A large number of English football clubs have an ongoing scheme to rebuild existing land, or to move into a newly built stadium. The trend to the stadiums of all seats was originally determined by the Taylor Report, and was originally only a Premier League entry condition. It has now become a requirement that within the first three years of club promotion to the Championships, all paying spectators sit down, even if the club is subsequently relegated. This page provides lists and descriptions (incomplete) about clubs that have planned new stadiums or renovations, or have been moved/refurbished since around the time of the Taylor Report.
The following list includes a Wales-based club but plays in the English football league system.
Video Development of stadiums in English football
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When Scunthorpe United moved to Glanford Park in 1988, it was the first time the Football League club had moved into a specially built new home since 1956. To date, most teams play on the pitch largely unchanged structurally for most players. from the 20th century. One of the few clubs to play in the completely rebuilt World War II stadium is Manchester United, whose stadium has been rebuilt due to bomb damage during the war, and was significantly changed in the 1960s and again in the early 1980s.
Land improvements are rare, most clubs rarely reach their capacity on a regular basis, and poor facilities are common - this is particularly the case between 1979 and 1986, when audiences fall, with a decrease in viewers blamed on increasing hooliganism, as well as economic downturns and sharp increases in the unemployment that occurred in the early 1980s. The main source of revenue comes from receiving gateways, and most of the extra money is spent on transfers. Not until the growing concerns of the 1980s about the security of the stadiums existed, clubs began to examine the possibilities offered by rebuilding their base. It was first highlighted in May 1985, when 56 fans were burned to death in fire at the Bradford City stadium, and even more so after the Hillsborough disaster in April 1989, which led to the death of 96 Liverpool fans in the FA Cup Semifinals. Poor maintenance is seen as the main reason for fires in Bradford, while the presence of perimeter fences and standing areas (as well as loss of police control) is seen as a major factor in the Hillsborough tragedy.
In January 1990, the Taylor Report recommended converting all Football League stadiums to the all-seater arena even though this was then applied only to the top two levels with effects from the 1994-95 season. The report had ordered the third and fourth tier teams to follow it in 1999, but the club at this level was allowed to continue with the standing accommodation.
This was given financial assistance from the government, and although unpopular among fans, attendance began to increase again in the 1990s.
The new all-seater arrangement tends to be more popular both with clubs and football authorities, as they have combined benefits of being more secure and more profitable.
The explosion of television rights after the creation of the Premier League in 1992 allowed a number of clubs to expand their stadium, or even move to a new stadium. Recognizing the commercial possibilities of the new stadium, many ambitious outfits are building specially built stadiums that often reside in the suburbs or in urban regeneration areas. It is common for clubs to tie this new stadium with a residential or recreational complex.
A number of bottom league clubs have plans for land restitution halted after the collapse of ITV Digital and a favorable broadcasting contract to which they agreed. After resale rights, a number of these programs have been reactivated in recent years, and some of the heaviest rebuilding stadiums have been in the lower divisions. Most teams with promotional ambitions eventually into the Premier League have plans to continue working in their field to bring them to an appropriate standard. Even the biggest clubs have been affected, Manchester United have largely rebuilt and expanded Old Trafford since 1992, while Arsenal moved to Emirates Stadium in 2006.
Below the bullet Current stadium status below, "New" means built after 1988 and replaces the previous place, while "Reconstructed" means the club only make improvements to their stadium.
Maps Development of stadiums in English football
Premier League
AFC Bournemouth
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
Dean's Field Dean Bournemouth was rebuilt in 2001, with pitch rotated ninety degrees from its original position. The stadium was also moved from adjacent housing. Despite being rebuilt as a three-sided stadium, seats were placed in an undeveloped South End in the fall of 2005. The seats were removed when the club was relegated to the bottom level in 2008 but fitted once again after promotion back to League One in 2010. After promotion to the Championship Sky Bet in 2013, the club installed a larger temporary and roofed temporary booth, bringing the total land capacity to only 12,000. It's named after the club legend, Ted MacDougall Stand. Following a successful Premier League debut campaign, the club submitted a planning application to the Bournemouth Borough Council to redevelop the MacDougall Stand Ted while with a larger one that would bring the land capacity to 14,529. But this plan has been suspended and just nine months later the club announced that they are looking for a new site to build a new stadium, with a view to being ready for the 2020/21 season.
Arsenal
- Current stadium status : New.
Arsenal moved to the Emirates Stadium in 2006, which has increased club revenues on a large scale. Currently, capacity is 60,355 (seated), with currently no public plan to expand it despite the strong average presence of 60,025 in the Premier League. Emirates Stadium is the second largest club headquarters in the UK, after Old Trafford. Emirates replaces Highbury, where the club has been established since 1913, which was basically updated in the early 1990s and reduced capacity from 59,000 to 38,500 in 1993. However, this was deemed inadequate in 1998 and caused the club's director to decide that the relocation required, encouraging the club to build a new stadium, with sites in Ashburton Grove selected in November 1999 (after an offer to buy Wembley Stadium failed) and work starting spring 2004. Finally opened for the 2006-07 season.
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton and Hove Albion- Current stadium status : New.
The 14th year of Brighton waiting for the permanent home ended when Brighton moved to Falmer Stadium, known as The American Express Community Stadium, in 2011, with a capacity of 22,000 seats. The stadium has been built into the design's ability to have an increased capacity to 30,750, which has been completed by the end of the 2012-13 season. This has been done by filling the four corners of the stadium and adding an additional level to the top of the East Stand. Extra corporate boxes and hotel suites have also been added to the existing Southern Mezzanine Stand, and the middle level of Club West Stand 1901 has been extended in every corner.
Brighton has not had a permanent home since May 1997, when they left Goldstone Ground after 95 years after being sold to developers in an attempt to ease the club's financial crisis. Two seasons were spent sharing the ground with Gillingham before the club returned to Brighton to a temporary home at the Withdean Athletics Stadium, although the goal from the start was to build a new stadium in the Falmer area.
Burnley
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
Since consolidating their place in the Premier League, Burnley has made some structural and cosmetic improvements to Turf Moor. The work has been completed outside the stadium including new new club stores and corporate facilities, and work has begun to build two stand tribunes built between James Hargreaves, Jimmy McIlroy and Bob Lord stands that will accommodate the disabled supporters. This work is scheduled to be completed on time for the 2018-19 season.
Chelsea
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
After the Roman Abramovich takeover, Chelsea have reviewed their current expanding house at Stamford Bridge with a capacity of over 50,000. Many health and safety issues have stalled, because fans of the stadium location can only get out onto Fulham Road. The club has been linked with moving to a number of potential sites in west London, including a site in Earl's Court, although the club has indicated there is no such plan. A further stumbling block is that the club's naming rights are owned by Chelsea Pitch Owners, which also own Stamford Bridge property. As a condition to use the Chelsea FC's name, the club must play its first team match at Stamford Bridge. Moving to a new stadium could mean clubs have to change their name. Stamford Bridge was extensively rebuilt between 1993 and 1998, with three tribunes replaced and a circular path between pitch and tribune removed, and the only stand that stood in 1993 at this stadium was the East Stand stand in 1974. It reached a capacity of 34,000 all passengers who had been given a green light in July 1990. The current capacity of just under 42,000 was achieved in 2001.
In November 2015, Chelsea Football Club announced that it has submitted a plan to the Local Authority to build a new 60,000-seat stadium on the Stamford Bridge website, which will match the current capacity at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium and will only be surpassed by Old Trafford, and Tottenham new stadium in the Premier League.
Crystal Palace
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
In January 2011, Crystal Palace announced plans to move from damaged Selhurst Park home to return to the Crystal Palace National Sports Center (at the original land location left by the club in 1915, a stadium that also hosts the FA Cup final). from 1895 to 1914). The plan includes destroying the existing structure and rebuilding it into a soccer stadium built with a capacity of 40,000 seats. Tottenham Hotspur F.C. also released plans to re-develop the NSC to the 25,000-seat stadium, defending it as an athletic stadium, as part of their plans to rebuild the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. However, Spurs' failure to secure the site, which instead went to West Ham United has left a clear path for the Palace to pursue the site.
Their Selhurst Park home has now been used entirely since the mid-1990s, accommodating over 26,000 spectators. In December 2017, the club announced plans to rebuild the Main Stand at Selhurst Park, boosting capacity to around 34,000, with a new structure ready by 2021.
Everton
- Current stadium status: Reconstructed.
Everton are planning to move to a new stadium in Kirkby. This resulted in a large number of controversies, as it surpassed the city limits of Liverpool. In June 2008, Kirkby's board approved a new stadium, however, after a public inquiry held in December 2008, the stadium was rejected by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in November 2009.
It is planned to have 50,401 seats initially, with the potential to increase to 60,000 in the future. The stadium is currently an all-seater (with a capacity of more than 40,000) since 1994, when it stood newly built at one end of the ground. The Main Stand was built in 1970, while the remaining two stands are an updated inter-war structure.
The first plan for relocation was announced in 1996. A site in King's Dock was identified and bargained in 2000, with a view to building a new stadium with 55,000 to 60,000 seats. The plan was later suspended in 2003 when chairman Bill Kenwright said that the club was unable to raise sufficient funds.
Huddersfield City
- Current Stadium Status : New.
John Smith's Stadium in Huddersfield Town, opened as McAlpine Stadium in August 1994. Initially two booths opened, with the third booth opened later in 1994, but finally the 2nd North Stand was completed to leave the all-seater stadium with a capacity of 24,500 in 1998. The Stadium Complex includes fitness and recreation facilities built behind the North Stand with gymnasium, swimming pool and hotel and office facilities. The effort was a tri-partide one with Huddersfield Town, Huddersfield Giants Rugby league club and Kirklees Metropolitan Council becoming shareholders in a 40:20:40 ratio with a company called KSDL. After Huddersfield Town went into administration, 40% of the shares were purchased for £ 2 by the Rugby League Chairman and owner Ken Davy, and transferred to his private company Huddersfield Sporting Pride which holds 60% of the ownership of the current Stadium complex.
There are current plans for significant construction work around the Stadium that will provide Hotels, Shops, Riverside recreation facilities, bars and restaurants opposite the Stadium and on the driving range Golf and on both sides of the river. The project, HDOne, will provide a sustainable and significant revenue stream to KSDL, the company that runs and owns the stadium. There is potential for further capacity expansion by adding level 2 to the East Stand but no plans have been considered yet. The North Stand Lower Tier remains as a temporary seating area to facilitate any rock concert that can be held at the Stadium. However, there has been nothing recently and there is hope that a permanent stand will be built here as a standing porch for home fans.
Leicester City
- Current stadium status : New.
Leicester has announced plans to extend King Power Stadium to 42,000 seats. The owners have recently announced (June 2015) that they have begun an application for permission to build. The expansion plan is likely to expand the east booth, and perhaps the southern tribune (Kop) becomes a 2-tier stand.
The club has been playing at their 32,500 seater stadium since moving from nearby Filbert Street in 2002. They have spent 111 years at Filbert Street and converted it into an all-seater format in 1993 with the construction of a new stand and improvements from the other three, but a series of successes on top flight spurred ticket demand that far exceeded supply, and the limited location of the stadium made the expansion difficult, so in 1998 a decision was made to build a new stadium. However, relocation to the new stadium took place in the same year as relegation from the Premier League, placing a huge burden on the club's finances and leading to a spell in administration because the debt reached over Ã, Â £ 30 million.
Liverpool
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
In May 2002, Liverpool announced plans to build a new 55,000-capacity stadium at Stanley Park, near their current Anfield home. The planned capacity of the stadium was later upgraded to over 66,000, with initial construction beginning in 2007.
Anfield has been in power since the mid-1990s, when Spion Kop was rebuilt two years after the completion of the Centenary Stand on the south side of the stadium. The Main Stand dates back to the early 1970s, while Anfield Road Stand was all-seater when rebuilt in 1997.
The construction of the new stadium, however, was discontinued in 2008 due to lack of funds combined with the recession.
The relocation was first proposed in 2000, when the club hopes to have a 70,000-capacity stadium ready for the 2004-05 season. In May 2002 it was decided that relocation was a more viable option than extension, when the plan was changed for a cheaper 55,000 seater stadium to be built.
In April 2014 Liverpool F.C. signed a legal agreement with Liverpool City Council and Your Housing Group to redevelop the Anfield area in the vicinity. This is seen as a significant step towards the renovation of the stadium. The redevelopment is worth approximately Ã, Â £ 260 million. On September 9, 2016, the first phase of expansion was completed, bringing the total capacity to 54,047. On September 10th, the newly renovated Anfield opened for its first use in Premier League matches against Leicester City. Plans to expand Anfield Road booth have been announced to increase capacity to more than 60,000. However, until now this plan has not been officially published.
Manchester City
- Current stadium status : New - expansion to 54,000 completed in August 2015.
City has been playing at City of Manchester Stadium since 2003 (having finished for the Commonwealth Games last year) and for 80 years previously been playing on Maine Road, which has been converted into an all-seater format during the 1990s with the construction of two new booths, capacity of over 35,000, although in the early days it had held a crowd of over 80,000.
The decision to move to City of Manchester Stadium was made in 1997, where previous plans for Maine Road will be expanded to 45,000 seats, which had initially been postponed a year earlier due to City degradation.
Manchester City was taken over by Abu Dhabi United Group in September 2008, and quickly allocated land around Eastlands for rebuilding. A memorandum of understanding has been established with Manchester City Council, and the City together has 200 acres of land around Eastlands. In July 2011, the City of Manchester Stadium was renamed the Etihad Stadium which will help fund the rebuilding. The first developments include a new state-of-the-art training complex for Manchester City and a local community will be built near the Etihad Stadium with a central bridge connecting the complex to the stadium.
After two seasons with almost every league game sold out, City announced that they are in the process of applying for permission for an expansion of about 13,500 seats, which will make the ground the second largest club land in England, and the seventh largest stadium of any type in common, at around 61,000 total seats.
After receiving planning permission for stadium expansion on 14 February 2014, City announced their intention to begin construction of a third tier of seating at the South Stand alone. Although they note that permission has been accepted for expansion into the North Stand along with further side-pitch seating, the club is currently suspending these projects. With South Stand expansion adding about 6,250 seats, the stadium's new capacity after construction will be just over 54,000.
In August 2015, the 7,000 seater third level in the South Stand is completed, at the commencement of the 2015-16 football season. This expansion is designed to fit the existing roof design. Tier 3 North Stand has planned approval and work on it is expected to begin in 2017, increasing capacity to around 61,000.
Manchester United
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
Since 1992, Old Trafford has undergone a major facelift that turned the stadium into 76,000 all-seater, the largest club stadium in England.
Old Trafford has been the home of United since 1910, and after decades of gradual development (and rebuilding after bomb damage in World War II) became mostly all-seats in the 1992-1993 season when the Stretford End was rebuilt, and completely all- sitting the following season after Paddock Scoreboard has been converted, giving the country's largest capacity at club level with over 45,000 seats, although ticket demand far surpasses supply. Further re-development occurred in 1995-1996 when the 30-year-old North Stand was crushed to pave the way for a new three-tier structure. The other two stood at Old Trafford expanded in the 1999-2000 season and the latest expansion took place in 2006-07 with the expansion of seats in the quadrant. There is a proposal for the South Stand to be a triple-tier; also this will increase the capacity to 92,300 (higher capacity than Wembley Stadium); However, railway stations and tracks have blocked those ideas and seem to be on the ice for the foreseeable future. If this expansion did happen, it would even allow an invisible presence on days when Old Trafford had a standing area.
Newcastle United
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
In 2007 under the leadership of Freddy Shepherd, Newcastle United announced plans to increase the capacity of St James' Park by 8,000 to 60,000 by rebuilding Gallowgate End as part of a £ 300m scheme to rebuild the stadium and surrounding area. This will cure St James' Park with its sloping appearance. The plan appears to have been suspended in the 2007 takeover and club review by Mike Ashley, who then announced in 2008 he will sell the club. The club struggled to sell out the game in the 2008-09 season as Newcastle headed for relegation after 16 years in the Premier League, as well as in a 2009-10 campaign winning campaign, as they played at lower levels.
St James's Park was originally changed between 1992 and 1995 to provide 36,000 seat capacity, but the latest expansion did not last until 1999-2000, in time for the 2000-01 season. In 1995, with ticket requests exceeding all seating capacity, there were plans to move to a new 50,000-seat stadium at Castle Leazes, but this was abandoned in favor of expanding the existing stadium.
Southampton
- Current stadium status : New.
Southampton left The Dell for new ground, St Mary's Stadium, in 2001. The stadium has a capacity of 32,505 and is currently the largest football stadium in the South of England (except London). Relocations have been on the pipeline since the 1980s, although Southampton has turned 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.
Stoke City
- Current stadium status : New.
Stoke City have played in what is now known as the bet365 Stadium since 1997, replacing the Victoria Ground as their home stadium. Construction of the stadium costs Ã, £ 14.7million and the construction work takes about 10 months to complete. The bet365 stadium opened with a capacity of 27,740 spectators, which was reduced from 28,384 due to the separation between home and away fans.
In 2009, the club announced plans to expand the stadium by filling one or two from an open corner of the stadium. It will add about 3,000 seats, with total stadium capacity to more than 30,000. Filling in one corner will cost around £ 3 million. In November 2009, chairman Peter Coates said that the club would make the decision to expand the stadium capacity at the end of the season and depend on the survival of the Premier League club. This plan was revived in 2010 and 2012, but the club decided not to expand on both occasions.
Finally in April 2016, the club announced that jobs to fill the southeast corner would start in January next. The new corner construction starts in January 2017 and finishes on time for the start of the 2017-18 season. It adds about 1,800 seats and takes the stadium capacity to over 30,000.
Swansea City
- Current stadium status : New.
Swansea moved to a purpose built 20,520 Liberty Stadium all-seater stadium in 2005, a few years after the first relocation was planned. It replaces the Vetch Field which has been their home since they were founded and not suitable for expansion, and will have a low all seat capacity, although the relocation plan was first formulated at Swansea in the fourth league level.
The stadium is currently designed to allow expansion to more than 40,000 seats. Construction began in the fall of 2003 with the opening match at the stadium becoming a friendly between Swansea and Fulham on July 23, 2005.
In April 2013, with the third season in the Premier League being secured, they submitted plans to increase stadium capacity to 33,000, an increase of about 11,000.
Tottenham Hotspur
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed; build new land.
Tottenham have been planning bigger stadiums since the late 1990s, however, it has not been decided whether this strategy will involve expanding White Hart Lane (which has had about 36,000 all-sitting fans since the early 1990s) or moved to new sites.
Spurs announced at the Northumberland Development Project (NDP) on October 30, 2008 that the club plans to build a new stadium on White Hart Lane's existing site combined with purchased land or options to the north, creating a 56,250-seater stadium. The new development will include recreational facilities, shops, housing, club museums, public spaces and also a new base for the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation. Initial public consultations were conducted in December 2008 and further consultation on a more detailed NDP plan was held in early April 2009. A planning application was submitted to the Haringey Council in October 2009. However, after being criticized by English Heritage and other conservation groups. about the proposed demolition of listed buildings, the club withdrew plans in May 2010 to support a revised plan that maintains the listed buildings and improves the public area around the stadium.
On September 30, 2010, the Haringey Board Planning Committee unanimously approved the revised planning plan and the Mayor of London gave his approval on November 25, 2010.
After a period of extended negotiations with the Haringey Council and the Mayor of London, leading to a Section 106 agreement, planning permission was issued on 20 September 2011. Following the unrest in Tottenham, other parts of London and elsewhere in Britain in August 2011, the Greater London Authority and Haringey Council announced on Sept. 28 that it would free the club from all community infrastructure payments normally required by planners, estimated at £ 8.5 million, and to provide further Ã, Â £ 8.5 million for regeneration and infrastructure projects. On July 11, 2014, the Minister for Foreign Affairs for the Ministry of Communities and Local Government announced that a mandatory purchase order has been granted for the extraordinary land packages required for the development of the new stadium. As of February 2015 this mandatory purchase order is subject to legal challenges that are unsuccessful to land-owning businesses. The revised anticipated opening date of the stadium several times is currently scheduled for 2018/19 season.
The new stadium will feature two sophisticated artificial fields that will be used primarily for American football, and a slide-in grass field to be used for football associations. This is similar to the Sapporo Dome setting in Japan, a place used for baseball and football associations. On July 7, 2015, Tottenham and National Football League (NFL) announced that the new stadium will host at least two NFL games each season from 2018 to 2027.
Watford
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
Watford play their home game at Vicarage Road Stadium 20,877 seater after the new 3,400 East Stand, known as Sir Elton John's booth, has been completed.
In June 2015, the club announced that the ladder from Sir Elton John's stand would be moved and replaced with 700 seats. The club announced that the North East corner would be changed and 400 seats were added into it, bringing the total capacity to 22,000.
West Bromwich Albion
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
In spite of clubs playing in the Premier League for all but four seasons since 2002, The Hawthorns' capacity has been reduced from previous years due to redevelopment of the West Stand (formerly Land Stand Halfords). Chairman Jeremy Piece announced at the end of the 2010-11 season planning to increase Hawthorns' capacity to 30,000 over the next 3 years. It is not yet clear how this will be achieved; However, it could mean rebuilding Halfords Lane End or rebuilding the East Stand corner. The current capacity of just under 27,000 was first achieved in 1994, when The Hawthorns became an all-seater.
West Ham United
- Current stadium status : New.
West Ham United ruled out plans for a new stadium in east London at the Parcelforce depot adjacent to West Ham tube station after the bankruptcy of their chairman in the Icelandic financial crisis. In October 2010 the club officially registered an interest in conjunction with the Newham Borough Council in taking over the nearby 2012 Olympic Stadium. The plan involves a 60,000-capacity stadium and running track retention. The converted Olympic stadium will be part of the 2018 World Cup bid. On November 12, 2010, the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) announced that West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur are the two preferred bidders to take over the Olympic stadium after the 2012 Olympics.
OPLC announced on February 11, 2011 that West Ham has been chosen as the preferred bidder for the Olympic Stadium. The ruling was later ratified by the Government departments and the Mayor of London. However, following a legal challenge by Tottenham Hotspur and Leyton Orient over the offer process operation, Heritage Park Park Company decided in October 2011 to cancel the first bidding process, change the inheritance arrangement, and launch a new bidding process to seek a consortium to lease the stadium. In March 2012, the West Ham and Newham Council bid under the revamped process.
Upton Park has been an all-seater since the mid-1990s, the latest development is the development of Dr Martens Stand in the 2000-01 season which gave the club a 35,000 capacity, up from 26,000 capacity achieved in the mid-1990s when Upton Park first became an all-seater.
At the start of the 2016-17 season, West Ham left Upton Park and moved to the Olympic Stadium (Renamed The London Stadium), which now has a 55,000 revision capacity, and is designed with a retractable seat so the athletic track can still be used.
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Championship
Aston Villa
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
Aston Villa has planning permission to upgrade Villa Park from 42,000 to 50,000 seats by expanding the North Stand. Villa Park has been an all-seater since 1994, when Holte End was rebuilt, but did not reach its current capacity until Trinity Road Stand was rebuilt in the 2000-01 season. No major developments have occurred since, although plans have been in the pipeline since the late 1990s to take the stadium capacity to over 50,000.
Barnsley
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
Barnsley has announced that it will destroy the old West Stand at Oakwell and replace it with a new 9,000-seater stand similar to the East Stand today. Oakwell Stadium currently has 23,000 spectators and has been doing so since the mid-1990s. Plans for the reconstruction of the West Stand were first announced in the late 1990s. The stadium has lots of clear land around it allowing for expansion to 40,000 or more; However, as Oakwell rarely meets capacity, the club will continue to maintain the old West Stand for the foreseeable future.
Blackburn Rovers
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
There is a long-term plan to re-develop the Riverside Stand built in 1988 that will increase Ewood Park's capacity by 9,000 to 41,000. The stadium became an all-seater for the 1994-95 season after a two-year reconstruction program that saw the three stadiums rebuilt. The Darwen End reconstruction saw the demolition of the Fernhurst Plant and the new construction of Jack Walker Stand saw the demolition of homes along Nuttall Street, so that by the time Blackburn became league champions in 1995, the stadium housed nearly 32,000 fans who were all seated.
Further developments in the future depend on increasing attendance, as regular attendance is under Ewood Park's full capacity since relegation from the Premier League at the end of the 2011-12 season.
Brentford
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed; preparing to build new land.
Brentford F.C., who has been considering moving from Griffin Park since the 1990s, hopes to move to a new 20,000-mile-long stadium from Griffin Park, and still at Brentford. After several years of effort, the club announced in December 2007 that they had been given an option on the site at Lionel Road, and announced two months later a relationship with property developer Barratt Homes to develop the site. The proposed move is strongly supported by fans, especially as it will keep them in Brentford. The new stadium can be shared with a professional rugby club.
At one point, it was reported that the club would increase the capacity of Griffin Park (their home since 1904) from 12,500 to 17,000, but those plans now seem to be held in connection with the new stadium.
In 2014 the club announces that planning permission has been granted for the new stadium. After a number of delays, the mandatory purchase order was finally awarded by London Borough of Hounslow at the end of 2016, allowing the club to take full ownership of the site. In February 2017, the Brentford football club announced that they were expected to start work at the new stadium in March. They are planning on moving to a new stadium to start the 2019/20 season.
Bristol City
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
On November 29, 2007 it was announced that after more than 100 years at Ashton Gate, Bristol City will move to a new stadium in South Bristol. The proposed new stadium will have a capacity of 30,000 seats. At that time Ashton Gate held about 21,000 spectators and has been doing so since the mid-1990s, since the original plan was to update an existing stadium rather than move to a new site. In February 2012 the project was delayed by a law line in the High Court. As an alternative, it was announced that plans for the reconstruction of Ashton Gate were being developed. After the successful submission of a planning application to Bristol City Council, a decision was made to rebuild the stadium. Rebuild, completed in 2016, brings the All-seater's capacity from Ashton Gate to 27,000. It involves the renovation of the Atyeo Stand interior, the total renovation of the Dolman Stand, rebuilding the former Wedlock booth to the same height as the Dolman Stand, and rebuilding the former Williams stand (now standing Lansdown) to make it double-deckered with an executive box.
Cardiff City
- Current stadium status : New.
A new all-seater stadium, planned since the late 1990s, for Cardiff City opened in 2009 after the club spent 99 years in adjacent Ninian Park, and for three seasons the new stadium was shared with the Cardiff Blues rugby club. Cardiff City Stadium has been expanded to accommodate up to 33,000 fans, and can be extended further to accommodate up to 60,000. It became the second largest stadium in Wales, after the Millennium Stadium, also in the Welsh capital.
Derby County
- Current stadium status : New.
In April 2007, Derby County released details of the proposed £ 20m development around their Pride Park Stadium which will create about 250 jobs. The Pride Plaza project will include 165 hotel beds, a bar, a restaurant and an office space. On November 9, 2007, Derby City Council agreed to allow the plan to continue.
In addition the club has announced plans to expand capacity from 33,500 to 44,000, with work to be held during the 2007-08 close season, provided clubs are degraded. The plan includes adding rows of seats to the north, south and east stands. If completed, this will allow the club to break the club's current attendance record, Pride Park opened in 1997 when Derby left Baseball Field, as one of the first clubs to move to a new stadium to comply with the Taylor Report. The new stadium opened only 18 months after the decision to move became publicized; the previous plan was for Ground Baseball to be rebuilt with a capacity of 26,000 seats. However, the club failed to maintain its status in the top flight and when, in January 2008, sold to new ownership in America, in the form of General Sports and Entertainment, Plaza plan and Ground extension initiative was canceled.
On October 3, 2011, Derby County announced that it had submitted a plan to the Derby City Council for the development of £ 7m worth of land outside the stadium, called the club "The Plaza @ Pride Park".
This plan includes five cafes/restaurants, two department stores, and 2,000 square meters of office space. This plan has been derived from the proposed £ 20 million development plan proposed in 2007. Derby County CEO Tom Glick, said that this plan will help the club handle the new Financial Fair Play rules to be introduced in the Football League from 2012, as revenue from Plaza will be invested back to the club.
The planned development also coincides with the plans of the City Council to build a multi-use sports arena on the same site as the proposed Plaza.
On January 12, 2012, the Derby City Council's Planning Control Committee granted planning permission for the development, Derby County Chief Executive Tom Glick stated the club had moved the next stage of development, finding the development company to build the square.
Fulham
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
Since Fulham's promotion to the Premier League, and the conversion of Craven Cottage to all-seater stadiums, the club has been slowly adding to the land capacity every summer. There are regular reports about the new stadium in the White City to be shared with Queens Park Rangers, but the plan is currently not pursued by any of the clubs, with both concentrating on the development of existing land. Craven Cottage was the last top division stadium to feature accommodation standing when Fulham was promoted in 2001, but the Taylor Report's rules meant it was closed a year later. During this period there were rumors cottage cottages were sold and Fulham was likely to buy land at Battersea Power Station or elsewhere in West London. Thus, Fulham shared the ground with Queens Park Rangers rivals for two years at Loftus Road until they returned to the versatile Craven Cottage. The plan at the time was for Craven Cottage to reach over 30,000 capacity, but this was delayed due to opposition from the locals and at first the club had to settle for a 22,000 seat stadium.
There has been a gradual increase in capacity since Fulham's return, with capacity now being 26,500. Plans are being developed to increase the capacity of Craven Cottage by an additional 4,500 seats, taking up to 31,000 capacity mainly through the redevelopment of Riverside Stand; However, this has not been implemented yet. Project consultations have been revived in October 2011 and appear to have gotten green lighting for Riverside's development to begin, Summer 2012.
Hull City
- Current stadium status : New.
The KC Hull Stadium, which opened in December 2002 with a capacity of over 25,000 seats to replace Boothferry Park, is designed to provide forward expansion for a capacity of about 45,000 with the addition of a second tier at the East Arco Stand. In March 2008, the Hull chairman said the expansion could potentially occur within two years if there is a clear need for further capacity. In January 2011 it was announced that Hull, under the new owner of Assem Allam, was interested in purchasing KC Stadium from Hull City Council to rebuild the stadium and its surroundings. Consultation with the council began in May. The talks failed in September 2011, leading the club to announce in December 2012 their intention to move to a new stadium if the club achieves promotion back into the Premier League.
When Hull moved into the stadium in December 2002, they still played in Division Three (they reached the Premier League in 2008). For 56 years before that, they played at Boothferry Park but the decision was made to build a new stadium when a takeover by Adam Pearson in 2001 the club's new owner expressed his ambition to build a suitable stadium for top football, as Boothferry Park was too limited to develop the stadium which is suitable for top division football. The stadium had also been damaged during the 1990s, as Hull's fierce financial position at the time meant that maintenance costs often could not be met.
Ipswich City
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
Ipswich has plans to modernize the Portman Road stadium if they are promoted back to the Premier League, via 'Project Leap'. This will involve an area for the 3,000 seats needed for the major league teams, as the current area for away fans is not big enough, and will mean expansion to premium season ticket seats. They have played in second-tier league continuously since 2002, longer than any other club currently in that division.
Leeds United
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
At one point, while flying high in Europe in 2001, Leeds was examining the possibility of moving to a new 50,000-seat stadium in nearby Stourton, while there was also an ambitious plan to redevelop Elland Road as a 90,000-capacity "Wembley of the North" sit.. Following the collapse of the club into administration and dropping two divisions, the amount of Leeds stadium ambitions is currently only to regain the ownership of Elland Road, which must be sold to offset the debt between 2002 and 2004.
The stadium became an all-seater in 1994, after the repair of "Kop" (now Don Revie Stand), and also following the reconstruction of the East Stand two years earlier as a 15,100 seat booth, giving Elland Road a capacity of over 40,000 seats.
Middlesbrough
- Current stadium status : New.
Having Middlesbrough's promotion back to full Premier League home has become the norm again and land expansion is likely a tangible future. Much will depend on the club in the field of success and the willingness of the chairman to expand though. They have planned permission to expand with another 7,000 seats. If England has succeeded in bidding to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup, an expansion will be possible to ensure consideration as a World Cup venue. However, England lost the bid.
Middlesbrough has been playing at Riverside since 1995, when they moved from Ayresome Park in the first relocation of the main division club stadium for 72 years. The stadium, which houses 30,000 fans seated at its completion, is located at a former chemical work on the edge of Middlesbrough dock and its channel to the Tees River. The ground for the stadium was awarded to the club by Teesside Development Corporation at a nominal cost of £ 1 in hopes of spurring the development of a former unused port area. The stadium is the largest newly built stadium in postwar Britain, and the initial success of the new pitch is thought to have encouraged other clubs such as Sunderland and Derby County to move from their traditional home to the new Taylor-compliant stadium in the designated redevelopment zone.
The location of Taman Ayresome means that it would be impractical to reach a seating capacity of over 20,000.
The stadium only takes 32 weeks to build, with a planned relocation announced at the end of 1993 and work begins just a year later.
Demand meant the stadium was expanded in 1998 to take capacity to 35,100, but subsequent reorganization and installation of large screens had seen marginally reduced capacity to 34,742. After promotion to the major league further reorganization has reduced the capacity further to 33,746.
Norwich City
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
Norwich City increased Carrow Road capacity to 27,000 during Summer 2010; nearly 20 years after the conversion to the stadium all the seats have given him a capacity of over 21,000. There are plans to expand Carrow Road by about 8,000 either by rebuilding Geoffrey Watling City Stand or by adding a second tier to the Jarrold Stand, with a capacity of up to about 35,000 seats. The initial conversion to an all-seater capacity in the early 1990s saw the stadium have more than 21,000 seats. The club confirmed in September 2012 that the feasibility of developing 7,000 seats has been supported by the University of East Anglia, based on factors such as "population growth, and real numbers, such as socio-economic data, rather than instinct or intuition.". "The cost possibilities have been estimated at £ 20 million, but that" Currently, every coin is reinvested in the first team squad and this is something the board wants to do in the short term. "
The construction of a Holiday Inn franchise in one corner of the land, has reduced the possibility of expanding Carrow Road in the future. However, the club is looking for options to build a small booth in front of the hotel in the short term.
Nottingham Forest
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
Nottingham Forest currently plays in Ground City capacity of 30,602. The club has plans to move to a new 50,000-seat stadium in the city's Clifton area. The club is unlikely to move to Clifton as originally announced, Nottingham City Council supports a location closer to the city center. There are also plans for the Main Stand (the oldest part of the land) to be rebuilt, but nothing is definitely unconfirmed.
Preston North End
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
Preston NE completed the Invincibles Stand in 2008. Deepdale's capacity is 24,000. Quadrants may be associated to create bowl configurations larger than 30,000.
Queens Park Rangers
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
Queens Park Rangers have long harbored ambitions to play in larger stadiums, with relocations first considered in the 1990s, after they became founding members of the Premier League, although initially the redevelopment option was taken, with Loftus Road being converted into a seater stadium with capacity at under 20,000. This will be done by expanding existing Loftus Road land from the current capacity of 19,000 seats or by placing it into a new stadium elsewhere in West London, sharing the land in White City with the usual Fulham. QPR reached promotion to the Premier League in 2011, and owner Tony Fernandes announced in November 2011 that the club was looking for a site in west London to build a new stadium, with capacity in the region of 40,000. The planned stadium is called New Queens Park.
Reading
- Current stadium status : New.
Reading announced plans for the expansion of the Madejski Stadium. The proposal involves upgrading the stadium to 38,000 seats by expanding all booths except the West Stand, and rebuilding the roof. This plan relies on Reading who remains in the Premiership. after being relegated in 2008, the plan is uncertain. But since Reading was promoted back to the Premier League in 2012 after winning the Championship, the plan is seen as the new owner Anton Zingarevich says he will extend the stadium if Reading remains in the Premier League after their first season back. Reading GreenPark's new rail station opened near the ground, but was later canceled.
The Madejski Stadium opened in 1998, having first been proposed in 1994 when Reading league up and the construction of stadiums all seating is required. Elm Park is considered unsuitable for renovation due to its limited location and chairman John Madejski's ambition to establish Reading at the top (although promotion was not achieved until 2006), so the decision to build a new stadium was made.
Rotherham United
- Current stadium status : New.
In 2008 Rotherham United expressed dissatisfaction with their Millmoor home and began looking into the construction of a new stadium in the city. At the start of the 2008-09 season Rotherham United temporarily moved to Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield due to ownership dispute over Millmoor. Football League told the club that they should return to Rotherham in 2012 they have done.
The club moved to the New York Stadium with a capacity of 12,000, which opened in July 2012.
Shepield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday announced in the summer of 2009 plans to increase £ 22 million from the stadium and increase capacity to 44,825 without any restrictions. If this happens, it will bring the stadium to the FIFA standard for hosting World Cup matches.
To remove any limitations of view, the current pillar supporting Kop roof and West Stand will be removed. The 'icon' roof structure will support Kop roofing while the West Stand will have a completely new roof. North West Terrace will get a roof and the seating corner will be added between the Kop and the North Stand with the roof. The current level layout in the West Stand will be radically altered and new seat levels will be added as well as new 'specific new learning zones' between new top and upper levels. The Mega-store and gymnasium behind the North Stand will be demolished and the North Stand will be expanded to create the 'largest classroom in Europe' as well as the 'corporate zone' and 17 squares. The Southern Floor Standing plan and stadium environments will be upgraded to meet FIFA requirements. Parking and stadium access will be upgraded like the exterior look of all the tribunes.
Hillsborough became the center to start the 1993-94 season when Kop and North West Corner both sat down. Terrace Leppings Lane was occupied to start the 1991-92 season - just over two years since the disaster that occurred on it.
Sunderland
- Current stadium status : New.
Sunderland's Stadium of Light is designed to allow expansion of up to 64,000 seats. In 2003 the club received planning permission to add 7,200 seats to the South Stand which would take up to 56,000 capacity but the plan was suspended due to Sunderland relegation. In 2007 chairman Niall Quinn said the club has no current plans to increase capacity.
Stadium of Light is one of the first new stadiums built during the modern era, opened in 1997 as a 99-year-old replacement for Roker Park, with current chairman Bob Murray having decided in the early 1990s that the new stadium is the best choice because of Roker Park is not fit to be converted into an all-seater stadium because of its limited location will provide a much lower capacity than the club desires. The land on which Stadium of Light will eventually be constructed was identified as the site for the new stadium in 1995, with plans for a converted 34,000-seat stadium to allow 42,000 seat capacity after promotion to the Premier League reached the following year. Initially had over 42,000 seats but this was brought to over 48,000 in 2001. The initial plan for the new stadium next to the Nissan car plant was abandoned after objections by the automaker.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
The plan was announced in May 2010 to expand Molineux's capacity in the 2014-15 season from 29,303 to 36,000, with work commencing at the end of the 2010-11 season on the renovation of the Stan Cullis Stand. The work was completed at the end of the 2011-12 season, increasing the stadium's capacity to around 31,700. In January 2012 the club announced that the rebuilding of the Steve Bull Stand, which had started in 2012, had been postponed. The Jack Harris Stand and Billy Wright Stand will also remain unchanged until the club shows otherwise. With relegation to the Championship, the plan will not be revived until it returns to the Premiership. Three of the four stadiums were built in the early 1990s, while the first booth was built in 1979. At the newly seen stadium in 1993, the stadium was one of the largest club stadiums in England but has been destroyed by many others. clubs that move to a new stadium or expand the existing stadium.
League One
AFC Wimbledon
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed; preparing to build new land.
At their foundation in 2002, AFC Wimbledon moved with Kingstonian in Kingsmeadow, buying land. They have a long-term plan to relocate the club to London Borough of Merton, the traditional home of Wimbledon F.C., from where they came from. There has been speculation that the club may be trying to build new ground on the Wimbledon Stadium site, currently used for greyhound racing, which was put up for sale in September 2007.
This speculation has finally proved true; AFC Wimbledon received final approval to build new ground there in September 2016. The new stadium will initially occupy 11,000 and is planned to be open for the 2020-21 season.
Blackpool
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
The South Stand was originally projected to be completed in May 2009. On 14 November 2009 it was revealed that the football club hopes to work with ReBlackpool Urban Regeneration Company to build a new East Stand that will contain sitting and office/retail space rather than as originally planned for seating only. This means a larger establishment will be built which will require additional land to be acquired. The new South Stand was opened in March 2010 and is similar in design to Stanley Matthews and North stands.
On May 13, 2010, Karl Oyston promised that the East Stand construction would begin soon, provided they get promotion to the Premier League. On June 14, a temporary seat comprising the East Stand was removed, which was replaced with a temporary closed booth of 5,070 seats, which increased the capacity to about 15,500.
From August 28, 2010, Bloomfield Road's capacity was raised to 16,220 after the new East Stand was completed.
The South-East Bloomfield Road corner is "filled" in 2012. It increases the capacity by about 500 seats.
Bolton Wanderers
- Current stadium status : New.
Bolton Wanderers moved to their new Macron Stadium in 1997, having previously played at Burnden Park since 1895. Macron Stadium has a full capacity of 28,723. The relocation plan was formulated in the early 1990s, when the club was still in the third tier of the English league but had ambitions to reach the top flight (reached in 1995). Burnden Park is an ancient structure not suitable for modernization, especially since the terracing section had been sold in the mid-1980s to pave the way for supermarkets, and so the decision was made to build a new stadium elsewhere.
Bristol Rovers
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
Bristol Rovers has obtained planning permission to move to 21,700 all-seater stadiums on the campus of the University of the West of England in France, on the outskirts of Bristol. The UWE stadium will replace the current Stadium House Memorial club which will be demolished and sold to Sainsbury who have planning permission to build a new store on the site. Sale of Memorial Stadium to Sainsbury's will fund the UWE Stadium project. After many delays, it appears Sainsbury is trying to terminate their contract to buy the site. Sainsbury then won a high court case with Rovers to do so.
The club was later bought by the Jordanian family Al-Qadi with the new president, Wael al-Qadi said the new stadium was a "prime requirement" for new owners.
Bury
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
In early 2015 many Bury supporters began to speculate that the club was planning to move to nearby Pilsworth in the former retail park, Park 66. The site is 2.8 miles from Bury Gigg Lane's current home. Currently a bowling alley, a cinema, and some restaurants are abandoned. This site would be big enough for the stadium if the abandoned building had to be destroyed. If a stadium is built there will be easy access from the nearby M66 motorway. However, in 2016 the chairman of Stewart Day ruled out Park 66 and is now in talks with the Bury Council to try to find a suitable site closer to the city center.
Charlton Athletic
- Current stadium status : Reconstructed.
Charlton had planned permission from the Greenwich Board to add a second tier to the East Stand in The Valley, increasing capacity by 31,000, up from a capacity of over 26,000 reached in December 2001. The potential future development for Jimmy Seed Stand could see this increase to 40,000, but this is unlikely to happen unless the club is promoted back to the Premier League or is under new ownership.
Chesterfield
- Current stadium status : New.
Chesterfield were looking to move from their dated Saltergate land for several years at other locations around the city before a planning permit was granted at Dema's former glass factory in July 2008. The new ground opened in 2010 and was called, for sponsorship reasons, b2net Stadium. In 2012 after the purchase of b2net by the Swedish company Proact the name of the stadium changed to its current name, Proact Stadium. Land has a capacity of 10,504 all seated and built at a cost of Ã, Â £ 13,000,000. The stadium is designed to be easily expanded in the future.
Coventry City
- Current stadium status : New.
Coventry City moved to 32,500 Ricoh Arena seats in 2005, leaving their historic home Highfield Road which is the first seat in England. Coventry had long planned to move into the 45,000-seat stadium, with original suggestions included a retractable roof and field ãÆ' la the Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem. Coventry even hoped to become the home of a new national stadium, joining Birmingham and London in the race to become the new Wembley, but unsuccessful in their efforts. Ricoh Arena includes a large exhibition center built in the main stand. Although there is little enhancement
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