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The bet365 Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England and the home of EFL Championship club Stoke City. The stadium was previously called the Britannia Stadium but was renamed on 1 June 2016 when the club entered into a new stadium-naming-rights agreement with its parent company, Bet365 . [ 4 ]
The Victoria Ground hosted seven FA Cup semi-finals, one of these was this in 1906, between Woolwich Arsenal and Newcastle United.. The Victoria Ground had been Stoke City's home since March 1878 and the first match was the inaugural Staffordshire Cup final against Talke Rangers on 28 March 1878, [3] Stoke won 1–0 before 2,500 spectators. [2]
In 1925, Stoke-on-Trent was granted city status and this led the club to change its name to Stoke City F.C. [17] The 1930s saw the debut of club's most celebrated player, Stanley Matthews . Matthews, who grew up in Hanley , was an apprentice at the club and made his first appearance in March 1932, [ 18 ] against Bury , at the age of 17. [ 19 ]
The Academic Walk sideline has also gained additional seating. As part of the second stage of the renovation, the field house located at the east end of the field was remodeled and expanded to provide an area for a new football locker room, football coaches' suite, and additional locker room space for the soccer, lacrosse, and swim teams.
Stadium City State Team Conference Capacity Record [a] Built Expanded [b] Surface Acrisure Stadium: Pittsburgh: PA: Pittsburgh: ACC: 68,400 [A 1] 70,622 (September 1, 2022 vs. West Virginia) 2001 [1] Grass Aggie Memorial Stadium: Las Cruces: NM: New Mexico State: CUSA: 30,343 [2] 32,993 (September 26, 1998 vs. UTEP) [2] 1978 [2] 2005 [2] S5-M ...
Capacities are standard total capacity, including seats and any standing areas, and excluding any temporary seating. Most are used for association football (referred to as football hereafter), with others hosting rugby union , rugby league , cricket , athletics , Gaelic football , hurling , camogie , tennis , American football , speedway and ...
The 1969–70 season was Stoke City's 63rd season in the Football League and the 39th in the First Division.. Stoke seemingly had an abundance of talent emerging as the 1960s gave way for the 1970s and Waddington addressed the past two seasons lack of goals by bringing back John Ritchie from Sheffield Wednesday and Jimmy Greenhoff from Birmingham City.
They are ranked by capacity, which is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can normally accommodate. All U.S. stadiums with a current capacity of 10,000 or more are included in the list. The majority of these stadiums are used for American football , either in college football or the National Football League (NFL).