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Old Trafford (/ ˈ t r æ f ər d /) is a football stadium in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, and is the home of Manchester United.With a capacity of 74,310, [1] it is the largest club football stadium (and second-largest football stadium overall after Wembley Stadium) in the United Kingdom, and the twelfth-largest in Europe. [3]
Old Trafford is an area of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, which borders the cities of Manchester and Salford. It is located two miles (3.2 km) south-west of Manchester city centre in the historic county of Lancashire .
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The University of Chicago discontinued its football program after 1939 and left the Big Ten Conference in 1946. The stadium was demolished in 1957, [6] and much of the stadium site was used as the site of Regenstein Library. Stagg Field (then called Marshall Field) c.1900 before the construction of the permanent stadium seating.
A bronze statue of Sir Matt Busby, erected in 1996, stands on the exterior of the East Stand of the Old Trafford stadium, overlooking Sir Matt Busby Way. The road is approximately 420 metres (459 yd) long and runs from Chester Road to Trafford Park Road/Wharfside Way (A5081). It also connects to United Road, which runs under the North Stand of ...
Manchester United’s plans to replace the roof on the Sir Bobby Charlton are on hold until the club decide whether they are to remain at Old Trafford. While club officials have pointed out more ...
Old Trafford has hosted the 1966 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1996, 2012 Summer Olympics Football Tournament, and UEFA Women's Euro 2022. It has also infrequently hosted home matches of the England national football team however it became a regular home stadium during the rebuilding of Wembley Stadium between 2000 and 2007.
Wharfside is located next to the Manchester Ship Canal and is the closest tram stop to the Old Trafford football stadium.. The stop has two side platforms.Two dot matrix passenger information displays hang from canopies, and show estimated arrival times for trams in minutes up to 30 minutes prior (up to three at a time) and number of carriages for one platform each.