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Very selective list, notably missing NP, Derby's Baseball ground, Somerton Park ( :hehe: ), the Vetch ...
How many others (UK only)
White Hart Lane
The Goldstone Ground
Eastville
Doncaster ???
Stoke ????
Rotherham ????
Brain freeze
One of my coldest days ever at a football match at the Brain Freeze Arena:hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUETIT
Fir Park and Sophia Gardens are a couple of our old grounds, we also played a few friendlies at the Harlequins Ground in Roath, Middlesbrough and Bristol City two of the clubs we played there. Apparently the teams got changed in The Royal Oak and walked over to the pitch. I sometimes imagine the great Steve Bloomer walking across Newport Rd in his kit.
There’s loads of old grounds that are gone, too many to list, e.g. Norwich have had at least three, The Nest being a favourite name of mine for one of them. Arsenal, of course, played south of the river on a few grounds before moving north, even after their Dial Square days. I love looking through clubs’ histories unearthing their origins, so interesting how our game took a hold on the country and then the world.
Wankdorf Stadium - Young Boys, Sui😂Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Knew there would be one schoolboy humour in there :facepalm:Quote:
Originally Posted by Madassa
The Central Stadium (Dinamo Tbilisi) was closed the same year (1976) that the City played against Tbilisi. They instead played at the Dinamo Arena, where the official attendance was given as 80,000.
I did a grounds picture quiz in the blog years ago which featured the Nest. I’d not heard of it before and was amazed that league football could ever be played there - pretty sure the photo in this piece is the one I used - the article is well worth a read.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
http://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2...d-at-nest.html
Watched this interesting video about Arsenal’s origins a couple of weeks ago. I’d heard of Dial Square, but the fact you can have a pint there came as a surprise.
.https://youtu.be/aamomHh6luM?si=-vtzNrca8Yw4aOSg
Isn't there a photo somewhere showing the sheer cliff face at one end of The Nest? I’m sure I’ve seen one somewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
There’s an incredible photo I’d not seen before at the top of this article.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
https://readtheleague.com/the-big-feature/thenest
That is probably the one I remember Paul, for some reason I recalled it being higher. Still, what a unique ground eh.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Interesting read towards the end of that article that Thames FC (our league record score, 9-2, was against them) played at the 120,000 capacity West Ham Stadium (a stadium that had nothing to do with West Ham United). Love anecdotes like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Here’s the grounds quiz I mentioned, it features a photo of Thames FC’s ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
https://mauveandyellowarmy.net/the-g...birthday-quiz/
:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
I have seen that one SP. Mad in it. I just could not imagine a player hammering down the wing near it.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Spedger
There is a newish estate to the north of Southampton which has roads named after stadia (@SP :wink:) including many long gone....
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Seals of Sealand Road (Chester City)Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUETIT
The Lawn (Forest Green Rovers)
Lived in Southampton when The The Dell was still there, flats now built on the site are named after Channon , Le Tissier Stokes etcQuote:
Originally Posted by Cyclops
Leckwith inter Cardiff[:wave:
My childhood haunt, all gone now…
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Is that Coychurch Rd?Quote:
Originally Posted by fingers
Yes, that’s right. I lived behind it and used to sneak through ‘the woods’ (actually five trees) and clamber over the wallQuote:
Originally Posted by splott parker