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146-559: A megastore , office block and nightclub . On 6 November 2008, the city council announced it would not be building the proposed Leeds Arena on council owned land adjacent to the ground. On 16 December 2009, the host cities and stadia to be used if England won the right to host the 2018 World Cup were revealed. Leeds was chosen and had the bid been successful the John Charles and Don Revie stands would have been rebuilt, increasing capacity to over 50,000. However, England did not host
219-608: A programme collection. In 1974, Leeds won the league for the second time and the Scratching Shed was dismantled and replaced by the South Stand at a cost of £500,000. This state of the art development comprised a standing paddock capable of holding 4,000 fans, a row of 16 executive boxes, above which was an all-seater 3,500 capacity stand. Plans to link the South Stand with the Lowfields were curtailed when Leeds ran out of money. In
292-447: A cost of £5.5 million, it housed 25 executive boxes, 10,000 seats in the bottom tier, part of which formed the members-only family section, and a further 7,000 seats in the upper tier. The East Stand was then the biggest cantilever stand in the world. For the 1994–95 season Elland Road became an all-seater stadium, with nearly 7,000 seats replacing the terracing in the Kop, as directed by
365-677: A crowd of 39,337. In December 1997, £11.3 million plans to improve the West and South Stands were unveiled which would have raised capacity to around 45,000. A new structure mirroring the East Stand would have seated around 12,000 people. A three-tier structure would focus on hospitality with a 15,000-seater indoor arena at the rear of the West Stand. This venue would have accommodated basketball, ice hockey , pop concerts and other events. However, after naming an ice hockey team, Leeds Lasers, to play at
438-494: A few seats in the South-West Corner, and a large video screen for the 2009–10 season. The South-East Corner seats 1,710 fans and was used to house the away fans until they were moved to the West Stand. In summer 2006, the stand was redeveloped and closed for the first few games of the 2006–07 season . The refurbishment included boxing in the concrete columns and alcoves to give the stand a more modern exterior; an overhaul of
511-467: A football match". By January 1987, the club's reputation for hooliganism was so bad that when they were drawn with non-league Telford United in an FA Cup third round tie, the Shropshire club refused to host the game at their Bucks Head ground; it was instead played some 30 miles away at the stadium of West Bromwich Albion . On 5 May 1990, Leeds travelled to AFC Bournemouth for the final game of
584-504: A game between Everton and Tottenham Hotspur . Other FA Cup semi-finals to have taken place at Elland Road had included Arsenal v. Hull City in 1930, Birmingham City v. Sunderland in 1931, West Bromwich Albion v. Bolton Wanderers in 1935, Charlton Athletic v. Newcastle United in 1947, Newcastle United v. Blackburn Rovers in 1952, Leicester City v. Sheffield United in 1961 and West Ham United v. Everton in 1980. In addition when Sheffield Wednesday faced Sheffield United in
657-550: A goal disallowed in a game which ended in a 2–0 defeat to the West German side, and having already seen their team have two penalty appeals rejected by French referee Michel Kitabdjian , scores of Leeds fans ripped seats from the stands and threw them onto the pitch. Some of them clashed with the French police as they invaded the pitch. As a result of this incident, Leeds were banned from European competitions for four years – although this
730-460: A leading Premier League side, chairman Peter Ridsdale unveiled plans for the club to relocate to a 50,000-seat stadium in Skelton. The following month, the club's 33,250 season ticket holders were asked to vote on the proposed relocation. 87.6% of them voted in favour of relocation, but the plans were abandoned within two years following the onset of the club's financial crisis and decline in fortunes on
803-469: A match between Birmingham City and Leeds United. Fans started fighting when Birmingham took the lead, and riot police were called in to stop Leeds fans pulling down fencing. It was estimated that more than 1,000 fans became involved in the ensuing riot, which saw seats and advertising hoardings being torn up and used as missiles, 96 policemen being injured and the collapsing wall also crushing several parked motor vehicles beyond repair. The Popplewell Committee
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#1733128483557876-402: A mile of steel was used. There was a training track for the players that ran the length of the stand, dressing and official's rooms and a motor garage. Drainage work was carried out on the pitch to prevent it from becoming waterlogged. City experienced financial hardships jeopardising the club's future but after much uncertainty, an offer of £1,000 and an annual rental of £250 was accepted for
949-512: A new home found in the East Stand. It is prominent because of its yellow seats, which have given its nickname, the "cheese wedge". A banqueting suite at the rear of the west stand, with a conference centre , was opened in April 1992. The biggest renovation project to date began in the summer of 1992, when the Lowfields was demolished and replaced by a new East Stand – a 17,000-seater stand with two tiers and no restricted views. On completion in 1993, at
1022-438: A public appeal to build a new stand with assistance from Leeds City Council . The appeal raised £60,000 and a £180,000 West Stand was opened at the start of the following season. The new stand had of 4,000 seats mounted behind a paddock, which could hold 6,000 standing spectators. Two years later another fire started after a Central League match against Preston North End affecting the West Stand. Fortunately, Cyril Williamson,
1095-652: A rent of £75 per year. The club had an option to buy the ground for £5,000 in March 1905, but in November, the price was reduced to £4,500. After City's first season in the Football League , the club built a 5,000-seater covered stand on the west side at a cost of £1,050. Attendances were rising, culminating in over 22,500 people cramming into the stadium to watch a local derby with Bradford City on 30 December, bringing in £487 of gate receipts. An expansion programme continued, and
1168-448: A restaurant. Due to the redevelopment, the capacity of the East Stand was reduced and the words Leeds United AFC were taken off the seats. Capacity: 5,000 (including South-East and South-West corners) The South Stand was built in 1974 at a cost of £500,000 to replace the Scratching Shed, which had been there since the 1920s. It comprises two small tiers intersected with a row of 32 executive boxes and an executive restaurant. There are
1241-429: Is a commentary gantry and walkway for TV personnel. The radio and press have facilities in this stand. The West Stand houses the tunnel and the directors' box, where home and away team directors view the match, along with the club doctor. There are many suites incorporated within the stand and a banqueting suite and conference centre are attached to the rear, having been opened in April 1992. As of September 2011, parts of
1314-473: Is an under-soil heating system installed beneath the surface, consisting of 59 miles (95 km) of piping. This, together with a good drainage system, means that only heavy fog, a blizzard or flooding would force the club to cancel a match. There are wells sunk approximately 70 feet (21 m) beneath the West Stand and the North Stand and a pumping system is situated under the South Stand, meaning that
1387-493: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Leeds United Service Crew The Leeds United Service Crew are a football hooligan firm linked to the English EFL Championship team, Leeds United F.C. The Service Crew were formed in 1974 and are named after the ordinary public service trains that the hooligans would travel on to away matches, rather than
1460-521: The 1989–90 Second Division season. Victory in the game would give them the Second Division title and promotion back to the top flight after eight years away. Leeds achieved this with a 1–0 win, but the success was marred by a string of vandalism on town centre pubs and shops as well as a series of battles between hooligans and police officers. 104 people were arrested and 12 police officers were injured. Modern day crackdowns on football hooliganism and
1533-484: The 2006–07 season while work was completed. The refurbishment included boxing in the concrete columns and alcoves; overhaul of the kitchen concourse area, a mezzanine -level office area, modernisation of the corporate facilities above and a restaurant, Billy's Bar, named after former club captain Billy Bremner . Plans for development at Elland Road to include hotels, a shopping centre and health club were featured in
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#17331284835571606-680: The 2015 Rugby World Cup . Elland Road has four stands – the Don Revie (North) Stand (also known as the kop), the Jack Charlton (East) Stand (which was once known as the Lowfields Road stand), the Norman Hunter South Stand and the John Charles (West) Stand – and an all-seated capacity of 37,792 Elland Road had recorded its record league attendance on 27 December 1932, where a capacity of 56,796 watched Leeds played Arsenal and then
1679-653: The Taylor Report . The new-look Kop was officially opened in October by the club's president, George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood and Elsie Revie, widow of the late Don Revie . The Gelderd End was renamed the Don Revie Stand in honour of the club's former manager. On 16 November 1997, the third and deciding match of the Super League Test series between Great Britain and Australia was played at Elland Road before
1752-461: The home of Championship club Leeds United since the club's formation in 1919. The stadium is the 13th largest football stadium in England. The ground has hosted FA Cup semi-final matches as a neutral venue, and England international fixtures, and was selected as one of eight Euro 96 venues. Elland Road was used by rugby league club Hunslet in the mid-1980s and hosted two matches of
1825-403: The press box and the generators for the floodlighting system. The roof of the stand collapsed into the seating area before the fire brigade arrived and the total damage was estimated to be £100,000, but the club's insurance cover was inadequate. The players helped clear rubble and wreckage, but the 2,500-seater stand could not be salvaged. After a board meeting, the directors decided to launch
1898-399: The security cameras located around the ground. Capacity: 14,900 The East Stand is the most recently constructed stand in the stadium. The two-tiered structure was built in the 1992–93 season to replace the Lowfields stand and was opened in the 1993–94 season at a cost of £5.5 million. On completion, it was the largest cantilever stand in the world, holding 10,000 spectators in
1971-403: The 1993 FA Cup semi-final the venue was originally planned to be Elland Road but was switched to Wembley Stadium following protests from both clubs and their supporters that the stadium was too small to host such a fixture, the risk of crowd trouble were the fixture to be played at Elland Road and due to London clubs Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal having their semi-final at Wembley it was perceived
2044-508: The 2018 tournament. On 28 December 2009, chairman Ken Bates spoke about future plans to increase the capacity of the South Stand in the future by around 2–3,000. This would be achieved by removing the executive boxes and replacing them with seating. This work never started as Ken Bates sold the club in 2012. In March 2011, the East Stand Development began phase one of a five-phase redevelopment project which included an extension to
2117-510: The East Stand Upper's main concourse along with the addition of 25 executive boxes and a modern upgrade to the external appearance of the stand; whilst this created extra corporate facilities and more room on the concourse, it in-turn reduced the East Stand Upper's capacity by around 2,500 seats, thus leaving the overall capacity of the ground to stand at just under 38,000 seats. An arcade, hotel and megastore were planned to be built as part of
2190-431: The East Stand, South Stand and Northeast Corner of the ground featuring Leeds United legends past and present. In addition, the inside of the West Stand, dressing rooms and hospitality suites all underwent cosmetic improvement. In April 2020, following the death of Leeds legend Norman Hunter , the South Stand of Elland Road was renamed "The Norman Hunter Stand". In January 2021, the club announced its plans to transform
2263-691: The Leeds League, shared the ground with Holbeck RLFC in the 1902–03 season , but Holbeck went under in 1904 after losing a play-off against St. Helens and the ground was put on the market. After a meeting at the Griffin Hotel in Boar Lane in August, a new club, Leeds City, was formed and it was agreed that the Elland Road ground would be rented for the upcoming season. The lease was signed on 13 October 1904, for
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2336-523: The London clubs would receive an unfair advantage for the FA Cup final. The ground has hosted three England men's international fixtures and three England women's international . On 8 June 1995, England drew 3–3 with Sweden . This was the first England home international played away from Wembley in 22 years, and the first time since 1946 that a new ground had hosted an England international game. The second game
2409-587: The Old Peacock Ground from Bentley's for £1,100. The first competitive football match at the ground was the West Yorkshire Cup final on 23 April 1898 between Hunslet and Harrogate , with Hunslet winning 1–0. The club erected a new stand in readiness for the 1898–99 season. The ground eventually became known simply as Elland Road. For the 1902–03 season the Association football team, Leeds Woodville of
2482-525: The PLC was soon to follow in March 2004. Later that year, Elland Road was sold with a 25-year lease and buy-back clause to raise funds to pay an instalment of a loan to Jack Petchey . It emerged on 27 December 2006 that the stadium had been sold to the British Virgin Islands -based Teak Trading Corporation 15 months before. In summer 2006, the South Stand was updated and closed for the first few games of
2555-682: The Service Crew are involved in. During the height of the hooliganism, the Service Crew became one of the most notorious firms in European football, and in doing so nearly brought the club to its knees. The first high-profile incident that Leeds hooligans were involved in came on 28 May 1975 at the European Cup final against Bayern Munich at the Parc des Princes in Paris , France . When striker Peter Lorimer had
2628-707: The West Stand and rebuilding the area. The stadium has hosted concerts, including performances by bands such as Queen , U2 , Happy Mondays and the Kaiser Chiefs . The site, at the foot of Beeston Hill beside the A643 road to Elland , was owned by Bentley's Brewery and was called the Old Peacock Ground, after the pub which faced the land, hence the nickname the Peacocks associated with both Leeds City and United. The first occupants were Holbeck Rugby Club ( rugby league ) who moved from Holbeck Recreation Ground after buying
2701-544: The West Stand became the new home for away fans following a £300,000 refurbishment. Future plans would see the John Charles Stand redeveloped to hold a two-floored, three-tiered 3500 square metre site along with executive boxes as part of the ambitions of turning Elland Road into a stadium further capable of hosting world class matches and events. The pitch measures approximately 115 yards (105 m) long by 74 yards (68 m) wide, with run-off space on each side. There
2774-597: The adjoining 'Centenary Pavilion' into a large vaccination centre to counteract the COVID-19 pandemic , as part of the COVID-19 vaccination programme in the United Kingdom . In July 2024, Leeds United announced it had again taken full ownership of Elland Road, in March 2024, having sold it in 2004. The stadium is also listed as an asset of community value after an application by the Leeds United Supporters' Trust
2847-494: The arena, the project was shelved. Earlier plans to create a 65,000-seater "Wembley of the North" at Elland Road also failed to materialise. Leeds received the ownership of Elland Road once again in 1998, when the new owners, Leeds Sporting Company agreed to pay £10 million to buy back the stadium from Leeds City Council. On 16 August 2001, chairman Peter Ridsdale sent a letter to season ticket holders and shareholders regarding
2920-460: The club can draw on its own supply of water, should the need arise. However, the first time the club used it, the pitch turned black as the water was too cold. A statue for legendary captain Billy Bremner was erected outside the ground in 1999. A statue for Leeds' most successful manager Don Revie was also built in 2012, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the club winning the FA Cup . As part of
2993-512: The club secretary, and several directors were on hand and the fire was extinguished and no significant damage was caused. The 1960s saw the arrival of Don Revie as manager and the club were promoted to the First Division . The club finished in the top four places for the next ten seasons and Elland Road hosted its first televised game – a league fixture against Everton on 20 March 1965 – and Leeds were 4–1 winners. Great advances were made on
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3066-625: The club's directors ensured that the initial success was built upon, employing a "ground committee" to oversee developments. In February 1906, 3,961 square yards of land on the Churwell and Gelderd Road side of the ground was bought from the Monk's Bridge Iron Company at a cost of £420. The committee built a 4,000-seater grandstand which the Lord Mayor , Joseph Hepworth , unveiled before a match against Chelsea on 17 November. The project cost £3,000 and over half
3139-514: The club's president, George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood and Mrs E. Revie, the widow of Don Revie. The design has 7,000 seats as stipulated by the Taylor Report , making Elland Road an all-seater stadium. There is a "ground control box" in the north-west corner which is the most advanced in Europe. Videos and photographs taken of everyone entering the ground are monitored and security operations are synchronised. Images and video footage are obtained by
3212-441: The council granted the club a 125-year lease. Ambitious plans to improve the stadium and neighbouring sporting facilities were designed in 1987 by Newcastle upon Tyne architects and promoted by developers Baltic Consortium and W. H. White. The estimated costs were between £50 million and £75 million to re-build the Lowfields with a 7,500 all-seater stand and construct a peripheral 2,000-seater sports stadium adjacent to
3285-460: The field. More recently in October 2019, Leeds United's managing director Angus Kinnear suggested that Elland Road's capacity could be expanded to 55,000 should they be promoted to the Premier League. Elland Road has hosted FA Cup semi-final matches as a neutral venue on nine occasions, the first being a tie between Barnsley and Everton on 26 March 1910 and the last on 9 April 1995 in
3358-400: The four further phases, however these plans did not take place following the sale of the club to GFH Capital who then sold the club to Massimo Cellino. In June 2017, new Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani bought the stadium back from Jacob Adler's company Teak Commercial Limited for £20 million, using his own company Greenfield Investment Pte Ltd. The first game taking back control of
3431-514: The future of the club outlining two options, to improve Elland Road or to relocate. A ballot form was included but the letter was biased in favour of relocation. Less than 13% voted to stay at Elland Road and 87.6% of the 18,500 who voted were in favour of the move. On 7 September 2001, Ridsdale announced his intention to move the club to a 50,000-seat stadium at Skelton in time for the 2004–05 season . The plans never came to fruition as Ridsdale resigned in March 2003, leaving financial disarray and
3504-525: The goal which was turfed, and the pitch moved 30 feet (9.1 m) north. Further improvements in 1970 included the coupling of the West Stand and the Kop with a £200,000 corner stand, the North-West corner. To complement the upgrade, an almost identical stand was built, linking the Lowfields stand and the Kop, which cost £200,000. In 1972, when the Leeds United Sports and Souvenir Shop opened, featuring
3577-513: The ground was requisitioned by the War Office for administrative purposes. Floodlights were first used on 9 November 1953 for a match against Hibernian when the £7,000 lights, claimed to be the most expensive in the country at the time, were switched on. The game attracted 31,500 spectators who saw two goals each from John Charles and manager Raich Carter as Leeds beat the Scottish side 4–1. It
3650-517: The ground. The ground was used during the Great War as a venue for drill and shooting practice until the 1919–20 season commenced. City started that season brightly, but scandal arose involving illegal payments to players during the war years and the club was expelled from the Football League after only eight games. This led some local businessmen to contemplate digging up the clay deposits under
3723-508: The heavily policed, organised football special trains. The Service Crew are one of the most notorious hooligan firms in the history of English football. In 1985, when football hooliganism was rife in England, the BBC Six O'Clock News had a special report in which they listed the worst football hooligan gangs creating mayhem across England and Leeds United were listed amongst the worst five clubs. The club distances itself from any activities
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#17331284835573796-535: The heavy use of CCTV at grounds have, as with other firms, largely curtailed the activities of the Service Crew. While hooliganism continues at Leeds United, the nature of it has changed since the 1970s and 1980s. Improvements to security in Elland Road as with all grounds in England have led to confrontations more usually taking place away from stadiums. On 28 April 2007, during the Championship game at Elland Road with Ipswich Town , about 200 home fans spilled onto
3869-457: The kitchen concourse area; a mezzanine -level office area; a total modernisation of the corporate facilities above and a restaurant called Billy's Bar, named after former captain Billy Bremner. The club's superstore is nearby. On 23 April 2020 the club announced that the stand would be named after Norman Hunter , who had died on 20 April. Capacity: 11,000 The John Charles Stand is on
3942-455: The lower tier and a further 7,000 in the upper tier. The family area was moved from the South Stand and originally spanned the full lower tier; however, this was altered by Ken Bates and there are now two sections, one at either end of the lower tier for club members and season ticket holders attending matches with children. Sandwiched in between are 25 executive boxes and a large concourse with merchandise outlets, food shops, betting booths and
4015-516: The night before the match. In October, two Newcastle United players were hit by missiles at Elland Road and the FA ordered another inquiry. On 11 May 1985 (the same day as the Bradford City stadium fire ), a 14-year-old Leeds fan (Ian Hambridge) attending his first ever game died at St Andrew's stadium when fans were pushed by police onto a wall which subsequently collapsed following crowd violence at
4088-462: The pitch after Michael Tonge ’s equaliser and assaulted Wednesdays’ keeper Chris Kirkland . The perpetrator was subsequently sent to prison for four months and handed a life ban from attending future matches in England. Elland Road Elland Road , also called Elland Road Football Stadium or Elland Road Stadium , is a football stadium in Beeston, Leeds , West Yorkshire, England, which has been
4161-541: The pitch and forced a 30-minute delay after a late Ipswich equaliser all but sealed Leeds' relegation to League One . Around 100 of them ran toward the South East stand where the away supporters were located. In January 2008 thirteen Leeds United fans were handed football banning orders totalling 45 years after they pleaded guilty to affray in connection with the pitch invasion. On 19 October 2012, Leeds United played Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough . One Leeds fan entered
4234-415: The pitch and turning Elland Road into a brickyard . Yorkshire Amateurs became the tenants , and that club played there for a brief spell saving the ground from development. In 1920, Yorkshire Amateurs sold Elland Road to the newly formed Leeds United for £250. In the 1920s, the South Stand terrace was covered with a wooden barrel -shaped roof and came to be known as the Scratching Shed. Another stand
4307-484: The programme for the match against Huddersfield Town on 8 December 2007. There would be hotels on the site of the shop. Possible adjacent developments could include an arena, casino , police headquarters, cafés, bars and parking for 2,700 cars. On 27 October 2008, the club released plans for redevelopment behind the East Stand containing a 350-room hotel, a covered arcade with shops, bars, and restaurants; extended and improved facilities for business conferences and events,
4380-419: The record attendance of 57,892 was set on 15 March 1967 in an FA Cup fifth round replay against Sunderland . This was before the stadium became an all-seater venue as stipulated by the Taylor Report and the modern record is 40,287 for a Premiership match against Newcastle United on 22 December 2001. Plans are currently afoot to increase the capacity of Elland Road to 55,000, to be achieved by demolishing
4453-559: The renovation towards the Bremner statue to take place in the summer of 2018, the following team was voted by the fans as 11 Legendary players (including Billy Bremner ). They were voted to each have a stone engraved around the Billy Bremner statue outside Elland Road. They were described as '10 legend stones' in the area around the famous statue. Each stone will be engraved with the legends keys stats and achievements during their career's with Leeds United . In August 2001, when Leeds were still
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#17331284835574526-545: The same year, the floodlights were replaced by the tallest floodlights in Europe, measuring 260 feet (79 m). Initially, three floodlights were erected – two at either side of the Kop and another in the South-West corner – and the other was erected four years later. The first match televised live was the rugby league Challenge Cup final replay between Hull FC and Widnes played on 19 May 1982. In summer 1982, Leeds sold Elland Road to Leeds City Council for £2.5 million, and
4599-528: The stadium during Revie's reign and a new attendance record of 57,892 was set on 15 March 1967, in a fifth-round replay of the FA Cup against Sunderland . In April 1968, the Spion Kop terracing was stripped away to make way for a new stand at a cost of £250,000. The roofed structure was built in less than six weeks and became known as the Gelderd End. When completed it left around 60 feet (18 m) of land behind
4672-405: The stadium was against Oxford United in a pre-season friendly on Saturday 29 July 2017 in which Leeds United won 2–0. In July 2017 the club announced a number of internal and external improvements were in the process of being made to Elland Road to improve the general appearance of the stadium. The improvements consisted of a partial new roof and cladding on the West Stand, banners on either side of
4745-542: The stand. Other plans included a shopping centre, ice rink , cricket hall, cinema, nightclub , café, restaurant, waterpark , leisure centre and shops. None of the designs were acted on. In September 1991, the South-East corner was opened, joining the South and Lowfields Stands providing a full corner stand for away supporters. This section was used as the "family stand" until membership proved too big for its 1,710 capacity and
4818-458: The visit of eventual champions Arsenal – a record that would last for almost 35 years. The last game of that season saw Leeds play Middlesbrough at home in front of 9,006 spectators. The stadium was chosen to host the all city of Leeds Rugby Football League Championship Final between Leeds and Hunslet in 1938, when a crowd of 54,112 saw Hunslet win the title. In the Second World War,
4891-422: The west side of the pitch and was known as the West Stand until the fans demanded a tribute to former player John Charles , following his death on 21 February 2004. It is currently the oldest two-tiered stand at Elland Road, having been built in 1957 after the previous stand burnt down, ironically forcing Charles' sale as the club needed the funds to pay for a new stand. The corporate seats are located here and there
4964-525: Was set up to investigate both the fire at Bradford City 's Valley Parade (which was not hooliganism-related) and the riot at the Birmingham City versus Leeds United match, but the higher number of fatalities in the former case meant that it received much more attention. The fighting between Birmingham City and Leeds United fans was described by Justice Popplewell as more like "the Battle of Agincourt than
5037-551: Was a friendly match against Italy on 27 March 2002 while the new Wembley was being built. In addition, Elland Road would have been a potential host stadium for the football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics had Manchester won its bid to host the 2000 Summer Olympics as well as in the failed English bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup . England women defeated the Netherlands 5–1 at Elland Road in their final preparation match before winning UEFA Women's Euro 2022 as
5110-405: Was approved by Leeds City Council. Capacity: 7,000 (including north-east and north-west corners) The Don Revie Stand is at the north end of the ground. It was previously known as the Gelderd End or Kop and was originally a standing terrace, it was renamed in 1994 in honour of the club's most successful manager and former player, Don Revie . The Revie Stand was officially opened in October by
5183-601: Was built on the east side terracing called the Lowfields. Behind the goal at the north end was a terrace known as the Spion Kop, or simply Kop, from a hill in South Africa on which 322 British soldiers died in the Battle of Spion Kop , in January 1900, in the Boer War . No significant changes were made to Elland Road in the 1930s, and 1940s, although it did see some large attendances. On 27 December 1932, 56,796 spectators attended for
5256-573: Was later reduced to two years on appeal. Leeds were the first English football club to be banned from a European competition. In the 1982–83 season , in the club's first game (at Grimsby on 28 August) in the Second Division after relegation, some Leeds fans went on what was described in The Sun newspaper as "an orgy of drinking, looting and fighting" in Cleethorpes , where 600 Leeds fans had stayed
5329-430: Was the first of several Monday night games against teams from north of the border and in successive weeks, Dundee and Falkirk were the visitors to Elland Road. In the early hours of Tuesday 18 September 1956, a fire gutted the West Stand and scorched large sections of the pitch. The blaze consumed the entire structure, including offices, kit , club records , physiotherapy equipment, dressing rooms, directors' rooms,
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