St Andrew's (Birmingham)
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St Andrew's is an association football stadium in the Bordesley district of Birmingham, England. It has been the home ground of Birmingham City Football Club for more than a century.
Constructed and opened in 1906 to replace the Muntz Street ground, which had become too small to meet the club's needs, the original St Andrew's could hold an estimated 75,000 spectators, housed in one grandstand and a large uncovered terrace. The attendance record, variously recorded as 66,844 or 67,341, was set at a 1939 FA Cup tie against Everton. During the Second World War, St Andrew's suffered bomb damage and the grandstand, housing a temporary fire station, burned down in an accidental fire. In the 1950s, the club replaced the stand and installed floodlights, and later erected a second small stand and roofed over the open terraces, but there were few further changes.
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Constructed and opened in 1906 to replace the Muntz Street ground, which had become too small to meet the club's needs, the original St Andrew's could hold an estimated 75,000 spectators, housed in one grandstand and a large uncovered terrace. The attendance record, variously recorded as 66,844 or 67,341, was set at a 1939 FA Cup tie against Everton. During the Second World War, St Andrew's suffered bomb damage and the grandstand, housing a temporary fire station, burned down in an accidental fire. In the 1950s, the club replaced the stand and installed floodlights, and later erected a second small stand and roofed over the open terraces, but there were few further changes.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrews_(stadium)
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Coordinates: 52°28'32"N 1°52'4"W
- Abbey Stadium Sports Centre 18 km
- Coventry Building Society Arena 25 km
- George V Playing fields 133 km
- Pentre Park 144 km
- Norn Hill Park 144 km
- Wembley Stadium 149 km
- Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 157 km
- Skewen Park 163 km
- Melish Sports Ground 165 km
- Worthing Sport & Leisure Centre 210 km
- Smart and Volkswagen dealership 0.9 km
- Freightliner terminal 1 km
- Highgate Park 1.3 km
- Birmingham Curzon Street Station (under construction) 1.3 km
- Eastside Locks 1.4 km
- Masshouse Circus 1.7 km
- Birmingham City Centre 2.2 km
- Ladywood 2.5 km
- Hall Green 3.9 km
- Solihull (Metropolitan Borough) 10 km
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