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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]
Old Trafford is an area of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, which borders the cities of Manchester and Salford. It is located two miles (3.2 km) south-west of Manchester city centre in the historic county of Lancashire. The area represents the north-eastern tip of the parliamentary constituency of Stretford and Urmston.
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 ...
Similar to its counterpart, one end of the Old Trafford cricket ground is called the Stretford End, the other end of the ground is called the Brian Statham end. Lancashire hold the record for the most tournament wins in the Pro40 tournament (5 times) which ran from 1969 to 2009 and the Friends Provident Trophy (7 times) which ran from 1963 to 2009.
Before the Taylor Report, which required all Premier League and Division One clubs to have all-seater stadia by the start of the 1994–95 season, the Stretford End was the main standing area at Old Trafford, accommodating around 20,000 fans. The very upper tier of the end did actually have form seating where generally families with younger ...
Old Trafford: Old Trafford, Greater Manchester: 74,197 [3] Manchester United: Premier League: 1910 3 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium: Tottenham, London 62,850 [4] Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League 2019 4 London Stadium [n 1] Stratford, London 62,500 [5] [n 2] West Ham United: Premier League 2012 5 Anfield: Anfield, Liverpool: 61,276 [3] Liverpool ...
Tourist attractions in Trafford include Old Trafford football ground and Old Trafford Cricket Ground. Chill Factor e is an indoor ski slope in Trafford Park. It features the UK's longest and widest real snow indoor slope, 100 metres (110 yd) wide and 180 metres (200 yd) long. [72] The Imperial War Museum North in Trafford Park
Manchester United F.C. is a football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.Founded as Newton Heath F.C. in 1878, the club has had several mascots; the most recent is "Fred the Red", an anthropomorphic "Red Devil", after the club's nickname, the Red Devils.