Pictures: Construction of Vicarage Road Stand at Watford

At the end of the 1992/93 season, work began on building a new all-seater stand to comply with the Taylor Report following the Hillsborough disaster and raise the standard of the stadium.

Costing £2.3million with an original capacity of 5,800, the stand took just under four months to build and opened on September 18, 1993 with a 3-1 victory over Notts County.

These pictures from our archive, some of which have not been published since, give a fascinating glimpse of the last days of the Vicarage Road terrace and the building work as the new stand began to take shape.

How the Vicarage Road end used to look (Image: Newsquest)

The last days of the terrace as demolition work began (Image: Newsquest)

A building worker climbs a floodlight pylon as a crane moves in (Image: Newsquest)

The old terracing has gone from the Red Lion corner of the ground (Image: Newsquest)

Construction teams at work towards the hospital side of the ground (Image: Newsquest)

The all-seater stand starts to take shape (Image: Newsquest)

A child takes a seat in a new stand (Image: Newsquest)