Hillsborough Stadium
- Sheffield Wednesday
- Games for Sheffield Wednesday
- Football World Cup 1966
- European Football Championship 1996
The Hillsborough Stadium (also known as short- Hillsborough ) is a football stadium in Sheffield, England and the home ground of the football club Sheffield Wednesday. It houses since the first turf laying in 1899 Games of the English Championship. Today, the venue holds 39,812 spectators on its four seat bleachers, most of which are covered. The Hillsborough Stadium was named after the neighborhood in which it stands.
History
The first place at the site of the present stadium was built in 1899 in a sparsely populated area in the north west of Sheffield, then called Owlerton. The place was called until 1914 Owlerton stage and then renamed to correspond with a number of structural improvements in the area. The thriving downtown, which had arisen around the stadium, was named Hillsborough, after then, the stadium was named.
In 1966, the stadium was selected as a venue for the World Cup and intended for three first-round matches in which the teams from the Federal Republic of Germany, Argentina, Spain and Switzerland took part. The quarterfinal match between the Federal Republic of Germany and Uruguay ( Result: 4-0 ) was also held there.
In 1989, the stadium was the scene of the Hillsborough disaster, as 96 fans of FC Liverpool were crushed to death during a semi-final of the FA Cup. This disaster led to some changes to the stands of the stadium. Little by little all General Admission grandstands were equipped with seats and fences replaced around the playing field by low safety barriers, to allow the audience in an emergency to resort to the court.
The highest number of audience was reached in 1934 in the context of games of the FA Cup against Manchester City and was 72 841 spectators.
Grandstands
North stand
- Built: 1961
- Capacity: 9,255 seats
The grandstand is on the north side of the lawn and is one of the earliest examples of Kragträgerbauweise and one of the first stands in England, which extends over the entire field width. The first grandstand in Kragträgerbauweise was built at the club Scunthorpe United, Old Showground field. The Hillsborough stadium is thanks to this grandstand is the only football stadium in the Book Buildings Of England ( buildings in England ) by Nikolaus Pevsner finds mention.
Presto West Stand
- Built: 1966
- Capacity: 6,559 seats
Located on the side facing the Leppings Lane end of the square, this grandstand offers space for the supporters of visiting teams at home games of Sheffield Wednesday. It was originally built for the World Cup in 1966 and had prior to the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 a standing terrace, which was subsequently converted into a pure seat grandstand.
South Stand
- Built: 1914
- Capacity: 11,354 seats
The construction phase of this oldest grandstand of the square began in 1913 to designs by the designer Archibald Leitch, whose salary was £ 17,000 for the plans. Today's Tribune was subjected to several improvements. The latest example of this constitutes the establishment of press rooms, two conference rooms, a bar and a restaurant as well as an upper extra seat rank for the European Football Championship 1996
The South Stand is the stand with the highest recognition within the stadium and still contains the old view with a clock from the design of the year 1913. It houses the main reception area, press and restaurant areas as well as the family area and seven modern refreshment kiosks.
Spion Kop
- Built: 1914
- Capacity: 11,210 seats
The Spion Kop, after a hill that was the site of a battle in the Boer War, named and built on a natural hill at the eastern end of the square. On Games home of Sheffield Wednesday here are the most vocal supporters of the team.
The Tribune was the last in the stadium, which was transformed into a pure seat grandstand to correspond mainly to the new guidelines, the FA Premier League. The last renovation took place in 1993.