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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Valley Parade</span></h1>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">Valley Parade
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<td colspan="2" style="padding: 0; text-align: center;"><small>Der Sunwin Stand im Valley Parade im Februar 2008</small>
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<p>Valley Parade Stadium (1886–1995, 2005–2007)<br>Pulse Stadium (1995–1999)<br>The Bradford and Bingley Stadium (2005–2007)<br>Intersonic Stadium (2007)<br>Coral Windows Stadium (bis 2016)<br>Northern Commercials Stadium (2016–2019)<br>Utilita Energy Stadium (2019–2022)<br>University of Bradford Stadium (seit 2022)
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<td>Valley Parade<br><span style="display:none">Vereinigtes Konigreich</span><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Vereinigtes_K%C3%B6nigreich" title="Vereinigtes Königreich"></a></span> <a href="Bradford" title="Bradford">Bradford</a> BD8 7DY, <a href="West_Yorkshire" title="West Yorkshire">West Yorkshire</a>, <a href="Vereinigtes_K%C3%B6nigreich" title="Vereinigtes Königreich">Vereinigtes Königreich</a>
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<td><b><a href="World_Geodetic_System_1984" title="World Geodetic System 1984">Koordinaten</a></b>
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<td><span id="text_coordinates" class="coordinates -print"><a class="external text" href="geo:53.804241,-1.759033"><span title="Breitengrad">53° 48′ 15,3″ <abbr title="Nord">N</abbr></span>, <span title="Längengrad">1° 45′ 32,5″ <abbr title="West">W</abbr></span></a></span><span class="geo noexcerpt" style="display:none"><span class="body"></span><span class="latitude">53.804241</span><span class="longitude">-1.759033</span><span class="elevation"></span></span>
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<td>Gordon Gibb Pension Fund
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<td><b>Eröffnung</b>
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<td>1886
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<td><b>Renovierungen</b>
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<td>1905, 1990, 2000
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<td><a href="Archibald_Leitch" title="Archibald Leitch">Archibald Leitch</a> (1905)
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<td><b>Kapazität</b>
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<td>25.136 Plätze
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<td><b>Spielfläche</b>
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<td>103 × 64 m
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<ul><li><a href="Bradford_City" title="Bradford City">Bradford City</a> (seit 1903)</li>
<li>Manningham FC (1886–1903)</li>
<li><a href="Bradford_Park_Avenue" title="Bradford Park Avenue">Bradford Park Avenue</a> (1973–1974)</li>
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<p>Das <b>Valley Parade</b> (voller Name: <b>Valley Parade Stadium</b>, durch <a href="Sponsoring#Namenssponsoring" title="Sponsoring">Sponsoringvertrag</a> seit 2022 offiziell <b>University of Bradford Stadium</b>) ist ein <a href="Fu%C3%9Fballstadion" title="Fußballstadion">Fußballstadion</a> in der <a href="England" title="England">englischen</a> <a href="Gro%C3%9Fstadt" title="Großstadt">Großstadt</a> <a href="Bradford" title="Bradford">Bradford</a>, im <a href="Metropolitan_County" title="Metropolitan County">Metropolitan County</a> <a href="West_Yorkshire" title="West Yorkshire">West Yorkshire</a>, <a href="Vereinigtes_K%C3%B6nigreich" title="Vereinigtes Königreich">Vereinigtes Königreich</a>. Heute bietet die Spielstätte den Besuchern 25.136 überdachte Sitzplätze.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geschichte">Geschichte</h2></div>
<p>Valley Parade ist die Heimspielstätte von <a href="Bradford_City" title="Bradford City">Bradford City</a> seit der Gründung des Vereins im Jahr 1903 bzw. schon seit 1886, als der Vorgängerverein noch unter dem Namen Manningham FC im <a href="Rugby" title="Rugby">Rugby</a>-Sport tätig gewesen war.
</p><p>Am 11. Mai 1985 wurde das Valley Parade Schauplatz einer der größten Stadionkatastrophen in der britischen Geschichte, als die Haupttribüne während eines Spiels in Flammen aufging. Bei der <a href="Valley-Parade-Feuerkatastrophe" title="Valley-Parade-Feuerkatastrophe">Valley-Parade-Feuerkatastrophe</a> kamen 56 Zuschauer ums Leben.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Besucherrekord_und_Zuschauerschnitt">Besucherrekord und Zuschauerschnitt</h2></div>
<p>Zur Partie der 4. Runde im <a href="FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> <a href="FA_Cup_1910/11" title="FA Cup 1910/11">1910/11</a> am 11. März 1911 zwischen Bradford City und dem <a href="FC_Burnley" title="FC Burnley">FC Burnley</a> (1:0) versammelten sich 39.146 Fans im Valley Parade. Die Bestmarke in Zeiten moderner Sitzplatzstadien wurde am 14. Juli 2019 aufgestellt. Zum Freundschaftsspiel Bradford City gegen den <a href="FC_Liverpool" title="FC Liverpool">FC Liverpool</a> kamen 24.343 Zuschauer ins Stadion.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Berücksichtigt wurden die Ligaspiele von Bradford City.
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<ul><li>2002/03: 12.500 (<a href="Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">Football League First Division</a>)</li>
<li>2003/04: 11.377 (Football League First Division)</li>
<li>2004/05: <span style="visibility:hidden;">0</span>8.856 (<a href="Football_League_One" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League One">Football League One</a>)</li>
<li>2005/06: <span style="visibility:hidden;">0</span>8.264 (Football League One)</li>
<li>2006/07: <span style="visibility:hidden;">0</span>8.694 (Football League One)</li>
<li>2007/08: 13.756 (<a href="Football_League_Two" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Two">Football League Two</a>)</li>
<li>2008/09: 12.704 (Football League Two)</li>
<li>2009/10: 11.422 (Football League Two)</li>
<li>2010/11: 11.127 (Football League Two)</li>
<li>2011/12: 10.171 (Football League Two)</li>
<li>2012/13: 10.322 (Football League Two)</li>
<li>2013/14: 14.120 (<a href="Football_League_One" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League One">Football League One</a>)</li>
<li>2014/15: 13.353 (Football League One)</li>
<li>2015/16: 18.090 (Football League One)</li>
<li>2016/17: 18.180 (<a href="EFL_League_One" title="EFL League One">EFL League One</a>)</li>
<li>2017/18: 19.787 (EFL League One)</li>
<li>2018/19: 16.130 (EFL League One)</li>
<li>2019/20: 14.255 (<a href="EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">EFL League Two</a>)</li></ul>
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<div class="sisterproject" style="margin:0.1em 0 0 0;"><div class="noresize noviewer" style="display:inline-block; line-height:10px; min-width:1.6em; text-align:center;" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons"></span></span></div><b><span class=""><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Valley_Parade?uselang=de"><span lang="en">Commons</span>: University of Bradford Stadium</a></span></b> – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien</div>
<ul><li>bradfordcityfc.co.uk: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/club/history/">Stadion auf der Website von Bradford City</a> (englisch)</li>
<li>footballgroundguide.com: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballgroundguide.com/leagues/england/league-two/valley-parade-bradford-city.html">Stadionbeschreibung</a> (englisch)</li>
<li>europlan-online.de: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.europlan-online.de/coral-windows-stadium/verein/2833">Coral Windows Stadium – Bradford, West Yorkshire</a></li>
<li>de.soccerway.com: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://de.soccerway.com/teams/england/bradford-city-afc/705/venue/">The Utilita Energy Stadium</a></li>
<li>groundhopping.de: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://groundhopping.de/bradford.htm">Besucherbericht von 2005</a></li>
<li>stadionwelt.de: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.stadionwelt.de/fotos-guides/stadion/fotos?id=1071&venue=coral-windows-stadium">Bildergalerie</a></li>
<li>stadiumdb.com: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://stadiumdb.com/stadiums/eng/valley_parade_stadium">Valley Parade Stadium</a> (englisch)</li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.footballgroundguide.com/leagues/england/league-two/valley-parade-bradford-city.html#arecord-and-average-attendance"><i>Besucherrekord und Zuschauerschnitt.</i></a> In: <i>footballgroundguide.com.</i><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 10. September 2020</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AValley+Parade&rft.title=Besucherrekord+und+Zuschauerschnitt&rft.description=Besucherrekord+und+Zuschauerschnitt&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.footballgroundguide.com%2Fleagues%2Fengland%2Fleague-two%2Fvalley-parade-bradford-city.html%23arecord-and-average-attendance&rft.date="> </span></span>
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