Bramall Lane

Bramall Lane

Bramall Lane in 2023
Location	Highfield Sheffield S2 4SU
Coordinates	53°22′13″N 1°28′15″W / 53.37028°N 1.47083°W / 53.37028; -1.47083
Public transit	Granville Road/The Sheffield College or Park Grange Croft
Owner	Sheffield United
Capacity	32,050[1]
Field size	101 by 68 metres (110.5 by 74.4 yd)[1]
Surface	Desso GrassMaster
Construction
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
Tenants
Yorkshire CCC (1855–1893) Sheffield F.C. (1873–1884) The Wednesday Cricket Club (1880–1887) Sheffield United (1889–present)
Ground information
International information
Only Test	3 July 1902:  England v  Australia
As of 1 January 2017 Source: Cricinfo

Bramall Lane is a football stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which is the home of Sheffield United.

The stadium was originally a cricket ground, built on a road named after the Bramall family of file and graver manufacturers. The Bramalls owned The Old White House, on the corner of Bramall Lane and Cherry Street, and the Sheaf House, now a pub, that still stands at the top of Bramall Lane.

It was the largest stadium in Sheffield in the 19th century, and hosted 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 The Wednesday F.C. (later called Sheffield Wednesday) and Sheffield FC. 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 hosting professional association football matches.^[2][3]

Bramall Lane is one of only two grounds (the other being the Oval) which has hosted England football internationals (five games before 1930), an England Test cricket match (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. In 2022, it hosted UEFA Women's Euro 2022 matches.

The ground has also hosted rugby league games for the Sheffield Eagles,^[4] as well as for the delayed 2021 Rugby League World Cup in 2022.^[5] The ground also hosted a Billy Graham revival meeting in 1985, rock concerts by Bruce Springsteen in 1988, a friendly match for the 150th anniversary of Sheffield FC when they played Inter Milan in 2007, a Travis Pastrana Motor cross event in 2016, an IBF Welterweight title boxing match featuring Sheffield United fan Kell Brook in 2017, the Women's League Cup final and a Rod Stewart concert in 2019, and Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe rock concerts in 2023. The stadium has also been used to host England men's and women's senior and youth teams in friendly and competitive matches.

The record attendance at the ground is 68,287, set during an FA Cup fifth round tie between Sheffield United and Leeds United on 15 February 1936. The ground was extensively renovated in the wake of the Taylor Report and has an all-seated capacity of 32,050.^[1]