South Bank Exile
7:19 Fri Aug 19
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Between 1963 and 1984 my dad and I managed to visit every ground in the old Football League. Inspired by the Reynolds News Sunday edition double page team photos, we set out to do the whole 92. Fortunately he was a railway man and we enjoyed discounted travel. He was also a Spurs supporter but I never held it against him. I retain lovely memories from this time.
Apart from pre legoland Boleyn, the two grounds I always enjoyed visiting were Goodison Park and the old Baseball Ground at Derby. The pitch at the latter resembled a cabbage patch from about November onwards but in the days of Clough it had a great atmosphere, as did Everton, even if your view was sometimes interrupted by a pillar. Traditional grounds with the crowd close to the pitch and surrounded by rows and rows of Victorian terraces.
I also always enjoyed visiting Villa Park, St Andrews, WHL, Highbury, Roker Park, Anfield (pre Kop gentrification) and Main Rd too.
Winner of the bleakest, freeze ya balls off mid-winter prize is shared by Brunten Park, Carlisle and Boundary Park, Oldham.
Worst pie award goes to Vale Park, Port Vale (1973). Unedible and only good for throwing at the oppposition and patrolling plod behind the Goal.
Most intimidating ground: The old Den.
These generic soulless bowl stadiums they keep building today, including our own at Stratford, are a disaster for me.
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BournemouthHammer
4:42 Fri Aug 19
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I remember going to West Brom when Joe Cole popped up and scored. Think it was 3-2 if memory serves me well. That was a great atmosphere. I had gone to Spurs the week before in a 0-0 where Lomas was sent off and that was an awful atmosphere. So quiet.
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OccupyGreenStreet
3:58 Fri Aug 19
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Saw B Monchengladbach a couple of years ago and really rated the Borussia Park - new build, traditional ends, steep rake - but the locals reckoned it's not a patch in terms of atmosphere compared to their old ground.
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Bromley Reject
3:38 Fri Aug 19
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I think a lot of the time, it depends on what memories you have of the place. It's easy to get misty eyed about some Stalag and all that bollocks if you've won 0-3, less so if you've lost and had a good kicking in the car park.
On an aesthetic level - The Emirates, magnificent
Nice / easy drive up there - London Road, Highfield Road
Old school - The Baseball Ground, London Road, Griffin Park possibly although it was a shit 0-0 on a freezing cold Boxing Day and I had to buy a ticket off a tout
I remember going to Villa one year and someone had stuck a " BCFC shit on the Villa" sticker on the ceiling in the toilets. Christ alone knows how they managed it, must have been 15 foot high if an inch
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Ricky Bobby
3:05 Fri Aug 19
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Any day at football gets my vote...
Fratton Park (uncovered Milton End) I was in the RN
Pride Park (0-5)
Old Trafford (England v Greece)
Moss Rose (Sunday Cup Match)
Ibrox & Ochilview Park (Scotland) Stenhousemuir Stag do
Ninian Park & Vetch Field (Wales)
Bukit Jalil National Stadium ( Malaysia) Tony Cottee debut for Selangor
All London grounds
Mangotsfield Utd (my local village team now)
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Mart O
2:35 Fri Aug 19
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Baseball Ground for me too. Had some amusing afternoons at Brisbane Road back in the day.
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Lato
2:25 Fri Aug 19
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Roker Park and Fratton Park the two coldest grounds must be because they were both by the sea.
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Lato
2:23 Fri Aug 19
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Wolverhampton that is can't spell the stadium name either
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Lato
2:21 Fri Aug 19
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Mashed I make you right there a two side stadium the two timed I went there. Their South Bank was huge
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Bungo
10:23 Fri Aug 19
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...And within close walking distance of THREE Indian restaurants including my current fave Ruchi.
Perfect!
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mashed in maryland
10:22 Fri Aug 19
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I liked Ninian Park. Proper felt like how I imagined football grounds to be in the old days.
Molyniux or however its spelt. Absolutely disgustingly awful area, shit ground, but a strangely good atmosphere even when it always seemed half empty.
Anfield and Goodison both enjoyable for different reasons. Both in an abysmal area but Anfield is almost exactly how a "new ground" should be IMO. very hard to explain and I won't even bother cos I'll just sound a cunt. Goodison is a dive, wooden seats, pillars everywhere so you can't see the whole pitch, the worst toilets in professional football, but the atmos is always great cos its so enclosed.
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yngwies Cat
10:20 Fri Aug 19
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Sorry Bing!! I meant Bung.
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yngwies Cat
10:17 Fri Aug 19
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I'd second that Bingo. Nice club house an all.
Like Brentford and Fulham's.
Would like to go to Dortmund's.
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yngwies Cat
10:17 Fri Aug 19
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I'd second that Bingo. Nice club house an all.
Like Brentford and Fulham's.
Would like to go to Dortmund's.
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Bungo
9:40 Fri Aug 19
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Beveree Stadium.
It's in Beaver Close you know.
What's not to like?
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paulon
9:33 Fri Aug 19
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normannomates 10:13 Thu Aug 18
Baseball Ground was a proper football ground, loved the trips there.
Bloomfield Road, Blackpool when the old Kop had a roof on. Shithole but classic old style English ground and away day.
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Pub Bigot
8:35 Fri Aug 19
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Favourite in England - White Hart Lane. Just like UP, it has character because it's a traditional football ground and like UP is in a toilet of an area, but that adds to the whole authentic feel.
Foreign - Easter Road, Hibernian. I saw an Edinburgh Derby there back on New Years Day 2012 and for the shitty cold as day fuck day, the atmosphere was cracking and the Hearts ran out 4-1 winners. The other foreign ground would be Brescia. Can't remember the match, couldn't tell you what the atmosphere was like, but watching football with mountains as a setting ain't bad.
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Ronald_antly
4:47 Fri Aug 19
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James
I know the first impression is usually the lasting impression, but, rest assured, fog is not a permanent fixture at Meadow Lane.
P.S.
My only ever trip to Elland Road was also for the semi-final replay.
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J.Riddle
2:43 Fri Aug 19
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Luton was another shithole
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J.Riddle
2:42 Fri Aug 19
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I only went Elland Road once when we played Everton, but was the best away ever. Impressed with the views in the ground.
The old den was a shithole but the surrounding area was proper old school walking down cold blow lane under the railway arches.
Notts County was the most unmemorable ground I ever went, mate talked me into going and only got to see half the pitch due to the fog 0-0.
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Lato
2:26 Fri Aug 19
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Brisbane Road until that cunt Hearn ruined it
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