The Lillie Bridge Grounds was a sports ground in London, England near to present day Stamford Bridge, opened around 1867.

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  • The Lillie Bridge Grounds was a sports ground in London, England near to present day Stamford Bridge, opened around 1867. The ground started to fall into disuse after the opening of Stamford Bridge and after a riot on September 18 1887 which destroyed the track and grandstand, finally closed in 1888.[http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/image_browse?query=Lillie%20Bridge&first=&last=&imgurl=http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/Pix/TRA/68/10417968_T.JPG&refurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scienceandsociety.co.uk%2Fresults.asp%3Ftxtkeys1%3DForemen&width=128&height=106&requestId=4a30cf7bbeb70cf1&clickedItemRank=5&encquery=Lillie%20Bridge&page=4][http://www.london-underground.de/albums/Depots1/lillie_bridge_depot_1.jpg] Lillie Bridge, Lillie Road, Fulham, London, SW6 these days are better known as a London Underground (LUL) maintenance depot, and Earls Court 2 part of the world famous Earls Court Exhibition Centre complex has an annexe over railway lines. [http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/image_browse?query=Lillie%20Bridge%20Grounds&first=&last=&imgurl=http://prodigi.bl.uk/EvanImages/BLCD/big/C080/C0809-08.jpg&refurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bl.uk%2Fcatalogues%2Fevanion%2FZOOM.ASP%3FEvanID%3D439%26ImageNo%3D0&width=1066&height=1500&requestId=8d0771872a81a964&clickedItemRank=4&encquery=Lillie%20Bridge%20Grounds&page=] And is also home to the Empress State Building completed in 1961. Sports contested at the venue included athletics, bicycle racing, football and cricket. [http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/image_browse?query=Lillie%20Bridge%20Grounds&first=&last=&imgurl=http://prodigi.bl.uk/EvanImages/BLCD/big/C081/C0810-02.jpg&refurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bl.uk%2Fcatalogues%2Fevanion%2FZOOM.ASP%3FEvanID%3D441%26ImageNo%3D0&width=1064&height=1500&requestId=8d0771872a81a964&clickedItemRank=3&encquery=Lillie%20Bridge%20Grounds&page=] The ground also hosted hot air balloon festivals and county fairs in the Victorian era. (en)
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  • The Lillie Bridge Grounds was a sports ground in London, England near to present day Stamford Bridge, opened around 1867. (en)
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  • Lillie Bridge Grounds (en)
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