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Stamford Bridge
Published or Updated April 29, 2019
Location: United Kingdom
Sport: Soccer
Level: Professional
Also Known As: The Bridge
Sport: Soccer
Level: Professional
Also Known As: The Bridge
Event Type: Venue
First Held: 1877
Next Up: 5/4/2019-5/4/2019
First Held: 1877
Next Up: 5/4/2019-5/4/2019
When and Where: from September through May in London, England
In the west London borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, lies Stamford Bridge, the home to England’s Chelsea Football Club. With a capacity of 41.841, “The Bridge” is the seventh largest stadium in the Premier League, and considered one of the “Big Four” of English soccer.
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1945 - Stamford Bridge staged one of the most notable matches in its history. Soviet side FC Dynamo Moscow were invited to tour the United Kingdom at the end of the Second World War and Chelsea were the first side they faced. An estimated crowd of over 100,000 crammed into Stamford Bridge to watch an exciting 3-3 draw.
1935 - Record Attendance: 82,905 v Arsenal on October 12, 1935.
- Greyhound racing was first held at the stadium on 31 July 1937 and continued until 1 August 1968.
1980 - The ground was used in 1980 for the first major day-night floodlit cricket match between Essex and West Indies (although organised by Surrey) which was a commercial success; the following year it hosted the final of the inaugural Lambert & Butler county cricket competition.
The capacity is 41,841, making it the seventh largest ground in the Premier League and the smallest amongst the so-called big four clubs.
a football stadium in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, west London, that is home to Chelsea Football Club. The stadium is located within the Moore Park Estate also known as Walham Green.
Stamford Bridge opened in 1877 as a home for the London Athletics Club and was used almost exclusively for that purpose until 1904, when the lease was acquired by brothers Gus and Joseph Mears, who wanted to stage high-profile professional football matches there.
2005 saw the opening of a new club museum, known as the Chelsea Museum or the Centenary Museum, to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the club. The current Megastore is on the west side of the stadium, near the entrance to the museum.
