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Burnley FC The other two sides of the ground are much older and look out of place next to their shiny new neighbours. The Bob Lord Stand at one side of the pitch was opened in 1974. It is a small all seated single tiered stand, with a row of supporting pillars running across its middle and has windshields to either side. The David Fishwick Stand (formerly known as the Cricket Field Stand) at one end of the ground was opened in 1969. Again it is a simple looking single tiered stand that has some supporting pillars. There is a Police Control Box situated in one corner of the stadium in-between the Bob Lord and Jimmy McIlroy Stands. Unusually the teams emerge from a tunnel from one end of the ground in the David Fishwick Stand. Whilst some rather crampt looking team dugouts are located in front of the Bob Lord Stand. Future Ground DevelopmentsThe club have announced a £20m re-development of Turf Moor. This
will involve replacing the David Fishwick Stand with a new 2,500 capacity single tiered stand, that will
incorporate some corporate hospitality boxes and will cost in the
region of £10m. At the back of this will be built a a new Cricket
Pavilion for the neighbouring Cricket Club. A new three tiered glass
fronted hospitality block also incorporating new changing rooms for
the teams is to be built between the Jimmy McIlroy Stand and James
Hargreaves Stands. The second phase of the works will include the
re-furbishment of the Bob Lord Stand. Other elements to the
scheme involve the building of a hotel, multi-screen cinema and new
supporters bar. Away fans will be housed in the lower tier of the
Jimmy McIlroy Stand whilst the works take place. The capacity will
be around the 22,000 mark. However, due to the current economic
climate, the re-development has been put on hold for the time being.
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