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    #26
    Oh hang on - Boxing, Tennis and Basketball at The 02 and Football, Boxing and Gridiron at Wembley. I saw Rugby at the old Wembley but not the new one yet, as far as I can recall.
    Last edited by Ray de Galles; 17-08-2018, 20:17.

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      #27
      Basketball, ice hockey, athletics, tennis and gymnastics at Madison Square Garden

      Baseball, football and gridiron at the original Yankee Stadium. Baseball, football and cricket at Shea Stadium.

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        #28
        Ah, you’re winning but I can up The 02 to four sports with Gymnastics too and Glasgow Hydro now joins the list of three sports venues with Boxing, Netball and Gymnastics - all at the 2014 Commonwealths.

        My MSG sports are limited to Boxing and Ice Hockey. When did it last host track cycling, out of interest?
        Last edited by Ray de Galles; 17-08-2018, 21:35.

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          #29
          The current building has never hosted track cycling.

          The last edition of the Six Days of New York was in 1961, but that may have been held in one of the armories. The last edition I have evidence of having been held at MSG (then on 8th Avenue between 49th and 50th) was in 1950.

          Your mention of boxing reminds me that my father wanted to take me to the Golden Gloves (the city amateur championships and a big thing at the time) when I was seven or so, but my mother did not approve.
          Last edited by ursus arctos; 17-08-2018, 21:46.

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            #30
            Ah, of course. I forgot about the relative newness of the current venue. The Six Days would have finished in MSG III? What were the armories?

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              #31
              Wikipedia has the current incarnation of the “World’s Most Famous Arena” hosting the following sports in addition to those I’ve seen there:

              Boxing, Wrestling, Arena Football (indoor gridiron), Indoor Lacrosse and UFC (mixed martial arts).

              They’ve also done Show Jumping and Figure Skating there, and it wouldn’t surprise me if there were other special events that Wikipedia has missed.

              If one was to count professional and amateur (or women’s and men’s) competitions in the same sport separately, as is quite common here, one could easily get into double figures.
              Last edited by ursus arctos; 17-08-2018, 22:10.

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                #32
                Dartford three times, even though they were all unsegregated. I've seen them lose the play-off semi-finals for the last two seasons, where I've stayed in the same end all match and so 'become' a Chelmsford fan and a Braintree fan in the second halves.

                Before that, I was there in 2013 in the smallest County away following I've ever known, 59 if I remember correctly.

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                  #33
                  In US parlance, the armories were/are massive semi-fortified buildings (usually occupying at least a full city block) that were built for demobilised regiments of the Grand Army of the Republic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They were designed to serve as facilities that combined clubhouses for the soldiers/veterans (now in National Guard regiments), storage space for light and heavy weaponry, museums for battle flags and the like and indoor parade grounds that could be used for keeping their skills up.

                  They also served as a very visible reminder to local hotheads that the National Guard can be (and was) used to quell riots and other civil disturbances.

                  They often resembled a late 19th century American's view of a fortified castle.

                  There are at least three examples that are still standing in Manhattan.

                  The 7th Regiment Armory (now Park Avenue Armory) on the Upper East Side, which is now used for art shows, society balls and theatrical performances;



                  The 69th Regiment Armory near Grammercy Park (used similarly, though it has not been renovated to anything near the extent of its uptown counterpart)



                  and the Fort Washington Avenue Armory in Washington Heights (not far from the George Washington Bridge), which is now the primary indoor athletics facility in the city and home of the National Track and Field Hall of Fame



                  In the early years of the NBA, the New York Knickerbockers played some of their home games at the 69th Regiment Armory (as did other NBA teams in other Northern cities), which also had been fitted with a first-class indoor track (and is the most likely alternative venue for six day races after 1950). One can see the arched roof over the parade ground/arena in the middle photo above.

                  Last edited by ursus arctos; 17-08-2018, 22:49.

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                    #34
                    Non-league probably shouldn't count eh?

                    I'm thinking Luton, maybe half a dozen times or so. QPR shared the second division with them for most of the early 70s, and I'd occasionally take in a match if I was visiting my parents and Hitchin were away. They also played a few friendlies at Kenilworth Road in the mid-60s. (Hitchin, not my parents.) So, QPR, Hitchin, Sheffield Utd, Arsenal, Watford (before things got tasty) they're the ones I remember.
                    Last edited by Amor de Cosmos; 18-08-2018, 00:28.

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                      #35
                      I've seen South Korea v Croatia at Craven Cottage
                      I've seen Scotland v Nigeria at Craven Cottage
                      I've seen Australia v Colombia at Craven Cottage

                      I've never seen Fulham at Craven cottage

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                        #36
                        I've seen a few in the away/neutral end at Craven Cottage. They used to do various friends-for-a-fiver type offers which open up a potential sub thread of teams you've watched from the away end while being a home season ticket holder.


                        Also, Brentford. Walsall, Brighton, Blackburn, Celtic and Huddersfield.

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                          #37
                          How about attending a home* game, ostensibly as a home* fan, but from the away section of its most hated rival? As in Manchester United - Arsenal in 1971 at Anfield, from the Anfield Road End? I was there.

                          I was a young lad living in the Liverpool area at the time, not* really a supporter of any league team in particular, perhaps due to having led a fairly nomadic childhood and having a father who supported Ipswich Town which struck me as absurd for some reason (apologies to any Ipswich fans here: I was young and unthinking...) As a casual fan, I would often go along to watch the odd match at Anfield or Goodison Park (though occasionally my father would drive me to more far-flung games, such as Blackpool - Man Utd in 1971, which was Blackpool's last match in the top league for many seasons. But I digress.

                          I'm not sure my mother was aware of the hooliganism surrounding some of the matches which took place at and in the vicinity of first division grounds. Certainly I was aware myself of the potential dangers and, without wanting to disparage anyone or any club on this forum, I knew that the media perception of the friendly happy chirpy Liverpudlian was based on myth and not reality. Disclaimer: every club and city had its fair share of idiots. And Liverpool folk are dead friendly in general. Only that this wasn't so obvious if you had to run the Stanley Park gauntlet after a match and it was obvious (accent would often give you away) that you weren't a full-blooded Scouse. Worse, though, were the police who instead of helping away fans in obvious distress would seem to almost gloat in their predicament.

                          (I've now managed to slag off Ipswich fans, Liverpudlians and the police in just a couple of paragraphs, I see!)

                          Anyway, there was an article in The Guardian about the game, written eight years ago:

                          https://www.theguardian.com/sport/bl...e-anfield-1971

                          The article says:

                          "The rivalry between groups of hooligans was still fierce however, even if the antipathy felt between real football supporters of both sides was not, and the front page of the Guardian the morning after the match carried the usual depressing news of trouble. "About 100 fans" were ejected from Anfield, according to the report, the windows of some houses in Anfield were smashed and "600 skinheads" were said to have been "kept in check" by police after throwing bricks at the United supporters as they were frogmarched back to Lime Street station and on to trains back to Manchester."

                          To be honest, I don't recall too much of the game, apart from the fact that in the second half most of the Man Utd fans present were more worried about fans entering the Kop from the street in order to cause havoc rather than actually watching the game. I think I managed to slink out before the end and as I had no wish to be frogmarched back to Lime Street Station made it fairly comfortably to the local station to catch a late night train back to where I lived. And then probably told my mum that I'd had a great time and when could I go again?
                          Last edited by Sporting; 18-08-2018, 06:34.

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                            #38
                            Originally posted by blameless View Post
                            I've seen South Korea v Croatia at Craven Cottage
                            I've seen Scotland v Nigeria at Craven Cottage
                            I've seen Australia v Colombia at Craven Cottage

                            I've never seen Fulham at Craven cottage
                            I've been to seven games at the New York Stadium and never seen Rotherham United there - six internationals and a County Cup final.

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                              #39
                              Originally posted by blameless View Post
                              I've seen South Korea v Croatia at Craven Cottage
                              I've seen Scotland v Nigeria at Craven Cottage
                              I've seen Australia v Colombia at Craven Cottage

                              I've never seen Fulham at Craven cottage

                              Everyone else is singing this to the tune of ‘I’ve Never Been To Me’ aren’t they?

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                                #40
                                Thanks for the armory info, Ursus. The poster at the start of the film below of the 1953 race confirms that that’s where the Six Days took place post 1950 :

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                                  #41
                                  I think that RdG should get some sort of award for seeing three matches - Scotland vs Wales; Rangers vs Stirling; Partick Thistle vs Livingstone - in the same city within 24 hours.

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                                    #42
                                    I know Ray and Bored will hate me for this but the CCFC stadium is my "watched from all 4 sides including the away bit" stadium. I've also seen International matches, a European club final and another football team use it as a home venue. And seen a rugby match there.

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                                      #43
                                      Nah, I've been there for Cardiff and Wales matches (after a stubborn boycott) and gigs. Ray's been there even more, I think

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                                        #44
                                        I've seen both Wealdstone and Rotherham United play league games at Kingsmeadow against Wimbledon. Wealdstone were give more room...

                                        And I've mentioned many times that I've been on all four sides of Griffin Park as an away fan.

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                                          #45
                                          I've been in the away end of Tolka park to watch Shamrock Rovers,Shelbourne,Home Farm,Dublin City,St Francis and,Bizarrely Cork city as the home team,Tolka has been last resort for many temporarily homeless teams over the years

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                                            #46
                                            Originally posted by Gangster Octopus View Post
                                            And I've mentioned many times that I've been on all four sides of Griffin Park as an away fan.
                                            S'alright I suppose but all four sides both before and since the Ramones at the Roundhouse would really lift the achievement to the next level.

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                                              #47
                                              Originally posted by Bordeaux Education View Post
                                              I think that RdG should get some sort of award for seeing three matches - Scotland vs Wales; Rangers vs Stirling; Partick Thistle vs Livingstone - in the same city within 24 hours.
                                              Imagine if he'd done it after travelling up there on a Megabus sleeper. Also, weren't you there too, or did you skip the Rangers game?

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                                                #48
                                                I've been an away fan at Fratton 'supporting' Derby, Ipswich, Hull and Crawley, but I've never been there on official business with Southampton. And never will, because the travel restrictions imposed mean I would need to go past Portsmouth to get to Southampton to then be escorted to Portsmouth (and then back again).
                                                Last edited by andrew7610; 20-08-2018, 16:08.

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                                                  #49
                                                  Originally posted by Bordeaux Education View Post
                                                  I think that RdG should get some sort of award for seeing three matches - Scotland vs Wales; Rangers vs Stirling; Partick Thistle vs Livingstone - in the same city within 24 hours.
                                                  My dad always maintains that one of his life's great achievements was once going to three games in one day (i.e. in about 10-11 hours) in London back in the 1970s. He ruins it slightly by not actually being able to remember which three they were, but is fairly sure that games at West Ham and Arsenal were among them.

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                                                    #50
                                                    For reasons I forget I became fixated on Oxford United (in a bad way) so spent an inordinate amount of time in the away end (1981/82) cheering on whoever they were playing. Mad.

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