“English football invited us to peer into a spectacular future during 2025. Dynamic visions of what clubs will call home were unveiled, wondrous architectural images promising to transform matchday experiences in the years to come. Like Manchester United’s proposed new home adjacent to Old Trafford. In March, plans were announced for a 100,000-capacity stadium with an enormous canopy held up by three 200-metre high masts. Co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe promised it would be the ‘world’s greatest football stadium’ when the £2billion plans were launched. Birmingham City unveiled their own ambitious drawings for a build named the Powerhouse Stadium last month. Twelve towering chimneys, a nod to the city’s industrial heritage, will be included in a 62,000-seater stadium like no other built by 2030. …”
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Welcome to the future of football stadiums – feat. holographic players, LED walls and virtual seating
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“Harrison Reed hardly gets on the pitch nowadays. The Fulham midfielder is often left on the bench or out of Marco Silva’s Premier League matchday squad altogether. Prior to coming on in the 92nd minute against Liverpool on Sunday, Reed had amassed a meagre six minutes of action across two top-flight appearances in 2025-26 and has been an unused substitute on 10 occasions. …”
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