Editing Manchester United F.C. (section)

===1893–1910: Bank Street===
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In June 1893, after the club was evicted from North Road by its owners, Manchester Deans and Canons, who felt it was inappropriate for the club to charge an entry fee to the ground, secretary [[A. H. Albut]] procured the use of the [[Bank Street (football ground)|Bank Street ground]] in [[Clayton, Greater Manchester|Clayton]].<ref name="shury_21-22"/> It initially had no stands, by the start of the [[1893–94 Newton Heath F.C. season|1893–94 season]], two had been built; one spanning the full length of the pitch on one side and the other behind the goal at the "Bradford end". At the opposite end, the "Clayton end", the ground had been "built up, thousands thus being provided for".<ref name="shury_21-22">Shury & Landamore (2005), pp. 21–22.</ref> Newton Heath's first league match at Bank Street was played against [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] on 1 September 1893, when 10,000 people saw [[Alf Farman]] score a [[hat-trick]], Newton Heath's only goals in a 3–2 win. The remaining stands were completed for the following league game against Nottingham Forest three weeks later.<ref name="shury_21-22"/> In October 1895, before the visit of Manchester City, the club purchased a 2,000-capacity stand from the [[Broughton Rangers]] [[rugby league]] club, and put up another stand on the "reserved side" (as distinct from the "popular side"); however, weather restricted the attendance for the Manchester City match to just 12,000.<ref>Shury & Landamore (2005), p. 24.</ref>

When the Bank Street ground was temporarily closed by bailiffs in 1902, club captain Harry Stafford raised enough money to pay for the club's next away game at Bristol City and found a temporary ground at [[Harpurhey]] for the next reserves game against Padiham.<ref>Shury & Landamore (2005), pp. 33–34.</ref> Following financial investment, new club president John Henry Davies paid £500 for the erection of a new 1,000-seat stand at Bank Street.<ref name="inglis_234">Inglis (1996), p. 234.</ref> Within four years, the stadium had cover on all four sides, as well as the ability to hold approximately 50,000 spectators, some of whom could watch from the viewing gallery atop the Main Stand.<ref name="inglis_234"/>