Nothing is eternal; not stadia, not managers, not Manchester City’s dominance and not even Newcastle’s long wait for silverware, which some of us had accepted as a lifetime’s burden.
—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
Modernisation and the government mandate for all-seater stadia in the wake of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 have led to a significant reduction in capacity.
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