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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 .
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 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.
Before the Taylor Report, which required all Premier League and Division One clubs to have all-seater stadia by the start of the 1994–95 season, the Stretford End was the main standing area at Old Trafford, accommodating around 20,000 fans. The very upper tier of the end did actually have form seating where generally families with younger ...
Old Trafford, Manchester: 833 12 October 2005 2–1 Poland: Old Trafford, Manchester: 835 1 March 2006 2–1 Uruguay: Anfield, Liverpool: International match 836 30 May 2006 3–1 Hungary: Old Trafford, Manchester: 837 3 June 2006 6–0 Jamaica: Old Trafford, Manchester: 843 16 August 2006 4–0 Greece: Old Trafford, Manchester: 844 2 September ...
The entrance to Manchester United Football Ground railway station, adjacent to the South Stand at Old Trafford in May 2014. Manchester United Football Ground railway station, often known as the Old Trafford Halt or Manchester United FC Halt, [2] is sited adjacent to Old Trafford football stadium in the area of Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.
Also in Trafford are many parks and open spaces; there are 21.2 square miles (55 km 2) of greenspace, 51.8% of the total area covered by the borough. [22] Tourist attractions in Trafford include Old Trafford football ground and Old Trafford Cricket Ground. Chill Factor e is an indoor ski slope in Trafford Park.
Old Trafford is a tram stop on the Altrincham Line of the Metrolink light rail system in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Before 1991, it was a railway station called Warwick Road; it reopened as a tram stop on 15 June 1992 with its current name.