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Stadia - Old Trafford,
Manchester, England

17 matches
71% successful

  


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Old Trafford Profile
Stadium name Old Trafford
Nicknames 'Theatre of Dreams'; coined by Sir Bobby Charlton.
Address

Sir Matt Busby Way,
Old Trafford,
Manchester,
M16 0RA
Capacity 73,100 rising to 76,000 throughout the summer 2006.
Inauguration 1909
Home club Manchester United FC, since 1949; also 1910-41.
First match Manchester United vs. Liverpool, 19 February 1910.
Notes Stadium designed by Archibald Leitch.  Old Trafford became the first stadium to erect perimeter fencing in the 1970's to combat crowd disturbances.

England at the stadium
Venue number -
First match No. 149, 17 April 1926, England 0 Scotland 1, British Championship match.
Last match No. 849, 7 February 2007, England 0 Spain 1, friendly match.
Distinctions None.

 

Old Trafford Match Statistics
Matches Won Drawn Lost Goals
For		 Goals
Against		 Goal
Diff.		 Failed
to score		 Clean
sheets		 GF
Ave		 GA
Ave		 Pts
17 11 3 3 43 11 +32 3 9 2.529 0.647 70.6

 

Old Trafford - Match Record - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 2 1 0 1 7 1 +6 1 1 3.500 0.500 50.0 =0
WC 5 4 1 0 11 3 +8 0 3 2.200 0.600 90.0 +4
EC 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 1 3 2.333 0.000 83.3 +2
Friendly 7 4 1 2 18 7 +11 1 7 2.571 1.000 64.3 +2
All 17 11 3 3 43 11 +32 3 9 2.529 0.647 70.6 +8

 

Old Trafford - Match Record - Tournament Matches
British Championship
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
1925-26 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0.000 1.000 00.0 -1
1938-39 1 1 0 0 7 0 +7 0 1 7.000 0.000 100.0 +1
Total 2 1 0 1 7 1 +6 1 1 3.500 0.500 50.0 =0
World Cup Preliminary Competitions
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
2000-02 1 0 1 0 2 2 =0 0 0 2.000 2.000 50.0 =0
2004-06 4 4 0 0 9 1 +8 0 3 2.250 0.250 100.0 +4
Total 5 4 1 0 11 3 +8 0 3 2.200 0.600 90.0 +4
European Championship Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
2002-04 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 0 1 2.000 0.000 100.0 +1
2006-08 2 1 1 0 5 0 +5 1 2 2.500 0.000 75.0 +1
Total 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 1 3 2.333 0.000 83.3 +2
All Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 2 1 0 1 7 1 +6 1 1 3.500 0.500 50.0 =0
WC 5 4 1 0 11 3 +8 0 3 2.200 0.600 90.0 +4
EC 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 1 3 2.333 0.000 83.3 +2
All 10 7 2 1 25 4 +21 2 6 2.500 0.400 80.0 +6

 

Old Trafford - Match History
F.A. International Committee - 2 appearances
No. Opponent Date Type F A Res. Attendance Notes
149 Scotland 17-Apr-1926 BC 0 1 HL 49,000 -
222 Northern Ireland 16-Nov-1938 BC 7 0 HW 40,386 -
Coach: Glenn Hoddle - 1 appearance
733 South Africa 24-May-1997 F 2 1 HW 52,676 Capacity 54,000
Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson - 10 appearances
784 Greece 06-Oct-2001 WCP 2 2 HD 66,009 Capacity 68,936
785 Sweden 10-Nov-2001 F 1 1 HD 64,413 -
807 Liechtenstein 10-Sep-2003 ECP 2 0 HW 64,931 -
809 Denmark 16-Nov-2003 F 2 3 HL 64,159 -
821 Wales 09-Oct-2004 WCP 2 0 HW 65,224 -
825 Northern Ireland 26-Mar-2005 WCP 4 0 HW 65,239 -
832 Austria 08-Oct-2005 WCP 1 0 HW 64,822 -
833 Poland 12-Oct-2005 WCP 2 1 HW 65,467 -
836 Hungary 30-May-2006 F 3 1 HW 56,232 capacity
73,100
837 Jamaica 03-Jun-2006 F 6 0 HW 70,373 -
Coach: Steve McClaren - 3 appearances
843 Greece 16-Aug-2006 F 4 0 HW 45,864 -
844 Andorra 02-Sep-2006 ECP 5 0 HW 56,290 -
846 FYR Macedonia 07-Oct-2006 ECP 0 0 HD 72,062 Record outside Wembley
849 Spain 07-Feb-2007 F 0 1 HL 58,207 -

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