1 - How can Anfield be built in 1884 when Liverpool were found in 1892. FACTS : Everton used the ground until 1892. 2 - Stanford Bridge was built in 1877 when Chelsea were found 1905. FACTS : The London Athletic Club used the ground until the formation of Chelsea in 1905. 3- Notts County found in 1862 156 years ago . They are now playing at Medow Lane since 1910. FACTS : They used to play at Trent Bridge which still exists until this present day. Trent Bridge is built in 1841 that's 167 years ago The video is great, maybe needed a little bit more explanation to make things clear.
Sheffield United were founded in 1889, their Brammall lane ground was originally built as a cricket ground in 1855. It remained a duel perpose ground right up to Aug 1973 when Yorkshire cricket club played their last game at the ground before the construction of the south stand.
All these stadiums underwent major re-buildings with only but the names remaining. How about a video with the oldest facilities still in use? Nice video though
Until it was condemned after the Taylor report in 1990 Gillingham's old Gordon Road stand was the oldest wooden stand still in use having been built in 1899, 91 yrs before. According to local legend the stand was built by off duty workers from Chatham Dockyard for free beer and cigarettes.
If you are going to count any sport being played on a site then Villa Park or the lower grounds as it was known before Villa moved there should be listed, opened in 1864, football, cricket, cycling and athletics events were held on the site, in early images of Villa Park you can see the cycle track. AAA meetings were held there and it was significant enough to hold FA cup semi finals as early as 1884.
first competitive football match at Field Mill 1861. first competitive football match at Bramall Lane 1862. both were used for Cricket before that. Mansfield is the oldest "Professional football ground in the world. Hallam FC is the oldest, but not professional.
I'm sorry this is wrong, Hallam FC played Sheffield FC in the first competitive game on Boxing Day 1860. You claim the first competitive football match was played at Field Mill, or at least you seem to, it wasn't. I don't think any of the clubs were professional back in those days so the fact that Mansfield Town is professional now and Hallam FC isn't is neither here nor there. The title of the video also does not mention professional as a criteria to be on the list and so Hallam FC should be number 1!!! Be proud of your club and its history, I know I am of mine, but don't try to pretend it is what it isn't!!!
I get what you mean by oldest stadium (meaning been playing on the same location) however all these stadiums have been knocked down and rebuilt at various times. The biggest time of transformation in British football stadiums was early to mid 90s when so many teams had rebuild the old standing terraces into all-seater stadiums under new safety regulations. That time period changed everything. I wonder what the olderest single stands across the country are with limited renovation...
Milan's Arena Civica is by far the oldest venue in the world still hosting football matches. Opened in 1807 it was the home of Internazionale long before the San Siro. Now home to Milan's 3rd club Brera Calcio. Unlike all the stadia in the video, the Arena Civica is largely unchanged.
First purpose built football stadium ( as we would recognize them today ) was Goodison Park when it was built in 1892 ..... The ' stadium' they moved out of at Anfield ( like all Victorian grounds) was essentially earth mounds with a fence around it.
This video is crap! Nine of these stadiums were built as football stadiums - They were, in the main, parks or fields behind pubs that clubs roped off or existing cricket, athletics or cycling facilities.and built up in an ad hoc fashion over many years until they required permanent stands. The first purpose built football stadium in England was Goodison Park (although some may argue it as Molyneux), but I'm sure there were ones in Scotland earlier. learn some history!
Have you been holding on to this rage for 2 1/2 years or are you just late to the party? There are, by the way, plenty of other commenters making exactly the same point as I did. Go find something else to take out your impotent and inchoate rage upon.
I would certainly argue that Molineux came before Goodison Park. Wolves were playing league matches there for 3 years before Goodison was built. Football was played on the site from 1960.
Although Wolves did not move into Molineux until 1888. There was a football pitch and cycle track on the site from 1860 onwards making it the second oldest ground after Brammal Lane
Same with Villa Park, with a bit of research it seems a stadium of sorts was there from at least 1864 though without major research I can't establish exactly what was there and when as the site was used for recreational use even earlier than that.
OK, cute theme but let's get real. A more appropriate title: "10 oldest football stadium LOCATIONS still in use ", eh ? Because none of those 'stadiums' actually retain any significant structure (or probably even foundations) of the current edifices...all were rebuilt, several obviously 3 or 4 times. So, this vid is cheating...
Stamford bridge in in the beginning of the 90s looked almost unrecognizable by the end of the 90s....I think only 1 stand wasn't demolished. And they had a track around the field back then...that stadium use to look so ugly.
Bramall Lane has hosted football since 1862 and Field Mill has hosted it since 1861 so how is Bramall Lane an older football stadium than Field Mill? There's an (unverified) argument that it was a cricket ground before Field Mill, but certainly not a football stadium. Get your facts right.
Bramall lane is the oldest stadium in the world hosting professional football (it was built before Field Mill) field Mill is the oldest football stadium in the world (There is a difference)
Field Mill 1861 not 1862 that was bramall lane and before you say anything we have a sign at our stadium saying we have the oldest professional football ground
EVERTON GOODISON PARK? Goodison Park is the world's first purpose built football stadium and has recorded several firsts in stadium development in England
@@Ramtamtama It's not strictly true to say Everton were evicted. Everton left Anfield voluntarily, albeit after a dispute with landlord John Goulding who wanted to more than double the rent.
So have all of the stadia listed here. And FYI the Jerrry Kerr stand which was the old main stand dates from 1962 and was the first cantilever roofed stand in Scotland. The other three side sides were redeveloped in the 1990s.
@Oliver Nolan, club were only formed in 1909 - as Dundee Hibernian - and played on a pitch at Clepington road before relocating to the empty site that became known as Tannadice and changing their name to Utd in the 1920's. Stretching into the realms of fantasy to describe Tannadice as a football stadium in continuous use since the 1860's
Cnoc 500 Dundee Hibernian took over the lease of Clepington Park from Dundee Wanderers in 1909. They simply renamed it Tannadice Park. At no time have Dundee United/Hibernian ever relocated. Clepington Park and Tannadice Park were one and the same. As for Clepington/Tannadice Park. The first recorded use for football was in the early 1870s where it was used by many local clubs. The first team to lease the ground for their exclusive use was East End (ironically who would be one of the clubs that would merge to form Dundee FC in 1893) who secured the lease in 1882. They stayed until 1884 then left for three years returning to Clepington Park in 1887 they vacated again in 1891 where upon Johnstone Wanderers (an off-shoot of Our Boys) took over the lease . Johnstone Wanderers merged with Strathmore FC to form Dundee Wanderers in 1894 and retained Clepington Park as thier home for 15 year, until the newly formed Dundee Hibernian took over the lease and as stated above, renamed the ground Tannadice Park. Between 1884 and 1887 while Clepington Park had no resident club, it remained in use by many minor local clubs. Sources... Across The Great Divide - A history of professional football in Dundee - Wilkie, Mainstream Press 1984 Rags to Riches - The official history of Dundee United - Watson 1985 The Official Centenary History of Dundee United - Watson & Rundo 2009 I couldn't say anything about the 1860s, but there is irrefutable historical evidence that the site of Tannadice Park has been in continuous use by football clubs in Dundee since 1872. No realms of fantasy there, unlike your mythical football ground on Clepington Road of which there is no record whatsoever of Dundee United/Hibernian ever having played there. Oliver Nolan - The redevelopment of Tannadice occurred in stages basically from 1957 onwards. Prior to 1957 Tannadice was VERY basic. with three sides of relatively low open terraces and a small stand running half the length of the pitch on the Tannadice Street side. Adjacent to that stand in one corner (where the current players tunnel is now was a pavilion. 1957 saw the erection of the cover over the west terracing (The Shed). 1962 saw the old stand and pavilion replaced with the current structure which curves around the SE corner of the ground and extends to just over the halfway line (This was the first cantilevered roofed stand in Scotland and only the third in the UK) that year also saw the first floodlights installed. Also in the 1960s the terracing on the Sandeman Street (North) side was extended. There were no significant changes to the ground until 1980 when the Sandeman Street side terrace was covered and a small extension to the Arklay Street (East) terrace was added in 1982. Like so many grounds in the UK Tannadice was transformed in the 1990s as a result of legislation following the Hillborough disaster. The only areas remaining from 1962 are the Main Stand and The Shed (now with seats installed).
@Aidankiwi given neither of us were around at the time the term "mythical" really is unecessary. What we can agree on is that contrary to this video, nothing was "built" on this site in 1870 or for some considerable time thereafter. Therefore pretty much any piece of open ground/parkland that has hosted kickabouts since time immemorial could qualify for a mention, and thus manoeuvring this topic to the "fake news" bucket. As for the "mythical pitch on/near Clepington Road. My source - several Uni'eed diehards and Simon Inglis's first adition book. In the grand scheme of things, does it really matter? Probably not.
Up until the late 1880s early 1990s most football grounds were not much more than open spaces. The 1872 OS map has the site marked as a football ground. I would add that I have been a diehard Arab for over 40 years. Peter Rundo and Mike Watson are the two greatest authorities on the history of Dundee United FC. I have all of Simon Inglis' books on the football grounds of Great Britain none of which make any mention of Dundee Hibs occupying a ground on Clepington Road. From the 1983 edition... "For their first ground (Dundee) Hibernian considered Carolina Port, Dundee's ground until 1899 before homing in on Clepington Park, now called Tannadice" Clepington Park had some basic development including a fenced enclosure a small stand and turnstile blocks from 1884.
No it wasn't? Bramall lane was a cricket ground and the oldest stadium in the world hosting professional football ………… Please do some research before come here making yourself look a fool.
Association football began in England, so it's not a surprise that the oldest grounds are all British as the game was well established in England, Scotland and Wales before being exported. Mind you, slightly cheating to date some of these from before they started being used for football.
at least 4 clubs played at Tannadice before Dundee United did. And they were founded in 1909 as Dundee Hibernian, changing their name to United in 1923
Nope, Everton were tenants at Anfield prior to 1892. they fell out with their landlord John Goulding over a huge rent increase. They set up at Goodison in 1892 and Goulding formed Liverpool FC.
Just the first 3 alone and this is nonsense. The title should be the top ten stadiums On Their Original Footprints. Let me see....Tiggers broom ring any bells?
Milan's Arena Civica is older still, opened in 1807 and still in use today. Moreover apart from the addition of a synthetic running track is largely unaltered.
Wednesday only used Bramall Lane for big games because Olive Grove wasn't fit for purpose, I don't know how the myth came about as to why Wednesday thought it was their ground? Wednesday had to move out of Olive Grove because of the railway that ran beside the ground so they opted to build a new stadium in Owlerton.
Anfield was the home of Everton from 1884-1892. In 1892 Everton left Anfield after a dispute with their landlord John Goulding when he more than doubled the rent. Goulding then simply formed his own club to use the ground...Liverpool FC.
Because Meadow Lane wasn't built until 1910. Prior to then, County played at Park Hollow, Meadows Cricket Ground, Trent Bridge, Beeston Cricket Ground, the Castle Ground, and the Town Ground.
Oliver Cunliffe Some fun facts for You, Wednesday's first perminant ground was olive grove just outside the city centre, On the site of what is now olive grove bus depot They were evicted for the railway to be built and had a vote where to move, The fans didn't choose Hillsborough but the club still moved there a long way away back then for the fans to travel and there was sod all around the ground at the time and part of the river don had to be filled in to build the kop end As said, This was 1899, The ground was called Owleton at the time after the locality but changed to Hillsborough in 1912 as the tram route was more reliable, Anyway, Bit of history for ya ;)
@@doyoulikebeetrootTheir original site Olive Grove was infact the site of the council depot over the road from the bus depot. On the wall where the entrance to the council depot is you will find a plaque commemorating it.
@@markstevenson7577 Yes I know I was being a bit general answering the question, My point really was that Wednesday were kicked out for expansion, I'm a bit of a nerd and have pics of the site and plaque I took.
