List of defunct English football stadiums

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This is a list of football stadiums in England that are now defunct. Each stadium is shown alongside the year in which it ceased to be used and the stadium by which it was replaced.

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Defunct stadiums

YearClubDefunct StadiumReplacement Stadium
1881 Nottingham Forest Castle Ground Trent Bridge Cricket Ground
1886 Sunderland Abbs Field Newcastle Road
1886 Millwall Rovers Glengall Road Lord Nelson Ground
1889 Wolves Dudley Road Molineux
1890 Millwall Athletic Lord Nelson Ground The Athletic Grounds
1893 Walsall Town Swifts The Chuckery West Bromwich Road
1893 Royal Arsenal Invicta Ground Manor Ground
1894 Notts County Castle Ground Trent Bridge Cricket Ground
1895 Bolton Wanderers Pike's Lane Burnden Park
1896 Rotherham Town Clifton Grove -
1896 Crewe Alexandra Alexandra Recreation Ground Gresty Road
1896 Southampton Antelope Ground County Ground
1897 Thames Ironworks Browning Road Memorial Grounds
1897 Aston Villa Wellington Road Villa Park
1897 Luton Town Dallow Lane Dunstable Road
1898 Blackpool Athletic Grounds Bloomfield Road
1898 Southampton County Ground [1] The Dell
1898 Sunderland Newcastle Road Roker Park
1899 Darwen Barley Bank Anchor Ground
1899 Grimsby Town Abbey Park Blundell Park
1899 Sheffield Wednesday Olive Grove Hillsborough Stadium (originally Owlerton Stadium)
1900 Loughborough Athletic Ground -
1900 West Bromwich Albion Stoney Lane The Hawthorns
1901 Leicester City Belgrave Road Cycle and Cricket Ground Aylestone Road
1901 Millwall Athletic Athletic Ground North Greenwich
1902 Gainsborough Trinity Bowling Green Ground The Northolme
1905 Luton Town Dunstable Road Kenilworth Road
1906 Hull City The Circle Anlaby Road
1908 Norwich City Newmarket Road The Nest
1910 Millwall North Greenwich The Old Den
1910 Manchester United Bank Street Old Trafford
1913 Woolwich Arsenal Manor Ground Highbury
1913 Port Vale Athletic Ground Old Recreation Ground
1915 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace The Nest
1923 Manchester City Hyde Road Maine Road
1924 Crystal Palace The Nest Selhurst Park
1926 Castleford Town Castleford Sports Stadium Wheldon Road
1930 Clapton Orient Millfields Road Lea Bridge Stadium
1930 Gateshead Horsley Hill Redheugh Park
1932 York City Fulfordgate Bootham Crescent
1935 Norwich City The Nest Carrow Road
1939 Hull City Anlaby Road Boothferry Park
1950 Port Vale Old Recreation Ground Vale Park
1955 Southend United Southend Stadium Roots Hall
1963 Accrington Stanley Peel Park Crown Ground
1968 Nelson Seedhill Victoria Park
1969 New Brighton Tower Athletic Grounds
1970 Gateshead Redheugh Park Gateshead International Stadium
1973 Bradford Park Avenue Park Avenue Horsfall Stadium
1976 Bury Town Cemetry Road Ram Meadow
1980 Tonbridge Angels Angel Ground Longmead Stadium
1982 Hillingdon Borough Falling Lane
1985 White City Stadium
1986 Bristol Rovers Eastville Stadium Twerton Park
1987 Ashford United Essella Park The Homelands
1988 Maidstone United F.C. (1897) Athletic Ground -
1988 Scunthorpe United Old Showground Glanford Park
1989 Witton Albion Central Ground Wincham Park
1990 Grantham Town London RoadSouth Kesteven Sports Stadium
1990 Walsall Fellows Park Bescot Stadium
1990 Wycombe Wanderers Loakes Park Adams Park
1990 Yeovil Town Huish Athletic Ground Huish Park
1992 Maidstone United Watling Street Gallagher Stadium
1992 Chester City Sealand Road Deva Stadium
1993 Millwall The Old Den The Den
1994 Huddersfield Town Leeds Road Galpharm Stadium (originally McAlpine Stadium)
1994 Northampton Town County Ground Sixfields Stadium
1994 Fallowfield Stadium
1995 Middlesbrough Ayresome Park Riverside Stadium
1997 Bolton Wanderers Burnden Park Reebok Stadium
1997 Brighton and Hove Albion Goldstone Ground Withdean Stadium
1997 Derby County Baseball Ground Pride Park Stadium
1997 Stoke City Victoria Ground Britannia Stadium
1997 Sunderland Roker Park Stadium of Light
1998 Reading Elm Park Madejski Stadium
1998 Wimbledon Plough Lane Kingsmeadow
1999 Enfield Southbury Road Meadow Park
1999 Wigan Athletic Springfield Park DW Stadium
2000 Manchester United Wembley Stadium (1923) Wembley Stadium
2001 Runcorn Canal Street Halton Stadium
2001 Oxford United Manor Ground Kassam Stadium
2001 Southampton The Dell St Mary's Stadium
2002 Hull City Boothferry Park KCOM Stadium
2002 Leicester City Filbert Street King Power Stadium
2003 Darlington Feethams The Darlington Arena (originally Reynolds Arena)
2003 Manchester City Maine Road City of Manchester Stadium
2005 Burton Albion Eton Park Pirelli Stadium
2005 Coventry City Highfield Road Ricoh Arena
2005 Swansea City Vetch Field The Liberty Stadium
2006 Arsenal Highbury Emirates Stadium
2006 Aylesbury United Buckingham RoadThe Meadow
2007 Doncaster Rovers Belle Vue Keepmoat Stadium
2007 Shrewsbury Town Gay Meadow New Meadow
2007 Milton Keynes Dons former England National Hockey Stadium Stadium:mk
2007 Scarborough McCain Stadium Flamingo Land Stadium (as Scarborough Athletic)
2008 Colchester United Layer Road Colchester Community Stadium
2008 Hendon Claremont Road Chesnut Avenue (2008-2009)

Wheatsheaf Park (2008-2009)

Vale Farm (2009-2013)

Earlsmead Stadium (2013-2016)

Silver Jublee Park (2016–present)

2008 Horsham Queen Street Woodside Road (2008-2009)

Goring's Mead (2009-2017)

Culver Road (2017-2019)

Hop Oast (2019–present)

2008 Rotherham United Millmoor Don Valley Stadium
2009 Cardiff City Ninian Park Cardiff City Stadium
2010 Chesterfield Saltergate Technique Stadium
2010 Grays Athletic New Recreation Ground Rookery Hill (2010-2012)

Rush Green (2012-2013)

Mill Field (2013-2017)

2010 Morecambe Christie Park Globe Arena
2011 Hayes & Yeading Church Road Kingfield Stadium
2011 Kettering Town Rockingham Road Latimer Park
2012 Rotherham United Don Valley Stadium New York Stadium
2012 Rushden and Diamonds Nene Park Hayden Road (as AFC Rushden & Diamonds)
2013 Barnet Underhill Stadium The Hive Stadium
2013 Cambridge City Milton Road Ground Bridge Road Ground (Ground share)
2016 West Ham United Boleyn Ground London Stadium
2017 Aveley Mill FieldParkside
Grays Athletic
2017 Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane Wembley Stadium (2017-2018)
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (2019–present)
2020 Boston United York Street Jakemans Community Stadium
2020 Brentford Griffin Park Brentford Community Stadium
2020 A.F.C. Wimbledon Kingsmeadow Stadium Plough Lane
2021 York City Bootham Crescent LNER Community Stadium

Stadiums no longer used for football

See also

Notes

  1. The County Ground, Southampton continued in use as a cricket ground until 2000

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