trouble selling out games in the 2008–09 season as Newcastle headed towards relegation after 16 years in the Premier League, and also in the promotion winning campaign of 2009–10, as they played at a lower level.
St James's Park was initially revamped between 1992 and 1995 to give it a 36,000-seat capacity, but the most recent expansion did not take place until 1999–2000, in time for the 2000–01 season. In 1995, with demand for tickets exceeding the initial all-seater capacity, there had been plans relocate to a new 50,000-seat stadium at
Castle Leazes
Castle Leazes is a piece of common land in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is situated in an area which separates Leazes Park and Spital Tongues. It has been in common ownership for over 700 years.
This area of land was earmarked as the site of a new st ...
, but these were abandoned in favour of expanding the existing stadium.
Nottingham Forest
* Stadium:
City Ground
The City Ground is a football stadium in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England, on the banks of the River Trent. It has been home to Nottingham Forest Football Club since 1898 and has a capacity of 30,445.
The stadium was a venue when E ...
* Capacity: 30,445
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...
currently play at the 30,602 capacity
City Ground
The City Ground is a football stadium in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England, on the banks of the River Trent. It has been home to Nottingham Forest Football Club since 1898 and has a capacity of 30,445.
The stadium was a venue when E ...
. The club had plans to move into a 50,000-seat new stadium in the
Clifton
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*Clifton, Nova Scotia ...
area of the city. The club subsequently were also thinking of relocating to the Gamston area of
West Bridgford
West Bridgford is a town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Rushcliffe in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies immediately south of the city of Nottingham, from which the River Trent divides it. Forming part of the Nott ...
or the Eastcroft area of Nottingham
On 28 February 2019 the club confirmed an extended lease on the City Ground. This extended lease means the club is now able to proceed with plans to redevelop the City Ground and surrounding area. Central to this redevelopment will be the replacement of the current Peter Taylor Stand with a new 10,000-seater stand, and improvements to the Trentside area, Brian Clough and Bridgford Stands.
The new Peter Taylor Stand will see the introduction of a museum, a new club shop, range of hospitality lounge options and restaurants and executive boxes.
The club is hopeful that building work will commence at the end of the 2019–20 season. The new, modern, state-of-the-art structure would see the City Ground's capacity reach 38,000 after completion.
Southampton
* Stadium:
St Mary's Stadium
St Mary's Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Southampton, England, which has been the home stadium of Premier League club Southampton F.C. since 2001. The stadium has a capacity of 32,384 and is currently the largest football stadium ...
* Capacity: 32,384
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Southampton
Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Po ...
left
The Dell for a new ground,
St Mary's Stadium
St Mary's Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Southampton, England, which has been the home stadium of Premier League club Southampton F.C. since 2001. The stadium has a capacity of 32,384 and is currently the largest football stadium ...
, in 2001. The stadium has a capacity of 32,505 and is currently the largest football stadium in the South of England (excluding London). Relocation had been in the pipeline since the 1980s, although Southampton had converted The Dell into an all-seater stadium in the early 1990s as a temporary measure, leaving it with a capacity of less than 16,000.
Tottenham Hotspur
* Stadium:
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is the home of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur in north London, replacing the club's previous ground, White Hart Lane. With a seating capacity of 62,850, it is the third-largest football stadium in England and the ...
* Capacity: 62,303
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Tottenham
Tottenham () is a town in North London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located in the ceremonial county of Greater London. Tottenham is centred north-northeast of Charing Cross, bordering Edmonton to the north, Waltham ...
have been planning a larger stadium since the late 1990s, however, it was undecided whether this strategy would involve expanding
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane was a Association football, football stadium in Tottenham, North London and the home of Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur Football Club from 1899 to 2017. Its capacity varied over the years; when changed to all-seater i ...
(which has held some 36,000 all-seated fans since the early 1990s) or moving to a new site. Spurs announced in the
Northumberland Development Project
The Northumberland Development Project is a mixed-use development project that centres around the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium which replaced White Hart Lane as the home ground of Tottenham Hotspur. On opening in April 2019, the stadium had a ...
(NDP) on 30 October 2008 that the club planned to build a new stadium on the existing White Hart Lane site combined with land purchased or optioned to the north, creating a
56,250-seater stadium.
The new development would include leisure facilities, shops, housing, a club museum, public space and also a new base for the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation. Initial public consultations took place in December 2008 and a further consultations on the NDP's more detailed plans were held at the start of April 2009. A planning application was submitted to
Haringey Council
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in October 2009. However, following criticism by
English Heritage
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The charity states that i ...
and other conservation groups about the proposed demolition of listed buildings, the club withdrew the plans in May 2010 in favour of a revised plan which retained the listed buildings and improved the public areas around the stadium.
On 30 September 2010 the Planning Committee of Haringey Council unanimously approved the revised planning application and the
Mayor of London
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gave his approval on 25 November 2010.
After an extended period of negotiations with Haringey Council and the Mayor of London, leading to a
Section 106 agreement
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, planning permissions were issued on 20 September 2011. Following the
riots in Tottenham, other parts of London and elsewhere in England in August 2011, the
Greater London Authority
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and Haringey Council announced on 28 September that it would relieve the club of all community infrastructure payments that planners would normally require, estimated at £8.5m, and to provide a further £8.5m for regeneration and infrastructure projects. On 11 July 2014 the Secretary of State for the
Department for Communities and Local Government
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announced that a
compulsory purchase order
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had been granted for the outstanding parcel of land required for the development of the new stadium site. In February 2015 this compulsory purchase order was subject to an unsuccessful legal challenge by the business that owned the land.
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The new stadium,
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
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, opened with a ceremony on 3 April 2019 before its first competitive Premier League game, which was against
Crystal Palace
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. It opened with a stadium capacity of 62,062 which has since been increased to 62,303.
The new stadium features two pitches—an advanced artificial pitch to be used primarily for
American football
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, and a slide-in grass pitch to be used for association football. This is similar to the setup of the
Sapporo Dome
is a stadium located in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, and is primarily used for baseball and association football. It is the home field of the association football club Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo, and was also home to the baseball team Hokkaido Nipp ...
in Japan, a venue used for both baseball and association football. On 7 July 2015, Tottenham and the
National Football League
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(NFL) announced that the new stadium would host at least
two NFL games each season from 2018 through to 2027.
The capacity was further increased on 5 August 2019 with additional 148-seat, increased the overall capacity into 62,214. Further 89 seats were added on 17 December 2019 and the capacity increased into 62,303 after being granted permission from Haringey Council.
West Ham United
* Stadium:
London Stadium
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* Capacity: 60,000
*''Current stadium status'': New.
West Ham United
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shelved plans for a new stadium in east London at a Parcelforce depot adjacent to
West Ham tube station
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following their chairman's bankruptcy in the Icelandic financial crisis. In October 2010 the club formally registered an interest in conjunction with
Newham Borough Council
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in taking over the nearby
2012 Olympic Stadium. The plan involved a 60,000-capacity stadium and the retention of the running track. A converted Olympic stadium would be part of the 2018 World Cup bid. On 12 November 2010 the
Olympic Park Legacy Company
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* economic – supporting new job ...
(OPLC) announced that West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur were the two preferred bidders to take over the Olympic stadium after the 2012 Olympics.
The OPLC announced on 11 February 2011 that
West Ham
West Ham is an area in East London, located east of Charing Cross in the west of the modern London Borough of Newham.
The area, which lies immediately to the north of the River Thames and east of the River Lea, was originally an ancien ...
had been selected as the preferred bidder for the Olympic Stadium. The decision was subsequently ratified by Government departments and the Mayor of London.
However, following a legal challenge by Tottenham Hotspur and Leyton Orient over the operation of the bidding process the Olympic Park Legacy Company decided in October 2011 to nullify the first bid process, change the legacy handover arrangements, and launch a new bidding process to look for consortiums to lease the stadium.
In March 2012 West Ham and Newham Council submitted a bid under the revamped process.
Upton Park had been all-seater since the mid 1990s, the most recent development being the construction of the Dr Martens Stand in the
2000–01 season which gave the club a 35,000 capacity, up from the 26,000 capacity reached in the mid 1990s when Upton Park first became all-seater.
At the start of the 2016–17 season, West Ham left Upton Park and moved into the Olympic Stadium (Renamed The London Stadium), which now has a revised capacity of 60,000, and is designed with retractable seating so the athletics track can still be used.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
* Stadium:
Molineux Stadium
Molineux Stadium ( ) in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, has been the home ground of Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers since 1889. The first stadium built for use by a Football League club, it was one of the first British grounds ...
* Capacity: 32,050
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Plans were announced in May 2010 to expand the capacity of
Molineux by the 2014–15 season from 29,303 to 36,000, with work beginning at the end of the 2010–11 season on the replacement of the Stan Cullis Stand. The new Stan Cullis Stand was completed at the end of the 2011–12 season, raising the stadium's capacity to approximately 31,700.
In January 2012 the club announced that the redevelopment of the Steve Bull Stand, which had been set to begin in 2012, had been postponed.
The Jack Harris Stand and Billy Wright Stand will also remain unchanged until the club indicates otherwise.
Two of the stadium's four current stands were built in the early 1990s. The original Stan Cullis Stand was also built at this juncture (replacing the old North Bank Stand terraces), but was replaced itself in 2011–12 after just two decades use. The Steve Bull Stand, currently the oldest part of the stadium, was built in 1979. With the completion of three new stands in 1993, in addition to the one opened just fourteen years earlier, Molineux was at the time one of the largest club stadiums in England, but has since been eclipsed by many other clubs who have relocated to new stadiums or expanded their existing ones.
Premier League Stadium Expanded Capacity
Championship
Burnley
* Stadium:
Turf Moor
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* Capacity: 21,944
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Since consolidating their place in the
Premier League
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,
Burnley
Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...
have made several structural and cosmetic improvements to
Turf Moor
Turf Moor is an association football stadium in Burnley, Lancashire, England, which has been the home of Burnley F.C. since 1883. This unbroken service makes Turf Moor the second-longest continuously used ground in English professional football ...
.
Work has been completed outside the stadium including new a new club shop and corporate facilities, and work has begun building two purpose-built corner stands between the James Hargreaves,
Jimmy McIlroy
James McIlroy (25 October 1931 – 20 August 2018) was a Northern Ireland international footballer, who played for Glentoran, Burnley, Stoke City and Oldham Athletic. He was regarded as one of Burnley's greatest players, having played 497 matc ...
and
Bob Lord stands that will house disabled supporters. This work is due to be completed in time for the 2018–19 season.
Birmingham City
* Stadium:
St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium
* Capacity: 30,016 but presently restricted to 19,000 due to safety reasons
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Blackburn Rovers
* Stadium:
Ewood Park
Ewood Park () is a football stadium in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, and the home of Blackburn Rovers F.C., founding members of the Football League and Premier League, who have played there since 1890. It is an all seater multi-sports facili ...
* Capacity: 31,367
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
There are long-term plans to redevelop the 1988-built Riverside Stand which would raise
Ewood Park's capacity by around 9,000 to 41,000. The stadium became all-seater for the
1994–95 season after a two-year reconstruction programme which saw three of the stadium's stands rebuilt. The reconstruction of the Darwen End saw the demolition of the Fernhurst Mill and the new Jack Walker Stand's construction saw the demolition of houses along Nuttall Street, so by the time Blackburn were league champions in 1995, the stadium held nearly 32,000 fans all-seated.
Any further development in the foreseeable future depends on an increase of attendance, as attendances have regularly been below Ewood Park's full capacity since relegation from the Premier League at the end of 2011–12 season.
Blackpool
* Stadium:
Bloomfield Road
Bloomfield Road is a single-tier football stadium in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, which has been the home of Blackpool F.C. since 1901. It is the third stadium in the club's existence, the previous two being Raikes Hall Gardens and the ...
* Capacity: 17,338
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
The South Stand was originally projected to be complete by May 2009.
On 14 November 2009 it was revealed that the football club hope to work with
Urban Regeneration Company, to build a new East Stand that would contain both seating and office/retail space rather than as originally planned for just seating. This will mean a larger stand is to be built which will require additional land to be acquired.
The new South Stand was opened in March 2010 and is similar in design to the Stanley Matthews and North stands.
On 13 May 2010, Karl Oyston pledged that construction of the East Stand would begin immediately, so long as they gain promotion to the
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
.
On 14 June the temporary seating comprising the East Stand was removed, which was replaced with a 5,070-seat covered temporary stand, which raised the capacity to around 15,500.
From 28 August 2010, the capacity of Bloomfield Road was raised to 16,220 after the new temporary East Stand was completed.
The South-East corner of Bloomfield Road was "filled-in" in 2012. This increased the capacity by around 500 seats.
Bristol City
* Stadium:
Ashton Gate Stadium
* Capacity: 27,000
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
On 29 November 2007 it was announced that after over 100 years at
Ashton Gate,
Bristol City
Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...
would be moving to a new stadium in South
Bristol
Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...
. This
proposed new stadium would have had a capacity of 30,000 seats. At the time Ashton Gate held around 21,000 all-seated spectators and had done so since the mid-1990s, as the initial plan was to upgrade the existing stadium rather than relocate to a new site. In February 2012 the project was delayed by legal rows in the High Court.
As an alternative, it was announced that plans for the reconstruction of Ashton Gate were being developed. Following the successful submission of a planning application to
Bristol City Council
Bristol City Council is the local authority of Bristol, England. The council is a unitary authority, and is unusual in the United Kingdom in that its executive function is controlled by a directly elected mayor of Bristol. Bristol has 34 wards ...
, the decision was taken to rebuild the stadium. The rebuild, completed in 2016, brought the all-seater capacity of Ashton Gate to 27,000. It involved the renovation of the Atyeo Stand interior, a total renovation of the Dolman Stand, rebuilding the former Wedlock stand to the same height as the Dolman Stand, and rebuilding the former Williams stand (now the Lansdown stand) to make it double tiered with executive boxes.
Cardiff City
* Stadium:
Cardiff City Stadium
The Cardiff City Stadium ( cy, Stadiwm Dinas Caerdydd) is a stadium in the Leckwith area of Cardiff, Wales. It is the home of Cardiff City Football Club and the Wales national football team.
Following expansion of the Ninian Stand in July 2014 ...
* Capacity: 33,280
*''Current stadium status'': New.
A new all-seater stadium, planned since the late 1990s, for
Cardiff City
Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...
opened in 2009 after the club had spent 99 years at nearby
Ninian Park
Ninian Park was a football stadium in the Leckwith area of Cardiff, Wales, that was the home of Cardiff City F.C. for 99 years. Opened in 1910 with a single wooden stand, it underwent numerous renovations during its lifespan and hosted fixture ...
, and for three seasons the new stadium was shared with the
Cardiff Blues
Cardiff Rugby ( cy, Rygbi Caerdydd) are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and in European Professional Club Rugby competitions.
Based in Cardiff, the team play at Cardiff Arms ...
rugby union club. The
Cardiff City Stadium
The Cardiff City Stadium ( cy, Stadiwm Dinas Caerdydd) is a stadium in the Leckwith area of Cardiff, Wales. It is the home of Cardiff City Football Club and the Wales national football team.
Following expansion of the Ninian Stand in July 2014 ...
has been expanded to hold up to 33,000 fans, and can be extended further to hold up to 60,000. It is to be the second largest stadium in
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
, after the
Millennium Stadium
The Millennium Stadium ( cy, Stadiwm y Mileniwm), known since 2016 as the Principality Stadium ( cy, Stadiwm Principality) for sponsorship reasons, is the national stadium of Wales. Located in Cardiff, it is the home of the Wales national rug ...
, also in the
Welsh
Welsh may refer to:
Related to Wales
* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...
capital.
Coventry City
* Stadium:
Coventry Building Society Arena
The Coventry Building Society Arena (often shortened to the CBS Arena or just simply Coventry Arena, and formerly known as the Ricoh Arena) is a complex in Coventry, England. It includes a 32,609-seater stadium which is currently home to footb ...
* Capacity: 32,609
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Coventry City
Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of the English footbal ...
moved to the 32,500 seater
Coventry Building Society Arena
The Coventry Building Society Arena (often shortened to the CBS Arena or just simply Coventry Arena, and formerly known as the Ricoh Arena) is a complex in Coventry, England. It includes a 32,609-seater stadium which is currently home to footb ...
(then named Ricoh Arena) in 2005, leaving their historic home
Highfield Road
Highfield Road was a football stadium in the city of Coventry, England. It was the home ground for Coventry City F.C. for 106 years.
History
It was built in 1899 in the Hillfields district, close to the city centre, and staged its final game o ...
which was the first all-seater ground in England. Coventry had long planned a move to a purpose-built 45,000-seat stadium, with original suggestions including a retractable roof and pitch à la Dutch club
Vitesse Arnhem
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* Vitesse Models, a diecast model car company
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* Rover 800 Vitesse, a car
* Triumph Vites ...
.
Coventry
Coventry ( or ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its ...
had even hoped to become the home of the new national stadium, joining
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...
and
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
in the race to be the
new Wembley
Wembley Stadium (branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 200 ...
, but were unsuccessful in their bid. The Ricoh Arena includes a vast exhibition centre built onto the main stand.
A long-winded saga involving unpaid rent stretching back to August 2012 resulted in the club being "locked out" of the Ricoh Arena in May 2013. In response, the club announced that they planned to build a new stadium and move out of the Ricoh Arena. They eventually returned to the Ricoh for the 2014–15 season. Coventry City are now tenants of the
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
Premiership side
Wasps
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, which purchased the facility in late 2014.
On 7 June 2019 it was reported that talks between SISU and Wasps had again broken down meaning that Coventry would have to play their
2019–20 "home" matches at
Birmingham City's St Andrew's ground. On 10 March 2021, it was announced that Coventry City and Wasps had agreed to a ten-year deal, which would mean that the club would return to the stadium from the 2021–22 season. The club still intend to build a new stadium on land near the
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick ( ; abbreviated as ''Warw.'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands (county), West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. The university was founded i ...
on the southern edge of the city, as a break clause in their contract will allow them to leave the CBS Arena for their new stadium. Coventry City played their first competitive match back at the
Coventry Building Society Arena
The Coventry Building Society Arena (often shortened to the CBS Arena or just simply Coventry Arena, and formerly known as the Ricoh Arena) is a complex in Coventry, England. It includes a 32,609-seater stadium which is currently home to footb ...
, on 8 August 2021 when they played Nottingham Forest in the club's first game back at the ground in 2 years and their first Championship game in Coventry since 2012. They won the match 2-1, thanks to a 96th minute winner from
Kyle McFadzean
Kyle John McFadzean (born 28 February 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for club Coventry City.
Club career Sheffield United
Born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, McFadzean was a member of Sheffield United's ...
.
Huddersfield Town
* Stadium:
The John Smith's Stadium
* Capacity: 24,500
*''Current Stadium status'': New.
Huddersfield Town's John Smith's Stadium
Kirklees Stadium (currently known due to sponsorship as the John Smith's Stadium) is a multi-use stadium in Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England. Since 1994, it has been the home ground of football club Huddersfield Town and rugby league si ...
, was opened as the McAlpine Stadium in August 1994. Initially two stands were open, with a third stand opening later in 1994, but eventually the 2 tiered North Stand was completed to leave an all seater stadium with a capacity of 24,500 in 1998. The Stadium complex includes fitness and leisure facilities built behind the North Stand with gymnasium, swimming pool and hotel facilities and offices. The venture was a tri-partite one with Huddersfield Town,
Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, the birthplace of rugby league, who play in the Super League competition. They play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium which is sh ...
Rugby league club and Kirklees Metropolitan Council being shareholders in a 40:20:40 ratio with a company called KSDL. After Huddersfield Town went into administration the 40% shares were bought for £2 by Rugby League Chairman and owner
Ken Davy
Kenneth Ernest Davy (born 1941) is an English businessman. He is the owner and chairman of the rugby league club Huddersfield Giants and former chairman of football club Huddersfield Town. He was also the Conservative Party candidate for Huddersf ...
, and transferred into his own private company Huddersfield Sporting Pride which holds 60% ownership of the Stadium complex at present.
There are current plans for significant construction work around the Stadium which would provide Hotels, Shops, a Riverside leisure facility, bars and restaurants opposite the Stadium and on the Golf driving range site and either side of the river. The project, HDOne, would provide ongoing and significant income streams to KSDL, the company which runs and owns the stadium. There is potential for further expansion of the capacity by adding a 2nd tier to the East Stand but no plans are being considered as yet. The North Stand Lower Tier remains as a temporary seating area to facilitate any rock concerts that could be held at the stadium. However, there have not been any in recent years and there is hope that a permanent stand will be constructed here as a standing terrace for home fans.
Hull City
* Stadium:
KCOM Stadium
The MKM Stadium (also known as the Hull City Stadium due to UEFA sponsorship regulations) is a multi-purpose facility in the city of Kingston upon Hull, England. The stadium was previously called the KC Stadium, but was renamed the KCOM Stadi ...
* Capacity: 25,586
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Hull City's KC Stadium
The MKM Stadium (also known as the Hull City Stadium due to UEFA sponsorship regulations) is a multi-purpose facility in the city of Kingston upon Hull, England. The stadium was previously called the KC Stadium, but was renamed the KCOM Stadi ...
, which opened in December 2002 with a capacity of more than 25,000 seats to replace
Boothferry Park
Boothferry Park was a football stadium in Hull, England, which was home to Hull City A.F.C. from 1946 until 2002, when they moved to the KC Stadium.
In later years, financial constraints forced Hull City to allow Kwik Save and Iceland superma ...
, is designed to provide for future expansion to a capacity of approximately 45,000 by the addition of a second tier on the Arco East Stand. In March 2008 the Hull chairman said an expansion could potentially take place within two years if there was a clear need for further capacity. In January 2011 it was announced that Hull, under new owner
Assem Allam
Assem Allam (1 August 1939 – 2 December 2022) was an Egyptian-British businessman, based in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1968. He was the owner of Allam Marine, an industrial generator manufacturer, and of EFL Championship club Hull Cit ...
, were interested in buying the KC Stadium from
Hull City Council
(Kingston upon) Hull City Council is the governing body for the unitary authority and city of Kingston upon Hull. It was created in 1972 as the successor to the Corporation of (Kingston upon) Hull, which was also known as Hull Corporation and fou ...
in order to redevelop the stadium and the vicinity of it. Consultation with the council commenced in May. These talks broke down in September 2011, leading the club to announce in December 2012 their intention to move into a new stadium should the club achieve promotion back to the Premier League.
When Hull moved to the stadium in December 2002, they were still playing in
Division Three
The Football League Third Division was the third tier of the English football league system in 1920–21 and again from 1958 until 1992. When the FA Premier League was formed, the division become the fourth tier level. In 2004, following the ...
(they reached the Premier League in 2008). For the 56 years prior to that, they had played at
Boothferry Park
Boothferry Park was a football stadium in Hull, England, which was home to Hull City A.F.C. from 1946 until 2002, when they moved to the KC Stadium.
In later years, financial constraints forced Hull City to allow Kwik Save and Iceland superma ...
but the decision was made to build a new stadium when a takeover by
Adam Pearson in 2001 the club's new owner declared his ambition to build a stadium suited to top flight football, as Boothferry Park was too confined to develop a stadium fit for top division football. The stadium had also fallen into disrepair during the 1990s, as Hull's precarious financial position at the time meant that maintenance costs could often not be met.
Luton Town
* Stadium:
Kenilworth Road
Kenilworth Road is an association football stadium in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. It has been the home ground of Luton Town F.C., Luton Town Football Club since 1905. The stadium has also hosted women's and youth international matches, includ ...
* Capacity: 10,356
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
The club were planning to move to a 20,000-seat stadium near the M1, outside of
Luton
Luton () is a town and unitary authority with borough status, in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 census, the Luton built-up area subdivision had a population of 211,228 and its built-up area, including the adjacent towns of Dunstable an ...
, but these plans have been delayed because of the club's financial difficulties. The club has been intending to move since the 1950s, when it was proposed to build a 50,000-seater stadium in the Lewsey Park area of the town. More recently, relocation has been in the pipeline since the early 1990s. Firstly, it was intended to move to the Kohlerdome, named after
David Kohler
Karger David Kohler (born June 9, 1966) is an American businessman, the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Kohler Company and the fourth generation of the Kohler family of Wisconsin to lead the company since its inception in 1873. ...
, an indoor stadium seating 20,000. This was blocked at planning permission due to issues surrounding improvements at the nearby junction 10 of the
M1 motorway
The M1 motorway connects London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle. It was the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the UK; the first motorway in the country was the Preston By-pass, which lat ...
. An appeal against the decision was unsuccessful. In 2001, land was bought in order to build a new stadium, and in 2003 the club's commitment to the 15,000-seat stadium project was reiterated. However, the plans were cancelled in 2005, reportedly due to
London Luton Airport
London Luton Airport is an international airport located in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, situated east of the town centre, and north of Central London. The airport is owned by London Luton Airport Ltd (LLAL), a company wholly owned by ...
's attempt to expand in the area;
the airport denied this was the case.
This prompted the club to propose a 20,000-seater stadium development to be built outside the town's boundaries, near the villages of
Harlington and
Toddington Toddington could be
*Toddington, Bedfordshire
**Toddington services, M1 motorway
*Toddington, Gloucestershire
**Toddington railway station
Toddington railway station serves the village of Toddington in Gloucestershire, England. Since 1984 it h ...
, near junction 12 of the M1.
Fierce opposition by the fans and the eventually slide into administration saw these plans evaporate.
Kenilworth Road
Kenilworth Road is an association football stadium in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. It has been the home ground of Luton Town F.C., Luton Town Football Club since 1905. The stadium has also hosted women's and youth international matches, includ ...
was converted to all-seater capacity of around 10,200 following the club's promotion into the Championship in 2005, and in October 2012 the club announced their intention to add more seats to two stands.
Luton now have planning permission for a 17,500 (rising to 23,500) at Power Court in the centre of the town.
Middlesbrough
* Stadium:
Riverside Stadium
The Riverside Stadium is a football stadium in Middlesbrough, England, which has been the home of Middlesbrough since it opened in 1995. Its current capacity is 34,742, all seated, although there is provisional planning permission in place t ...
* Capacity: 34,742
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Following Middlesbrough's promotion back to the Premier League capacity attendance has become the norm again and ground expansion a real future possibility. Much will depend on the clubs on-field success and the chairman's willingness to expand though. They have planning permission to expand by another 7,000 seats. If
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
had been successful in bidding to host the
2018 FIFA World Cup
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national Association football, football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awa ...
, the expansion would have been likely to occur to ensure consideration as a World Cup venue. However, England lost the bid.
Middlesbrough have played at the Riverside since 1995, when they moved from
Ayresome Park
Ayresome Park was a football stadium in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England. It was the home of Middlesbrough F.C. from its construction in time for the 1903–04 season, until the Riverside Stadium opened in 1995. It was demolished in 1997 and r ...
in the first relocation of a top division club's stadium for 72 years. The stadium, which held 30,000 seated fans on its completion, is located on the site of a former chemical works on the banks of the Middlesbrough dock and its channel to the
River Tees
The River Tees (), in Northern England, rises on the eastern slope of Cross Fell in the North Pennines and flows eastwards for to reach the North Sea between Hartlepool and Redcar near Middlesbrough. The modern day history of the river has be ...
. The land for the stadium was gifted to the club by the
Teesside Development Corporation
The Teesside Development Corporation was a government-backed development corporation that was established in 1987 to fund and manage regeneration projects in the former county of Cleveland in North East England.
The Teesside Development Corpor ...
for a nominal £1 fee in the hope it would spur development of the disused former dock area. The stadium was the largest newly built stadium in post-war England, and the initial success of the new ground is considered to have spurred on other clubs such as
Sunderland
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and
Derby County
Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire, England. In 2022, it was announced that DCFC was acquired by Clowes Developments (UK) Ltd, a Derbyshire-based property group.
Founded in 1884 ...
to move from their traditional homes to newly built Taylor-compliant stadiums in designated redevelopment zones.
Ayresome Park's location meant that it would have impractical to achieve an all-seater capacity of more than 20,000.
The stadium took a mere 32 weeks to build, with the planned relocation being announced in late 1993 and work beginning just a year later.
Demand meant the stadium was expanded in 1998 to take the capacity to 35,100, but subsequent reorganisation and the installation of a big screen has seen the capacity reduced marginally to 34,742. Following promotion to the
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
further reorganisation has reduced capacity further to 33,746.
Millwall
* Stadium:
The Den
The Den (previously The New Den) is a football stadium in New Cross, south-east London, and the home of Millwall Football Club. The Den is adjacent to the South London railway originating at , and a quarter of a mile from the Old Den, which it ...
* Capacity: 20,146
*''Current stadium status'': New/Looking for move.
The New Den, as it was initially known to distinguish it from its predecessor, was the first new all-seater stadium in England to be completed after the
Taylor Report
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on the
Hillsborough disaster
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of 1989. It was designed with effective crowd management in mind (particularly given Millwall's crowd problems at The Old Den), with the escape routes being short and direct. After chairman Reg Burr decided that it would not be viable to redevelop The Old Den as an all-seater stadium, he announced in 1990 that the club would relocate to a new stadium in the Senegal Fields area in south Bermondsey. Originally, it was planned to have a seating capacity of between 25,000 and 30,000, however, the club opted to wait so the capacity was kept to just over 20,000.
Millwall played their final game at The Old Den on 8 May 1993 after 83 years and then moved to the new stadium a quarter-of-a-mile away from Cold Blow Lane. The £16 million New Den was opened by
John Smith, the leader of the
Labour Party and of
the Opposition at the time, on 4 August 1993 prior to a prestigious friendly against
Sporting Portugal, which Sporting won 2–1. The Den was the first new stadium constructed for a professional football team in London since 1937.
In September 2016
Lewisham Council
Lewisham London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Lewisham in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. The council is unusual in that its executi ...
approved a
compulsory purchase order
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of land surrounding The Den rented by Millwall, as part of a major redevelopment of the "New Bermondsey" area. The plans are controversial because the developer, Renewal, is controlled by
offshore companies
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* a company, group or sometimes a division thereof, which engages in offshoring business pro ...
with unclear ownership, and is seen by the club and local community to be profiteering by demolishing existing homes and businesses as well as Millwall's car-park & the highly acclaimed and well recognised Millwall Community Trust – to build up to 2,400 new private homes, with no council housing and less than 15% of 'affordable housing'. Millwall had submitted their own plans for regeneration centred around the football club itself, but the council voted in favour of Renewal's plans.
In December 2016 ''
Private Eye
''Private Eye'' is a British fortnightly satire, satirical and current affairs (news format), current affairs news magazine, founded in 1961. It is published in London and has been edited by Ian Hislop since 1986. The publication is widely r ...
'' reported how Renewal had been founded by a former Lewisham Council leader and senior officer, suggesting potential bias, and that the decision to approve Renewal's plans may have been made as long ago as 2013 despite the fact that no due diligence had been able to be carried out by
PricewaterhouseCoopers
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due to "poor" and "limited" access to information and management at Renewal, which is registered in the
Isle of Man
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In the face of mounting community opposition and media scrutiny, the Council said in January 2017 it will not proceed with the CPO. However, it was later reported to be taking legal advice regarding other avenues of securing the CPO, and Council cabinet members will decide how to proceed after a "review". ''Private Eye'' reported that Millwall are continuing to explore relocation options in Kent.
Norwich City
* Stadium:
Carrow Road
Carrow Road is an association football stadium located in Norwich, Norfolk, England, and is the home of EFL Championship side Norwich City. The stadium is located toward the east of the city, near Norwich railway station and the River Wensum.
N ...
* Capacity: 27,359
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Norwich City
Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or The Yellows) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. The club competes in the EFL Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 20 ...
increased the capacity of
Carrow Road
Carrow Road is an association football stadium located in Norwich, Norfolk, England, and is the home of EFL Championship side Norwich City. The stadium is located toward the east of the city, near Norwich railway station and the River Wensum.
N ...
to 27,000 over the summer of 2010, nearly 20 years after the conversion to an all-seater stadium had given it a capacity of more than 21,000. There are plans to further expand Carrow Road by around 8,000 either by the redevelopment of the Geoffrey Watling City Stand or by adding a second tier to the Jarrold Stand, taking the capacity to around 35,000 seats. The initial conversion to an all-seater capacity in the early 1990s saw the stadium have more than 21,000 seats. The club confirmed in September 2012 that the feasibility of a 7,000-seat development has been backed by the
University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...
, based on factors such as "population growth, and real numbers, such as socio-economic data, and not instinct or intuition."
The likely cost has been estimated at £20m, but that "Currently, every spare penny is reinvested in the first team squad and this is something that the board wishes to continue in the short term."
The building of a
Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn is an American chain of hotels based in Atlanta, Georgia. and a brand of IHG Hotels & Resorts. The chain was founded in 1952 by Kemmons Wilson, who opened the first location in Memphis, Tennessee that year. The chain was a division ...
franchise in one corner of the ground, has somewhat diminished possibilities for the future enlargement of Carrow Road. However, the club is looking at options to build a small stand in front of the hotel in the short-term.
Preston North End
* Stadium:
Deepdale
Deepdale is a football stadium in the Deepdale area of Preston, England, the home of Preston North End. Deepdale is "widely recognised as being the oldest 'continuously used' football stadium in the world, though this is contested".
History ...
* Capacity: 23,404
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Preston NE completed its Invincibles Stand in 2008.
Deepdale's capacity is 24,000.
The quadrants could possibly be linked to create a larger bowl configuration of 30,000.
Queens Park Rangers
* Stadium:
Loftus Road
Loftus Road is a football stadium in White City, London, England, which is home to Queens Park Rangers.
In 1981, it became the first stadium in British professional football to have an artificial pitch of Omniturf installed. This remained in ...
* Capacity: 18,439
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England, which compete in the . After a nomadic early existence, they have played home matches at Loftus Ro ...
have long harboured ambitions of playing in a larger stadium, with relocation first being considered in the 1990s, after they were founder members of the Premier League, although originally the redevelopment option was taken, with Loftus Road being converted into an all-seater stadium with its capacity below 20,000. This will either be done by expanding their existing
Loftus Road
Loftus Road is a football stadium in White City, London, England, which is home to Queens Park Rangers.
In 1981, it became the first stadium in British professional football to have an artificial pitch of Omniturf installed. This remained in ...
ground from its current 19,000 all-seater capacity or by locating to a new stadium elsewhere in West London, with a ground share in
White City White City may refer to:
Places Australia
* White City, Perth, an amusement park on the Perth foreshore
* White City railway station, a former railway station
* White City Stadium (Sydney), a tennis centre in Sydney
* White City FC, a football clu ...
with
Fulham
Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth ...
commonly mentioned. QPR achieved promotion to the Premier League in 2011, and owner Tony Fernandes announced in November 2011 that the club were looking for sites in west London to build a new stadium, with a capacity around 40,000. The planned stadium is called
New Queens Park
Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England, which compete in the . After a nomadic early existence, they have played home matches at Loftus R ...
.
Reading
* Stadium:
Madejski Stadium
The Madejski Stadium (currently known as the Select Car Leasing Stadium for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Reading. It is the home of Reading Football Club, who play in the EFL Championship. It also provides the finish for the Rea ...
* Capacity: 24,161
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Reading
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For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process invo ...
announced plans for the expansion of the
Madejski Stadium
The Madejski Stadium (currently known as the Select Car Leasing Stadium for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Reading. It is the home of Reading Football Club, who play in the EFL Championship. It also provides the finish for the Rea ...
. The proposal involves increasing the stadium to 38,000 seats by expanding all stands except the West Stand, and rebuilding the roof. These plans were dependent on Reading staying in the Premiership.; following relegation in 2008, the plans are uncertain. But since Reading were promoted back to the Premier League in 2012 after winning the Championship the plans look to be on as new owner Anton Zingarevich said he would extend the stadium if Reading stay in the Premier League after their first season back. A new railway station
Reading GreenPark was opening near to the ground, but was later cancelled.
The Madejski Stadium was opened in 1998, having first been proposed in 1994 as Reading climbed up the league and construction of an all-seater stadium was necessary.
Elm Park
Elm Park is a suburban planned community in East London within the London Borough of Havering. Located east-northeast of Charing Cross, it is identified as a district centre in the London Plan with several streets of shops and a priority for r ...
was deemed unsuitable for renovation due to its confined location and the ambitions of chairman
John Madejski
Sir John Robert Madejski, (; born Robert John Hurst; 28 April 1941) is an English businessman, with commercial interests spanning property, broadcast media, hotels, restaurants, publishing and football. He changed his name when his stepfather, ...
to establish Reading in the top flight (although promotion was not achieved until 2006), so the decision to build a new stadium was made.
Rotherham United
* Stadium:
ASSEAL New York Stadium
* Capacity: 12,021
*''Current stadium status'': New.
In 2008
Rotherham United
Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The club's colours were initially yellow and black, but changed to red and white around 1 ...
expressed dissatisfaction with their
Millmoor
The Millmoor Ground, commonly known as Millmoor, is a football stadium in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It was the home ground of Rotherham County F.C. between 1907 and 1925 and then its successor Rotherham United F.C. until 2008. The ...
home and began to look into the construction of a new stadium in the town. At the start of the 2008–09 season Rotherham United temporarily moved to the
Don Valley Stadium
Don Valley Stadium was a sports stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The venue, which was completed in September 1990, hosted the 1991 World Student Games. It was designed by Sheffield City Council's Design & Building Services and nam ...
in
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is Historic counties o ...
due to ownership disputes over Millmoor.
The Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...
told the club that they must return to
Rotherham
Rotherham () is a large minster and market town in South Yorkshire, England. The town takes its name from the River Rother which then merges with the River Don. The River Don then flows through the town centre. It is the main settlement of ...
by 2012 which they have done.
The club moved to the 12,000-capacity
New York Stadium
The New York Stadium (known as the AESSEAL New York Stadium for sponsorship purposes) is a football stadium in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Opened in July 2012, it is the home ground of Rotherham United. Its name was inspired by the com ...
, which opened in July 2012.
The
New York Stadium
The New York Stadium (known as the AESSEAL New York Stadium for sponsorship purposes) is a football stadium in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Opened in July 2012, it is the home ground of Rotherham United. Its name was inspired by the com ...
is expandable to 20,000 seats.
Sheffield United
* Stadium:
Bramall Lane
Bramall Lane is a association football, football stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which is the home of Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United.
The stadium was originally a cricket ground, built on a road named after the Bramal ...
* Capacity: 32,125
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Sheffield United
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history of cutlery production. The team have played home games at ...
announced in 2009 plans to redevelop the Kop Stand, extending it backwards to create an additional 3,215 seats, alongside adding an additional tier to the South Stand. Planned for when the club were promoted back to the
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
, these would also include significant upgrades to the concourse. While these are yet to be completed, the permission to build was secured in 2009, and the plans were most recently resubmitted for approval in 2017.
The developments were planned to be built through two phases, with the Kop first, taking capacity up to 37,000, followed by the South Stand.
The additional tier for the South Stand would potentially provide 5,400 seats.
Bramall Lane
Bramall Lane is a association football, football stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which is the home of Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United.
The stadium was originally a cricket ground, built on a road named after the Bramal ...
became all-seater in the mid-1990s after completion of two new stands and the refurbishment of two existing stands. The most recent addition to the stadium is the Westfield Corner, filling in the gap between the South and Bramall Lane stands, which was completed in summer 2006.
Stoke City
* Stadium:
Bet365 Stadium
The Bet365 Stadium (stylised as ''bet365 Stadium'') is an All-seater stadium, all-seater Association football, football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England and the home of EFL Championship club Stoke City F.C., Stoke City. The stad ...
* Capacity: 30,089
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Stoke City
Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...
have played at the venue now known as
bet365 Stadium
The Bet365 Stadium (stylised as ''bet365 Stadium'') is an All-seater stadium, all-seater Association football, football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England and the home of EFL Championship club Stoke City F.C., Stoke City. The stad ...
since 1997, replacing
Victoria Ground
The Victoria Ground was the home ground of Stoke City from 1878 until 1997, when the club relocated to the Britannia Stadium after 119 years. At the time of its demolition it was the oldest operational ground in the Football League.
History
...
as their home stadium. Construction of the stadium cost £14.7million and construction works took about 10 months to complete. The bet365 Stadium opened with a capacity of 27,740 spectators, which was reduced from 28,384 due to segregation between the home and away fans.
In 2009, the club unveiled plans to expand the stadium by filling in one or two of the stadium's open corners. This would add around 3,000 seats, taking the total capacity of the stadium to over 30,000. Filling in one corner would cost approximately £3 million. In November 2009, chairman
Peter Coates
Peter Coates (born 13 January 1938) is an English businessman, the co-founder of bet365, and the chairman of Stoke City Football Club. He has been listed as the 25th-richest person in British football. He founded Stadia Catering in the 1960s an ...
said that the club would make a decision to expand the stadium capacity at the end of the season and was dependent on the club's
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
survival. These plans were revived in 2010 and 2012, but the club decided not to expand on both occasions.
Finally in April 2016, the club announced that work to fill in the south-east corner would begin the following January. Construction of the new corner commenced in January 2017 and was completed in time for the start of the 2017–18 season. This added around 1,800 seats and took the stadium's capacity to just over 30,000.
Swansea City
* Stadium:
Liberty Stadium
The Swansea.com Stadium ( cy, Stadiwm Swansea.com; formerly Liberty Stadium) is an all-seated sports stadium and conferencing venue located in the Landore area of Swansea, Wales. The stadium opened in 2005 and was named the Liberty Stadium. It ...
* Capacity: 21,088
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Swansea City
Swansea City Association Football Club (; cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Swansea have played their ho ...
moved to the purpose built 20,520 all-seater stadium
Liberty Stadium
The Swansea.com Stadium ( cy, Stadiwm Swansea.com; formerly Liberty Stadium) is an all-seated sports stadium and conferencing venue located in the Landore area of Swansea, Wales. The stadium opened in 2005 and was named the Liberty Stadium. It ...
in 2005, several years after relocation was first planned. This replaced
Vetch Field
The Vetch Field was a football stadium in Swansea, Wales. It was used for football matches and was the home ground of Swansea City until the club moved to the newly built Liberty Stadium in 2005. Opened in 1912, the ground held around 12,000 at ...
which had been their home since they were founded and was unsuitable for expansion, and would have had a low all-seater capacity, although relocation plans were first formulated at a time when Swansea were in the league's fourth tier.
The club's current stadium is designed to allow expansion to over 40,000 seats. Construction commenced in the autumn of 2003 with the opening game at the stadium being a friendly between Swansea and
Fulham
Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth ...
on 23 July 2005.
In April 2013, with a third season in the Premier League being secured, they submitted plans to increase the stadium capacity to 33,000, an increase of around 11,000.
Sunderland
* Stadium:
Stadium of Light
The Stadium of Light is an all-seater football stadium in Sunderland, England, and the eighth and current home to Sunderland A.F.C. With space for 49,000 spectators, the Stadium of Light is the ninth largest football stadium in England. ...
* Capacity: 49,000
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Sunderland
Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...
's
Stadium of Light
The Stadium of Light is an all-seater football stadium in Sunderland, England, and the eighth and current home to Sunderland A.F.C. With space for 49,000 spectators, the Stadium of Light is the ninth largest football stadium in England. ...
is designed to allow expansion to 64,000 seats. In 2003 the club received planning permission to add another 7,200 seats to the South Stand which would have taken capacity to 56,000 but the plans were put on hold due to Sunderland's relegation. In 2007 chairman
Niall Quinn
Niall John Quinn (honorary MBE; born 6 October 1966) is an Irish former professional footballer, manager, businessman and sports television pundit.
As a player he was a striker who played top flight football for Arsenal, Manchester City and ...
said the club had no current plans to increase capacity.
The Stadium of Light was one of the first new stadiums to be built during the modern era, opening in 1997 as replacement for 99-year-old
Roker Park
Roker Park was a football ground in Roker, Sunderland, England, which was the home of Sunderland A.F.C. from 1898 to 1997, before the club moved to the Stadium of Light. Its final capacity was around 22,500, with only a small part being seated; ...
, with then chairman
Bob Murray having decided in the early 1990s that a new stadium was the best option as Roker Park was unsuitable for converting into an all-seater stadium as its confined location would have given a capacity much lower than the club would have wanted. The land on which the Stadium of Light would eventually be built was identified as the site for a new stadium by 1995, with the plan for a 34,000-seat stadium being altered to allow for 42,000-seat capacity after promotion to the Premier League was achieved the following year. It initially had more than 42,000 seats but this was taken to more than 48,000 in 2001. The original plan for a new stadium next to the
Nissan
, trade name, trading as Nissan Motor Corporation and often shortened to Nissan, is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automobile manufacturer headquartered in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. The company sells ...
car factory
The automotive industry comprises a wide range of companies and organizations involved in the design, development, manufacturing, marketing, and selling of motor vehicles. It is one of the world's largest industries by revenue (from 16 % such a ...
was abandoned following objections by the carmaker.
Watford
* Stadium:
Vicarage Road
Vicarage Road is a stadium in Watford, England, and is the home stadium of championship club Watford. An all-seater stadium, its current capacity is 22,200.
History
It has been the home of Watford since 1922, when the club moved from Cassi ...
* Capacity: 22,200
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Watford
Watford () is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne.
Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, a ...
play their home games at the 20,877 seater
Vicarage Road Stadium after the new 3,400 East Stand, known as the Sir Elton John stand, was completed.
In June 2015, the club announced that the staircases of the Sir Elton John stand would be removed and replaced with 700 seats. The club announced that the North East corner would be transformed and 400 seats added to it, thus taking the total capacity to 22,000
West Bromwich Albion
* Stadium:
The Hawthorns
The Hawthorns is an all-seater association football, football stadium in West Bromwich, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England, with a capacity of 26,688. It has been the home of EFL Championship, Championship club West Bromwich Albion F ...
* Capacity: 26,850
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
In spite of the club playing in the Premier League for all but five seasons since 2002, the capacity of
The Hawthorns
The Hawthorns is an all-seater association football, football stadium in West Bromwich, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England, with a capacity of 26,688. It has been the home of EFL Championship, Championship club West Bromwich Albion F ...
has been reduced over previous years due to a redevelopment of the West Stand (formerly the Halfords Land Stand). Chairman
Jeremy Peace
Jeremy Roland Peace (born 13 August 1956) is a British businessman, and the former chairman and owner of West Bromwich Albion F.C, a professional football club in the West Midlands, England.
Biography
Jeremy Peace was born 13 August 1956 in West ...
announced at the end of the 2010–11 season plans to increase the capacity of the Hawthorns to 30,000 over 3 years. It is not yet clear how this will be achieved; however, it could mean rebuilding the Halfords Lane End or rebuilding the East Stand corners. The current capacity of just under 27,000 was first reached in 1994, when The Hawthorns became all-seater.
Wigan Athletic
* Stadium:
DW Stadium
The DW Stadium is a stadium in Robin Park, in Wigan, within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The ground is owned and managed by Wigan Football Company Limited, which is 85% owned by Wigan Athletic and 15% owned ...
* Capacity: 25,113
* ''Current stadium status'': New.
League One
Accrington Stanley
* Stadium:
Wham Stadium
The Crown Ground is a multi-use stadium in Accrington, Lancashire, England. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Accrington Stanley. Opened in 1968, the stadium has a capacity of 5,450.
The ground is curren ...
* Capacity: 5,450
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Barnsley
* Stadium:
Oakwell
Oakwell is a multi-purpose sports development in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England used primarily by Barnsley Football Club for playing their home fixtures, and those of their reserves.
While the name 'Oakwell' generally refers to the main s ...
* Capacity: 23,287
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Barnsley
Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...
have announced that they are to demolish the old West Stand at
Oakwell
Oakwell is a multi-purpose sports development in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England used primarily by Barnsley Football Club for playing their home fixtures, and those of their reserves.
While the name 'Oakwell' generally refers to the main s ...
and replace it with a new 9,000-seater stand similar to the current East Stand .
Oakwell Stadium
Oakwell is a multi-purpose sports development in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England used primarily by Barnsley Football Club for playing their home fixtures, and those of their reserves.
While the name 'Oakwell' generally refers to the main s ...
currently holds 23,000 all-seated spectators and has done so since the mid-1990s. The plans for the reconstruction of the West Stand were first announced in the late 1990s. The stadium has a lot of clear land surrounding it making possible expansion to 40,000 or more; however, as Oakwell is rarely full to capacity, the club will continue to maintain the old West Stand for the foreseeable future
Bolton Wanderers
* Stadium:
University of Bolton Stadium
The University of Bolton Stadium is the home ground of Bolton Wanderers F.C. in Horwich, Greater Manchester, England.
Opening in 1997, it was named the Reebok Stadium, after club sponsors Reebok. In 2014, Bolton Wanderers signed a naming righ ...
* Capacity:28,723
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...
moved into their new
University of Bolton Stadium
The University of Bolton Stadium is the home ground of Bolton Wanderers F.C. in Horwich, Greater Manchester, England.
Opening in 1997, it was named the Reebok Stadium, after club sponsors Reebok. In 2014, Bolton Wanderers signed a naming righ ...
in 1997, having previously played at
Burnden Park
Burnden Park was the home of English football club Bolton Wanderers who played home games there between 1895 and 1997. As well as hosting the 1901 FA Cup Final replay, it was the scene in 1946 of one of the greatest disasters in English footba ...
since 1895. The University of Bolton Stadium has an all-seated capacity of 28,723. The plans for relocation were formulated in the early 1990s, when the club was still in the third tier of the English league but had ambitions of reaching the top flight (achieved in 1995). Burnden Park was an antiquated structure that would have been unsuitable for modernisation, especially as a section of terracing had been sold off in the mid 1980s to make way for a supermarket, and so the decision was made to build a new stadium elsewhere.
Bristol Rovers
* Stadium:
Memorial Stadium
* Capacity: 12,296
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system.
They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been c ...
had gained planning permission to move into a purpose-built 21,700 all seater stadium at the
University of the West of England's Frenchay campus, on the outskirts of Bristol.
UWE Stadium
UWE Stadium was a proposed 21,700 all-seater stadium to be built in Cheswick, South Gloucestershire, as a new home for Bristol Rovers. The stadium was to replace their current home, the Memorial Stadium. Sainsbury's agreed to buy the Memorial ...
would have replaced the club's current
Memorial Stadium home which was to have been demolished and sold to
Sainsbury's
J Sainsbury plc, trading as Sainsbury's, is the second largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, with a 14.6% share of UK supermarket sales.
Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company wa ...
who had planning permission to build a new store on the site. The sale of the Memorial Stadium to Sainsbury's would have partly funded the UWE Stadium project. Following numerous delays (including a Judicial Review launched by local members of the Green Party) it emerged Sainsbury's were attempting to terminate their contract to buy the site. Sainsbury's eventually won a high court case with Rovers pull out of the contract, meaning Rovers would not receive the funding to build the new stadium.
The club were later bought by
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
ian Al-Qadi family with new president,
Wael al-Qadi
Wael Abdulkader Al-Qadi (born 25 November 1969 in Jordan) is a Jordanian football executive, best known as the current owner of English club Bristol Rovers and a member of the Al-Qadi family. He is also founder of the Arab Jordan Investment Ban ...
saying a new stadium is a "key requirement" for the new owners.
This turned out not to be the case, as in February 2018 Wael Al-Qadi said the club's plan was now to redevelop the Memorial Stadium stand-by-stand, but then in July 2018 new CEO Martyn Starnes confirmed the club would only be adding one extra temporary tented stand during the 2018/19 season.
Burton Albion
* Stadium:
Pirelli Stadium
Pirelli Stadium is an association football stadium on Princess Way in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. It was built in 2005 and is the current home of Burton Albion FC
Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association foo ...
* Capacity: 6,912
* ''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Cambridge United
*Stadium:
Abbey Stadium
Abbey Stadium is a association football, football stadium in Cambridge, England. It has been the home ground of Cambridge United F.C. since 1932, and currently has a maximum Seating capacity, capacity of 8,127 spectators. Cambridge Regional Coll ...
* Capacity: 8,127
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Cambridge United
Cambridge United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Cambridge, England. They compete in EFL League one , the 3rd tier of the English football league system. The club is based at the Abbey Stadium on N ...
had been investigating the possibility of improving their
Abbey Stadium
Abbey Stadium is a association football, football stadium in Cambridge, England. It has been the home ground of Cambridge United F.C. since 1932, and currently has a maximum Seating capacity, capacity of 8,127 spectators. Cambridge Regional Coll ...
home, but have abandoned redeveloping the stadium, and are instead proposing a move to a 10,000-capacity stadium and sporting village in one of two new sites. The first proposed site is named NIAB2 – located on land between Huntingdon Road and Histon Road – while the second and favoured option is located south of the city in
Trumpington
Trumpington is a village and parish to the south of Cambridge, England. The village is an electoral ward of the City of Cambridge and a ward of South Cambridgeshire District Council. The 2011 Census recorded the ward's population as 8,034.
Th ...
.
Charlton Athletic
* Stadium:
The Valley
* Capacity: 27,111
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Charlton have planning permission from
Greenwich Council to add a second tier to the East Stand at
The Valley, increasing capacity to 31,000, up from a capacity of more than 26,000 which was reached in December 2001. Potential future developments to the Jimmy Seed Stand could see this raised to 40,000, but this is unlikely to happen unless the club is promoted back to the
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
or comes under new ownership.
Cheltenham Town
*Stadium:
Whaddon Road
Whaddon Road, known as the Completely-Suzuki Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Cheltenham, England. It is the home ground of Cheltenham Town F.C. It has a total capacity of 7,066, with a mixture of seating and terracing. T ...
* Capacity: 7,066
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
In 2008, plans to build a new 10,000-seater stadium at
Cheltenham Racecourse
Cheltenham Racecourse at Prestbury Park, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, hosts National Hunt horse racing. Its most prestigious meeting is the Cheltenham Festival, held in March, which features several Grade I races including the Chel ...
were mooted. In September 2011 things were said by
Edward Gillespie to be "moving forward". However, by December these plans had been shelved.
In March 2012 the club announced that they plan to redevelop their existing
Whaddon Road
Whaddon Road, known as the Completely-Suzuki Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Cheltenham, England. It is the home ground of Cheltenham Town F.C. It has a total capacity of 7,066, with a mixture of seating and terracing. T ...
stadium by building a new 3,000-capacity stand.
Derby County
* Stadium:
Pride Park
Pride Park is a business park on the outskirts of the city centre of Derby, England. Developed in the 1990s, It covers 80 hectares of former industrial land between the River Derwent and railway lines. Pride Park Stadium and Derby Arena are both ...
* Capacity: 33,597
*''Current stadium status'': New.
In April 2007,
Derby County
Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire, England. In 2022, it was announced that DCFC was acquired by Clowes Developments (UK) Ltd, a Derbyshire-based property group.
Founded in 1884 ...
released details of a proposed £20m development around their
Pride Park Stadium
Pride Park Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Derby, England, that is the home ground of English Football League club Derby County. With a capacity of 33,597, it is the 16th-largest football ground in England and the 20th-largest stad ...
which would create about 250 jobs. The Pride Plaza project would include a 165-bed hotel, bars, restaurants and office space. On 9 November 2007
Derby City Council
Derby City Council is the local government unitary authority for Derby, a city in the East Midlands region of England. It comprises 51 councillors, three for each of the 17 electoral wards of Derby. Currently there is no overall control of the co ...
agreed to let the plans go ahead.
Additionally the club has announced plans to expand the capacity up from 33,500 to 44,000, with the work due to take place during the 2007–08 close season, provided the club avoided relegation. The plans include adding rows of seats to the north, south and east stands. If completed, this would allow the club to break its current club record home attendance, Pride Park was opened in 1997 when Derby left the
Baseball Ground
The Baseball Ground (sometimes referred to as the BBG) was a stadium in Derby, England. It was first used for baseball as the home of Derby Baseball Club from 1890 until 1898 and then for football as the home of Derby County from 1895 until 19 ...
, as one of the first clubs to relocate to a new stadium to comply with the
Taylor Report
The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster Inquiry report is the report of an inquiry which was overseen by Lord Justice Taylor, into the causes of the Hillsborough disaster in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989, as a result of which, ...
. The new stadium was opened just 18 months after the decision to relocate was made public; the previous plan had been for the Baseball Ground to be rebuilt with a 26,000-seat capacity. However, the club failed to maintain its top-flight status and when, in January 2008, was sold into new American ownership, in the form of General Sports and Entertainment
both the Plaza plan and the Ground expansion initiatives were scrapped.
On 3 October 2011, Derby County announced that they had submitted plans to Derby City Council for a £7 million development of land outside the stadium, which the club named "The Plaza @ Pride Park".
These plans include five
cafes
A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café is an establishment that primarily serves coffee of various types, notably espresso, latte, and cappuccino. Some coffeehouses may serve cold drinks, such as iced coffee and iced tea, as well as other non-caf ...
/
restaurant
A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in appearan ...
s, two
convenience store
A convenience store, convenience shop, corner store or corner shop is a small retail business that stocks a range of everyday items such as coffee, groceries, snack foods, confectionery, soft drinks, ice creams, tobacco products, lottery ticket ...
s and 2,000 square metres of
office space
''Office Space'' is a 1999 American black comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge. It satirizes the worklife of a typical 1990s software company, focusing on a handful of individuals weary of their jobs. It stars Ron Livingston, Jennifer ...
. These plans have been scaled down from the planned £20 million development proposed in 2007.
Derby County CEO Tom Glick, said that these plans would help the club deal with the new Financial Fair Play regulations which will be introduced in the
Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...
from 2012, as revenue from the Plaza will be reinvested back into the club.
This planned development also coincides with a plan from the City Council to build a multi-use sports arena on the same site as the proposed Plaza.
On 12 January 2012, Derby City Council's Planning Control Committee gave planning permission for the development,
Derby County Chief Executive Tom Glick stated the club had moved the next stage of the development, finding a development company to build the plaza.
Exeter City
*Stadium:
St James Park St James Park and variants may refer to:
Municipalities
* St James Park, New Zealand, a suburb of Hamilton, New Zealand
Football stadiums
* St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
* St James Park (Exeter), Exeter, England
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(Exeter)
* Capacity: 8,541
* ''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Fleetwood Town
* Stadium:
Highbury Stadium
Arsenal Stadium was a football stadium in Highbury, London, which was the home of Arsenal Football Club between 6 September 1913 and 7 May 2006. It was popularly known as "Highbury" due to its location and was given the affectionate nickname ...
(Fleetwood)
* Capacity: 5,327
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Fleetwood Town
Fleetwood Town Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Fleetwood, Lancashire. Established in 1997, the current Fleetwood Town F.C. is the fourth incarnation of the club; it was originally formed in ...
have invested heavily in
Highbury Stadium
Arsenal Stadium was a football stadium in Highbury, London, which was the home of Arsenal Football Club between 6 September 1913 and 7 May 2006. It was popularly known as "Highbury" due to its location and was given the affectionate nickname ...
recently following many promotions and increased attendances in recent years. In February 2007 the new Percy Ronson Stand was opened. A £500,000-plus development the stand is all terracing, and holds 1,243. In July 2007, further plans for the stadium development were announced which included three new stands. The plans were finalized in December 2007 and in March 2008, planning permission was given for the first phase, construction of the north and west terraces. Construction began in May 2008, and was completed for the start of the 2008–09 season. In May 2010, a couple of days before Fleetwood's playoff final at the stadium work began on the new west stand. The stadium was completed in Spring 2011 and opened on 16 April 2011 for Fleetwood's game against
Altrincham F.C.
Altrincham Football Club is a professional football club based in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. Founded in 1891 and nicknamed "the Robins", they are currently members of and play at Moss Lane.
History
Altrincham was established by ...
, which they won 3–1. The stadium's capacity is now 5,500; it is the
118th largest stadium by capacity in England and the second smallest in
EFL League One
The English Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Sky Bet League One for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League One from 2004 until 2016) is the second-highest division of the English Football Leag ...
.
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Forest Green Rovers
*Stadium:
The New Lawn
The New Lawn, also known as The Bolt New Lawn for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. It has been the home stadium of League One club Forest Green Rovers since 2006. During the 2007–08 season the stadium ...
* Capacity: 5,147
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Ipswich Town
* Stadium:
Portman Road
Portman Road is a football stadium in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, which has been the home ground of Ipswich Town F.C. since 1884. The stadium has also hosted many England youth international matches, and one senior England friendly internatio ...
* Capacity: 30,311
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Ipswich have plans to modernise
Portman Road
Portman Road is a football stadium in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, which has been the home ground of Ipswich Town F.C. since 1884. The stadium has also hosted many England youth international matches, and one senior England friendly internatio ...
stadium should they be promoted back to the
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
, via 'Project Leap'. This would involve the area for the 3,000 seats needed for Premier League away teams, as the current area for away fans is not big enough, and would mean expanding into premium season ticket holders seating. They have played in the league's second tier continuously since 2002, longer than any other club currently in that division.
Lincoln City
* Stadium:
Sincil Bank
Sincil Bank Stadium, known for sponsorship reasons as LNER Stadium, is a football stadium in Lincoln, England which has been the home of Lincoln City since 1895. Previously, Lincoln City had played at the nearby John O'Gaunts ground since th ...
* Capacity: 10,120
* ''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Milton Keynes Dons
* Stadium:
Stadium MK
Stadium MK is a football ground in the Denbigh district of Bletchley in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. Designed by Populous and opened in 2007, it is the home ground of EFL League One side Milton Keynes Dons and FA Women's National ...
* Capacity: 30,500
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Milton Keynes Dons
Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (), usually abbreviated to MK Dons, is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third tier of the English football league system. The ...
opened their
Stadium MK
Stadium MK is a football ground in the Denbigh district of Bletchley in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. Designed by Populous and opened in 2007, it is the home ground of EFL League One side Milton Keynes Dons and FA Women's National ...
home in 2007. The original opening capacity was 22,000. Plans exist to increase the capacity to between 46,000 and 55,000 seats, but with England's failure to win the bidding for the
2018 FIFA World Cup
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national Association football, football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awa ...
any improvements to increase the stadium's attendance would be dependent on promotion to the
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
at least. In November 2011, MK Dons announced that they would expand Stadium MK to 32,000 for the
2012–13 season. However, it was only at the end of the season that development began on the upper-tier seating.
Morecambe
*Stadium:
Globe Arena
Avicii Arena, originally known as Stockholm Globe Arena and previously as Ericsson Globe, but commonly referred to in Swedish simply as Globen (; "the Globe"), is an indoor arena located in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov district of Stockho ...
* Capacity: 6,476
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Morecambe
Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district in Lancashire, England. It is in Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea.
Name
The first use of the name was by John Whitaker in his ''History of Manchester'' (1771), w ...
moved from its previous ground at
Christie Park to
The Globe Arena at the start of the
2010–11 season.
The ground has a capacity of 6000, comprising 2000 seats and 4000 standing spaces.
Oxford United
* Stadium:
Kassam Stadium
The Kassam Stadium (also known as Grenoble Road) is the home of Oxford United Football Club, and is named after the ground's owner and former chairman of the football club, Firoz Kassam.
The Kassam Stadium currently hosts League One (third t ...
* Capacity: 12,500
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Oxford United
Oxford United Football Club is a professional football club in the city of Oxford, England. The team plays in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The chairman is Grant Ferguson, the manager is Karl Robinson and th ...
have plans to purchase the
Kassam Stadium
The Kassam Stadium (also known as Grenoble Road) is the home of Oxford United Football Club, and is named after the ground's owner and former chairman of the football club, Firoz Kassam.
The Kassam Stadium currently hosts League One (third t ...
and to build a fourth side to it. Now that they have regained
Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...
status and attendances rise to sufficiently justify it, this is increasingly likely.
The stadium was first planned in 1995 and construction began in 1997, but financial difficulties saw construction suspended shortly after it begin, and the relocation from the dilapidated
Manor Ground was not completed until 2001. By then, two relegations in three seasons had dragged the club from Division One to Division Three, coinciding with a fall in attendances, and this was the reason for the stadium initially only having three sides incorporating 12,500 seats. The planned fourth stand would take the capacity to around 16,000.
Peterborough United
* Stadium:
Weston Homes Stadium
* Capacity: 15,314
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Peterborough United
Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standing ...
have played at
London Road since 1934, although due to its age and the fact that it has terracing the club are considering options to move. A number of alternative sites have been put forward in
Peterborough council's January 2009
Area Action Plan
A local development framework is the spatial planning strategy introduced in England and Wales by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and given detail in Planning Policy Statements 12. In most parts of the two countries, maintaining th ...
for the City Centre Area. This document's consultation period has now closed and thus the publication of the final AAP is awaited for more information on preferred sites for a new stadium.
At the end of October during the 2012–13 season, demolition of the away terrace (Moyes End) will commence. This making way for a new all seater stand, but leaving visiting supporters with only 3–4 thousand seats for the remainder of the 2012–13 season.
Portsmouth
* Stadium:
Fratton Park
Fratton Park is a football ground in Portsmouth, England, which is the home of Portsmouth F.C. Fratton Park remains as the only home football ground in Portsmouth FC's entire history.
The early Fratton Park was designed by local architect A ...
* Capacity: 20,620
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed – redeveloping
Portsmouth
Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council.
Portsmouth is the most dens ...
had the smallest stadium in the
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
during the
2007–08 season. The board planned to remedy this by rebuilding
Fratton Park
Fratton Park is a football ground in Portsmouth, England, which is the home of Portsmouth F.C. Fratton Park remains as the only home football ground in Portsmouth FC's entire history.
The early Fratton Park was designed by local architect A ...
turning the pitch round 90 degrees. This was then abandoned in favour of a 35,000 'Pompey Village' plan, and then superseded by the ambitious proposal ship-like Portsmouth Dockland Stadium which was planned to hold 36,000 seated spectators, hoping to have ready in 2011. However, it has been revealed that Portsmouth F.C. are now preparing to build a 36,000-seater stadium at
Horsea Island
Horsea Island was an island located off the northern shore of Portsmouth Harbour, England; gradually subsumed by reclamation, it is now connected to the mainland. Horsea falls within the city of Portsmouth and was wholly owned by the Ministr ...
Portsmouth have been considering relocation since the early 1990s, but had upgraded their stadium to an all-seater capacity as a short-term measure. In May 2009 all stadium relocation plans were put on hold. The club are looking to expand the current Fratton Park stadium by going back to its original plan of turning it around and increasing capacity to 30,000. However, administration and further relegation means Fratton Park will remain in its same state until the club clear the balance sheet. In January 2022, redevelopment started on The North Stand Lower including Blocks A-E until May 2022 adding 12 wheelchair spaces. Reconstruction on blocks F-K will start from May 2022 adding an additional 600 seats.
Port Vale
*Stadium:
Vale Park
Vale Park is a football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It has been the home ground of Port Vale F.C. since 1950.
The ground has seen its capacity go up and down, its peak being 42,000 in 1954 against Blackpool, although a club record 49, ...
* Capacity: 20,552
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Port Vale
Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...
's
Vale Park
Vale Park is a football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It has been the home ground of Port Vale F.C. since 1950.
The ground has seen its capacity go up and down, its peak being 42,000 in 1954 against Blackpool, although a club record 49, ...
saw the Lorne Street stand demolished in 1998, and work began on a £3 million all-seater replacement. However, with the overall capacity of 19,052 already more than adequate, the stand remained uncompleted. Two periods in administration in 2002 and again in 2012, made it extremely difficult to fund completion but new owner and chairman,
Carol Shanahan
Carol Ann Shanahan (born December 1957) is an English businesswoman and club chairperson of Port Vale Football Club.
Business career
Shanahan was born in December 1957 in Skegness. She moved to West Bromwich at the age of six to live with her m ...
completed the work in 2021.
Plymouth Argyle
*Stadium:
Home Park
Home Park is a football stadium in Plymouth, England. The ground has been the home of Football League One club Plymouth Argyle since 1901.
* Capacity: 16,388
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed; further improvements on hold.
Home Park
Home Park is a football stadium in Plymouth, England. The ground has been the home of Football League One club Plymouth Argyle since 1901. has seen large-scale changes to the ground in recent years. The first stage of reconstruction at the ground took place in 2001, with the replacement of 3 stands with an all-seater horseshoe-shaped stand. Following the construction, the club then planned to rebuild the main grandstand. This initially did not materialize, and following the financial crisis at the club in 2010 and 2011, future stadium plans were put on hold.
After
Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the team are competing in League One, the third tier of English football. They have played at Home Park, ...
went into administration, the club was taken over by local business owner James Brent, and fresh plans for a new Mayflower Grandstand were submitted to
Plymouth City Council
Plymouth City Council is the unitary authority for Plymouth, Devon. It has traditionally been controlled by Labour or the Conservatives. The council is currently in a state of no overall control, with the Conservatives governing as a minority ad ...
. The plans included the stand itself, as well as a new 1500-seat-capacity ice rink, 10-screen cinema and a hotel that would provide funds for the club. The plans received planning permission on 15 August 2013, with Brent suggesting that development could begin immediately. The old grandstand was planned to be demolished in late October 2013, but was put on hold after rival plans for similar leisure facilities at Bretonside were approved. In September 2016, Brent told the
Plymouth Herald
''The Herald'' is a Reach plc newspaper serving Plymouth. Its website and social media were rebranded as ''Plymouth Live'' in 2018. Its editor is Edd Moore.
Print and online presence
The newspaper's average circulation was 6,430 in the first ...
that he hoped a 'redeveloped grandstand' would be completed in time for the 400th anniversary of the
Mayflower
''Mayflower'' was an English ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. After a grueling 10 weeks at sea, ''Mayflower'', with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, r ...
sailing in 2020 when the city of Plymouth will host significant celebrations.
Sheffield Wednesday
* Stadium:
Hillsborough
* Capacity: 39,732
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an offshoot of ...
announced in the summer of 2009 plans for a
£22m upgrade of the stadium and an increase in capacity to 44,825 with no viewing restrictions. Should this happen, it will bring the stadium up to
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
standards for hosting
World Cup
A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...
matches.
To remove any viewing restrictions the current pillars that support the roof of the
Kop and
West Stand will be removed. An 'iconic' roof structure will support the Kop's roof while the West Stand will have a completely new roof. The
North West Terrace will get a roof and a corner of seating will be added between the Kop and
North Stand with a roof. The current layout of tiers on the West Stand will be radically changed and a new tier of seats will be added as well as a 'new specific learning zone' between the new upper tier and present upper tier. The mega-store and gymnasium behind the North Stand will be demolished and the North Stand will be expanded to create the 'biggest classroom in Europe' as well as 'enterprise zones' and 17 boxes. The
South Stand floor plan and stadium surroundings will be improved to comply with FIFA requirements. Stadium parking and access will be improved as will the exterior appearance of all stands.
Hillsborough became all-seated for the start of the 1993–94 season when the Kop and North West Corner were both seated. The Leppings Lane terrace was seated for the start of the 1991–92 season – just over two years since the
disaster which occurred on it.
Shrewsbury Town
* Stadium:
New Meadow
New Meadow, also known as Montgomery Waters Meadow for sponsorship purposes, is a stadium situated on the southern outskirts of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, between the districts of Meole Brace and Sutton Farm, and close to the A5 road (Great Britain) ...
* Capacity: 9,875
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mo ...
moved to the
New Meadow
New Meadow, also known as Montgomery Waters Meadow for sponsorship purposes, is a stadium situated on the southern outskirts of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, between the districts of Meole Brace and Sutton Farm, and close to the A5 road (Great Britain) ...
in Summer 2007. In November 2007 the club announced that the
New Meadow
New Meadow, also known as Montgomery Waters Meadow for sponsorship purposes, is a stadium situated on the southern outskirts of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, between the districts of Meole Brace and Sutton Farm, and close to the A5 road (Great Britain) ...
would be expanded by filling in the corners between the Roland Wycherley Stand, South Stand and West Stand, bringing the overall capacity up to 12,500. Work was hoped to commence summer 2008, however, plans were put on hold to concentrate on events on field.
Wycombe Wanderers
* Stadium:
Adams Park
Adams Park is an association football stadium in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. Built in 1990, it is the home ground of the local Wycombe Wanderers in League One. It was also leased from 2002 to 2014 to the rugby union club London Was ...
* Capacity: 9,558
*''Current stadium status'': New.
In 2007 it was announced that
Wycombe Wanderers
Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home ...
in partnership with
London Wasps
Wasps Rugby Football Club is a professional rugby union team. They last played in Premiership Rugby, the top division of English rugby until being suspended on 12 October 2022. On 17 October 2022 the club entered administration, resulting in r ...
were looking to build a new 20,000-capacity ground in
High Wycombe
High Wycombe, often referred to as Wycombe ( ), is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England. Lying in the valley of the River Wye surrounded by the Chiltern Hills, it is west-northwest of Charing Cross in London, south-southeast of Ayl ...
to replace the current
Adams Park
Adams Park is an association football stadium in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. Built in 1990, it is the home ground of the local Wycombe Wanderers in League One. It was also leased from 2002 to 2014 to the rugby union club London Was ...
(only built in 1990 to replace
Loakes Park
Loakes Park was the home of Wycombe Wanderers Football Club from 1895 to 1990. It was located next to Wycombe General Hospital in the centre of High Wycombe, England. The ground was donated to the club by Frank Adams, a former Wanderers player ...
) where the capacity is capped, and further expansion is not possible. The plans were dropped in 2011, and Wasps left the ground in 2014.
League Two
AFC Wimbledon
* Stadium:
Plough Lane
Plough Lane – named The Cherry Red Records Stadium for sponsorship reasons – is a football stadium in Wimbledon, south-west London, which has been the home of AFC Wimbledon since 3 November 2020. A groundshare with rugby league side London ...
* Capacity: 9,300
*''Current stadium status'': New.
On their foundation in 2002,
AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon is an English professional Association football, football club, based in London Borough of Merton, Merton, London, that plays in the EFL League Two, after being relegated from the EFL League One following the 2021–22 EFL Leagu ...
moved in with
Kingstonian
Kingstonian Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London which currently plays in the Isthmian League Premier Division.
The club was founded in 1885 by YMC ...
at
Kingsmeadow
Kingsmeadow is a football stadium in Norbiton, Kingston upon Thames, London, which is used for home matches by Chelsea Women and Chelsea U21s. It was formerly the home of Kingstonian F.C. and AFC Wimbledon and has a capacity of 4,850, with 2, ...
, purchasing the ground. They had plans to relocate the club to the
London Borough of Merton
The London Borough of Merton () is a borough in Southwest London, England.
The borough was formed under the London Government Act 1963 in 1965 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Mitcham, the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon and the Merton ...
, the traditional home of
Wimbledon F.C.
Wimbledon Football Club was an English football club formed in Wimbledon, south-west London, in 1889 and based at Plough Lane from 1912 to 1991. Founded as Wimbledon Old Centrals, the club were a non-League team for most of their history. ...
, since the formation of the club. This speculation eventually proved true; AFC Wimbledon received final approval to build a new ground there in September 2016.
Demolition of the old
Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium began on 16 March 2019, with one main stand and three temporary stands. The new
Plough Lane
Plough Lane – named The Cherry Red Records Stadium for sponsorship reasons – is a football stadium in Wimbledon, south-west London, which has been the home of AFC Wimbledon since 3 November 2020. A groundshare with rugby league side London ...
was opened in October 2020, with the first Dons match being a 2-2 draw against Doncaster Rovers behind closed doors. There are plans to expand Plough Lane to 20,000 capacity in the long-term future.
Barrow
* Stadium:
Progression Solicitors Stadium
* Capacity: 5,045
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Barrow are investigating building a new stadium in the Docklands section of the town, which would be shared with the
Barrow Raiders
The Barrow Raiders are a semi-professional rugby league team in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The club was formed in 1875 as Barrow Football Club. For the 1995–96 and 1996 seasons the club was known as Barrow Braves, becoming the Ba ...
rugby league side.
Bradford City
*Stadium:
Valley Parade
Valley Parade, known as the University of Bradford Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is an all-seater football stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Built in 1886, it was the home of Manningham Rugby Football Club until 1903, when they c ...
* Capacity: 25,136
* ''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Carlisle United
*Stadium:
Brunton Park
Brunton Park is a football stadium and the home of Carlisle United. It is situated in the city of Carlisle and has a certified capacity of 17,949. The ground opened in 1909. Brunton Park's grandstand burned down in 1953 and the stadium floode ...
* Capacity: 18,202
* ''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Colchester United
*Stadium:
Colchester Community Stadium
Colchester Community Stadium, known for sponsorship reasons as the JobServe Community Stadium, is a football stadium in Colchester, England. It is the home of Colchester United Football Club. It has a capacity of 10,105 and opened in August 200 ...
* Capacity: 10,105
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Colchester United
Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system.
Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...
took possession of a new stadium, funded by the local council, in July 2008. The
Colchester Community Stadium
Colchester Community Stadium, known for sponsorship reasons as the JobServe Community Stadium, is a football stadium in Colchester, England. It is the home of Colchester United Football Club. It has a capacity of 10,105 and opened in August 200 ...
cost £16 million to build and has a capacity of 10,000 seats. There is potential for future expansion to 18,000.
Crawley Town
*Stadium: Broadfield Stadium, The People's Pension Stadium
* Capacity: 6,134
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Crawley Town F.C., Crawley Town expanded Broadfield Stadium in 2012 by rebuilding the East Stand, increasing capacity at the stadium by 2,151 and constructing new turnstile blocks, toilets and concession areas as well as improved floodlighting.
and Crawley Town Football Club also have new plans to construct a bigger and better stadium with a larger capacity in the nearby area known as Bewbush within the town.
Crewe Alexandra
*Stadium: Gresty Road, The Alexandra Stadium
* Capacity: 10,153
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Crewe Alexandra F.C., Crewe Alexandra are hoping to expand their stadium, Alexandra Stadium to 16,700. However, Crewe are looking for benefactors to donate funding for the project. With this money, the 3 smaller stands will all have 2 tiers, each holding another 2,000–2,500 spectators each. Also, a new interactive score board will be placed at the stadium above the Wulvern Housing stand.
Doncaster Rovers
* Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
* Capacity: 15,231
*''Current stadium status'': New.
In December 2006 the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster held its first sporting fixture. even though it did not have its official opening until August 2007 when they played Manchester United in a pre-season friendly.
Grimsby Town
*Stadium: Blundell Park
* Capacity: 9,027
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Since the mid-1990s the club has been pursuing a move to a new stadium elsewhere in the area. In the late 1990s the club submitted a planning application for a new stadium on the western outskirts of Grimsby at Great Coates, adjacent to the A180 road (England), A180 dual carriageway. The provisionally titled Conoco Stadium was to be funded by a partnership with a major retailer and would be built with a capacity of 14,000 that could be expanded up to 21,000 (to meet Premier League requirements) in a matter of weeks by building the entire structure of the stadium but not installing any facilities or seats in the four corners of the stadium until they were required.
The new stadium would have included facilities to match the best Premier League clubs including a substantial increase in match-day hospitality areas, more Luxury box, corporate boxes of a far higher standard, more cafe and bar areas including for away supporters, significantly more toilets, larger and more versatile player dressing rooms, wider seats with more legroom, a hard-wearing hybrid pitch capable of withstanding multiple rugby and football matches being played on it every week and facilities that could be used throughout the year for corporate events.
The aim was to open the new stadium for the start of the 2001/2002 season. After considerable opposition to the plans from local residents delayed the project, the new stadium received planning permission from North East Lincolnshire Council in November 2000. The Government Offices for the English Regions, Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber approved the plan in February 2002, Conoco agreed naming rights to the stadium in April 2002 and the revised opening date was set for the start of the 2003/2004 season. At the end of 2002 retailers Woolworths Group (United Kingdom), Woolworths and B&Q pulled out of the scheme and opening was set back again to the 2005/2006 season. After planning permission was refused in 2003 due to issues with the release of the land the club resubmitted a planning application in 2006 along the same lines as the earlier proposal that was awarded permission by the council in 2007. Due to the Great Recession, economic crisis of 2008 and struggling performances on the pitch the stadium's planning permission expired in 2010 and the Great Coates proposal was no longer considered viable.
After committing to seeking a new site for a new stadium in 2011 the club actively pursued a range of potential stadium sites in an around Grimsby. After a long feasibility study the momentum was clearly behind a site off Peaks Parkway two miles South of Grimsby. The club submitted a planning application for a less ambitious 14,000 capacity stadium along with an adjoining retail development in November 2016. Opponents to the Peaks Parkway scheme argued that the use of a greenfield site over various brownfield alternatives and the proximity of the stadium to a cemetery made it unsuitable and the council took the site off the table in October 2018.
In October 2018 the council indicated a preference for Freeman Street and the East Marsh to be used as a new location for a new stadium as part of a major regeneration project of this part of the town.
Advantages of this site include extensive regeneration of the area and the use of a brownfield site but disadvantages include parking and transport as the new stadium would be within the town itself.
Talk of using Port of Grimsby#Fish Docks (1857–), Grimsby Fish Dock as a site for a new stadium has increased since July 2019.
Advantages of this site are the use of the underused but iconic docks which could be directly incorporated into the design and ample scope for parking and transport links. Disadvantages include the potential cost of filling in the docks and land decontamination. The 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 General Election produced a Conservative victory in the Great Grimsby (UK Parliament constituency), Great Grimsby Constituency and this may have a significant effect on the stadium plans. As Conservative policy is to support the creation of Free economic zone, Free Ports after leaving the European Union there is an opportunity for the town to attract more inward investment and for the ports to grow. This would make the fish docks site less desirable as it could limit the regeneration of the fishing industry and the regeneration opportunities of the Freeman Street site more attractive to government as it considers funding.
At the end of December 2019 the leader of the council stated that regeneration of the Freeman Street area with a new stadium on it was "top of his wish list for 2020".
Gillingham
* Stadium: Priestfield Stadium, Priestfield
* Capacity: 11,582
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Priestfield Stadium has been entirely rebuilt since 1997, but
Gillingham chairman Paul Scally has made clear his intention of moving to a new stadium, despite Gillingham dropping from the Championship to League Two since 2005. Although the club have since bounced back to Football League One, League One, and subsequently being relegated back into League Two the following season, the chairman has announced plans for a new stadium are on hold due to the current financial climate. In 2012 the club announced plans to build a 15,000–18,000-seater stadium at the Mill Hill site off of Yokusuka Way. Also on the 40-acre complex would be a supermarket, a hotel, a tennis academy, fast food restaurants, a nursery and a fitness centre.
Harrogate Town
* Stadium: Wetherby Road, Envirovent Stadium
* Capacity: 5,000
* ''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Hartlepool United
* Stadium: Victoria Park (Hartlepool), Victoria Park
* Capacity: 7,856
* ''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Leyton Orient
*Stadium: Brisbane Road, The Breyer Group Stadium
* Capacity: 9,271
* ''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Mansfield Town
*Stadium: Field Mill, One Call Stadium
* Capacity: 9,186
* ''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Newport County
*Stadium: Rodney Parade
* Capacity: 8,700
* ''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Northampton Town
*Stadium: Sixfields Stadium, Sixfields
* Capacity: 7,798
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Rochdale
* Stadium: Spotland Stadium, The Crown Oil Arena
* Capacity: 10,249
* ''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Salford City
*Stadium: Moor Lane, The Peninsula Stadium
* Capacity: 5,106
* ''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Stockport County
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Edgeley Park has been under discussion for redevelopment of the away end, called the Railway End, as they planned to add an extra tier and roof to the stand. However, due to land behind the stadium being owned by the council, who are currently not willing to sell the land, these plans have been put on hold. Another plan was to build the Popular side and add another tier with executive boxes, but all these plans have been put on hold.
The stadium achieved an 11,000-seat capacity in the late 1990s, when the club was playing in Division One. At one stage there were plans for County to relocate to
Maine Road
Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England, that was home to Manchester City F.C. from 1923 to 2003. It hosted FA Cup semi-finals, the Charity Shield, a League Cup final and England matches. Maine Road's highest atte ...
once Manchester City F.C., Manchester City vacated it in 2003, but these plans were scrapped and Maine Road has since been demolished.
Stevenage
*Stadium: Broadhall Way, Lamex Stadium
* Capacity: 6,722
* ''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Sutton United
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Sutton United F.C., Sutton United's ground, Gander Green Lane, has a rather distant terrace at the east end, and the club hope to bring the terrace much closer to the goal, along with several other improvements to the clubhouse.
Swindon Town
*Stadium: County Ground (Swindon), County Ground
* Capacity: 15,728
* ''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Tranmere Rovers
* Stadium: Prenton Park
* Capacity: 16,567
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Tranmere Rovers F.C., Tranmere Rovers originally had plans to expand Prenton Park's capacity to 30,000 should the club have reached the Premier League. With this now looking unlikely, the club are looking to replace their ageing Main Stand for a more modern structure.
Tranmere have been linked with a new stadium as part of the £4.5 Billion "Wirral Waters" Scheme, That has recently been given the go ahead. The capacity may be lowered from the current Prenton Park due to dwindling attendances.
Walsall
*Stadium: Bescot Stadium, The Banks's Stadium
* Capacity: 11,300
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Walsall F.C. have announced they have gained planning permission to rebuild the William Sharp End, adding an extra 2,300 seats and raising overall capacity at the Bescot Stadium to 13,500.
Bescot Stadium was opened in 1990 to replace nearby Fellows Park, and originally had a capacity of just under 10,000, of which approximately two thirds was seated. The construction of a new all-seater stand on the site of the terraced section took place in 2002.
National League
AFC Fylde
* Stadium: Mill Farm
* Capacity: 6,000
*''Current stadium status'': New.
AFC Fylde moved to Kellamergh Park, in 2006 in order to meet the ground criteria for promotion to the North West Counties Football League. On 19 January 2008 the club announced plans for a further move to yet another new stadium at an unnamed site.
In 2016, AFC Fylde moved to their newest ground, Mill Farm with 6,000 capacity.
Aldershot Town
* Stadium: Recreation Ground (Aldershot), The EBB Stadium
* Capacity: 7,100
* ''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Barnet
* Stadium: The Hive Stadium, The Hive
* Capacity: 6,500
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Barnet F.C., Barnet were forced to move in a hurry to their training complex 'The Hive Stadium, The Hive' in 2013. The complex had the shell of a small stadium with two abandoned end terraces behind the main building. Between February and August 2013 the pitch was renovated, terraces restored, 750 seats built into the back of the existing building and a new 2700 capacity stand built along the opposite touchline. Construction re-commenced in November 2015 with the main building (now renamed East Stand) being extended to provide a medical centre, ticket office and enlarge the banqueting facilities. A gradual process is underway to convert the stadium to all seated and enhance facilities at the site with the North terrace replaced by a 1868 capacity stand in the style of the new west stand due for completion in September 2016. The Chairman has confirmed that replacement of the South Terrace, extension of the West Stand and an improvement of the current partial roof of the East stand and a New sports hall will be scheduled once the existing work is complete.
Boreham Wood
* Stadium: Meadow Park (Borehamwood), Meadow Park
* Capacity: 5,000
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Bromley
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
In April 2017, Bromley F.C., Bromley announced plans to redevelop the South end of their Hayes Lane stadium. The plans include an all-seater stand with capacity of up to 1,450 incorporating indoor sports facilities for community use. While planning permission has been achieved, work is yet to commence as of May 2018.
Chesterfield
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Chesterfield F.C., Chesterfield were looking to move out of their dated Saltergate ground for several years in other locations around the town before planning permission was granted at the former Dema glassworks in July 2008.
The new ground opened in 2010 and was called, for sponsorship reasons, the b2net Stadium. In 2012 after the purchase of b2net by Swedish company Proact the stadium name changed to its current name, the Proact Stadium.
The ground has a capacity of 10,504 all seated and was built at a cost of £13,000,000. The stadium was designed to be easily expanded in the future.
FC Halifax Town
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Halifax Town A.F.C., Halifax Town had at one point been planning further ground improvements to The Shay, increasing the Main Stand to take capacity to over 10,000. Financial difficulties meant that development had to put on hold for the foreseeable future, leaving the Main Stand half-finished.
With the club resurrected as FC Halifax Town in the Northern Premier League First Division (North), the Main Stand was completed in March 2010.
Oldham Athletic
*Stadium: Boundary Park
* Capacity: 13,513
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Boundary Park has been all-seater stadium since the mid-1990s, though the improvements were very much a task of refurbishment rather than reconstruction. The only reconstruction happened at the Rochdale Road End of the ground where the old traditional open terrace was replaced by a 4,600 capacity all seated stand. The Chadderton Road End on the opposite side of the ground simply had seats bolted onto the terrace, whilst the Main Stand and Broadway Stand had seats added to the lower tiers of the stand.
There were plans in the late 1990s for a move to a new 20,000 all seater stadium on adjoining waste ground, but these were scrapped.
Because of these problems, the club announced in the summer of 2009 that it was considering moving to a new stadium in Failsworth. However, the Charities Commission later turned down the application.
On 28 July 2011 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council offered the club £5.7 million to help with their redevelopment fund of Boundary Park, which would involve the redevelopment of the Broadway Stand.
Planning approval for the new North Stand was confirmed in April 2013, including a 2,671 capacity stand, a health and fitness suite, supporters' bar and event facilities. Demolition and preparatory work started in the summer of 2013.
Construction of the new North Stand is still ongoing, although the seating area in the stand was open for use on 17 October 2015 for the home match against Sheffield United. The new North Stand is significantly taller than the stand that it replaced although the capacity for supporters is roughly the same, bringing the ground capacity up to 13,512. The additional height allows for office space, corporate hospitality, retail opportunities and a gymnasium
Maidstone United
*''Current stadium status'': New.
The Maidstone United F.C., club that re-formed following the dissolution of the Maidstone United F.C. (1897), original Maidstone United played at Sittingbourne, while constructing a new stadium at James Whatman Way. The new stadium (named the Gallagher Stadium) opened in July 2012 and has a capacity of 2,500 with 450 seats. In the summer of 2015, the main stand is being expanded and, along with additional upgrades, will increase the capacity to 3,000. The club is also at the forefront of introducing 3G pitches to lower league football. The stadium is used 7 days a week with the pitch standing up well to heavy use by all levels of community football. They are yet to have a game postponed for weather / pitch reasons.
Scunthorpe United
*Stadium:
Glanford Park
Glanford Park is a football stadium in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, and is the current home of team Scunthorpe United.
Opened in 1988 at a construction cost of £2.5 million, it was the first new purpose-built Football League st ...
* Capacity: 9,088
*''Current stadium status'': New; looking for move.
Scunthorpe United's
Glanford Park
Glanford Park is a football stadium in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, and is the current home of team Scunthorpe United.
Opened in 1988 at a construction cost of £2.5 million, it was the first new purpose-built Football League st ...
was built in 1988. A 6000 housing estate idea was created on the outskirts of Scunthorpe and a 12000 all seater stadium was envisaged for Scunthorpe United to play their home games at. The chairman felt that their Glanford Park was limiting the club and he wanted to have a stadium that could house concerts, conferences and be a 24/7 7 days a week used venue. Planning permission was given by the North Lincolnshire council in mid-2016.
Solihull Moors
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Solihull Moors have secured a ground share agreement at their Damson Park home with Birmingham & Solihull R.F.C., home to professional rugby union side, the Bees. The clubs have submitted (Nov08) planning applications for facility and ground improvements which will see the Borough of Solihull offered a centre of excellence and a Community Foundation which will benefit its own populace and beyond. Solihull Moors were founded in 2007 by a merger of local sides Moor Green F.C., Moor Green and Solihull Borough F.C., Solihull Borough.
Southend United
* Stadium: Roots Hall
* Capacity: 12,392
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Because Roots Hall is difficult to expand, Southend United F.C., Southend United have committed to moving to a new home at Fossetts Farm Stadium, Fossetts Farm which will have 22,000 seats. The development proposal was finally given full approval by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in July 2008. Following delays associated with obtaining the necessary funds, minor changes to the scheme were submitted to and approved by the council. However, by summer 2010, work has yet to commence on the new site as the club continued to suffer from huge financial difficulties. Although supermarket chain Sainsbury's, who intend to build a new hypermarket complex on the Roots Hall site, reached a deal with the club's owners to loan suitable capital to continue its operation, including supplying the cash that allowed the club to avoid several winding-up applications during 2010, there is still no firm date set for the beginning of construction.
York City
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
At one point York City F.C., York City were investigating improving Bootham Crescent, but have now switched their plans to the construction of a new stadium to be shared with the York City Knights rugby club.
National League North
AFC Telford United
*''Current stadium status'': New.
AFC Telford United play at the New Bucks Head It was originally built for Telford United F.C., Telford United to play at before they went bankrupt. The stadium is on the same site as the original Bucks Head, which had been home to Telford United and Wellington Town for over a century. The stadium was completed in 2003, and has a capacity of 6,300. It is covered on three out of four sides. The stadium lease and assets are currently held by Telford and Wrekin Council, completed in 2003 and was the 111th largest football stadium in
England
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.
Bradford (Park Avenue)
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C., Bradford (Park Avenue) had been planning to leave their current Horsfall Stadium for the redeveloped Odsal Stadium, Grattan Stadium, which would be shared with Bradford Bulls. With this redevelopment being continually delayed, through, Avenue are now planning to build a new 20,000-capacity stadium in South Leeds.
Darlington 1883
*''Current stadium status'': Plans Submitted.
After the demise of Darlington F.C., Darlington in 2012, fan owned Darlington 1883 was formed, they left the Darlington Arena to groundshare with Bishop Auckland F.C., Bishop Auckland at Heritage Park. Darlington entered into an agreement with Darlington Rugby Club to redevelop Blackwell Meadows and plans were submitted to the local council at the end of 2014. The club hope to move into Blackwell Meadows sometime in the 2015–16 Season
FC United of Manchester
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Since the club's formation in 2005, F.C. United of Manchester, F.C. United have not had their own home ground. Instead, they share a ground with Bury F.C., using their Gigg Lane ground.
In March 2010, the club announced plans to build their own 5,000-capacity football ground in Newton Heath, the original home of Manchester United. Manchester City Council initially approved, but within a year had backed out from funding the stadium. The council pledged to help FC United build a stadium in a new location with reduced costs, and the alternative site was announced in April 2011 in the Broadhurst Park area of Moston, Greater Manchester, Moston, Manchester. After many delays due to legal challenges by a small number of residents, work finally got underway in November 2013. The club hopes to be playing at Broadhurst Park for the start of the 2015–16 season.
Gainsborough Trinity
In November 2009, Trinity chairman Peter Swann announced that he intends to build a new 4,000-seat stadium for the club. The club was hopeful that the new stadium will be open for the beginning of the 2013–14 season, however, in September 2012, Swann announced that the plans will be cancelled, due to his ill health. The current plan is for Swann to buy the stadium from current owners the Blues Club, and spend £500,000 improving it. , talks are ongoing.
Hereford FC
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
The terraced Blackfriars Street End at Edgar Street was closed in 2009 after failing a safety inspection. The club now plan to build a 1,600 seater stand in its place, bringing capacity up to 7,650.
Hereford United were wound up by the High Court in December 2014 after failure to provide assurances that club debts would be paid. A new phoenix club, Hereford F.C. have been set up and will play at Edgar Street.
Leamington
*''Current stadium status'': New
Leamington F.C., Leamington's current home The New Windmill Ground, was opened on the site of a former farmer's field in 2000. Previous to this the club had been without a home and unable to play since 1988 when they were evicted from their previous location The Windmill Ground. When it was opened The New Windmill Ground had few facilities but two new stands and increased terracing, along with better toilets and medical facilities have since been added.
In 2017 plans were approved for a new stadium to replace their current ground, to be located in the Gallow's Hill area of town. The current ground would then be used to house Romanichal, travellers. As of April 2019 work was yet to start.
National League South
Bath City
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Bath City F.C. had plans to move from Twerton Park to join with Bath Rugby at Recreation Ground (Bath), The Rec which has a capacity of 10,600. There are long-term plans at the club to find a new home.
Braintree Town
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Braintree Town F.C. unveiled plans for a new 6,000-capacity stadium at Panfield Lane in March 2012 with club chairman Lee Harding indicating they anticipate it being ready in time for the start of the 2016–17 season. In the meantime, the club is redeveloping the Quag End of their existing Cressing Road ground to bring it up to Conference National standards.
Gloucester City
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Gloucester City A.F.C., Gloucester City are currently groundsharing with Cheltenham Town at the Abbey Business stadium (Whaddon Road) in Cheltenham following the flooding of their Gloucester City A.F.C.#Stadium, Meadow Park stadium in 2007. Gloucester spent one season groundsharing with Forest Green Rovers F.C., Forest Green Rovers at
The New Lawn
The New Lawn, also known as The Bolt New Lawn for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. It has been the home stadium of League One club Forest Green Rovers since 2006. During the 2007–08 season the stadium ...
in Nailsworth and in Cirencester. The club now look set for a return to their old ground at Meadow Park in Gloucester. Currently scaled down plans are going through the council.
Truro City
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
As part of their strategy to become the first Cornwall, Cornish side to gain League status, Truro City F.C. have plans to build a new Stadium for Cornwall at a new site to the north of the city at Pencoose Farm, Kenwyn which will include a 16,000-all-seater stadium, sports bar, training facilities and a youth academy.
Other Non-League
In February 2010 a Charitable Trust called the Haythornthwaite Sports Foundation unveiled plans for a new Community Sports Complex at Greenlands Farm which will comprise Indoor and outdoor Sports Facilities catering for local junior football, cricket and other sports plus a new home for AFC Fylde with an initial capacity of 1400. Public Consultations took place in February 2010 with further announcements expected in summer 2010.
Aylesbury United
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Aylesbury United F.C., Aylesbury United have been ground sharing with Chesham United F.C., Chesham United and currently with Leighton Town since their eviction from Buckingham Road in 2006. There are plans to move into a new 10,000-seat stadium if plans to build a sports village are approved.
Cambridge City
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
The club face a potential eviction from their City Ground, Cambridge, City Ground home in 2010. Their long-term future regarding a new stadium is unclear, and it is possible they may be forced to share with their cross-city rivals,
Cambridge United
Cambridge United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Cambridge, England. They compete in EFL League one , the 3rd tier of the English football league system. The club is based at the Abbey Stadium on N ...
at the
Abbey Stadium
Abbey Stadium is a association football, football stadium in Cambridge, England. It has been the home ground of Cambridge United F.C. since 1932, and currently has a maximum Seating capacity, capacity of 8,127 spectators. Cambridge Regional Coll ...
or relocate to another settlement on a temporary basis.
Grays Athletic
*''Current stadium status'': Homeless.
Grays Athletic F.C., Grays Athletic had plans to redevelop the New Recreation Ground to facilitate entry into the football league. The ground was sold in 2007 with housing built on the site which left Grays homeless and seeking to built a new stadiu
It is proposed they will ground share with another club while the new arena is built. However, it was announced on 12 April 2008 that Grays Athletic plan to move to a New Grays Athletic Stadium, new stadium in Aveley, Thurrock.
Histon
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Histon F.C., Histon are rebuilding the Bridge Road End, bringing the seating capacity of the stadium up to 1700 and the overall capacity of their Glassworld Stadium to over 4000.
Kettering Town
*''Current stadium status'': Up for sale
Kettering Town F.C., Kettering have aspirations to move to a new stadium somewhere in the borough, with problems lying in securing funding and securing the lease on current ground, Rockingham Road. Chairman Imraan Ladak insisted plans were on track, with a site identified and potential funding sourced; however, in 2011 Kettering Town moved to Nene Park, former home of rivals Rushden & Diamonds F.C., Rushden & Diamonds.
Matlock Town
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Matlock are in process of rebuilding the North Stand, to bring the stadium capacity up to 2,757, from the previous 2,214 capacity .
St Albans City
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
In 2006 the chairman of the club threatened to move them out of St Albans if the council would not back plans to build a new 10,000-stadium on Green Belt land on the outskirts of St Albans. Little has been of the proposition since, and the current Clarence Park, St Albans, Clarence Park has been given a superficial makeover. In 2013, the club submitted a planning application for a new stadium.
St Helens Town
*''Current stadium status'': Proposed.
St Helens Town F.C. currently share Brocstedes Park with Ashton Town F.C., and may return to the town to a stadium to be built as part of the redevelopment of the Ruskin Drive sports complex.
Warrington Town
*''Current stadium status'': New.
Warrington Town announced plans to move from Cantilever Park to a new 5,000–6,000 all-seater stadium at the new Omega Development site next to the M62 near Burtonwood.
Weymouth
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
On 27 August 2008, Weymouth F.C. outlined plans to construct a new 6,000 all-seater stadium, hoped to be open by 2012 when the area hosts sailing events during the London Olympics 2012, London Olympics. A large part of the cost would be offset by the sale and redevelopment of the existing Wessex Stadium.
Worcester City
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Worcester City F.C., Worcester City are planning to move to a new stadium, leaving St George's Lane after more than a century. They have entered into an agreement with developers St Mowden to construct a new 6000-seat stadium at Nunnery Way. Following a deal falling through. Worcester presently play their home games at Victoria Park. Home of Bromsgrove Sporting.
Workington
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
Following their recent rise in status, Workington A.F.C., Workington are redeveloping their Borough Park (Workington), Borough Park home, to comply with FA regulations. The ground formerly played host to league football until the club's relegation in 1977.
Expelled clubs
Bury
*''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
In early 2015 many Bury F.C., Bury supporters began speculating that the club were planning a move to nearby Pilsworth at former retail park, Park 66. The site is 2.3 miles from Bury's current home Gigg Lane. Currently a bowling alley, cinema and several restaurants sit abandoned. The site would be large enough for a stadium if the abandoned buildings were to be demolished. If a stadium were to be built there would be easy access from the nearby M66 motorway. However, in 2016 chairman Stewart Day ruled out Park 66 and is now in talks with Bury Council to try to find a suitable site closer to the town centre.
Defunct Clubs
Macclesfield Town
*Stadium: Moss Rose
* Capacity: 6,355
* ''Current stadium status'': Reconstructed.
References
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Lists of association football stadiums in England
Proposed stadiums in the United Kingdom