Scunthorpe United

When Glanford Park opened as a replacement for The Old Showground in 1988 it was the first new, purpose-built Football League stadium that had opened for 33 years. It was officially opened by Princess Alexandra before a friendly game between Scunthorpe United and a Football League All-Star XI team. Another claim to fame for the stadium is that it witnessed former Manchester City player Robinho score his first goal in English football at the ground when City beat Scunthorpe 4-2 in the 4th round of the FA Cup in 2010. For the first seventeen years of its existence Glanford Park only played host to fourth-tier football, before The Iron were promoted to League One in 2005. Since then the club has only appeared in either the Championship or League One. A Manchester club also features in the ground’s history thanks to the record attendance being set when 9,077 people turned out to see Scunthorpe take an encouraging lead against Manchester United in the League Cup in 2010, before eventually going on to lose 5-2. In 2019 the stadium was renamed The Sands Venue Stadium in a one year sponsorship deal, the first of its kind for the club, but some fans reacted negatively because both the company and the ground were owned by the same person, Peter Swann.