Elland Road
Elland Road, 2016 | |
| Full name | Elland Road Stadium |
|---|---|
| Former names | Old Peacock Ground |
| Address | Elland Road |
| Location | Beeston, Leeds England LS11 0ES |
| Coordinates | 53°46′40″N 1°34′20″W / 53.77778°N 1.57222°W |
| Public transit | Cottingley Leeds Leeds Park and Ride |
| Owner | Leeds United Football Club Limited |
| Operator | Leeds United |
| Capacity | 37,645 |
| Record attendance | 57,892 (Leeds United vs Sunderland, 15 March 1967) |
| Field size | 105 by 68 metres (114.8 yd × 74.4 yd) |
| Surface | GrassMaster (Hybrid Grass) |
| Scoreboard | Philips VideoTron |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1897 |
| Opened | 1897 |
| Renovated | 1920s, 1953, 1971, 1994, 2006, 2011–2012 |
| Expanded | 1905, 1920s, 1957, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1989, 1991, 1994 |
| Tenants | |
| Holbeck (1897–1904) Rugby League Leeds City (1904–1919) Football Yorkshire Amateur (1919) Football Leeds United (1919–present) Football Hunslet (1983–1994) Rugby League | |
Elland Road, or Elland Road Stadium, is a football stadium in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which has been the home of Leeds United since the club's formation in 1919. The stadium is the 13th largest football stadium in England.
The ground has hosted FA Cup semi-final matches as a neutral venue, and England international fixtures, and was selected as one of eight Euro 96 venues. Elland Road was used as home ground by rugby league clubs Holbeck (pre-1905) and Hunslet (in the 1980s and 90s) and has hosted numerous rugby league cup finals and semi-finals, internationals and other important matches.
Elland Road has four stands – the Don Revie (North) Stand (also known as the kop), the Jack Charlton (East) Stand (which was once known as the Lowfields Road stand), the Norman Hunter South Stand and the John Charles (West) Stand – and an all-seated capacity of 37,645. Elland Road had recorded its record league attendance on 27 December 1932, where a capacity of 56,796 watched Leeds played Arsenal and then the record attendance of 57,892 was set on 15 March 1967 in an FA Cup fifth round replay against Sunderland. This was before the stadium became an all-seater venue as stipulated by the Taylor Report and the modern record is 40,287 for a Premiership match against Newcastle United on 22 December 2001. Plans are currently afoot to increase the capacity of Elland Road to 55,000, to be achieved by demolishing the West Stand and rebuilding the area.
The stadium has hosted concerts, including performances by bands such as Queen, U2, Happy Mondays and the Kaiser Chiefs.