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Elland Road has four stands – the Don Revie (North) Stand (also known as the kop), the Jack Charlton (East) Stand (which was once known as the Lowfields Road stand), [8] the Norman Hunter South Stand and the John Charles (West) Stand – and an all-seated capacity of 37,792 [3] Elland Road had recorded its record league attendance on 27 ...
The newly formed Leeds City agreed to rent and later own Elland Road. After their disbandment, it was sold to Leeds United. The most recent stand at Elland Road is the East, or Family, Stand, a cantilever structure completed during the 1992–93 season that can hold 17,000 seated spectators. It is a two-tiered stand that continues around the ...
The stadium became all-seater in 1994, following the refurbishment of "The Kop" (now the Don Revie 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. [125]
Elland Road football stadium was built in 1897 and thirty years later in 1927 two stadiums were constructed on its west side. The first Fullerton Park was built directly next door to the football stadium on the north side of Elland Road and the second Elland Road Greyhound Stadium was constructed opposite Fullerton Park on the south side of Elland Road.
In the first leg at Pride Park, Kemar Roofe handed Leeds a lead in the tie before returning to Elland Road. Stuart Dallas gave the side a 2-0 aggregate lead, before a mix up between Kiko Casillas & Liam Cooper just before half time allowed Jack Marriott to reduce the deficit and give Frank Lampard's Derby County hope.
On 28 April 2007, during the Championship game at Elland Road with Ipswich Town, about 200 home fans spilled onto the pitch and forced a 30-minute delay after a late Ipswich equaliser all but sealed Leeds' relegation to League One. [6] Around 100 of them ran toward the South East stand where the away supporters were located.
Spion Kop, Manor Ground Boer soldiers at Spion Kop hill, 1900. Spion Kop (or the Kop for short) is a colloquial name or term for a number of single-tier terraces and stands at sports stadiums, particularly in the United Kingdom.
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