List of defunct English football stadiums

This is a list of football stadiums in England that are now defunct. Each stadium is shown alongside the year in which it ceased to be used and the stadium by which it was replaced.

Defunct stadiums

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Year	Club	Defunct Stadium	Replacement Stadium
1889	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	Dudley Road	Molineux
1893	Royal Arsenal	Invicta Ground	Manor Ground
1895	Bolton Wanderers	Pike's Lane	Burnden Park
1896	Southampton	Antelope Ground	County Ground
1897	Aston Villa	Wellington Road	Villa Park
1897	Luton Town	Dallow Lane	Dunstable Road
1898	Southampton	County Ground	The Dell
1898	Sunderland	Newcastle Road	Roker Park
1899	Sheffield Wednesday	Olive Grove	Hillsborough Stadium (originally Owlerton Stadium)
1900	West Bromwich Albion	Stoney Lane	The Hawthorns
1905	Luton Town	Dunstable Road	Kenilworth Road
1908	Norwich City	Newmarket Road	The Nest
1910	Manchester United	Bank Street	Old Trafford
1913	Woolwich Arsenal	Manor Ground	Highbury
1913	Port Vale	Athletic Ground	Old Recreation Ground
1923	Manchester City	Hyde Road	Maine Road
1930	Gateshead	Horsley Hill	Redheugh Park
1932	York City	Fulfordgate	Bootham Crescent
1935	Norwich City	The Nest	Carrow Road
1939	Hull City	Anlaby Road	Boothferry Park
1950	Port Vale	Old Recreation Ground	Vale Park
1955	Southend United	Southend Stadium	Roots Hall
1963	Accrington Stanley	Peel Park	Crown Ground
1968	Nelson	Seedhill	Victoria Park
1969	New Brighton	Tower Athletic Grounds	—
1970	Gateshead	Redheugh Park	Gateshead International Stadium
1973	Bradford Park Avenue	Park Avenue	Horsfall Stadium
1980	Tonbridge Angels	Angel Ground	Longmead Stadium
1985	—	White City Stadium	—
1986	Bristol Rovers	Eastville Stadium	Memorial Stadium
1988	Scunthorpe United	Old Showground	Glanford Park
1990	Walsall	Fellows Park	Bescot Stadium
1990	Wycombe Wanderers	Loakes Park	Adams Park
1990	Yeovil Town	Huish Athletic Ground	Huish Park
1991	Wimbledon	Plough Lane	—
1992	Maidstone United	Watling Street	—
1992	Chester City	Sealand Road	Deva Stadium
1993	Millwall	The Den	The New Den
1994	Huddersfield Town	Leeds Road	Galpharm Stadium (originally McAlpine Stadium)
1994	Northampton Town	County Ground	Sixfields Stadium
1994	—	Fallowfield Stadium	—
1995	Middlesbrough	Ayresome Park	Riverside Stadium
1997	Bolton Wanderers	Burnden Park	Reebok Stadium
1997	Brighton and Hove Albion	Goldstone Ground	Withdean Stadium
1997	Derby County	Baseball Ground	Pride Park Stadium
1997	Stoke City	Victoria Ground	Britannia Stadium
1997	Sunderland	Roker Park	Stadium of Light
1998	Reading	Elm Park	Madejski Stadium
1999	Wigan Athletic	Springfield Park	JJB Stadium
2000	—	Wembley Stadium	Wembley Stadium
2001	Oxford United	Manor Ground	Kassam Stadium
2001	Southampton	The Dell	St Mary's Stadium
2002	Hull City	Boothferry Park	KC Stadium
2002	Leicester City	Filbert Street	King Power Stadium
2003	Darlington	Feethams	The Darlington Arena (originally Reynolds Arena)
2003	Manchester City	Maine Road	City of Manchester Stadium
2005	Burton Albion	Eton Park	Pirelli Stadium
2005	Coventry City	Highfield Road	Ricoh Arena
2005	Swansea City	Vetch Field	The Liberty Stadium
2006	Arsenal	Highbury	Emirates Stadium
2006	Aylesbury United	Buckingham Road	—
2007	Doncaster Rovers	Belle Vue	Keepmoat Stadium
2007	Shrewsbury Town	Gay Meadow	New Meadow
2007	Milton Keynes Dons	former England National Hockey Stadium	Stadium:mk
2007	Scarborough	McCain Stadium	—
2008	Colchester United	Layer Road	Colchester Community Stadium
2008	Rotherham United	Millmoor	Don Valley Stadium
2009	Cardiff City	Ninian Park	Cardiff City Stadium
2010	Chesterfield	Saltergate	B2net Stadium
2010	Morecambe	Christie Park	Globe Arena
2011	Brighton and Hove Albion	Withdean Stadium	Falmer Stadium
2012	Rotherham United	Don Valley Stadium	New York Stadium
2013	Barnet	Underhill Stadium	The Hive Stadium
2013	Cambridge City	Milton Road Ground	Bridge Road Ground (Ground share)
2016	West Ham United	Boleyn Ground	Olympic Stadium

Stadiums no longer used for football

• Kennington Oval
• Nevill Ground — Last used for football in 1903. Remains in use for its original purpose of cricket.
• Trent Bridge — Last used for football in 1910 by Notts County. Remains in use for its original purpose of cricket.
• Withdean Stadium — Used by Brighton & Hove Albion from 1999–2011. Remains in use for its original purpose of athletics.

See also

• List of English football stadiums by capacity

External links

• Goodbye Gay Meadow Book on Shrewsbury Town's old ground, Gay Meadow
• [1] BBC Webpage on: Farewell Milton Road