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Here's a list of all the players, managers and chairmen who have been immortalised by having a statue or bust made of them, or a stand or suite named after them. I will list them by the club where they can be found. All people are club legendary players (or ex-players turned managers), unless otherwise stated. I have excluded memorials for disasters.

More information can be found by clicking the underlined names.

Please E-mail me with any from your club, and I'll add it to the page

Aston Villa at Villa Park

Doug Ellis Stand - Club chairman in 70-71 and remained so with only a 3 year break till 2006

Blackburn Rovers

Jack Walker statue - former club owner who helped finance the Premiership win in 1995.
On the Internet Football Ground Guide, see Jack Walker

Jack Walker Memorial Garden

Blackpool at Bloomfield Road

Stan Mortensen Statue

Pricebusters Matthews Stand - after Sir Stanley Matthews (not confirmed by Official website)

Bolton Wanderers at Reebok Stadium

Nat Lofthouse Stand

Brann at Brann Stadium

Roald 'Kniksen' Jensen (b.1943 - d.1987) Statue - (Hearts)

(See http://www.bgnett.no/~brannweb/eng/indexen.htm)

Brentford at Griffen Park

Bill Axbey Stand, is rarely named after a regular fan who supported the club for 89 years until he died in 2007. See www.griffinpark.org Previously the New Road Stand.

Bristol City at Ashton Gate

Britannia Atyeo Stand - replaced the old Park End, is named after John Atyeo

Evening Post Dolman Stand - named after Harry Dolman (Bristol City), a reportedly popular club Chairman, and I am presuming a reletive of club president Marina Dolman

(Billy) Wedlock Stand - the old East End is named after pre-First World War legend

(Des) Williams Stand - former club chairman, who died in 1991

(NB stand sponsors from Official website, 15 June 2007)

Burnley at Turf Moor

Club Address: Harry Potts Way

Jimmy McIlroy (Bolton Wanderers) Stand replaced the Beehole End

Bob Lord Stand - named after the club's Chairman in the 70-71 season.

George Bray Suite

Albert Maddox Suite - club secretary in the 1970-71 season

Dr Iven Suite - former director of the club, later became Vice-Chairman and President.

Harry Potts Lounge

Brian Miller Suite

(James Hargreaves Stand / Suite. This is a sponsorship by a large local plumbing company that was founded by the late, Bernard Rothwell, an ex-director of the club)

(Likewise The David Fishwick Stand - formerly the Cricket Field Stand, is a sponsorship from a local van and minibus sales company)

Charlton Athletic at The Valley

Statue of Sam Bartram

Jimmy Seed (South) Stand - manager of the club 1930s to 1950s and was the manager when they won the FA Cup in 1947

Chelsea at Stamford Bridge

Matthew Harding Stand - former North Stand. Club director who tragically died in a helicopter crash

Chester City at Saunders Honda Stadium

Harry McNally Terrace formerly the North Terrace

Coventry City at Ricoh Arena

Sky Blues Wall of Fame - 6 panals of former stars includes John Sillett (Bristol City), Jimmy Hill, and Bill Glazier

Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park

Arthur Wait Stand - club Chairman from 1958 for 16 years (including 70-71 of course!)

Everton at Goodison Park

Dixie Dean Statue. On the Internet Football Ground Guide, see Dixie Dean

Fulham at Craven Cottage

Johnny Haynes Stand the old Stevenage Road Stand.

Gillingham at KRBS Priestfield Stadium

Brian Moore Stand - the late ITV football commentator, and reknown Gillingham fan Commentators

Hartlepool United at Victoria Road

Cyril Knowles Stand

Ipswich Town at Portman Road

Sir Alf Ramsey Statue - see the Statue

Sir Alf Ramsey Suite - see the Suite

Sir Bobby Robson Statue - see news story

Leeds United at Elland Road:

Don Revie Stand - formerly known as the Spion Kop

Billy Bremner Statue - see pictures of the statue

Don Revie and Billy Bremner plaque

Jack Charlton Suite

Billy Bremner Suite

Eddie Gray Suite

John Charles Stand - formerly the West Stand, see March 2004. There is now also a bust of John in the Stand to commemorate John.

Billy's Bar - (Billy Bremner, obviously...)

(Peter) Lorimer's Bar - current Director, but former player, of course

Howard's Way - yet another bar (!) named as a tribute to Division One winning manager, Howard Wilkinson. League One for football Premier Division for club bars

Lucas the snow leopard mascot, is named in homour of Lucas Radebe!

Also in the city of Leeds there is the John Charles Centre for Sport (formerly South Leeds Stadium)

Lillestrøm SK at Åråsen

Tom Lund (b.1950 - ) Statue, arguably the best Norwegian footballer ever Lillestrøm was his only club until he retired in 1982.

Lincoln City at Sincil Bank

Stacey West Stand is named after two fans who died in the Bradford City Valley Parade fire disaster of 1985

Liverpool at Anfield

See LiverpoolFC.tv virtual stadium tour

The Shankly Gates - The famous gates with 'You Never Walk Alone' enscibed on them.

(Bob) Paisley Gateway

Bill Shankly Statue - see Bill Shankly - The Statue

(Bill) Shankly Suite

(Bob) Paisley Suite

Manchester City at the City of Manchester Stadium

Colin Bell Stand, (as opposed to The Bell End)

Manchester United at Old Trafford

Denis Law Statue at Stretford End

Sir Matt Busby Statue

Sir Matt Busby Way - location of Sir Matt's staue was Warwick Road

Middlesbrough at Riverside

George Hardwick statue (See George's obituary)

Wilf Mannion statue

Newcastle United at St James Park

(Jackie) Milburn Stand

Sir John Hall Stand - currently called the Leazes (Sir John Hall) Stand - club owner

Jackie Milburn also has a statue in his home town of Ashington - see http://www.ashington-ne.co.uk

Newcastle United award the Jackie Milburn Trophy each season to their most promising young player

Northampton Town at Sixfields Stadium

Dave Bowen Stand

Alwyn Hargrave Stand - a former councillor who helped in the creation of the stadium

Norwich City at Carrow Road

Geoffry Watling City Stand - named after the Chairman in the 70-71 season

Nottingham Forest at City Ground

Brian Clough Stand

Notts County at Meadow Lane

Jimmy Sirrell Stand

Derek Pavis Stand named after the club's Chairman from 1984 to 2001

Preston North End at Deepdale

Preston North End not only honour past legends by naming thier stands, but also colour the seats in the respective stands to show a picture of the player.

Sir Tom Finney Stand

Sir Tom Finney Statue

Alan Kelly Town End

Bill Shankly Kop Stand - formerly the Spion Kop

Reading at Madejski Stadium

Stadium itself named after the club owner, John Madejski

Shrewsbury Town at Gay Meadow

Arthur Rowley Players' Bar

Southampton at St Mary's Stadium

Terry Paine Suite

Mick Channon Suite

Matt Le Tissier Suite

Southend

There is a clock on the new South Stand dedicated to Frank Walton (Southend Director), a former club director and Chairman, Frank was also a player for the club from 1937 to 1950

Stoke City at Britannia Stadium

Stanley Matthews Way - club address

Stanley Matthews Statue. On another site see www.bbc.co.uk/stoke

Sunderland at the Stadium of Light

Bobby Stokoe Statue. See News

Swansea City at Liberty Stadium

Ivor Allchurch Statue

Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane

Bill Nicholson Way - the club address

Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park

John King Stand

Walsall at Bank's Stadium

The Gilbert Alsop Terrace was replaced by the Purple Stand, which is now renamed the Floors-2-Go Stand.

H.L. Fellows Stand named after the director and chairman of the club from 1921 to 1938 has become the snappily named Txt 64446 Health Stand

(William Sharp Stand is a company who provided the steel for the works and now sponsor the stand)

Watford at Vickarage Road

(Sir Stanley) Rous Stand -
International referee from 1927 and referee of the 1934 FA Cup Final, he went on to be secretary of the Football Association from 1934 to 1962, president of FIFA from 1961 to 1974, and Honorary President of FIFA thereafter. He began working life as a Sports Teacher at Watford Boys Grammar School.

Wembley Stadium, London

Bobby Moore Statue. See News

West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns

The Jeff Astle Memorial Gates. At The Internet Football Ground Guide, see Gate

West Ham United at Upton Park

Bobby Moore Stand

Just outside the ground near the Bolyn Pub there is a statue of the iconic picture of Bobby Moore holding up the World Cup in 1966 on the shoulders of his England team-mates Sir Geoff Hurst and Ray Wilson, with Martin Peters looking on. Of course, Bobby, Sir Geoff and Martin were all West Ham players at the time of the World Cup win. At the Internet Football Ground Guide, see Statue

Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux

Steve Bull Stand. Orginally the Molineux Street Stand, later the John Ireland Stand - John Ireland being a former club president.

Stan Cullis Stand

Jack Harris stand - current Chairman and President, see Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club

Billy Wright Stand

Billy Wright Statue - see the statue at Quicktime VR movie

Wycombe Wanderers at Adams Park

Adams Park - the ground was named Adams Park in honour of benefactor and former captain Frank Adams. Adams had bought the former ground Loakes Park for the club, whose sale crucially financed the move to the stadium fittingly named after him. (From Wikipedia)

Frank Adams Stand

Roger Vere Stand formerly the Dreams Stand and Hillbottom Road End before that. There is also the Vere Suite. I believe the Vere family are long term sponsors/benefactors to the club through Verco Office Furniture

(Mike) Keen Lounge - reported on a webpage from the year 2000, does not appear to exist now

Bodger - the mascot is apparantly named after former player, Tony Horseman !

Note:

Main source was The Internet Football Ground Guide at www.footballgroundguide.co.uk

This was supplemented by the relevent team and ground pages of http://en.wikipedia.org plus occasional team official and unofficial websites.

Specific additional information came from:

a) 'The Beedon Book of Football Managers'. Dennis Turner and Alex White. Breedon Books, Derby, 1993.

and

b) 'Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970-71' 1st Year. Queen Anne Press, London, 1970.
as well as various later editions of the publication , especially
'Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2006-2007'. 37th Year. Headline, London, 2006,

Thanks once again to Kåre B, for the information on statues in Norway.

Many thanks also to Keith and everyone at http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/bristolcity for further info on Bristol City. And who the hell is Tony Pulis anyway?



 
 

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