List of English stadiums by capacity

This is a list of English football stadia, ranked in descending order of capacity.

There is an extremely large number of football stadia and pitches in England, so this list is not comprehensive. It includes:


 * All 116 clubs in the top five tiers of the English football league system as of the 2008-09 season (Premier League, Football League Championship, Football League One, Football League Two and Conference National), with rankings within each league given.
 * All stadia, with a capacity of at least 5,000, of clubs playing in lower tiers of the National League System (tier indicated in brackets).

A person who has watched a match at the stadiums of all 92 Premier League and Football League clubs in England may apply to join The 92 Club.

Old stadia
Following crowd troubles in the 1980s and regulations imposed after the Taylor Report, several English league stadia have been built or completely redeveloped in the last few years. Prior to 1988, however, the last newly-built Football League ground in England was Roots Hall, Southend, which was opened in 1955.

Future stadia
Stadia which are currently in development, and are likely to open in the near future, include:

There are usually also several expansions to existing grounds in progress. See the discussion thread linked below for the latest details.