Turf Moor

Turf Moor

Turf Moor is a football stadium located in Burnley, Lancashire, and is the home ground of English football club Burnley F.C. It is situated on Harry Potts Way in Burnley, and has a capacity of 22,546, all seated. Its four main stands are the James Hargreaves Stand, the Jimmy McIlroy Stand, the Bob Lord Stand and the Cricket Field Stand. Its first game saw Burnley F.C. play Rawtenstall in 1883 shortly after the club had moved from their original premises at Calder Vale. It is one of the oldest football grounds still in use in the United Kingdom, second only to Preston North End's ground - Deepdale. The record attendance at Turf Moor came in 1924 when Burnley played Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup with 54,755 people attending. New Burnley director, Brendan Flood, has stated that the ground will go through further redevelopment, and the plans were publicly released on 24th July 2007. It will be a major development, costing £20m. The plans can be found here on www.burnleyfc.com. Many fans expect the Cricket Field Stand to be the first to be redone as during the 2006/2007 season it had to be closed for January and February due to damage sustained in bad weather