North Road was a football and cricket ground in Newton Heath, Manchester. It was the first home of Manchester United Football Club – then known as Newton Heath Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Football Club. Newton Heath LYR Football Club was also founded as a cricket club, and was also used by both branches of the club. The stadium no longer exists, and North Road has been renamed Northampton Road.
About North Road (Manchester) in brief
North Road was a football and cricket ground in Newton Heath, Manchester, England. It was the first home of Manchester United Football Club – then known as Newton Heath Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Football Club. Initially the ground consisted only of the pitch, around which an estimated 12,000 spectators could congregate. The addition of stands in 1891 increased the capacity to about 15,000. The football club signed its first professional players in 1886 and began to break from its sponsoring railway company. But without the company’s financial support it was unable to afford the rent on the ground and was evicted in 1893.
The stadium no longer exists, and North Road has been renamed Northampton Road. Moston Brook High School was opened on the site in August 2000, and the site was chosen as the location of the Northwest Regional Development Agency’s North Manchester Business Park. Newton Heath LYR Football Club was also founded as a cricket club, and was also used by both branches of the club. Although attendance figures were not recorded for many of the earliest matches at North Road, the highest attendance at the ground was approximately 4,000 for a First Division match against Sunderland on March 4, 1893.
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