In this meticulously-researched article, Bruce Anderson tells the story of Manchester’s forgotten third great football ground – the FA Cup Final venue that finished up as a university sports field.

Rusholme & Victoria Park Archive

Fallowfield Stadium 1892-1994 Most of the research and notes for this page have been done my colleague Steve Kelly, he has had an interest in the stadium since visiting the site in the 1980’s and I very much appreciate the work he has done for rusholmearchive.org The aerial view below showing the stadium foreground was taken in the 1930’s looking in a northerly direction, you can see Platt Fields Park in the top left of the frame.