Anfield

Anfield, located on Anfield Road in Liverpool, is a Stadium named after the neighbourhood where it is located. Since 1892 is the home of the English football club Liverpool F.C.. Before that, the stadium was used by Everton F.C. from 1884 to 1892, but after a dispute over payment was founded a new club: Liverpool F.C.

The stadium has four stands: The head, Centenary Stand, Anfield Road End and Main Stand. It has a seat capacity of 45.276[1]  seats. The highest number of visitors, 61.905,[2]  was registered with the match against Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1952. Just outside the stadium were two gates or ' gates ' named after former Liverpoolmanagers. On 26 August 1982, eleven months after the death of Bill Shankly, Shankly's Gate was unveiled as a tribute by Shankly's widow, Agnes. In addition, the statue of Shankly, Shankly's Statue, for the first time on 4 december 1997 presented to the public. The second gate was named after the successor of Shankly, Bob Paisley.

The plans to build a new stadium and Anfield were initiated in May 2002 to leave. On the basis of these plans, they wanted to expand capacity to 60 000 places instead of 45.276. The new stadium would be located in the Stanley Park, and would be called the Stanley Park Stadium . [3]  on september 8, 2006, Liverpool F.C. green light from the City Council. This whole project would cost more than £ 300 million. The club has on 15 October 2012 decided to blow off the project and thus to Anfield continued use as home to the renovation of start in 2014.



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[hide] *1 History  ==History[ Edit] == Everton F.C. was to new location to play football because of the noise of supporters on match days. Evertons John Houlding, President, was important when hiring a new piece of land for the club. He had his eye on the piece of land between Anfield and Walton Breck Road. The land was owned by the local brewers, the brothers Orrell, so he went to talk to the Brewer and friend John (Joseph) Orrell on the rental. As a result made Everton F.C. their first debut on 28 september 1884. In 1885 placed Orrell the piece of land for sale. Houlding bought the land from Orrell for £ 5228/11/11 to be exact, including the legal fees, amounted to a total of £ 6000. He paid himself £ 2000 and took a mortgage of £ 4000 where he 3% interest on paid. The contract stipulated that a donation had to donate to the annual Houlding Stanley Hospital in the name of Orrell. This contract Later played a large role in the split between Houlding and Everton F.C.[4] [5]
 * 2 Structures and facilities
 * 2.1 Stands
 * spectator numbers 3
 * 3.1 Records
 * 3.2 Average spectator numbers (Premier League)
 * 4 international games
 * 5 Trivia
 * 6 References

There was still a lot of work to do to the ground into a football field. Evertons directors as players, helped by the fans, formed of the pasture to get to a playable soccer field.The first game played at Anfield was between Everton and Earlestown on 28 september 1884. Everton F.C. won that match 5-0. They were a professional football team while they are still played at Anfield. Their first Football League match was against Accrington Stanley on 8 september 1888. Meanwhile, the number of visitors began to rise so that to build a stand behind the Houlding decided to both goals. By the end of the 1880s was the field one of the best in the country, itself was there an English international match played. The success of Everton F.C. took care of a larger audience, thereby Houlding wanted more interest questions. On 25 January 1892 Houlding George Mahon was the requirements of fed up. He convinced the members of the club to the piece of land to buy, Mere Green Field, which is situated on the north side of Stanley Park. This piece of land was their new home base, namely Goodison Park. [5]  <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" len="159" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Houlding was left behind with the field but there was no team to playing there. On 15 March 1892<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-formed_lfc_7-0" len="170" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]  together with his best friend John Houlding founded Liverpool Association Football Club on. it was on the advice of William e. Barclay, a football fanatic, that they chose the name Liverpool. One John McKenna remained along with Barclay true to Hamill. Later, the many successes due to McKenna. He was the man and the brain behind the success. It was only on June 3 that the name Liverpool F.C. and Athletic Grounds Ltd was formally recognized by the Board of Trade, from that day on, the club history writing.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-formed_lfc_7-1" len="170" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [7]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Liverpools initial application to join the Football League was rejected. So they started in the Lancashire League. On the first september 1892 Liverpool F.C. played their first game at Anfield. The match was against Rotherham in a friendly match. They won this match with 7-1 for some 200 supporters. A few days later, 3 september 1892 in the Lancashire League, was their first match. They played at home against Higher Walton and won this match 8-0.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-formed_lfc_7-2" len="170" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [7] ==Structures and facilities<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == The Head in the year 1974===Stands<span class="mw-editsection" len="322" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p lang="en" len="89" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The stadium has a capacity of 45.276 seats and consists of the following parts.

==Spectator Numbers<span class="mw-editsection" len="335" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Records<span class="mw-editsection" len="321" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The biggest rise of all time at Anfield was on 2 February 1952. Liverpool then played against Wolverhampton Wanderers for the FA Cup. At the contest were 61.905 spectators. ===Average attendances (Premier League)<span class="mw-editsection" len="363" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==International Games<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There are a lot of international games played at Anfield. Some of these are "home games" of Wales. At the European Championships of 1996 was Anfield also four times the preferred Stadium to play in. Three times in the group stage matches were finished and once it was Anfield the playing field for Netherlands in the quarterfinals. Netherlands, lost on penalties, of France. The last international match at Anfield was completed on 1 March 2006. When England was the host and the Uruguayreceived. England won a friendly match 2-1. ==Trivia<span class="mw-editsection" len="320" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * The Head, behind one of the goals, dates back to 1906. It was a gift to supporters in honor of the second Championship of Liverpool. 12.409 spectators can sit here. The name refers to the hill where the battle of Spionkop took place.
 * Centenary Stand, built in 1992 in honor of the 100th anniversary of the club. 11.762 spectators can sit here.
 * Anfield Road End, is located behind the other goal. 9074 spectators can sit here.
 * Main Stand, the oldest part of the stadium holds visitors South-East Italy.
 * 1999-00: 45.852
 * 2000-01: 43.698
 * 2001-02: 43.389
 * 2002-03: 43.243
 * 2003-04: 42.706
 * 2004-05: 42.587
 * 2005-06: 44.236
 * 2006-07: 43.561
 * 2008-09: 45.255
 * Amsterdam also has a AnfieldroadStreet. This is located in the residential area on the site of the former Ajax- The More stadium is built. Several well-known football stadiums here have a own street name.