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Lost football grounds...

Started by LBNo11, June 22, 2013, 10:48:37 PM

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Scrumpy

Turf Moor in the old days could be pretty inhospitable. Usually got given a small corner of a very large terrace along the pitch side..


English by birth, Fulham by the grace of God.

Scrumpy

Quote from: Fulham Tup North on June 23, 2013, 08:59:59 PM
049:gif I used to like Feethams - Darlington - back in the day.  A good away game and nice pies.
They moved to a 25,000 all seater arena and went into administration and now can only let 10,000 in.
Gotta be careful what people wish for!
Northampton's 3 sided ground, was the County Ground which they shared with Northamptonshire Cricket Club.  I remember watching Cobblers v Aston Villa there in a FA Cup match back in 1983 and the Northampton fans started fighting amongst themselves?  Sixfields is ok. 
COYW
English by birth, Fulham by the grace of God.

Scrumpy

#22
Quote from: cmg on June 23, 2013, 08:30:59 PM

Huddersfield used to be Leeds Road - enormous place.

English by birth, Fulham by the grace of God.


Fulham Tup North

Quote from: Alan_C on June 23, 2013, 09:10:34 PM
The Mcain Oven Chip stadium Scarborough. Nothing special only went there once freezing cold the saturday before Christmas we won 2:0 in the Adams season.

It's always the one that isn't matched in the grounds I have been to discussions.

I will always remember, although it was cordoned off, the huge terrace at the Valley.
I went there and watched us draw 2-2 last time we played there.  I went passed it recently and it has been almost torn down.  They keep arresting people for digging up the ground behind the stand as it was built on an old Glass Bottle factory and whenever they find one it is worth £50+.  Go figure.  Scarborough ground share with Bridlington now after going under and had to start again.  They got promoted again last season.  They are now about 3 leagues away from the old 4th Div. 
"Whether you think you can or you think you can't,....you're right"

David Allen Crankshaw

I used to enjoy visiting Wigan when they played at Springfield Road. The grass bank at the away end and what looked like a bicycle shed to cram in if it started to rain. I also enjoyed my trips to Chester's old ground before they moved to the Deva Stadium with the exception of our 7-0 loss.

domprague

The Dell at Southampton. So close to the pitch and that bizarre stand that looked as if someone had cut off a corner from it.
You came all this way ... and you lost, and you lost.


spikey norman

I suppose technically the withdean stadium brighton is a lost football ground now that the Albion have moved to the really nice looking Amex stadium
I remember watching a friendly there during the Sanchez era

HillingdonFFC

#27
Quote from: Scrumpy on June 23, 2013, 09:17:51 PM
Turf Moor in the old days could be pretty inhospitable. Usually got given a small corner of a very large terrace along the pitch side..






Been to every dodgy place over the years, Upton Park, Elland Road, NInian Park, the old Den etc and have never been anywhere as unwelcoming as Turf Moor.
Remember my first visit in 1992. Mate and I went up on the train, idea was to get up early find a few nice friendly Lancashire hostelries and have a few.Should have figured something wasn`t quite right when there were loads of mounted police at the station to welcome us. We were then told we were being escorted to the ground for our own safety. It was about 12.30 so the 25 or so Fulham fans were not impressed.
Off we went then turned a corner and loads of Burnley just poured out of a pub and basically charged straight into us, the police literally battered them back into the pub, pretty shocking to be honest because it was very sudden. This was repeated at another pub further along. I`d been attacked , spat at and abused and and I had only been up here for 15 mins, welcome to Burnley I thought.
Got in the ground nearly two hours before the game, bloody joke Lost 5-2 as well, was up in that corner terrace. Been there a couple of times since and had a little bit of bother every time. Strange because found the Lancashire folk at Blackburn, Wigan , Preston etc very friendly and hospitable, not sure what it is about Burnley though?

cmg

Quote from: HillingdonFFC on June 24, 2013, 12:17:56 PM

Been there a couple of times since and had a little bit of bother every time. Strange because found the Lancashire folk at Blackburn, Wigan, Preston etc very friendly and hospitable, not sure what it is about Burnley though?


Problem is, there ain't much else to do in Burnley (even compared to Blackburn, Wigan and Preston)!

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The fact that Bradford City played there while Valley Parade was being rebuilt, gives me an excuse to mention the incredible Odsal Stadium in Bradford. It made every other ground I've been to look like the local rec.
It's 102,569 record isn't that impressive when compared to Old Wembley's 120,000+ or Hampden's 135,000, but these were properly designed stadia. Odsal is just a bloody great hole in the ground. This is what it looked like in 1954 - not sure what sort of view the folks behind the stand had.



LBNo11

Quote from: cmg on June 23, 2013, 08:30:59 PM

Huddersfield used to be Leeds Road - enormous place.

...it's so sad to see an old ground being pulled down:-












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Artful Dodger

Springfield Park, Wigan, with the Cow Shed on top of the hill was particularly ramshackle amongst many ramshackle grounds of the time, many of which have been mentioned on this thread already. Not to mention we had a terrible last minute penalty awarded against us in about 1991 to lose 2-1!!
Faber est suae quisque fortunae

Burt

The old Vale Park... Also an enormous place out of all proportion to the fan base.


spikey norman

Vetch field in Swansea - is that still around?

cmg

Quote from: Burt on June 25, 2013, 12:27:28 PM
The old Vale Park... Also an enormous place out of all proportion to the fan base.

Ah, yes...another 'Wembley of the North'



It didn't quite work out like that. Although they did get that impressive players' tunnel, which looked quite funny in the middle of a vast terrace with a little stand stuck on top.
It would have been the 'Four Chimneys' rather than the 'Twin Towers'.

Roberty

#34
Three pages already so I thought I had better chip in with Gay Meadow - the former home of Shrewsbury Town FC - where my parents considered it safe enough for me to go on my own from the age of 10 (this was in 1959).

It was by the river and used to flood on a regular basis - so it often appeared on TV - a photo showing the tops of the goal posts visible above the water was shown and the information that the game was off always included the remark because of a "waterlogged pitch" to the sound of laughter.

It was also the only club to employ a man in a coracle to retrieve balls that were kicked over the stand and into the river. At the end of one game the ball was kick into the river and he took it home instead of returning it to the club. The police visited later in the evening to let his wife know that after a search of the river he could not be found. She smiled and told them he was in front of the fire having his tea.

Coincidentally Fulham were the first team to play at Shrewsbury's new ground after it was fully opened - on 28 August we beat them 1 - 0 in the Capital One cup. It was also the stomping ground for Authur Rowley in his final days as a player and it was where he started his management career with the roll of player manager.  
It could be better but it's real life and not a fantasy


LBNo11

...I doubt there will be anyone old enough to remember this ground, it would be great to offer a prize for who gets this strange ground, but all we can offer is a pat on the back and a round of applause:-

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LBNo11

Quote from: Scrumpy on June 23, 2013, 09:26:52 PM
Quote from: Fulham Tup North on June 23, 2013, 08:59:59 PM
049:gif I used to like Feethams - Darlington - back in the day.  A good away game and nice pies.
They moved to a 25,000 all seater arena and went into administration and now can only let 10,000 in.
Gotta be careful what people wish for!
Northampton's 3 sided ground, was the County Ground which they shared with Northamptonshire Cricket Club.  I remember watching Cobblers v Aston Villa there in a FA Cup match back in 1983 and the Northampton fans started fighting amongst themselves?  Sixfields is ok. 
COYW


Twitter: @LBNo11FFC

Fernhurst






Joseph's Road the home of Guildford City FC. Missed out by one vote to Oxford United for inclusion to League Div 4 in the 60's. Our beloved left back Jim Langley started out there.

Now a housing estate with one Road....... Langley Crescent
The atmosphere's fresh and the debate lively.


Admin

Quote from: LBNo11 on June 26, 2013, 06:23:44 PM
...I doubt there will be anyone old enough to remember this ground, it would be great to offer a prize for who gets this strange ground, but all we can offer is a pat on the back and a round of applause:-



Charlton?

LBNo11

...I know what you are getting at Admin, but it isn't The Valley, even though their terracing was huge they didn't have a stand at the lower level. This picture is from the 1930's by the way, the league team are still in existence but play in a different stadium...
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