Editing Deepdale

{{Short description|English football stadium}}
{{About|the English football stadium}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name = Deepdale Stadium
| image = Deepdalecomplete.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| image_caption = Interior of the stadium
| location = Sir Tom Finney Way, [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], Lancashire, PR1 6RU, England
| fullname = Deepdale Stadium
| owner = [[Preston North End F.C.]]
| operator = Preston North End F.C.
| built = 1875
| opened = 1878 (for [[Preston North End|PNE]])
| renovated = 1995, 1998, 2001
| seating_capacity = 23,404<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.footballgroundguide.com/preston_north_end/ |title=Preston North End FC: Deepdale |last=Duncan Adams |publisher=Football Ground Guide |access-date=7 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106171509/http://footballgroundguide.com/preston_north_end/ |archive-date=6 November 2014}}</ref>
| tenants = [[Preston North End F.C.]] (1878–present)<br />[[Chorley Lynx|Lancashire Lynx]] (1996–2000)
| dimensions = {{convert|110|x|77|yd}}<ref name=pneStats />
| coordinates = {{coord|53|46|20|N|2|41|17|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = United Kingdom Preston
| pushpin_mapsize = 
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Preston
| pushpin_label_position = 
}}

'''Deepdale''' is a football [[stadium]] in the [[Deepdale, Preston|Deepdale]] area of [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], England that is the [[home ground]] of [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]]. Built in 1875 and in use since 1878, Deepdale is recognised as being one of the oldest continuously used football stadiums in the world, although the club's claim that it is the oldest is contested.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.building.co.uk/six-stadiums-that-tell-the-story-of-english-football/5061797.article |title=Six stadiums that tell the story of English football |first=Ike |last=Ijeh |publisher=building.co.uk |access-date=11 March 2017}}</ref>

== History ==
The land on which the stadium stands was originally Deepdale Farm. It was leased on 21 January 1875<ref name=pneHistory>{{cite web|title=The History of Preston North End|url=http://www.pnefc.net/page/History/0,,10362~1033954,00.html|publisher=Preston North End FC|access-date=22 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002215806/http://www.pnefc.net/page/History/0%2C%2C10362~1033954%2C00.html|archive-date=2 October 2009|date=7 January 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> by the town's North End sports club and originally used for cricket and rugby. It hosted its first [[association football]] match on 5 October 1878. On 21 June 1890, [[Preston North End Baseball Club]] played the first professional [[baseball]] game at Deepdale, with [[Derby Baseball Club]] winning 9–6.<ref name="Baseball">{{cite news|title=Baseball|publisher=Preston Herald|date=25 June 1890|page=7}}</ref>

===Old Deepdale===
As football grew in popularity, it became necessary to have raised areas, so the idea of football terracing was formed. In the 1890s Preston built the West Paddock, which ran along the touch line and a tent was erected to house the changing rooms. By the turn of the century, crowds were regularly over 10,000 and in 1921 they had to expand again. The [[Spion Kop (stadiums)|Spion Kop]] was built and the West Paddock was extended to meet the Kop end. The pitch was removed to allow the building of the Town End, which was completed in 1928 but was destroyed by fire only five years later and had to be rebuilt. The Pavilion Stand, a relatively small stand of two tiers holding the changing rooms and offices, was built and opened in 1934. The record league attendance for Preston North End at Deepdale is 42,684 v [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] in the First Division, 23 April 1938.<ref name="pneStats">{{cite web|title=North End Statistics|url=http://www.pnefc.net/page/History/0,,10362~1033911,00.html|publisher=Preston North End FC|access-date=22 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209073941/http://www.pnefc.net/page/History/0%2C%2C10362~1033911%2C00.html|archive-date=9 December 2008|date=3 April 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The women's team [[Dick, Kerr Ladies]] also used to play at Deepdale, regularly attracting crowds of tens of thousands.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hunt|first=Chris|title=The Belles of the Ball: Dick Kerr's Ladies|url=http://www.chrishunt.biz/features14.html|work=FourFourTwo|access-date=22 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706144507/http://www.chrishunt.biz/features14.html|archive-date=6 July 2011 |date=August 2005}}</ref>

====1913 terrorist incident====
{{see also|Suffragette bombing and arson campaign}}
An attempt was made to destroy the ground in 1913. As part of the [[suffragette bombing and arson campaign]], [[suffragettes]] carried out a series of bombings and arson attacks nationwide to publicise their campaign for women's suffrage.<ref>{{cite news |title=Suffragettes, violence and militancy |url=https://www.bl.uk/votes-for-women/articles/suffragettes-violence-and-militancy |access-date=27 September 2021 |work=British Library |archive-date=10 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910203912/https://www.bl.uk/votes-for-women/articles/suffragettes-violence-and-militancy |url-status=dead }}</ref> In April 1913, suffragettes attempted to burn down Ewood Park's grandstand but were foiled.<ref name="Kay">{{Cite journal|last=Kay|first=Joyce|year=2008 |title=It Wasn't Just Emily Davison! Sport, Suffrage and Society in Edwardian Britain|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/09523360802212271|journal=The International Journal of the History of Sport|volume=25|issue=10|page=1343|doi=10.1080/09523360802212271|hdl=1893/765|s2cid=154063364|issn=0952-3367|hdl-access=free}}</ref> In the same year, suffragettes [[Arsenal F.C.#Stadium destruction and move to North London|succeeded in burning down]] [[Arsenal FC|Arsenal]]'s then South London stadium, and also attempted to burn down [[Blackburn Rovers]]' ground.<ref name="Kay"/> More traditionally male sports were targeted in order to protest against [[patriarchy|male dominance]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kay|first=Joyce|year=2008 |title=It Wasn't Just Emily Davison! Sport, Suffrage and Society in Edwardian Britain|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/09523360802212271|journal=The International Journal of the History of Sport|volume=25|issue=10|pages=1345–1346|doi=10.1080/09523360802212271|hdl=1893/765|s2cid=154063364|issn=0952-3367|hdl-access=free}}</ref>

===Plastic pitch===
In 1986, Preston North End decided to lay an all-weather pitch to try to generate some extra income for the club by renting the pitch to local teams to play on, to reduce the number of postponed matches as well as enabling the use of the Deepdale pitch as a training ground. {{citation needed|date=November 2014}} It was one of four football stadiums in the English league to feature a plastic pitch, but this proved to be unpopular with the fans and was finally ripped up in 1994, by which time it was the last remaining plastic pitch in the English league.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fletcher|first=Paul|title=Could artificial pitches be set for a return to Football League?|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15722636.stm|work=BBC Sport|access-date=22 November 2011|date=18 November 2011}}</ref>

===Renovation===
[[File:Deepdale Layout.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Deepdale layout]]
The original plans for the re-developed stadium were inspired by the [[Stadio Luigi Ferraris|Luigi Ferraris Stadium]] in [[Genoa]], [[Italy]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pnefc.net/page/GroundGuide/0,,10362~1053093,00.html |title=Preston North End Ground Guide |year=2008 |access-date=13 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307022258/http://www.pnefc.net/page/GroundGuide/0%2C%2C10362~1053093%2C00.html |archive-date=7 March 2009}}</ref> The regeneration of Deepdale began in 1995 when the old West Stand was demolished to make way for the new £4.4m Sir [[Tom Finney]] Stand which includes press areas and restaurants. The next stand to be developed was the [[Bill Shankly]] (1913–1981) Kop in 1998, followed by the [[Alan Kelly, Sr.|Alan Kelly]] (1936–2009) Town End in 2001, which replaced the popular Town End terrace. In 2008, a 25-metre screen was also erected on the roof of the Bill Shankly Kop.

The old 'Pavilion' stand, was replaced by the '[[The Invincibles (English football)|Invincibles]] Pavilion' for the 2008–09 season, named after the Preston North End team of [[1888–89 Football League|the 1888–89 season]] who were the first League champions, the first team to complete the League and [[FA Cup]] [[Double (association football)|Double]], and the only English team to complete a season unbeaten in both League and Cup.<ref name=pneHistory /><ref name="Apostles">{{cite book |last= Taw |first= Thomas | title= Football's Twelve Apostles: The Making of The League 1886–1889 |year= 2006 |isbn=1-905328-09-5 |page=17|publisher= Desert Island Books }}</ref> The Invincibles Pavilion includes a row of executive boxes and a restaurant which overlooks the pitch as well as the Stadium Control Room, PA Box and Big Screen Control Room and an [[National Health Service|NHS]] walk-in centre has also been built into the stand.

Deepdale is now an [[all-seater stadium]] with a total capacity of 23,404, as follows:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.footballgroundguide.com/leagues/england/championship/deepdale-preston-north-end.html | title=Deepdale – Preston North End | publisher=Football Ground Guide (FGG) | date=2018 | access-date=19 August 2018}}</ref>

* Sir Tom Finney Stand: 7,893
* Bill Shankly Kop: 5,933
* Alan Kelly Town End: 5,859
* Invincibles Pavilion: 3,719

==Sir Tom Finney statue==
[[File:The Splash at Deepdale - geograph.org.uk - 1588227.jpg|thumb|''The Splash'', statue of Sir [[Tom Finney]] (1922–2014)]] 
Outside the Sir [[Tom Finney]] Stand, is a statue of the famous player himself, sculpted by Preston-born sculptor  Peter Hodgkinson.
The statue, commissioned for Finney's 80th birthday and unveiled in July 2004, was inspired by a photo taken at the [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] versus PNE game played at [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]], in 1956.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sir Tom Finney - One of football's all-time greats|url=http://www.shankly.com/Webs/billshankly/default.aspx?aid=2423|publisher=LFChistory.net|access-date=30 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716050659/http://www.shankly.com/webs/billshankly/default.aspx?aid=2423|archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref>

{{blockquote|text=The game was in 1956. There had been a big downpour just before the kick off. The match would not have been played today because there were huge pools of water on the playing surface. I was going past a defender and the ball ran in to a pool of water. It was a fantastic photograph and it won the Sports Photograph of the Year award. The sculpture is a true likeness.|sign=[[Tom Finney|Sir Tom Finney]]|}}

==International use==
Deepdale was used during the [[2005 UEFA Women's Championship]] for three group games and a semi-final,<ref>{{cite web|title=Les Bleues begin in style|url=https://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/match/80079--france-vs-italy/|publisher=UEFA|access-date=11 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Prinz leads Germany procession|url=http://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/match/80080--italy-vs-germany/|publisher=UEFA|access-date=11 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Positive Norway reap reward|url=https://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/match/80083--norway-vs-italy/|publisher=UEFA|access-date=11 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Grings sparks German joy|url=https://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/match/81139--germany-vs-finland/|publisher=UEFA|access-date=11 March 2017}}</ref> for an [[England national under-21 football team|England Under-21s]] game against [[Iceland national under-21 football team|Iceland]] in March 2011,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Under 21s: Season 2010-11|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmU21pg4.html|publisher=England Football Online|access-date=11 March 2017}}</ref> and two [[England national under-19 football team|England Under-19s]] Elite Qualifying Round matches against [[Slovenia national under-19 football team|Slovenia]] and [[Switzerland national under-19 football team|Switzerland]] in the 2011–12 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Under 19s: Season 2011-12|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmU19pg2.html|publisher=England Football Online|access-date=11 March 2017}}</ref>

== National Football Museum ==
Between 2001 and 2010 the [[National Football Museum]] was located in the Bill Shankly Kop stand at Deepdale.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Museum History - National Football Museum|url=https://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/museum-history/|access-date=2021-09-23|language=en-US}}</ref> The project, started in 1995, was part funded by a National Lottery Heritage grant. Including items such as the match ball from the [[1966 FIFA World Cup Final|1966 World Cup Final]] and a cap from the [[1872 Scotland v England football match|world's first ever football international]], the museum attracted around 100,000 visitors a year.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=2008-12-12|title=MPs fight moving football museum|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/7780288.stm|access-date=2021-09-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-10-22|title=Manchester United legend: Museum should stay in Preston - Lancashire Evening Post|url=http://www.lep.co.uk/news/local/manchester-united-legend-museum-should-stay-in-preston-1-98129|access-date=2021-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022132921/http://www.lep.co.uk/news/local/manchester-united-legend-museum-should-stay-in-preston-1-98129|archive-date=22 October 2013}}</ref> A proposal to move to Wembley Stadium in 2008 was resisted,<ref name=":1" /> but the removal of external funding lead to the museum's relocation to [[Urbis]] in Manchester in 2010.<ref name=":0" />

== See also ==
* [[List of stadiums in the United Kingdom by capacity]]
* [[Lists of stadiums]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.pneimages.co.uk/pnecam0.jpg Webcam showing construction of the fourth Stand] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316052811/http://www.pneimages.co.uk/pnecam0.jpg |date=16 March 2016 }}

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