This is the second stadium on my 4-part Stadium series, Stamford Bridge. Stamford Bridge is home to my other favorite football team Chelsea! History In 1876, Stamford Bridge began construction as the home of now-defunct London Athletics Club until 1904. Though the stadium was not yet a stadium for football, it was at that time an athletics stadium. After the Athletics Club's liquidation in 1904, the stadium were sold to brothers Joseph and Augustus Mears to turn it into a football stadium. The Mears brothers persuaded Fulham to move to Stamford Bridge from their Craven Cottage stadium, but they decided against it. Because of this, they founded their football team called Chelsea FC. Future On October 3, 2011, after rumours speculations claimed that Chelsea has plans to renovate Stamford Bridge, Chelsea confirmed that they planning to buy back the stadium from the fan-owned Chelsea Pitch Owners so that they can.