A Fabrairu 1909, makonni shida kafin kulob din ya fara gasar cin kofin FA, an sanya sunan Old Trafford a matsayin gidan Manchester United, bayan sayen filin wasa na kimanin £ 60,000. An ba Archibald Leitch wani kasafin kuɗi na £ 30,000 don ginawa; an tsara shirye-shiryen asali don samun damar zama na 100,000, kodayake matsalolin kasafin kuɗi sun tilasta sake dubawa zuwa 77,000. An gina ginin ne daga Messrs Bram Beldram da Smith na Manchester. An yi rikodin rikodin filin wasan a ranar 25 ga Maris, 1939, lokacin da aka buga wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin FA tsakanin Wimbledon da Maine Grimsby Town ya jawo masu kallo 76,962.
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