List of defunct English football stadiums

This is a list of football stadiums in England that are now defunct. Each stadium is shown alongside the year in which it ceased to be used and the stadium by which it was replaced.

Defunct stadiums

Year	Club	Defunct Stadium	Replacement Stadium
1881	Nottingham Forest	Castle Ground	Trent Bridge Cricket Ground
1886	Sunderland	Abbs Field	Newcastle Road
1886	Millwall Rovers	Glengall Road	Lord Nelson Ground
1889	Wolves	Dudley Road	Molineux
1890	Millwall Athletic	Lord Nelson Ground	The Athletic Grounds
1893	Walsall Town Swifts	The Chuckery	West Bromwich Road
1893	Royal Arsenal	Invicta Ground	Manor Ground
1894	Notts County	Castle Ground	Trent Bridge Cricket Ground
1895	Bolton Wanderers	Pike's Lane	Burnden Park
1896	Rotherham Town	Clifton Grove	-
1896	Crewe Alexandra	Alexandra Recreation Ground	Gresty Road
1896	Southampton	Antelope Ground	County Ground
1897	Thames Ironworks	Browning Road	Memorial Grounds
1897	Aston Villa	Wellington Road	Villa Park
1897	Luton Town	Dallow Lane	Dunstable Road
1898	Blackpool	Athletic Grounds	Bloomfield Road
1898	Southampton	County Ground	The Dell
1898	Sunderland	Newcastle Road	Roker Park
1899	Darwen	Barley Bank	Anchor Ground
1899	Grimsby Town	Abbey Park	Blundell Park
1899	Sheffield Wednesday	Olive Grove	Hillsborough Stadium (originally Owlerton Stadium)
1900	Loughborough	Athletic Ground	-
1900	West Bromwich Albion	Stoney Lane	The Hawthorns
1901	Leicester City	Belgrave Road Cycle and Cricket Ground	Aylestone Road
1901	Millwall Athletic	Athletic Ground	North Greenwich
1902	Gainsborough Trinity	Bowling Green Ground	The Northolme
1905	Luton Town	Dunstable Road	Kenilworth Road
1906	Hull City	The Circle	Anlaby Road
1908	Norwich City	Newmarket Road	The Nest
1910	Millwall	North Greenwich	The Old Den
1910	Manchester United	Bank Street	Old Trafford
1913	Woolwich Arsenal	Manor Ground	Highbury
1913	Port Vale	Athletic Ground	Old Recreation Ground
1915	Crystal Palace	Crystal Palace	The Nest
1923	Manchester City	Hyde Road	Maine Road
1924	Crystal Palace	The Nest	Selhurst Park
1926	Castleford Town	Castleford Sports Stadium	Wheldon Road
1930	Clapton Orient	Millfields Road	Lea Bridge Stadium
1930	Gateshead	Horsley Hill	Redheugh Park
1932	York City	Fulfordgate	Bootham Crescent
1935	Norwich City	The Nest	Carrow Road
1939	Hull City	Anlaby Road	Boothferry Park
1950	Port Vale	Old Recreation Ground	Vale Park
1955	Southend United	Southend Stadium	Roots Hall
1963	Accrington Stanley	Peel Park	Crown Ground
1968	Nelson	Seedhill	Victoria Park
1969	New Brighton	Tower Athletic Grounds	—
1970	Gateshead	Redheugh Park	Gateshead International Stadium
1973	Bradford Park Avenue	Park Avenue	Horsfall Stadium
1976	Bury Town	Cemetry Road	Ram Meadow
1980	Tonbridge Angels	Angel Ground	Longmead Stadium
1982	Hillingdon Borough	Falling Lane
1985	—	White City Stadium	—
1986	Bristol Rovers	Eastville Stadium	Twerton Park
1987	Ashford United	Essella Park	The Homelands
1988	Maidstone United F.C. (1897)	Athletic Ground	-
1988	Scunthorpe United	Old Showground	Glanford Park
1989	Witton Albion	Central Ground	Wincham Park
1990	Grantham Town	London Road	South Kesteven Sports Stadium
1990	Walsall	Fellows Park	Bescot Stadium
1990	Wycombe Wanderers	Loakes Park	Adams Park
1990	Yeovil Town	Huish Athletic Ground	Huish Park
1992	Maidstone United	Watling Street	Gallagher Stadium
1992	Chester City	Sealand Road	Deva Stadium
1993	Millwall	The Old Den	The Den
1994	Huddersfield Town	Leeds Road	Galpharm Stadium (originally McAlpine Stadium)
1994	Northampton Town	County Ground	Sixfields Stadium
1994	—	Fallowfield Stadium	—
1995	Middlesbrough	Ayresome Park	Riverside Stadium
1997	Bolton Wanderers	Burnden Park	Reebok Stadium
1997	Brighton and Hove Albion	Goldstone Ground	Withdean Stadium
1997	Derby County	Baseball Ground	Pride Park Stadium
1997	Stoke City	Victoria Ground	Britannia Stadium
1997	Sunderland	Roker Park	Stadium of Light
1998	Reading	Elm Park	Madejski Stadium
1998	Wimbledon	Plough Lane	Kingsmeadow
1999	Enfield	Southbury Road	Meadow Park
1999	Wigan Athletic	Springfield Park	DW Stadium
2000	Manchester United	Wembley Stadium (1923)	Wembley Stadium
2001	Runcorn	Canal Street	Halton Stadium
2001	Oxford United	Manor Ground	Kassam Stadium
2001	Southampton	The Dell	St Mary's Stadium
2002	Hull City	Boothferry Park	KCOM Stadium
2002	Leicester City	Filbert Street	King Power Stadium
2003	Darlington	Feethams	The Darlington Arena (originally Reynolds Arena)
2003	Manchester City	Maine Road	City of Manchester Stadium
2005	Burton Albion	Eton Park	Pirelli Stadium
2005	Coventry City	Highfield Road	Ricoh Arena
2005	Swansea City	Vetch Field	The Liberty Stadium
2006	Arsenal	Highbury	Emirates Stadium
2006	Aylesbury United	Buckingham Road	The Meadow
2007	Doncaster Rovers	Belle Vue	Keepmoat Stadium
2007	Shrewsbury Town	Gay Meadow	New Meadow
2007	Milton Keynes Dons	former England National Hockey Stadium	Stadium:mk
2007	Scarborough	McCain Stadium	Flamingo Land Stadium (as Scarborough Athletic)
2008	Colchester United	Layer Road	Colchester Community Stadium
2008	Hendon	Claremont Road	Chesnut Avenue (2008-2009) Wheatsheaf Park (2008-2009) Vale Farm (2009-2013) Earlsmead Stadium (2013-2016) Silver Jublee Park (2016–present)
2008	Horsham	Queen Street	Woodside Road (2008-2009) Goring's Mead (2009-2017) Culver Road (2017-2019) Hop Oast (2019–present)
2008	Rotherham United	Millmoor	Don Valley Stadium
2009	Cardiff City	Ninian Park	Cardiff City Stadium
2010	Chesterfield	Saltergate	Technique Stadium
2010	Grays Athletic	New Recreation Ground	Rookery Hill (2010-2012) Rush Green (2012-2013) Mill Field (2013-2017)
2010	Morecambe	Christie Park	Globe Arena
2011	Hayes & Yeading	Church Road	Kingfield Stadium
2011	Kettering Town	Rockingham Road	Latimer Park
2012	Rotherham United	Don Valley Stadium	New York Stadium
2012	Rushden and Diamonds	Nene Park	Hayden Road (as AFC Rushden & Diamonds)
2013	Barnet	Underhill Stadium	The Hive Stadium
2013	Cambridge City	Milton Road Ground	Bridge Road Ground (Ground share)
2016	West Ham United	Boleyn Ground	London Stadium
2017	Aveley	Mill Field	Parkside
	Grays Athletic
2017	Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	Wembley Stadium (2017-2018) Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (2019–present)
2020	Boston United	York Street	Jakemans Community Stadium
2020	Brentford	Griffin Park	Brentford Community Stadium
2020	A.F.C. Wimbledon	Kingsmeadow Stadium	Plough Lane
2021	York City	Bootham Crescent	LNER Community Stadium

Stadiums no longer used for football

• Aigburth Cricket Ground
• Alexandra Meadows - Last used for football in 1881 by Blackburn Rovers. Remains in use for its original purpose of cricket.
• Christ Church Ground
• Clifton Grove
• County Cricket Ground, Derby
• County Cricket Ground, Northampton
• The Darlington Arena
• Dean Park Cricket Ground
• Herne Hill Velodrome - FA Amateur Cup Final 1911 played there. Used by Crystal Palace F.C. between 1914–1918. Used now for cycling races although a football pitch is still available.
• Kennington Oval
• Nevill Ground — Last used for football in 1903. Remains in use for its original purpose of cricket.
• Trent Bridge — Last used for football in 1910 by Notts County. Remains in use for its original purpose of cricket.

See also

• List of football stadiums in England

External links

• Goodbye Gay Meadow Book on Shrewsbury Town's old ground, Gay Meadow
• BBC Webpage on: Farewell Milton Road