. "The Lillie Bridge Grounds was a sports ground in London near to present day Stamford Bridge, opened around 1867. The ground started to fall into disuse after the opening of Stamford Bridge, and after a riot on 18 September 1887 which destroyed the track and grandstand, it finally closed in 1888.Lillie Bridge is these days better known as a London Underground (LUL) maintenance depot, and the Earls Court 2 annexe of the Earls Court Exhibition Centre complex was built over the railway lines."@en . .