They moved to the Bank Street ground in Clayton. 10,000 people attended their first league game at the Bank Street ground. Originally there was no stands but when they moved to Bank Street, two stands were built. The pitch here was not any better than the pitch at North Road. In 1895 another stand was put up and this stand could hold about 2000 fans. By 1906, Bank Street had stands the whole way around the pitch and could hold about 50,000 fans. Bank Street also had the first covered stand in England.
Manchester United grew as a club and they won their first league title in 1908 and won the FA cup a year later. As their popularity increased, John Henry Davies decided that he wanted the club to build an even bigger stadium. Five miles away from Bank Street, a site was picked to be built on. Archibald Leitch, a Scottish architect, was appointed to design the new stadium. The stadium was built and it could hold about 80,000 people. The new stadium set an attendance record when 70,054 people watched Manchester United versus Aston Villa in December, 1920. Then in 1939 a new attendence record was broken when 76,962 fans watched the FA Cup semi-final between Wolves and Grimsby. This attendance record still stands to this day.
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