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P W D L F A W D L F A Pts Pos
1896/97 Div 2 30 11 4 0 37 10 6 1 8 19 24 39 2nd Play Off Table
Tue Sep 1 Division 2 Gainsborough Trinity Home Won 2-0
Sat Sep 5 Division 2 Burton Swifts Away Won 5-3
Mon Sep 7 Division 2 Walsall Home Won 2-0
Sat Sep 12 Division 2 Lincoln City Home Won 3-1
Sat Sep 19 Division 2 Grimsby Town Away Lost 0-2
Mon Sep 21 Division 2 Walsall Away Won 3-2
Sat Sep 26 Division 2 Newcastle United Home Won 4-0
Sat Oct 3 Division 2 Manchester City Away Drew 0-0
Sat Oct 10 Division 2 Small Heath Home Drew 1-1
Sat Oct 17 Division 2 Blackpool Away Lost 2-4
Wed Oct 21 Division 2 Gainsborough Trinity Away Lost 0-2
Sat Oct 24 Division 2 Burton Wanderers Home Won 3-0
Sat Nov 7 Division 2 Grimsby Town Home Won 4-2
Sat Nov 28 Division 2 Small Heath Away Lost 0-1
Sat Dec 12 FAC 3rd Qual West Manchester Home Won 7-0
Sat Dec 19 Division 2 Notts County Away Lost 0-3
Fri Dec 25 Division 2 Manchester City Home Won 2-1
Sat Dec 26 Division 2 Blackpool Home Won 2-0
Mon Dec 28 Division 2 Leicester Fosse Away Lost 0-1
Fri Jan 1 Division 2 Newcastle United Away Lost 0-2
Sat Jan 2 FAC 4th Qual Nelson Home Won 3-0
Sat Jan 9 Division 2 Burton Swifts Home Drew 1-1
Fri Jan 15 FAC 5th Qual Blackpool Home Drew 2-2
Wed Jan 20 FAC replay Blackpool Away Won 2-1
Sat Jan 30 FAC 1 Kettering Home Won 5-1
Sat Feb 6 Division 2 Loughborough  Home Won 6-0
Sat Feb 13 FAC 2 Southampton St Mary's Away Drew 1-1
Wed Feb 17 FAC 2 replay Southampton St Mary's Home Won 3-1
Sat Feb 20 Division 2 Leicester Fosse Home Won 2-1
Sat Feb 27 FAC 3 Derby County Away Lost 0-2
Tue Mar 2 Division 2 Darwen Home Won 3-1
Sat Mar 13 Division 2 Darwen Away Won 2-0
Sat Mar 20 Division 2 Burton Wanderers Away Won 2-1
Mon Mar 22 Division 2 Woolwich Arsenal Home Drew 1-1
Sat Mar 27 Division 2 Notts County Home Drew 1-1
Thu Apr 1 Division 2 Lincoln City Away Won 3-1
Sat Apr 3 Division 2 Woolwich Arsenal Away Won 2-0
Sat Apr 10 Division 2 Loughborough  Away Lost 0-2
Mon Apr 19 Test Match* Burnley Away Lost 0-2
Wed Apr 21 Test Match* Burnley Home Won 2-0
Sat Apr 24 Test Match* Sunderland Home Drew 1-1
Mon Apr 26 Test Match* Sunderland Away Lost 0-2
* The bottom two clubs in Division 1 and the top 2 in Division 2 met at the season end for a series of Test Matches to decide on promotion and relegation. Newton Heath finished bottom of the table and so remained in Division 2 in 1897/98 - full Test match results and table.

Question:
When first opened this stadium was likened to a bed pan. Although not an English ground, Manchester United were the visitors for the first football match played there - in August 2010. In 2011 the ground hosted the Europa League final. Name the Stadium.

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