Stadium History - Pre-war Development |
From it's creation the stadium remained largely unchanged until 1930
when the "Shed End" terraced area was erected. A vast bank of terracing
behind the southern goal it was to become the mecca for Chelsea' most
die hard supporters and would forever be associated with Stamford
Bridge.
As the stadium developed the Shed End really came into its own in the
60's, 70's and 80's and was the focal point of the hardcore Chelsea
fans and the originators of most of the singing and atmosphere. Adorned
with a rather unique 'roofed' area (which barely covered 1/5th of the
whole terrace) there is debate over how and when it developed the name
'Shed' as it wasn't given a name when it was built.
The Shed was demolished in 1994 following new laws compelling grounds
to be all seater and was replaced with the new Shed End seated stand in
1997. The final match with the old Shed was Sheffield United at home on
7th May 1994 although sadly no one knew at the time it would be the
last game so the Shed was never given the send off it deserved.
1939
In 1939 the North Stand was built. A curious stand in the north east
corner it was an extension to the East stand and stuck out for being a
completely different design to the rest of the stadium but it did
provide extra seating. It survived until 1975 when it was demolished and
the north end was then open terracing until 1993 when it too was
demolished at the start of the modern redevelopment of the entire
stadium.
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