St. James's Park, is the oldest football stadium in the region. It first staged an organized game of football in 1880.

The ground was the only a piece of rough grazing land, part of the city's Town Moor. And since the Victorian years, the stadium has been more and more developed.

In 1905, there was a major redevelopment of SJP and transformed the 30,000 ground capacity so it can hold up more than 70,000 spectators, to match the club status as a division one team.

When the sixties finally arrived, the stadium ground was out-of-date, and failed to become one of stadium of Englands hosts during the 1966 World Cup.

St James Park now has a capacity of around 52,000 people and never fails to be a sell out for every premiership game.

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