Valley Parade, known as the University of Bradford Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is an all-seater football stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Built in 1886, it was the home of Manningham Rugby Football Club until 1903, when they changed code from rugby football to association football and became Bradford City. It has been Bradford City's home since, although it is now owned by former chairman Gordon Gibb's pension fund. It has also been home to Bradford for one season, and Bradford Bulls rugby league side for two seasons, as well as host to a number of England youth team fixtures.
Valley Parade
The concrete Midland Road stand for Bradford City Football Club nearing completion in 1908.
Valley Parade during the early 1990s, after it had been redeveloped following the fire, but before further work at the end of that decade
A view of the main stand from the Bradford end of the ground
Bradford is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the 1974 reform, the city status has belonged to the larger City of Bradford metropolitan borough. It had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 census, making it the second-largest subdivision of the West Yorkshire Built-up Area after Leeds, which is approximately 9 miles (14 km) to the east. The borough had a population of 552,644, making it the 9th most populous district in England.
Image: Manningham Mills (2019)
Image: Wool Exchange, Market Street, Bradford geograph.org.uk 4021324
Image: Fountain in City Par, Bradford (Taken by Flickr user 4th September 2012)
Image: Bradford Cathedral and entrance gates geograph.org.uk 5794400
