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Old Trafford (/ ˈ t r æ f ər d /) is a football stadium in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, and is the home of Manchester United. With a capacity of 74,310, [ 1 ] it is the largest club football stadium (and second-largest football stadium overall after Wembley Stadium ) in the United Kingdom, and the twelfth-largest in Europe . [ 3 ]
English: Diagram of Old Trafford Cricket Ground showing the pitch and stands. Distances from the centre of the pitch to the boundary shown in metres. Distances from the centre of the pitch to the boundary shown in metres.
In the 1938–39 season – the last year of football before the Second World War – the club finished 14th in the First Division. [9] During the war, the club participated in the Wartime League and the Football League War Cup, but in 1941, Old Trafford was damaged by German bombs and would not be fully repaired until 1949. [10]
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The site was first used as a cricket ground in 1857, when the Manchester Cricket Club moved onto the meadows of the de Trafford estate. [9] Despite the construction of a large pavilion (for the amateurs—the professionals used a shed at the opposite end of the ground), Old Trafford's first years were rocky: accessible only along a footpath from the railway station, the ground was situated out ...
The club's Old Trafford stadium was severely damaged in a German air raid in March 1941 during the Second World War, and the club did not return there until the stadium's rebuilding was completed in 1949, until which time their home games were played at Maine Road, the stadium of Manchester City.
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1966 FIFA World Cup – Old Trafford; UEFA Euro 1996 – Old Trafford; UEFA Women's Euro 2005 – City of Manchester Stadium; 2012 Olympic football – Old Trafford; UEFA Club Finals. 2003 UEFA Champions League Final – Old Trafford; 2008 UEFA Cup Final – City of Manchester Stadium; Domestic Club Finals. FA Cup Finals – 4 matches 1893 ...