Bramall Lane
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| Location | Bramall Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England S2 4SU |
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| Coordinates | 53°22′13″N 1°28′15″W / 53.37028°N 1.47083°WCoordinates: 53°22′13″N 1°28′15″W / 53.37028°N 1.47083°W |
| Owner | Sheffield United |
| Capacity | 32,702 |
| Field size | 112 x 72 yards (pitch) 258 x 267 yards (full site, see map) |
| Surface | Desso GrassMaster |
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| Broke ground | 1855 |
| Opened | 30 April 1855 |
| Renovated | 1966 (Bramall Lane Stand Built) 1975 (South Stand built) 1991 (Kop Seated) 1994 (all-seated) 1996 (John St. Stand rebuilt) 2006 (concourses in Bramall Lane Stand redeveloped) |
| Expanded | 2001 (Kop Corner built) 2006 (Westfield Health Stand built) |
| Architect | (John St Stand) Ward McHugh Associates |
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| 1855–1893 Yorkshire CCC (played until 1975) 1889–present Sheffield United F.C. |
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| Location | Sheffield |
| Establishment | 1855 |
| Capacity | 50,000 |
| International information | |
| Only Test | 3 July 1902: England v  Australia |
| As of 1 January 2017 Source: Cricinfo |
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Bramall Lane is a football stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It is the home of Sheffield United. As the largest stadium in Sheffield during the 19th century it hosted most of the city's most significant matches including the final of the world's first football tournament, first floodlit match and several matches between the Sheffield and London Football Associations that led to the unification of their respective rules. It was also used by Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield F.C. for major matches. It has been the home of Sheffield United since the club's establishment in 1889. It is the oldest major stadium in the world still to be hosting professional association football matches.
The stadium was built on a Sheffield road named after the Bramall family (who were file and graver manufacturers). The Bramalls owned "The Old White House" on the corner of Bramall Lane and Cherry Street, and subsequently built the Sheaf House, now a public house that still stands at the top of Bramall Lane. The stadium was originally opened as a cricket ground. It was also used for football games in the 19th century by Sheffield F.C. and Sheffield Wednesday but since 1889 it has been the home of Sheffield United.
Bramall Lane is one of only two grounds (the other being the Oval) which has hosted England football internationals (five games prior to 1930), an England cricket test match (a single Test, in 1902, against Australia) and an FA Cup Final (the 1912 replay, in which Barnsley beat West Bromwich Albion, 1–0). It also regularly hosted FA Cup Semi Finals and replays between 1889 and 1938.
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