13 Facts About Hillsborough Stadium

Hillsborough Stadium is a 39,732-capacity association football stadium located in Owlerton, a north-western suburb of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

Hillsborough Stadium's capacity has currently been temporarily reduced to 34,854 on safety grounds, although work is continuing to restore its maximum capacity.

The terraces at Hillsborough Stadium were converted to all seated accommodation over the following four years, and the fences around the pitch were replaced with low safety-barricades to allow incursion onto the playing surface in case of emergency.

In 1996, Hillsborough Stadium was host to several fixtures at the Euro 96 competition and in particular was host to the Danish squad.

In recent years, average attendances at Hillsborough Stadium have remained high relative to the lower leagues they have participated in:.

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Hillsborough Stadium is located in the north west of the city roughly three miles from the city centre.

Lowest average attendance at Hillsborough came in the first season after its opening when each game was attended by an average crowd of just 6,800 fans, mainly because the new stadium, then called Owlerton Stadium, was a fraction of the size it is today.

Largest gate receipts taken from a match at Hillsborough Stadium was for the Euro 96 game between Turkey and Denmark on 19 June 1996.

Hillsborough Stadium still holds the record for the highest attendance for a third tier football match in Britain.

Largest receipts for a club game at Hillsborough Stadium were for the FA Cup semi-final replay between Chesterfield and Middlesbrough on 22 April 1997 and totalled £680,965.

Highest receipts for a game at Hillsborough Stadium involving Sheffield Wednesday was for the Premier League match against Manchester United on 7 March 1998, which was watched by 39,427 fans and earned the club £386,426.

Hillsborough Stadium was used as a venue for the 1966 FIFA World Cup and 1996 UEFA European championships.

Hillsborough Stadium was selected by The FA as a proposed venue for matches as part of the English 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bid on 16 December 2009.