This is a list of English football stadiums, ranked in descending order of capacity.

Stadium	Capacity	Club	Notes
Old Trafford	68,936	Manchester United	Expanding to 75,000 in 2006
St James' Park	52,200	Newcastle United
City of Manchester Stadium	48,500	Manchester City
Stadium of Light	48,300	Sunderland
Anfield	45,522	Liverpool
Villa Park	43,300	Aston Villa
Stamford Bridge	42,449	Chelsea
Elland Road	40,242	Leeds United
Goodison Park	40,103	Everton
Hillsborough Stadium	39,859	Sheffield Wednesday
Arsenal Stadium (Highbury)	38,500	Arsenal
White Hart Lane	36,240	Tottenham Hotspur
Boleyn Ground (Upton Park)	35,647	West Ham United
Riverside Stadium	35,049	Middlesbrough
Pride Park Stadium	33,597	Derby County
St Mary's Stadium	32,800	Southampton
Walkers Stadium	32,500	Leicester City
Ewood Park	31,367	Blackburn Rovers
City Ground	30,602	Nottingham Forest
Bramall Lane	30,936	Sheffield United
Portman Road	30,300	Ipswich Town
St Andrew's Ground	30,016	Birmingham City
Molineux	29,400	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Reebok Stadium	28,723	Bolton Wanderers
Britannia Stadium	28,384	Stoke City
The Hawthorns	27,877	West Bromwich Albion
Williamson Motors Stadium	27,500	Darlington
The Valley	27,116	Charlton Athletic
Selhurst Park	26,309	Crystal Palace
KC Stadium	25,404	Hull City
Bradford & Bingley Stadium (Valley Parade)	25,136	Bradford City
JJB Stadium	24,826	Wigan Athletic
Galpharm Stadium	24,500	Huddersfield Town
Carrow Road	24,349	Norwich City
Madejski Stadium	24,084	Reading
Highfield Road	23,627	Coventry City
Oakwell	23,009	Barnsley
Vale Park	23,000	Port Vale
Turf Moor	22,619	Burnley
Craven Cottage	22,260	Fulham
Vicarage Road	22,100	Watford
Ashton Gate	21,479	Bristol City
Deepdale	21,412	Preston North End
Home Park	20,922	Plymouth Argyle
Meadow Lane	20,300	Notts County
Fratton Park	20,200	Portsmouth
The Den	20,146	Millwall
Loftus Road	19,100	Queens Park Rangers
Brunton Park	16,651	Carlisle United
Prenton Park	16,527	Tranmere Rovers
County Ground	15,728	Swindon Town
London Road	15,314	Peterborough United
The Shay	14,000	Halifax Town
Boundary Park	13,624	Oldham Athletic
Griffin Park	12,763	Brentford
Kassam Stadium	12,500	Oxford United
Roots Hall	12,392	Southend United
Gateshead International Stadium	12,000	Gateshead
Memorial Stadium	12,000	Bristol Rovers
Gigg Lane	11,669	Bury
Priestfield Stadium	11,582	Gillingham
Belle Vue	11,500	Doncaster Rovers
Bescot Stadium	11,300	Walsall
Edgeley Park	10,852	Stockport County
Spotland	10,249	Rochdale
Sincil Bank	10,130	Lincoln City
Alexandra Stadium (Gresty Road)	10,066	Crewe Alexandra
Blundell Park	10,033	Grimsby Town
Causeway Stadium (Adams Park)	10,000	Wycombe Wanderers
Field Mill	10,000	Mansfield Town
Kenilworth Road	9,975	Luton Town
Millmoor	9,707	Rotherham United
Abbey Stadium	9,617	Cambridge United
Huish Park	9,400	Yeovil Town
Fitness First Stadium	9,200	Bournemouth
St James Park	9,036	Exeter City
Bootham Crescent	9,034	York City
Bloomfield Road	9,000	Blackpool
National Hockey Stadium	9,000	Milton Keynes Dons
Recreation Ground (Saltergate)	8,504	Chesterfield
Glanford Park	8,500	Scunthorpe United
Gay Meadow	8,000	Shrewsbury Town
Sixfields Stadium	7,653	Northampton Town
Victoria Park	7,629	Hartlepool United
Whaddon Road	7,407	Cheltenham Town
Withdean Stadium	7,000	Brighton & Hove Albion
York Street	6,643	Boston United
Nene Park	6,441	Rushden & Diamonds
Moss Rose	6,335	Macclesfield Town
Aggborough Stadium	6,293	Kidderminster Harriers
Layer Road	6,200	Colchester United
Saunders Honda Stadium (Deva Stadium)	6,012	Chester City
Plainmoor	6,000	Torquay United
Matchroom Stadium (Brisbane Road)	4,989	Leyton Orient	Capacity reduced due to redevelopment work
The Fans' Stadium, Kingsmeadow	4,500	AFC Wimbledon and Kingstonian
Shielfield Park	4,131	Berwick Rangers	Though based in England, Berwick play in the Scottish football league system
Horsfall Stadium	3,500	Bradford (Park Avenue)
Earlsmead Stadium	3,070	Harrow Borough
City Ground (Milton Road)	3,000	Cambridge City

Contents

1 New stadiums 2 Future stadiums 3 See also 4 References

New stadiums

Several of the above stadiums have been built or completely redeveloped in the last few years. Those clubs which have moved into new grounds since the 1980s include:

1988	Scunthorpe United
1990	Walsall, Wycombe Wanderers
1991	-
1992	Chester City
1993	Millwall
1994	Huddersfield Town, Northampton Town
1995	Middlesbrough
1996	-
1997	Bolton Wanderers, Derby County, Stoke City, Sunderland
1998	Reading
1999	Wigan Athletic
2000	-
2001	Bournemouth (stadium completely rebuilt in situ) Oxford United, Southampton
2002	Hull City, Leicester City
2003	Darlington, Manchester City (stadium first used for 2002 Commonwealth Games)
2004	-

Prior to 1988, the last new League football ground in England was Roots Hall , Southend, which was opened in 1955. The amount of new money coming into the game from sources such as the Football Trust , and the requirements for more modern stadiums created by the Taylor Report, are the most likely causes for the increase in stadium building.

Future stadiums

Stadiums which are currently in development, and are likely to open in the near future, include:

Stadium	Capacity	Club	Notes
Wembley Stadium	90,000	England	Rebuilt national stadium to open in 2006
Stanley Park Stadium	60,000	Liverpool	To open in 2007
Emirates Stadium	60,000	Arsenal	To open in 2006
New Fratton Park	35,000	Portsmouth	Opening date to be confirmed
Arena Coventry (formerly Jaguar Arena)	32,000	Coventry City	To open in 2005
Falmer Stadium (code name only)	22,000	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.	Opening date unknown
New Meadow	10,000	Shrewsbury Town	Opening date to be confirmed

See also

• List of football stadiums by capacity

References

• The Internet Football Ground Guide