Pack 'em In - London's Stadia by Size 2021-22 Quiz

The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is the home of Tottenham Hotspur, and was built on the site of White Hart Lane, which had been the club's home since 1899. The old stadium in its final form had a capacity of 36,200, with expansion limited by the surrounding area, which had a large number of residential and light industrial properties.

As a result, the club announced plans in the early 2010s to completely demolish the stadium and build a brand new one in its place. The club left White Hart Lane in 2017, and spent two and a half years playing at Wembley Stadium, while the new 62,000 seat ground was constructed.

The club's first game at the new stadium was a Premier League fixture against Crystal Palace on 3 April 2019, which Tottenham won 2-0.

The Emirates Stadium has been the home of Arsenal since July 2006, after the club's departure from their old Highbury ground. Arsenal's departure from their old home, where they had played since 1913, was necessary as the ground's capacity of 38,400 was too small for the club to be able to compete with other clubs that had larger facilities, while its location in a highly residential area prevented the ground from being redeveloped any further.

The new stadium was built on an old industrial site approximately 400 metres from Highbury, and opened with a capacity of just over 60,000, with the club's first competitive game in their new home being a 1-1 draw against Aston Villa in the Premier League on 19 August 2006.

The London Stadium started life as the main stadium for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London. Originally planned to be converted into a 25,000 seat track and field venue, late in the planning process it was decided instead to find a football club to occupy the stadium.

In March 2013, West Ham United were awarded the right to utilise the stadium. The club elected to move to the site instead of attempting to redevelop their existing stadium at Upton Park, which was in a residential area with poor transport connections.

After three years of conversion work to turn it into a 60,000 seat venue for football, West Ham moved to the stadium in August 2016, with the club's first competitive game being a 3-0 victory in the UEFA Europa League against NK Domzale.

Stamford Bridge has been the home of Chelsea since the club's foundation in 1905. Originally an athletics venue, the stadium's lease was acquired by Gus and Joseph Mears in 1904, with a view to staging football. Having been rebuffed by local clubs, the brothers formed their own football club. Since then, the stadium has undergone significant redevelopment, with its modern incarnation holding 41,800. During the 1990s and 2000s, a number of other facilities were built around and adjacent to the stadium, including hotels, bars, restaurants and residential buildings, which hampered the potential to expand the capacity; although the club had plans to completely demolish and rebuild the stadium on the same site, these have suffered a number of setbacks, and the development was suspended in 2018.

Charlton Athletic have called The Valley home on and off since 1919. Initially built when an army of the club's fans dug out a flat area in a chalk pit close to the River Thames, with the earthworks along the sides used, without seats or terracing initially, to house fans, The Valley was eventually developed, and at one point held up to 75,000 fans.

By the 1980s, Charlton had fallen into financial difficulty and were forced to ground-share with Crystal Palace from 1985. But, in 1991, the club, having reacquired the stadium, were able to rebuild it and return to their traditional home, with their first match being a 1-0 victory over Portsmouth in December 1992.

Initially accommodating just under 9,000, the new Valley was redeveloped during the 1990s and 2000s to hold just over 27,000.

Crystal Palace have played at Selhurst Park since 1924, having purchased the land from the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, and appointed legendary architect Archibald Leach to design the new stadium. Initially built with three sides of terracing, the stadium's first major redevelopment came with the 1969 building of the Arthur Wait Stand, while the two ends were redeveloped during the 1990s, giving the stadium a capacity of approximately 25,500.

In 2018, Crystal Palace announced plans to build a new, 13,500 seat Main Stand, raising the stadium's capacity to 34,000.

In addition to Crystal Palace, Selhurst Park has also been used as the home of Charlton Athletic (1985-1991) and Wimbledon (1991-2003).

Fulham have played on the land now occupied by Craven Cottage since 1896, although a recognisable stadium was not built until 1905, when architect Archibald Leach designed what is now the Stevenage Road Stand and the iconic Pavilion (known as "the Cottage").

The stadium had three sides of terracing until 1972, when the Riverside Stand was constructed while, between 2002 and 2004, the two ends were replaced with all-seater stands, which brought the capacity to 22,000. A major redevelopment, which saw the demolition and replacement of the Riverside Stand, began in 2019 to see the stadium's capacity increase to 29,500 by the summer of 2022.

The Den, which was originally named The New Den, was opened as the new home of Millwall in August 1993, the first new stadium built for a League side in London since 1937. The stadium was constructed owing to the limitations on redeveloping the club's former stadium (also called "The Den").

The new stadium was built on a former residential site less than a mile from the club's old home, and opened with a capacity of just over 20,000. Millwall's first competitive fixture at The Den was a League game against Southend United in August 1993, which they lost 4-1.

Up to their moving into Loftus Road in 1917, Queen's Park Rangers had played in more than ten different stadiums since their formation. The club's move to Loftus Road came through their former ground, Park Royal, being commandeered by the Army. To use the location, the club dismantled and rebuilt one of the old stands from Park Royal on the new site.

Although QPR had two spells playing at the nearby White City Stadium, they have remained at Loftus Road ever since. The stadium was completely redeveloped between 1968 and 1981, with four new stands built, while in the summer of 1994, it was made all-seater with a capacity of just under 18,500.

The Brentford Community Stadium was constructed as a new home for Brentford following their departure from Griffin Park. Owing to their old home being in a residential area and surrounded on all four sides by housing, the club had no scope to redevelop the stadium, and so purchased a parcel of land located around 2 miles from Griffin Park, in between three railway lines, to construct a new stadium. Constructed between 2017 and 2020, the new stadium, which seats 17,250, saw its first competitive fixture in August 2020 when Brentford hosted Wycombe Wanderers in the EFL Cup, the game finishing 1-1. Three months later, rugby union side London Irish also moved to ground-share at the stadium.

Plough Lane was built as the new home of AFC Wimbledon, as a result of the club's desire to return to the London Borough of Merton, which it had held since its formation in 2002. When originally founded, the club played its home games at Kingsmeadow in Norbiton.

In 2013, the club began the process of purchasing the old Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium, located close to the original Wimbledon FC's stadium (also called Plough Lane), to redevelop it into a new home. Work on the site began in March 2018, and the club moved into its new 9,200 seat stadium in November 2020, with the first competitive game being a 2-2 draw in a league fixture against Doncaster Rovers.

In January 2022, rugby league side London Broncos moved in and played their first game at the venue.

Leyton Orient have played their home games at Brisbane Road since 1937 when, as Clapton Orient, they moved to the site from their old Lea Bridge Road ground. Initially, the ground had a small seated stand and three sides of cinder block terracing but, over the next thirty years, saw significant redevelopment that included new terracing at both ends, and the two sides both having seating along the length of the pitch. During the 1990s and 2000s, the stadium was converted to all-seater when the two ends were demolished and rebuilt, with the development partly paid for by the construction of a residential building adjoining the South Stand. Brisbane Road's capacity as a result of its redevelopment went to 9,200.

Although Sutton United played a season at Gander Green Lane in 1912, it is since 1919 that it has served as the club's home ground. For its first forty years, the stadium had a number of small pavilions around the sides of the pitch, with its first major facility, the current Grandstand, being built in 1951, while a new covered terrace was built in the 1980s.

In 2014, major work to redevelop the stadium, and fix the issues with it having been previously used for athletics, was undertaken, with new terracing built behind each goal, while, following Sutton's promotion to the Football League in 2021, a new stand was built at the away end of the stadium.

This work brought Gander Green Lane's capacity to just over 5,000.