OLD TRAFFORD
Old
Trafford is a football
stadium
in Old
Trafford,
Greater Manchester, England, and the home of Manchester
United.
With a capacity of 74,994,
it
is the largest club football stadium (and second largest football
stadium overall after Wembley
Stadium)
in the United Kingdom, and the eleventh-largest in Europe.
Nicknamed
"The Theatre of Dreams" by Bobby
Charlton,
Old
Trafford has been United's home ground since 1910, although from 1941
to 1949 the club shared Maine
Road
with
local rivals Manchester
City as
a result of Second
World
War
bomb
damage. Old Trafford underwent several expansions in the 1990s, and
2000s, including the addition of extra tiers to the North, West and
East Stands, almost returning the stadium to its original capacity of
80,000
