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, ranked in descending order of capacity. There is an extremely large number of football stadiums and pitches in England, so this list is not complete. It includes: * The stadiums of all 116 clubs in the top five tiers of the
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), with rankings within each league given. * The stadiums of the 9 clubs in the top tier of women's football in England, the
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s, as of the 2018–19 season (currently 2). * All other football stadiums with a capacity of at least 5,000. A person who has watched a match at the stadiums of all 92 Premier League and
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Existing stadiums


Old stadiums

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


Future stadiums

Stadiums which are currently in development include:


See also

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Record home attendances of English football clubs This is a list of record home attendances of English football clubs. It lists the highest attendance of all English Non League, Football League and Premier League clubs, for a home match above a highest attendance of 5,000. It is noticeable that ...
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List of Scottish football stadiums by capacity This is a list of association football stadiums in Scotland, ranked in descending order of capacity. It includes: * The stadiums of all 42 clubs in the Scottish Professional Football League Current stadiums See also * List of association ...
* List of football stadiums in Wales by capacity * List of association football stadiums by capacity *
List of European stadiums by capacity This is a list of the largest European stadiums. Stadiums with a capacity of 25,000 or more are included. The list includes stadiums in European countries. They are ordered by their audience capacity. The capacity figures are for each stadium's ...
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Development of stadiums in English football 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, and was originally a conditio ...
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List of Premier League stadiums Since the inception of the Premier League, England's highest level of association football annual league tournament, 60 football stadiums have been used to host matches. The inaugural round of Premier League matches took place on 15 August 1992 w ...
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List of British stadiums by capacity The following is a list of stadiums in the United Kingdom with a capacity of 5,000 or more. They are ordered by capacity, which is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can normally accommodate. Capacities are standard total capacity, inclu ...
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List of English rugby union stadiums by capacity The following is a list of rugby union stadiums in England. The stadiums are organised by capacity, which is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can normally accommodate. Capacities are standard total capacity, including seats and any sta ...
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List of English rugby league stadiums by capacity This is a list of English rugby league stadiums. It contains all finals venues and professional club grounds in addition to select amateur club grounds, ranked in descending order of seating capacity. Existing stadiums Former stadiums Exist ...
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List of association football stadiums by country This is a list of major football stadiums, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. It does not include American Football stadiums in the USA that are also used for association football. Albania Algeria Argentina Armenia Aust ...


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