Liverpool FC will soon to announce their official plans to increase Anfield’s capacity to 61,000.
According to the team at This is Anfield, the club intend to redevelop the Anfield Road End of the stadium, adding an extra 7000 seats.
Liverpool received outline planning permission for the extension for as part of their original planning application in April 2014, when they submitted plans to redevelop the Main Stand.
The club will, according to TIA, complete the development of the new training complex at Kirkby, before they begin construction on the new Anfield Road End.
The current Anfield Road End often receives complaints due to restricted views, especially from away supporters in the corner of the stand, so the news of a redevelopment will be welcome news.
TIA say that the new stand will hold 16,000 seats and that away supporters will be moved from being close to the Main Stand to the other side of the stand, near the Kenny Dalglish Stand.
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