Around The Grounds: Bramall Lane, Home Of Sheffield United

Chris Wright

5th, August 2013

By Chris Wright

In a return to the original “Around the Grounds” format, this week we’re having a photographic shufty around the world’s oldest football stadium (technically it’s the “oldest major stadium in the world to still host professional football matches”): Sheffield United’s Bramall Lane stadium, originally opened in 1855 and used primarily as a cricket ground.

The Blades moved in in 1889 and have renovated the place several times since, not least when the old John Street stand and parts of the Kop were completely devastated by bombs during the blitzing of Sheffield in World War II.

Let’s have a nosey shall we…

Soccer - Pre Season Friendly - Sheffield United v Estudiantes - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Pre Season Friendly - Sheffield United v Estudiantes - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Pre Season Friendly - Sheffield United v Estudiantes - Bramall Lane

Soccer - npower Football League One - Sheffield United v Oldham Athletic - Bramall Lane

Soccer - npower Football League One - Sheffield United v Notts County - Bramall Lane

Soccer - npower Football League One - Sheffield United v Notts County - Bramall Lane

Soccer - npower Football League One - Sheffield United v Sheffield Wednesday - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Coca-Cola Football League Championship - Sheffield United v Bristol City - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Coca-Cola Football League Championship - Sheffield United v Bristol City - Bramall Lane

Soccer - FA Youth Cup - Fifth Round - Sheffield United v Blackpool - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Pre Season Friendly - Sheffield United v Blackpool - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Pre Season Friendly - Sheffield United v Blackpool - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Pre Season Friendly - Sheffield United v Blackpool - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Pre Season Friendly - Sheffield United v Blackpool - Bramall Lane

Soccer - AXA FA Cup - Fifth Round - Sheffield United v Walsall

Soccer - Carling Cup - First Round - Sheffield United v Chesterfield - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Carling Cup - First Round - Sheffield United v Chesterfield - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Carling Cup - First Round - Sheffield United v Chesterfield - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Coca-Cola Football League Championship - Sheffield United v Queens Park Rangers - Bramall Lane

Soccer - FA Barclays Premiership - Sheffield United v Charlton Athletic - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Coca-Cola Football Championship - Sheffield United v West Bromwich Albion - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Coca-Cola Football League Championship - Sheffield United v Bristol City - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Coca-Cola Football League Championship - Sheffield United v Bristol City - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Coca-Cola Football League Championship - Sheffield United v Bristol City - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Pre Season Friendly - Sheffield United v Estudiantes - Bramall Lane

Soccer - npower Football League One - Sheffield United v Sheffield Wednesday - Bramall Lane

Soccer - npower Football League One - Sheffield United v Sheffield Wednesday - Bramall Lane

Soccer - npower Football League One - Sheffield United v Oldham Athletic - Bramall Lane

Soccer - npower Football League One - Sheffield United v Oldham Athletic - Bramall Lane

Soccer - npower Football League One - Sheffield United v Sheffield Wednesday - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Pre Season Friendly - Sheffield United v Estudiantes - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Coca-Cola Football League Championship - Sheffield United v Bristol City - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Coca-Cola Football League Championship - Sheffield United v Bristol City - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Coca-Cola Football League Championship - Sheffield United v Bristol City - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Coca-Cola Football Championship - Sheffield United v West Bromwich Albion - Bramall Lane

Soccer - Coca-Cola Football League Championship - Sheffield United v Burnley - Bramall Lane

Soccer - AXA FA Cup - Fifth Round - Sheffield United v Walsall

Soccer - npower Football League One - Sheffield United v Sheffield Wednesday - Bramall Lane

Soccer - npower Football League One - Sheffield United v Oldham Athletic - Bramall Lane

Here’s a black-and-white photo showing the bomb damage inflicted upon Bramall Lane by German aircraft  during a night raid in 1941…

Cricket - Yorkshire

More in Pies’ Around The Grounds series…

City Ground, Nottingham Forest
Princes Park, Dartford FC’s Wooden Eco Stadium

Molineux, Wolves

The New Maracana, Rio De Janeiro

Griffin Park, Brentford

De Kuip, Feyenoord

Upton Park, West Ham

San Mames, Athletic Bilbao

FC Gspon’s Ottmar Hitzfeld Stadium, The Highest Pitch In Europe

Valley Parade, Bradford City
Prenton Park, Tranmere
Wankdorf, Young Boys

Estadio Municipal, SC Braga

Home Park, Plymouth Argyle

Victoria Park, Hartlepool United
Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
Ninian Park, Cardiff City
Wankdorf Stadium, Young Boys
Portman Road, Ipswich Town
Recreation Ground, Aldershot
Saltergate, Former Home Of Chesterfield

(Photos: PA)

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