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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 74,197, [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]
In 1975, the red devil ("A devil facing the sinister guardant supporting with both hands a trident gules") was granted as a heraldic badge by the College of Arms to the English Football League for use by Manchester United. [104] In 2023, the Red Devil motif alone, which had been used in promotional items and merchandise previously, was used as ...
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.
The Stretford End terraces before 1993. 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 return leg was played at Maine Road, the home of Manchester United's local rivals Manchester City, as United's stadium, Old Trafford, had not yet been fitted with the necessary floodlighting for evening games. The match finished as a 10–0 win for Manchester United, a result that still stands as the club's record win in all competitions.
Manchester United Football Ground railway station, often known as the Old Trafford Halt or Manchester United FC Halt, [2] is sited adjacent to Old Trafford football stadium in the area of Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is on the southern Liverpool-Manchester line between Deansgate and Trafford Park. Services to the station are ...
United's ground is in Old Trafford; Manchester City's home ground is the City of Manchester Stadium in east Manchester. Fixtures between the clubs are referred to as the Manchester Derby . Manchester United are historically the second most successful football club in England with 67 elite honours won (including three European Cups) and was the ...
City fans refer to United's stadium as "The Swamp", whilst United call the City of Manchester Stadium, the "Emptyhad", which is a play on the words "Empty" and "Etihad" (the sponsored name of the stadium), which is a well known anti-City jibe that stems from the myth that City have consistently low attendances due to sporadic visible light blue ...