40 photos showing the evolution of Anfield over 139 years - including latest photos of Anfield Road expansion
Dominic Raynor
·5-min read
Anfield is illuminated by floodlights as twilight falls on the city of Liverpool in the background. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
The £60 million redevelopment of the Anfield Road End is well underway and due to be completed in time for the 2023/24 Premier League season.
It is the second stadium expansion under current Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group (FSG), following the Main Stand redevelopment, which saw a towering structure loom large above the rooftops in L4 for the first time.
The Anfield Road alterations are expected to increase the stadium’s capacity to 61,000, by adding 7000 more seats to the stand.
Anfield looked rtaher different when Scottish centre forward Hughie Gallacher scored in front of a packed crowd back in 1932. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
Originally built in 1884, the ground has evolved over more than 130 years into one of the most famous stadiums in world football.
Below, we chart that progress using captivating archive images and new photos of the ;atest extension to the ground.
The decorative gable at the centre of the Main Stand roof, designed by Scottish architect Archibald Leitch. (Photo by Len Humphries /Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
Liverpool fans look on from the stands as captain Ron Yeats carries a paper-mache model of the Championship trophy with his team mates after winning the 1963/64 League Division One Championship. (Photo by Don Morley/Allsport/Getty Images)
Roger Hunt of Liverpool crosses the ball as a packed Anfield looks on. The game against Burnley was notorious for some unusual crowd trouble afterwards in which the visitor’s coach was stoned. (Photo by Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
The old the Main Stand in colour as Peter Thompson of Liverpool crosses the ball. (Photo by Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
Liverpool manager Bob Paisley and the Boot Room boys pose on the steps of the old Kop. (Photo by Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
The TV gantry hung from the roof at Anfield. (Photo by Steve Hale/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
Liverpool play West Ham United under the Kemlyn Road floodlights in 1974. (Photo by Steve Hale/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
Kopites in the Spion Kop during the Merseyside derby with Everton. (Photo by Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
A general view of the Main Stand and manager dugouts at Anfield. (Photo by Mike Powell/Getty Images)
When you walk through a storm.... a European night at Anfield as Liverpool take on Benfica. (Photo by Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
John Barnes of Liverpool poses in the Kop goalmouth, shortly after signing for the club from Watford. (Photo by Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
A second tier was added to the Kemlyn Road stand in 1992 and it was renamed the Centenary Stand. (Photo by Steve Hale /Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
A general view of the outside of the Spion Kop before it is demolished. (Photo by Len Humphries/Getty Images via Liverpool FC)
A general view of inside the Spion Kop before it is demolished. (Photo by Len Humphries/Getty Images via Liverpool FC)
Liverpool fans line up to gain entry onto the Spion Kop stand for the very last time before it is demolished. (Photo by Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
Fans in the Spion Kop at Anfield are a mass of colour and noise as they celebrate the last day of the old, standing Kop. (Photo by Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
The terracing of the Spion Kop is demolished at Anfield. (Photo by Len Humphries/Getty Images via Liverpool FC)
The Spion Kop stand as it is demolished at Anfield. (Photo by Len Humphries/Getty Images via Liverpool FC)
A view of Anfield from the new Kop end. (Photo by Allsport UK//Getty Images)
A bronze statue of Bill Shankly was unveiled in front of the Kop in 1997. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
In 1998 a new two-tier Anfield Road end was opened. (Credit: Clive Brunskill /Allsport)
Anfield looms up above the surrounding buildings. (Credit: Gary M Prior/Allsport)
An aerial view of Anfield and across Stanley Park to Everton’s Goodison Park stadium. (Photo by Jonathan Webb /Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
The new roof truss is attached to the Main Stand as it is redeveloped in 2015. (Photo by John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
The new construction rises above the old Main Stand. (Photo by John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
Fans arrive at Anfield as the new Main Stand is open for business. (Photo by Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
The new Main Stand is complete, increasing Anfield’s capacity to 53,394. (Photo by Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
The Centenary Stand was renamed the Kenny Dalglish Stand in 2017. (Photo by John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
A view of the Shankly Gates as the sun goes down at Anfield. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
A view from the Kenny Dalglish Stand as Sadio Mane equalises for Liverpool against Wolverhampton Wanderers. (Photo by Nick Taylor/Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
The famous Anfield Road End undergoes expansion renovation work in the latest upgrade to the stadium. (Photo by LINDSEY PARNABY/AFP via Getty Images)
Construction cranes are seen high above the Anfield Road End as a result of a new stand being built throughout the season. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
The Anfield Road End expansion is expected to increase the stadium’s capacity to 61,000. (Photo by LINDSEY PARNABY/AFP via Getty Images)
Anfield is illuminated by floodlights as twilight falls on the city of Liverpool in the background. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
An incredible aerial view of the famous stadium ahead of the Merseyside Derby earlier this year.
The incomplete renovations to the Anfield Road stand are seen here. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)
A detailed view of the on-going construction work of the expansion of the Anfield Road stand is seen from outside the stadium. (Photo: Getty Images)
A view of the renovations to a section of the Anfield Road End stand inside the stadium. (Photo: George Wood/Getty Images)
A view of the new stand at the Anfield Road end from earlier this season against Nottingham Forest.
The old Main Stand at Anfield. Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images
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