<P> In May 1908 , Archibald Leitch wrote to the Cheshire Lines Committee ( CLC ) -- who had a rail depot adjacent to the proposed site for the football ground -- in an attempt to persuade them to subsidise construction of the grandstand alongside the railway line . The subsidy would have come to the sum of £ 10,000 , to be paid back at the rate of £ 2,000 per annum for five years or half of the gate receipts for the grandstand each year until the loan was repaid . However , despite guarantees for the loan coming from the club itself and two local breweries , both chaired by club chairman John Henry Davies , the Cheshire Lines Committee turned the proposal down . The CLC had planned to build a new station adjacent to the new stadium , with the promise of an anticipated £ 2,750 per annum in fares offsetting the £ 9,800 cost of building the station . The station -- Trafford Park -- was eventually built , but further down the line than originally planned . The CLC later constructed a modest station with one timber - built platform immediately adjacent to the stadium and this opened on 21 August 1935 . It was initially named United Football Ground , but was renamed Old Trafford Football Ground in early 1936 . It was served on match days only by a shuttle service of steam trains from Manchester Central railway station . It is currently known as Manchester United Football Ground . </P>
<P> In May 1908 , Archibald Leitch wrote to the Cheshire Lines Committee ( CLC ) -- who had a rail depot adjacent to the proposed site for the football ground -- in an attempt to persuade them to subsidise construction of the grandstand alongside the railway line . The subsidy would have come to the sum of £ 10,000 , to be paid back at the rate of £ 2,000 per annum for five years or half of the gate receipts for the grandstand each year until the loan was repaid . However , despite guarantees for the loan coming from the club itself and two local breweries , both chaired by club chairman John Henry Davies , the Cheshire Lines Committee turned the proposal down . The CLC had planned to build a new station adjacent to the new stadium , with the promise of an anticipated £ 2,750 per annum in fares offsetting the £ 9,800 cost of building the station . The station -- Trafford Park -- was eventually built , but further down the line than originally planned . The CLC later constructed a modest station with one timber - built platform immediately adjacent to the stadium and this opened on 21 August 1935 . It was initially named United Football Ground , but was renamed Old Trafford Football Ground in early 1936 . It was served on match days only by a shuttle service of steam trains from Manchester Central railway station . It is currently known as Manchester United Football Ground . </P>
when did man utd move to old trafford
when did man utd move to old trafford
on 21 August 1935
on 21 August 1935