Turf Moor Stadium is the home venue for Burnley FC and it is based in Burnley, Lancashire, England. The club has been playing their home games at Turf Moor since 1883, meaning that this is the second-longest home venue that has been used by a professional club in England. The capacity for Turf Moor is just under 22,000 people.
History of Turf Moor Stadium
1833
Sports have been played at Turf Moor since 1833 when the Burnley Cricket Club was founded. It was in 1883 that Burnley FC started playing at Turf Moor.
1886
It also holds the distinction of being the first football ground to have received a visit from a member of the Royal Family. This came in 1886 when Prince Albert Victor went to the clash between Bolton Wanderers and Burnley.
1888
It was in 1888 that Turf Moor hosted its first Football League fixture. It was in 1924 that a record attendance for a game held at Turf Moor was recorded. There were almost 55,000 people packed into Turf Moor for the third round FA Cup clash between Burnley and Huddersfield Town.
1928
It was the same season that a FA Cup semi-final took place at Turf Moor, with an international game between Wales and England taking place at Turf Moor in 1928.
1885
The first of the grandstands at Turf Moor Stadium was not developed until 1885. Eventually, more stands were added. Following the Second World War, there was a complete redevelopment of the stadium, with each of the four stands getting rebuilt.
1990s
It was in the 1990s when another major renovation took place at Turf Moor. This came after the publication of the Taylor Report in 1990 that required leading football stadiums in England to be seated only venues.
The layout of the Stadium
There are four stands that make up the stadium at Turf Moor. There is the Jimmy McIlroy stand, James Hargreaves stand, Cricket Field Stand and the Bob Lord Stand. In total, there is a capacity of just under 22,000.
This means that for every third person in Burnley there is a seat available. This is the highest ratio of its kind in the top two tiers of football in the country. The Jimmy McIlroy and James Hargreaves Stand both have two tiers, with the others having a single tier.
The first football university in the UK was opened at Turf Moor in 2011, called the University Campus of Football Business. Subsequent facilities of this kind have been opened at the City of Manchester Stadium and at Wembley Stadium.
Burnley FC
Burley FC was founded in 1882 and it plays its home games at Turf Moor. It is the second-longest-running club that is playing at the same home ground in English football. It was one of the first clubs to become professional and was a founding member of the Football League. The team is now a part of the Premier League and on two occasions they have won the First Division title.
They also have won a single FA Cup and two Charity Shields. They have also finished runner-up in the FA Cup and First Division on two occasions each. Their best finish in a European competition was the quarter-final stage of the European Cup in 1960/1961.
Burnley holds the distinction of being one of five teams that have won each of the four divisions of professional football in England. The other teams to have done so are Portsmouth, Sheffield United Preston North End and Wolverhampton Wanderers. The main rival for Burnley is with Blackburn Rovers, with the East Lancashire Derby taking place between the two teams.
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