|
Display Ground information
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Ewood Park has been a League ground
for 121 seasons;
from September 12th, 1890
to
the current day
.
Ewood Park was the 15th
ground
to be used for a League game.
Current Capacity; 31,367.
|
|
Blackburn Rovers FC first played four games on this site, then known as Ewood Bridge, in 1881 whilst waiting to move into Leamington Street from Alexandra Meadows. By the time that the club made a permanent move here in 1890, it was known as Ewood Park and had been redeveloped as a sports ground. The football pitch was surrounded by an oval running track and the facilities included a main stand on the east side and two small stands on the west. Within a few years the ground earned a unique place in football history when the Football League match v. West Bromwich Albion on February 5th, 1898 became the first ever match recorded on movie film.
The ground saw considerable improvements in the period leading up to WWI, with the construction of concrete terracing and a cover at the south end, new seated stands on both sides of the pitch and it was probably at this time that the running track was dispensed with. The north end terracing was concreted in 1928 and the record attendance of 61,783 was set one year later at the FA Cup 6th Round tie v. Bolton Wanderers (1-1) on March 2nd.
The ground remained virtually unchanged until a cover was installed at the north end in 1960 and a new stand constructed on the east side in 1988. During the 1990s major alterations took place when the stadium was made an all-seater with the purchase of additional land around the site, construction of three new all-seater stands around the north, south and west sides and installation of seats in the east stand giving a capacity of 31,367 at the start of the 2007/8 season. The pitch size was 115 x 76 yards.
|
| |
|
