Anfield

Ground Name: Anfield
Capacity: 45,362
Address: Anfield Road, Liverpool, L4 0TH
Pitch Size: 110 x 75 yards
Year Opened: 1884
Record Attendance:
61,905 v Wolverhampton Wanderers
FA Cup 4th Round, February 2nd, 1952.

Anfield was built in 1884 and was originally home to Everton F.C, who played there until 1892.

When Everton left the ground over a rent dispute, the owner, John Houlding decided to form a new club to occupy it. The club was called Liverpool Association Football Club, and played their first match at Anfield on September 1st, 1892, beating Rotherham Town 7–0.

The stadium currently comprises four covered stands; the Main Stand, Centenary Stand ,Spion Kop, and Anfield Road, giving it a total capacity of 41,362.

The Main Stand, with a capacity of 12,277, houses the directors box and the players dressing rooms.

The Centenary Stand was originally named the Kemlyn Road stand before the addition of a second tier, after which it was renamed to mark the club's hundredth anniversary. It has a capacity of 11,762, with 4,600 spaces on the upper tier and 6,814 on the lower tier.

The Kop is the most famous of Anfield's stands. Named to commemorate those who fell at the battle of Spion Kop during the Boer War, the stand was originally an uncovered terrace capable of holding 30,000 spectators.

However, following the Hillsborough disaster and the subsequent Taylor Report, a new all-seater Kop was constructed with the capacity reduced to 12,409.

The Anfield Road stand is used to house the away fans.Originally a single-tier stand, it has been expanded to a capacity of 9,074, consisting of 6,391 seats on the lower tier, and 2,654 on the upper tier.

The stadium also features tributes to two of the club's most successful managers: the Paisley Gates, in tribute of Bob Paisley, who guided Liverpool to three European Cups and six League Championships in the 1970s and 80s, and Shankly Gates, in tribute of Bill Shankly, manager between 1959 1974, and generally considered the architect of the enormous success Liverpool would enjoy over the subsequent decades. There is another tribute to Shankly, a statue of him is located at the visitor's centre in front of the Kop.

Plans to build a new stadium to replace Anfield were initiated by Liverpool in May 2002, and the club were granted planning permission on July 30, 2004 to build a new stadium, just 300 yards from Anfield at Stanley Park. , Return from Anfield to Liverpool