Originally posted by Artificial Hipster
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Ten Best and Ten Worst Stadium Moves of the New-Build Era
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Agreed on Spotland. Would put Prenton Park in that category too. Gresty Road ought to be, but only having one entry/exit into the away side loses it points - it's a right pain in the arse when you take a decent away following.
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- Mar 2008
- 3353
- at the edge of the sea
- Plymouth Argyle, Plymouth Gladiators, Seattle Mariners
- cream crackers spread with nutella
I'd like to add Plainmoor to the list of grounds that had a certain ramshackle charm and have kept a bit of character through their development. Some of it was downright odd in the 80s with half a roof along the Popular Side and that small corner of an away end, but exteding that roof, covering the away end along with the Bristows Bench grandstand have made it a tidy little ground.
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Originally posted by Third rate Leszno View Post
Shit quality cos it's a photo of a photo, but this was taken from the Willbutts corner of the Pearl Street at a league cup tie in August '91. Old Main Stand still very much in evidence.
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Originally posted by Patrick Thistle View PostOther sports watched at football stadia would be a good thread. I saw Cardiff Blues play at Cardiff City Stadium. Of course it was meant to be a joint stadium.
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Originally posted by Artificial Hipster View Post
That's a great picture. The angle may be misleading but the main stand seems barely to stretch beyond the half way line. There was an area of raised terracing separating it from the Sandy Lane and it was possible to walk all the way from the main stand to the far end of the Willbutts back then. Sadly the grass hill to the left of the Pearl Street - the kop - was shut off to fans before my time.
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I’d like to complete the 91. My own personal set of rules is that it should be a competitive match between two existing League sides. Anything else goes on the “b list”.
So the League Cup preliminary round between Crawley and Wimbledon at Broadfield Stadium counts.
Some b list examples:
Friendly at Sixfields
Conference play off final at City Of Manchester Stadium
Conference match between two now current league sides at the New Lawn (Forest Green)
Defunct grounds (The Dell, Filbert Street etc.)
I’d also like to complete the set by having either seen my own team play there, or having gone with a friend who supports one of the teams playing. I don’t just want to “collect”grounds (but if I ever get close to finishing the set I may do that with the last few, a bit like the way you could send off for the last few stickers if you’d nearly completed a Panini album).
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My only visit to Vicarage Road was to see Saracens play Gloucester Rugby. Still the only time I've seen Gloucester Rugby play despite visiting Kingsholm at least half a dozen times, and even playing there myself. The day before I'd been to see Wigan Athletic play Cheltenham. On both occasions I used the away club's official coaches. The differences in what was allowed were staggering.
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Originally posted by Favourite Worst Nightmare View Posta bit like the way you could send off for the last few stickers if you’d nearly completed a Panini album).
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I've heard of a few people who don't count a ground if there isn't a goal - but do they count it if it's 0-0 at the end of a cup tie and some penalties are scored in the shoot out?
I wasn't deliberately doing the 91* but when we left the league I thought I might as well visit some of the grounds I still hadn't been to as an away fan
I've got 6 left to do now, thanks to the three recent new openings. Ten visits not as an away fan, which I think isn't bad.
* Assuming a boycott of the Franchise, actually 90 at the moment.
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I guess it is rarer the lower you go to see a 0-0, but I've seen some cracking 0-0s that stick in the mind more than that routine 2-0 win for Albion 5 years ago with 2 goals you couldn't recall if you life depended on it. Each to their own I guess.
But touching the corner flags? That is weird.
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- Mar 2008
- 3353
- at the edge of the sea
- Plymouth Argyle, Plymouth Gladiators, Seattle Mariners
- cream crackers spread with nutella
Is this 0-0 thing some weird groundhopper version of a tree falling in the woods and no ones there to see it does it make a sound.
You're not taking seeing our draw at Anfield away from me.
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Originally posted by slackster View PostHas Noton’s dull Sixfields taken a beating yet? Another one nowhere near the station, no architectural merit, and on a boring industrial estate to boot.
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Originally posted by Third rate Leszno View PostCheers AH. I think the angle is misleading. Didn't realise the grass hill had ever been open to spectators.
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Originally posted by HeavyDracula View Post
Not defending the place's aesthetic merits but it's actually closer to the station than the County Ground. And there's a Wildlife Trust wetlands site, a country park, and the Northampton Arm of the Grand Union Canal next door. Shit pubs, though.
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Originally posted by Greenlander View PostIs this 0-0 thing some weird groundhopper version of a tree falling in the woods and no ones there to see it does it make a sound.
You're not taking seeing our draw at Anfield away from me.
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Originally posted by HeavyDracula View Post
Not defending the place's aesthetic merits but it's actually closer to the station than the County Ground. And there's a Wildlife Trust wetlands site, a country park, and the Northampton Arm of the Grand Union Canal next door. Shit pubs, though.
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