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Damian Burchardt

Football quiz: which stadium is older?

The Camp Nou sits under a glorious sky.
The Camp Nou sits under a glorious sky. Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images
  1. Which is older: Camp Nou or Santiago Bernabéu?

    1. Camp Nou

    2. Santiago Bernabéu

  2. Which is older: the Etihad or the Emirates?

    1. Etihad Stadium

    2. Emirates Stadium

  3. Which is older: Old Trafford or Anfield?

    1. Old Trafford

    2. Anfield

  4. Which is older: San Siro or Stadio Olimpico?

    1. San Siro

    2. Stadio Olimpico

  5. Which is older: the Olympiastadion in Berlin or the Old Wembley?

    1. Olympiastadion Berlin

    2. Old Wembley

  6. Which is older: Stamford Bridge or Craven Cottage (the stadium, not the cottage)?

    1. Stamford Bridge

    2. Craven Cottage

  7. Which is older: Celtic Park or Ibrox Stadium?

    1. Celtic Park

    2. Ibrox Stadium

  8. Which is older: Stade de France or Parc des Princes?

    1. Stade de France

    2. Parc des Princes

  9. Which is older: Estadio Azteca or Maracanã Stadium?

    1. Estadio Azteca

    2. Maracanã Stadium

  10. Which is older: St James' Park or the Stadium of Light?

    1. St James' Park

    2. Stadium of Light

Solutions

1:B - The Camp Nou celebrated its 60th birthday this week but Real Madrid will be popping the champagne corks on December 14 to mark 70 years of the Santiago Bernabéu., 2:A - The City of Manchester Stadium was opened for the Commonwealth Games in 2002, four years before Arsenal started playing at the Emirates. The Queen was meant to open the new ground in London but she pulled out due to a bad back, leaving Prince Philip to quip: "Well, you may not have my wife, but you've got the second-most experienced plaque unveiler in the world.", 3:B - Anfield was built in 1884 – before Liverpool FC were founded – and it served as Everton's home ground before they moved to Goodison Park in 1892., 4:A - The San Siro was opened in 1926, when 35,000 fans watched Inter beat Milan 6–3. The Stadio Olimpico served as the centrepiece for the 1960 Olympics., 5:B - The Olympiastadion was built for the 1936 Olympics, some 13 years after Wembley played host to its first FA Cup final., 6:A - Both stadiums are in Fulham but Stamford Bridge, opened in 1877, is nearly 20 years older than the Fulham FC ground., 7:A - Celtic Park was opened in 1892. The stadium's record attendance of 83,500 was set on New Year's Day 1938, when Rangers were the visitors. The record attendance at Ibrox was set when Celtic visited in 1939., 8:B - The Stade de France was built for the 1998 World Cup, more than a decade before Paris Saint-Germain took up residence in the Parc des Princes., 9:B - Both stadiums have hosted two World Cup finals: the Maracanã in 1950 and 2014, and the Azteca in 1970 and 1986., 10:A - St James' Park was opened more than a century before the Stadium of Light (where the record attendance was set by Rihanna on her world tour in 2013).

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