Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium has been one of the world’s iconic football grounds since 1910. It was built against an extraordinary background of sporting politics as Manchester United emerged from the ashes of the old Newton Heath club to become English champions and FA Cup winners. The club president, John Henry Davies, was instrumental in choosing the site of the ground and enabling the financial arrangements that allowed United to move from their previous home at Bank Street. The funding was complex and costly, and would weigh heavily on the club for decades, but United prevailed to become the world’s most famous football club. Mr Davies and his collaborators could not have imagined the football history they were creating. It is still possible to identify the traces of Old Trafford from 1910 in the current stadium. It has a rich heritage that is worthy of protection, whatever the future holds. Here is the story of the conception and construction of Old Trafford, and the remarkable events of that time. Told with exhaustive reference to contemporary reports and documents which offer an authentic voice from the past, this is a definitive account of the making of one of the world’s most famous football grounds and the legacy created by the people of Manchester in 1910.
ASIN : B0DMPRLGPW
Publisher : Independently published
Publication date : 9 Nov. 2024
Language : English
Print length : 159 pages
ISBN-13 : 979-8345553411
Item weight : 299 g
Dimensions : 15.24 x 0.91 x 22.86 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 236,390 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) 23 in Manchester United
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