Best old stadium you've been to.

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

Highbury.

Even more so as it's no longer in use.

 

[CaptainMorgans]

In case anybody's wondering what became of the Old Highbury...

 

[Canterbury Blade]

Peterborough, Swindon and Southend are like getting into the old time machine and going back to the 80's. Wonderful places, corrugated iron, steamy cafe area, appalling bogs and a turnstile that is clicked by a man and not a machine.

The old Wigan ground had a tarmacced over hill, where people still swopped ends at half time (though the Shoreham Boys tried to stop the habit!) and I seem to recall Chester and Halifax were pretty basic. But basic in a great way!

Oxford's Manor Ground will always be remembered for the Bladette smacking her boyfriend across the open kop in the pouring rain. Don't know what he'd done but he got the old what for!

Brentford for the ale houses, QPR for the two tiers when it was standing, Ipswich for the closeness to the town and that amazing semi final win.

But the best ground is Bramall Lane... Yep I'm biased, but it's pretty good isn't it? if only we'd kept the Kop and the John St stand.. If only..

 

[BladeFisher]

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Vetch Field Swansea City, Manor Ground(away end) Oxford Utd, Elm Park Reading

All 3 of these were favourites of mine, but all 3 became antiquated, and staying put after the Taylor report became unviable

Was the Vetch Field the only one with a real subbuteo floodlight pylon?

 

[JohnDenver]

But the best ground is Bramall Lane... Yep I'm biased, but it's pretty good isn't it? if only we'd kept the Kop and the John St stand.. If only..

I'd agree with that if we could have kept the John Street in its pre-Hitler state.

 

[Silent Blade]

I'd agree with that if we could have kept the John Street in its pre-Hitler state.

1904

 

[Bert]

Peterborough, Swindon and Southend are like getting into the old time machine and going back to the 80's. Wonderful places, corrugated iron, steamy cafe area, appalling bogs and a turnstile that is clicked by a man and not a machine.

The old Wigan ground had a tarmacced over hill, where people still swopped ends at half time (though the Shoreham Boys tried to stop the habit!) and I seem to recall Chester and Halifax were pretty basic. But basic in a great way!

Oxford's Manor Ground will always be remembered for the Bladette smacking her boyfriend across the open kop in the pouring rain. Don't know what he'd done but he got the old what for!

Brentford for the ale houses, QPR for the two tiers when it was standing, Ipswich for the closeness to the town and that amazing semi final win.

But the best ground is Bramall Lane... Yep I'm biased, but it's pretty good isn't it? if only we'd kept the Kop and the John St stand.. If only..

Appalling bogs are a necessity for a proper football ground.

 

[Bert]

 

[JohnDenver]

Scarborough. Looks like someone made use of the seats from the new stand behind the goal.

 

[Bert]

http://forum.followfollow.com/showt...ld-grounds&s=8bedd036199f1d2f6dfa57cd6c049d76

 

[vorpal blade]

& Scarborough cricket ground IS one of the best little sports arenas about isn't it?

 

[Bert]

& Scarborough cricket ground IS one of the best little sports arenas about isn't it?

It certainly is, a proper traditional cricket ground which almost reeks of Wilf Rhodes, Herbert Sutcliffe, Hedley Verity and LenHutton etc taking on all comers and demonstrating why Yorkshire was and still is the greatest cricket team on earth.

 

[vorpal blade]

I know its just me, but one of my favourite websites is the Library of Scotland that has tons of superb 'auld' maps for nought (something to do with Scots Nats hating England I think) loads of old Scottish grounds were oval....just saying........







I love old large scale OS maps just for the draftsmanship... Not sure why the Scots preferred ovals instead of rectangles? maybe the English ones were more hemmed in?

They also built proper little stadiums for little teams in Glasgow, this is the area near Celtic Park (or is it Parkhead???)

 

[tyneblade]

So many great old grounds in my memory from Exeter up to Carlisle. Not may of the bigger ones left but Fratton Park still keeps a lot of the old world atmosphere. Of the smaller grounds the one by the river in Shrewsbury was my favourite. For atmosphere Roker Park was similar to Fratton Park but bigger and better. Simply as a ground there was always something especially admirable in Oakwell's 1,500 seats in a capacity of over 30,000.

 

[TBW57]

Scarborough. Looks like someone made use of the seats from the new stand behind the goal.

Even better, the entire stand has been recycled! You can find it now at Post Office Road, Featherstone.

 

[Rusty view]

I went to Ibrox earlier this season. Admittedly it has been redeveloped but still has the feel of 4 individual stands despite having corners closed off. The main listed stand is fabulous from the outside.