Published Aug. 17, 2006

With opening day nearly here, I grabbed a few key pieces of information about all 20 teams from a BBC preview to have handy. Note how small some of the stadiums are, which is presumably due to the up and down relegation experience. Of course some clubs never really go down (famous last words!) and so build bigger. My beloved Liverpool, in fact, is building a new facility that will increase the seating to the 60,00 level.

Team	Nickname	Grounds	Capacity
Arsenal	The Gunners	Emirates Stadium	60,000
Aston Villa	The Villans	Villa Park	42,593
Blackburn Rovers	Rovers	Ewood Park	31,367
Bolton Wanderers	Trotters	Reebok Stadium	27,879
Charlton Athletic	Addicks	The Valley	26,875
Chelsea	Blues	Stamford Bridge	42,449
Everton	Toffees	Goodison Park	40,170
Fulham	Cottagers	Craven Cottage	22,000
Liverpool	Reds	Anfield	45,362
Manchester City	Blues	City of Manchester Stadium	48,000
Manchester United	Red Devils	Old Trafford	68,210
Middlesbrough	Boro	Riverside Stadium	35,049
Newcastle United	Magpies	St James' Park	52,193
Portsmouth	Pompey	Fratton Park	19,179
Reading	Royals	Madejski Stadium	24,045
Sheffield United	Blades	Bramall Lane	30,936
Tottenham Hotspur	Spurs	White Hart Lane	36,236
Watford	Hornets	Vicarage Road	22,000
West Ham United	Hammers	Upton Park	35,056
Wigan Athletic	Latics	JJB Stadium	25,000

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