Highbury (Arsenal)
Old football grounds
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Ayresome Park (Boro)
Maine Road (City)
Plough Lane (Wimbledon)
Viktoria Ground (Stoke)
Roker Park (Sunderland)
Filbert Street (Leicester)
The Dell (Southampton)
Great thread
Boothferry Park (Hull)
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Roker Park hasn’t changed.
Why did you lock the thread then unlock it
Upton Park (West Ham United)
I was building it before opening it
Didn't realise they'd finally gotten rid of the old ground. It was there for years after it closed. Those houses look ugly though.Boothferry Park (Hull)
I feel old. 
Yeah there was an issue for years as Kwik Save bought a lease to have the supermarket incorporated into the stand for 99 years, they eventually went bust around 2007... The houses are ugly though but then show me a part of West Hull that isn't
Moved to the MKM in 2002 but the old ground wasn't pulled down until 2010.
Great thread x
I can't remember what the supermarket was before Kwik Save? Maybe Grandways? They disappeared even longer ago.Yeah there was an issue for years as Kwik Save bought a lease to have the supermarket incorporated into the stand for 99 years, they eventually went bust around 2007... The houses are ugly though but then show me a part of West Hull that isn't
Moved to the MKM in 2002 but the old ground wasn't pulled down until 2010.
I know what you mean about that part of town. My gran used to live on Cardigan Road, off Anlaby Road, less than 10 minutes' walk away, if that. They still had the old outside loo and air raid shelter in the garden.
Highfield road (Coventry)
Love this thread.
Highbury looks nice while Upton Park looks soulless and the Upton Park flats are probably still ridiculously expensiveHighbury (Arsenal)
Upton Park (West Ham United)
Now this is a blast from the past. Visited in 1998 for the FA Cup with my local NL team Hednesford Town. Good game and a great result for the Pitmen.Boothferry Park (Hull)
Sad in a way to see all these old grounds gone forever. I think the way Highbury has been repurposed is interesting but I bet it’s weird for the players who called it home.
Oooh this is an awesome thread. Makes me nostalgic for English football in the 90s.
Slightly depressing how most of them have just given way to copy-paste new builds.
Millwall next please
Great stuff.
Adequate thread
I've been to Highbury many times, been to Upton Park and to Highfield Road, Coventry. And haven't been to their new stadiums.
We used to be shite at The Dell. Always dreaded that fixture.
Anyone think Old Trafford would also go down like this?
We have a huge infra need and I would assume , it's probably better to create a new one than changing the existing ones ?
We have a huge infra need and I would assume , it's probably better to create a new one than changing the existing ones ?
Burnden Park? Remember taking Bolton apart there with a Scholes hat trick (I think)
The first time I saw United play live was at Stamford Bridge and it looked like that with 60000+ spectators
Some people want Old Trafford to go the same way.
Keep the heritage
Bin the soulless bowls
Keep the heritage
Bin the soulless bowls
It must have been mind-blowing when colour was inventedThe first time I saw United play live was at Stamford Bridge and it looked like that with 60000+ spectators
Nice thread, yet slightly depressing.
Age catches up to all of us and everything sadly.
Age catches up to all of us and everything sadly.
The team playing in red have black shirts and the team playing in blue also have black shirts
The old Den (Millwall)
I’ve been to the old and new ones at all 3. Similar bowl experiences at all the new ones. The old ones each had character that was unique to them. Especially Highbury and Upton Park. Both clubs upgraded their revenues but massively downgraded in that unique Arsenal and West Ham culture feel that smacked you in the face when you walked into the ground. It makes you appreciate your own home ground that has been home to our both clubs for over a century.
Griffin Park (Brentford)
Planned
Planned