Editing Belle Vue (Doncaster) (section)

==History==
The ground was opened by Charles E. Sutcliffe from the [[English Football League|Football League]] on Saturday 26 August 1922. The opposition was [[Gainsborough Trinity F.C.|Gainsborough Trinity]]. The initial [[Seating capacity|capacity]] was for 7,000 spectators, which was extended year-on-year as finances allowed. In 1927 the main stand at Doncaster's former ground in the suburb of Bennetthorpe was lifted and moved on rollers to Belle Vue to form the family stand, where it remained until 1985 when the [[Bradford City stadium fire|Valley Parade fire]] in [[Bradford]] meant that the old wooden structure was condemned and was demolished.

In 1938 the capacity of Belle Vue was increased to 40,000 and it was in 1948 that the stadium recorded its highest attendance of 37,099 against [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]], although apocryphal accounts refute this and claim that many more gained entry to the ground by climbing over walls.