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[[Image:SFEC UK StJames Newcastle 01.JPG|thumb|250px|St. James' Park in 2006-07]]
Newcastle's home stadium is [[St James' Park]], which has been their home since the merger of East End and West End in 1891, though football was first played there in 1880. At the turn of the 20th century the ground could hold 30,000, but this was soon expanded to 60,000.<ref>{{cite web | title=The St James' Park Story: Part 1| work=Newcastle United official website | url=http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/StJamesParkDetail/0,,10278~224162,00.html| accessdate=March 9 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref> However, the ground was altered little in the next 70 years, and by the 1980s was looking dated.
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The [[Bradford City disaster|Bradford fire]] in 1985 prompted renovation, but progress was slow due to financial difficulties. The takeover of the club by [[John Hall (businessman)|Sir John Hall]] in 1992 resolved these difficulties, and the stadium was redeveloped to comply with the [[Taylor Report]]. In the mid-[[1990s]], the club wished to build a new ground in the nearby Leazes Park, however these plans were quashed. In response to this, the club expanded St. James' Park further. Following the completion of the construction in 2000, St James' Park became the club ground with the second highest capacity in England, with 52,387 seats, behind Manchester United's [[Old Trafford (football ground)|Old Trafford]], although it later became the third highest capacity after the completion of Arsenal's [[Emirates Stadium]].
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