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This is a list of football stadiums in England, ranked in descending order of capacity. There is an extremely large number of football stadiums and pitches in England, and a definitive list of stadiums would be difficult to produce. This list, therefore, is limited to stadiums that meet one of the following criteria based on current capacity:
Stadium Capacity Location Country Tenants Sport Image 1: Wembley Stadium: 90,000 [1]: London: England: England national football team: Association football, Rugby league, Rugby union, Gaelic Football & Hurling, American football, Boxing, Professional wrestling
This is a list of sports stadiums in England, ranked in descending order of capacity.All stadiums in England with a capacity of 10,000 or more are included. Only stadiums within the territory of England are included; thus the home stadiums of the six Welsh football clubs playing in the English football league system are not listed here.
There is an extremely large number of non-league football stadiums and pitches in England, and a definitive list of stadia would be impossible to produce. This list therefore includes: All football stadiums with a capacity of at least 5,000. Non-League football describes football leagues played outside the top leagues of a country. Usually, it ...
Lists of association football stadiums in England (9 P) P. Proposed football venues in England (1 C, 5 P) S. Football venues in South Yorkshire (2 C, 5 P)
Since the inception of the Premier League, England's highest level of association football annual league tournament, 61 football stadiums have been used to host matches. The inaugural round of Premier League matches took place on 15 August 1992 with eleven clubs hosting the opening fixtures. [ 1 ]
Since the inception of the EFL Championship, England's current second tier, in 2004, there have been 61 stadiums used in the League.Following the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989, the Taylor Report recommended the abolition of standing terraces by the start of the 1994–95 season, to be replaced by all-seater stadiums. [1]
The stadium has a capacity of 32,505 and is currently the largest football stadium in the South of England (excluding London). Relocation had been in the pipeline since the 1980s, although Southampton had converted The Dell into an all-seater stadium in the early 1990s as a temporary measure, leaving it with a capacity of less than 16,000.