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Deepdale is a stadium in the Deepdale area of Preston, England, the home of Preston North End F.C. and England's National Football Museum. Preston North End are one of the founder
members of the Football League. Since the English Football League was the first ever professional football league to form, Deepdale is the oldest continually-used site for league football in the world.
New Deepdale
The regeneration of Deepdale began in 1995 when the old West Stand was demolished to make way for the new £4.4m Sir Tom Finney Stand which has a capacity of around 8,000 and includes press
areas and restaurants. The next stand to be developed was the Bill Shankly Kop in 1998. The National Football museum runs
underneath these stands with the entrance at the corner of the two. The Alan Kelly Town End was next to be built replacing the popular Town End terrace.
The old Pavilion terrace was closed in 2006, however fans could still use the seated upper tier until it was eventually
demolished in 2007. In 2008, the new Invincibles Pavilion opened to complete the regeneration of Deepdale, giving it a new
capacity of 23,408. The Invincibles Pavilion includes a row of executive boxes and a restaurant which overlooks the pitch as
well as the Stadium Control Room, PA Announcer's Room and Big Screen Control Room and an NHS walk-in centre has
also been built into the stand. In 2008, a 25 metre screen was also erected on the roof of the Bill Shankly Kop which shows action from the game as well as highlights and advertisements prior to kick off.
The original plans for the re-developed stadium were inspired by the Luigi Ferraris Stadium in Genoa,Italy.
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