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Club: Watford FC | Opening: 1922 | Capacity: 21,500 seats<\/p>\n
Watford FC moved to Vicarage Road in 1922 after it had been playing for 23 years at a ground on Cassio Road. The club played their first match at the new ground on the 30th of August 1922 against Millwall.<\/p>\n
Vicarage Road back then consisted of two small covered stands and several terraces. One of these stands, the Union Stand, had been brought from Watford\u2019s previous round on Cassio Road. About a decade later, the Union Stand got replaced by a new stand, the Shrodells Stand.<\/p>\n
Further developments to the ground were made in the 1950s and 1960s, among which in 1969 an extension to the Main Stand.<\/p>\n
The Shrodells Stand was again replaced by a new stand in 1986. The new Rous Stand consisted of two tiers and introduced corporate facilities to the ground.<\/p>\n
In 1993 and 1995,\u00a0following the Taylor report recommendations, two new stands were built at both ends. This only left the original main stand from 1922 and its extension in place.<\/p>\n
After the original part of the main stand had already been closed in 2004 following safety concerns, it was demolished in 2010 as a result of further doubts regarding the state of the stand.<\/p>\n
Plans were made for the construction of a new stand, which\u00a0got delayed until 2014 when the new Sir Elton John Stand\u00a0opened. Soon after following the promotion of Watford to the Premier League, the stand got expanded with additional rows of seating towards the pitch.<\/p>\n