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Highfield Road
Highfield Road was a football stadium in the city of Coventry, England. It was the home ground for Coventry City for 106 years. History It was built in 1899 in the Hillfields district, close to the city centre, and staged its final game on 30 April 2005 when Coventry City beat Derby County 6–2 in the Football League Championship with the last goal appropriately being scored by Andy Whing, a product of Coventry City's youth academy. A concert by pop star Elton John was held at the stadium afterwards. The club then moved to the Ricoh Arena, at Foleshill in the north of the city. Highfield Road had one of the largest playing surfaces in the English leagues and was the English league's first all-seater stadium (the first all-seater in the UK was Clydebank's Kilbowie Park). The all-seater policy introduced by Jimmy Hill was later abandoned when Leeds United A.F.C., Leeds United fans tore-out several hundred seats after losing their First Division game to Coventry City 4–0 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Highfield may refer to: Places ;Places in England * Highfield, Bolton * Highfield, Burntwood * Highfield, Derbyshire * Highfield, Gloucestershire *Highfield, Southampton * Highfield, Hertfordshire, a neighbourhood in Hemel Hempstead * Highfield, Oxfordshire * Highfield, Sheffield * Highfield, Tyne & Wear * Highfield, Wigan * Highfield, North Yorkshire *Highfield Boarding House, Uppingham School ;Places in Northern Ireland *Highfield, Belfast ;Places in Scotland *Highfield, North Ayrshire ;Places in United States of America *Highfield-Cascade, Maryland ;Places in Zimbabwe *Highfield, Harare ;Places in New Zealand *Highfield, New Zealand Other uses *Highfield (surname) *Highfield (Birmingham) - focus of a notable literary scene in the 1930s *Highfield Leadership Academy, a secondary school in Blackpool, England *Highfield Road, a former association football stadium in Coventry, England *The Highfield School, a secondary school in Letchworth, England *Highfield (stadium) - a for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Hill
James William Thomas Hill, Order of the British Empire, OBE (22 July 1928 – 19 December 2015) was an English football in England, footballer and later a television personality. His career included almost every role in the sport, including player, trade union leader, coach, manager, director, chairman, television executive, presenter, pundit, analyst and Assistant referee (association football), assistant referee. He began his playing career at Brentford F.C., Brentford in 1949 and moved to Fulham F.C., Fulham three years later. As chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association, he successfully campaigned for the abolition of the English Football League, Football League's maximum wage in 1961. After retiring as a player, he took over as manager of Coventry City F.C., Coventry City, modernising the team's image and guiding them from the Third Division to the First. In 1967, he began a career in football broadcasting, and from 1973 to 1988 was host of the BBC's ''Match of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1899 Establishments In England
Events January * January 1 ** Spanish rule formally ends in Cuba with the cession of Spanish sovereignty to the U.S., concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.''The American Monthly Review of Reviews'' (February 1899), pp. 153-157 ** In Samoa, followers of Mataafa, claimant to the rule of the island's subjects, burn the town of Upolu in an ambush of followers of other claimants, Malietoa Tanus and Tamasese, who are evacuated by the British warship HMS ''Porpoise''. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – Theodore Roosevelt is inaugurated as Governor of New York at the age of 39. * January 3 – A treaty of alliance is signed between Russia and Afghanistan. * January 5 – **A fierce battle is fought between American troops and Filipino defenders at the town of Pililla on the island of Luzon. *The collision of a British steamer and a French steamer kills 12 people on the English Channel. * Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Venues Demolished In 2006
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Premier League Venues
Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of government, but is not the head of state. In presidential systems, the two roles are often combined into one, whereas in parliamentary systems of government the two are usually kept separate. Relationship to the term "prime minister" "Premier" is often the title of the heads of government in sub-national entities, such as the provinces and territories of Canada, states of the Commonwealth of Australia, provinces of South Africa, the island of Nevis within the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. In some of these cases, the formal title remains "Prime Minister" but "Premier" is used to avoid confusion with the national leader. In these cases, care should be taken not to confuse the title of "premier" with "prime minister". In these countries, ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Venues In Coventry
Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a particular sport can vary from hundreds of people to a single individual. Sport competitions may use a team or single person format, and may be open, allowing a broad range of participants, or closed, restricting participation to specific groups or those invited. Competitions may allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure there is only one winner. They also may be arranged in a tournament format, producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season, followed in some cases by playoffs. Sport is generally recognised as system of activities based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with major competitions admitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Football Venues In England
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George Wimpey
George Wimpey Limited was a British construction firm that typically worked in the civil engineering and housebuilding markets. It was, during the 1970s, the largest homebuilder active in the UK. Established in 1880 and originally based in Hammersmith, the company's early activities were orientated around its road surfacing contractor role, as well as civil engineering, such as the construction of the White City Stadium complex and similar facilities. Following the death of George Wimpey in 1913, the business was acquired from the Wimpey family by Godfrey Mitchell in 1919. Mitchell would head the company for over half a century, making several key decisions such as to enter the private housebuilding sector during the 1920s. During 1934, George Wimpey went public on the London Stock Exchange; however, an unusual ownership scheme was enacted, under which the charitable Tudor Trust held about half of the firm's shares, an arrangement that lasted for several decades. Throughout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Saturday Comes (magazine)
''When Saturday Comes'' (''WSC'') is a monthly magazine about football, first published in London, England in 1986. "It aims to provide a voice for intelligent football supporters, offering both a serious and humorous view of the sport, covering all the topics that fans are likely to talk about, whether serious or trivial."About WSC ''When Saturday Comes'' website. ''WSC'' is edited by Andy Lyons, who co-founded the magazine with Mike Ticher. History ''When Saturday Comes'' began in 1986 as a bi-monthly, independently published ; however, by 1988 it had developed and come to prominence, being available in newsagents nationwide. The following year, its profile was raised again by its coverage of the |
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to FIFA World Cup hosts#2006 FIFA World Cup, host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, qualification process which began in September 2003. Thirty-one teams qualified from this process along with hosts Germany national football team, Germany for the finals tournament. It was the second time that Germany staged the competition and the first as a German reunification, unified country along with the former East Germany with Leipzig as a host city (the other was in 1974 FIFA World Cup, 1974 in West Germany), and the 10th time that the tournament was held in Europe. Italy national football team, Italy won the tournament, claiming their fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolverhampton Wanderers F
Wolverhampton ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands of England. Located around 12 miles (20 km) north of Birmingham, it forms the northwestern part of the West Midlands conurbation, with the towns of Walsall to the east and Dudley to the south. The population in 2021 was 263,700, making it the third largest city in the West Midlands after Birmingham and Coventry. Historic counties of England, Historically in Staffordshire, Wolverhampton grew as a market town specialising in the wool trade. During the Industrial Revolution, it became a major centre for coal mining, steel production, lock making, and automotive manufacturing; the economy of the city is still based on engineering, including a large aerospace industry, as well as the Tertiary sector of the economy, service sector. The city is also home to the University of Wolverhampton. A town for most of its history, it gained city status in the United Kingdom, city status in 2000. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
