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/ June 28, 2026
Elm Park was a football stadium in the West Reading district of Reading, Berkshire, England, and the long-time home of Reading Football Club. Opened on 5 September 1896, it hosted its first competitive fixture against a London XI that same day — a match abandoned
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/ June 28, 2026
The Manor Ground stood on London Road in Headington, Oxford, serving as the home of Oxford United F.C. — formerly Headington United — from 1925 until 2001. Built for around £10,000, the stadium’s four stands surrounded a pitch that witnessed the club’s rise from amateur
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/ June 27, 2026
Layer Road was a Football League ground in Colchester, England, that served as home to Colchester United F.C. from 1937 until 2008. Originally built in 1907 for Colchester Town F.C., the stadium stood on a 3.63-acre site and became the beating heart of football in
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/ June 26, 2026
Saltergate — officially known as the Recreation Ground — was the historic home of Chesterfield Football Club from 1871 until the club’s move in July 2010, giving it a remarkable 139-year operational lifespan that made it one of the oldest football grounds in England at
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/ June 26, 2026
Boothferry Park was a football stadium on Boothferry Road in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It served as the home ground of Hull City AFC for 56 years, from the club’s first match there on 31 August 1946 — a goalless draw
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/ June 20, 2026
The Victoria Ground, known affectionately as ‘The Vic’, served as the home of Stoke City F.C. from March 1878 to May 1997 — a span of 119 years that made it the longest-tenured ground in English Football League history. Located in Stoke-on-Trent, the stadium took
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/ June 19, 2026
Burnden Park was a football ground on Manchester Road in the Burnden area of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It served as the home of Bolton Wanderers Football Club from its opening on 11 September 1895 until the club’s final match there on 25 April 1997
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/ June 18, 2026
The Dell was the football ground of Southampton FC, located on Milton Road in Southampton, Hampshire, England. Built in 1898 on land that once featured a natural sunken valley — the ‘dell’ that gave the stadium its name — it served as the club’s home
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/ June 17, 2026
Filbert Street was a football ground in Leicester, England, that served as the home of Leicester City F.C. from 1891 to 2002. The club, founded in 1884 as Leicester Fosse, played their first match at the ground on 7 November 1891 and remained there for
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/ June 17, 2026
Maine Road was a football stadium in the Moss Side district of Manchester, England — Manchester City’s home ground from its opening on 25 August 1923 until the club’s final match there on 11 May 2003. For 80 years it stood as one of English
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