Bolton Disaster Fund
Burnden Park hosting the 1901 FA Cup Final Replay
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| Location | Burnden, Bolton, Greater Manchester |
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| Coordinates | 53°34′08″N 2°24′58″W / 53.56889°N 2.41611°WCoordinates: 53°34′08″N 2°24′58″W / 53.56889°N 2.41611°W |
| Owner | Bolton Wanderers F.C. |
| Capacity | 70,000 (maximum) 25,000 (at closing) |
| Record attendance | 69,912, 18 February 1933 |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Opened | 1895 |
| Closed | April 1997 (final game) |
| Demolished | 1999 |
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| Bolton Wanderers F.C. (1895–1997) | |
Burnden Park was the home of English football club Bolton Wanderers who played home games there between 1895 and 1997. As well as hosting the 1901 FA Cup Final replay, it was the scene in 1946 of one of the greatest disasters in English football, and the subject of an L. S. Lowry painting. It was demolished in 1999.
Situated on Manchester Road in the Burnden area of Bolton – less than a mile from the town centre – the ground served as the home of the town's football team for 102 years. It also hosted the replay of the 1901 FA Cup Final, in which Tottenham Hotspur beat Sheffield United 3–1.
Bolton Wanderers was formed in 1874 as Christ Church FC, with the vicar as club president. After disagreements about the use of church premises, the club broke away and became Bolton Wanderers in 1877 meeting at the Gladstone Hotel. At this time Bolton played at Pike's Lane but needed a purpose built ground to play home matches. As a result, Bolton Wanderers Football and Athletic Club, one of the 12 founder members of the Football League, became a Limited Company in 1894 and shares were raised to build a ground. Land at Burnden was leased at £130 per annum and £4,000 raised to build the stadium. Burnden Park was completed in August 1895. The opening match was a benefit match against Preston and the first League match was against Everton in front of a 15,000 crowd.
The finals of the Rugby Football League's 1986–87 John Player Special Trophy, and 1988–89 John Player Special Trophy tournaments were played at the ground before crowds of 22,144 and 20,709 respectively.
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