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The Biggest Football Stadiums in the World

Capacity rankings favor multipurpose bowls. The Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in Pyongyang is usually listed first at well over 100,000, while Salt Lake...

The Oldest Football Grounds Still in Use

Sandygate in Sheffield, home of Hallam FC since 1860, is widely called the oldest football ground on earth, with nearby Bramall Lane following soon af...

Stadiums Famous for Atmosphere

Capacity alone does not make noise. The Yellow Wall in Dortmund packs 24,454 standing fans into one end, the largest terrace in Europe. La Bombonera i...

World Cup Final Venues Through History

From the Centenario in Montevideo, which staged the first final in 1930 before 93,000 people, to Lusail in Qatar, where Argentina beat France on penal...

Renovation or New Build: How Clubs Renew Their Homes

Real Madrid transformed the Bernabeu in place, keeping the team at home while a retractable roof, sliding pitch and new facade turned it into a year r...

The Return of Standing Room to Football

Britain converted to all seater stadiums after the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, and for a generation standing was banned in the top English tiers. Germ...