I much prefer the old stadiums to the modern bowl design teams go for.
Old football grounds
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Burnden Park (Bolton)
Derby County Baseball ground? Remember a 1 nil win there with Becks scoring the winner I think.
Yes, I hope they don't move. A long long time ago I worked for about a year right next door to the old White Hart Lane stadium in Tottenham and saw many matches there. Can't imagine what the new stadium would be like in comparison but at least it's in the same place.
The Baseball Ground (Derby)
Couldn’t imagine the current Den is ”new”. Visiting there this summer was a truly gritty experience, in all ways imaginable.The old Den (Millwall)
The Baseball Ground (Derby)
I was always quite fond of Derby's 'Baseball Ground', because it's just so bizarre. The decision to make one of the goal-end stands level with the road and not the pitch was... bold.
Great work Geebs
Ones for the Welsh
Ninian Park
Vetchfield
Also can't remember Brightons old ground (not the athletics stadium they used to play in)
Ones for the Welsh
Ninian Park
Vetchfield
Also can't remember Brightons old ground (not the athletics stadium they used to play in)
Some of these old grounds had more character than others. Highbury, Upton Park and the Baseball Ground were great because one felt really close to (almost "on top of") the pitch.
Highfield Road felt ridiculously neat and tidy, and hadn't got a lot of atmosphere. Burnden Park and Ayrsome Park were miserable dumps.
I used to be fascinated by Stamford Bridge. The stands were miles from the pitch, yet it had its own atmosphere. It didn't look as though it was in an urban area at all, let alone central London. It was more like a county agricultural showground. It even had cars parked between the stands and the pitch.
Highfield Road felt ridiculously neat and tidy, and hadn't got a lot of atmosphere. Burnden Park and Ayrsome Park were miserable dumps.
I used to be fascinated by Stamford Bridge. The stands were miles from the pitch, yet it had its own atmosphere. It didn't look as though it was in an urban area at all, let alone central London. It was more like a county agricultural showground. It even had cars parked between the stands and the pitch.
How many of these grounds were the work of Archibald Leitch?
Ninian Park (Cardiff)
Brighton - Goldstone Ground
Proper football grounds. None of this corporate prawn sandwich bollocks
Vetch Field had a new stand built for when the got promoted to Div 1. It had a weird floodlight tower built into it.
Goldstone Ground, close to Hove station. I saw Gary Birtles score his first goal for United there
FA Cup third round replay on a freezing cold January night 1981.
I always felt losing Highbury was a sin and a sign of where football was headed. I get it, progress etc. But Highbury was a genuinely beautiful building. I think they kept the front facade at least.
Vetch Field had a new stand built for when the got promoted to Div 1. It had a weird floodlight tower built into it.
Goldstone Ground, close to Hove station. I saw Gary Birtles score his first goal for United there
I genuinely would have loved to have gone to a game in those days.
As crazy as that may sound considering how unsafe they were.
Will be sad to see old Trafford added to the list
Will be sad to see old Trafford added to the list
yeah but imagine new trafford with its gilded turnstiles and public executions.
What will be on the Old Trafford site?
A Morrisons? A large Disney store?
A Morrisons? A large Disney store?
Got to give City credit. It's difficult to maintain the spirit of an old stadium after moving to a new one but they've kept alive their tradition of having shitloads of empty seats.Maine Road (City)
I can’t see United moving away from their current home, and the site isn’t big enough for much more than just the stadium.
In any case, big box retail is dead.
Second pic, put in some water and they could run the Grand National round that.Highbury (Arsenal)
Another ground I visited following Hednesford Town in the FA Cup. Stood on that very terrace.Ninian Park (Cardiff)
Not such a great game though this one, and the Cardiff fans were hostile as you like.
White Hart Lane is missing.
Bristol Rovers - Eastville. Stadium with a dog trqck
the land is now home to IKEA
After moving temporarily to Bath FC's Twerton Park ground they ended up at Bristol Rugby Club's Memorial Ground:
the land is now home to IKEA
After moving temporarily to Bath FC's Twerton Park ground they ended up at Bristol Rugby Club's Memorial Ground:
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White Hart Lane
Yeah we didn't win there from Aug 93 to Aug 98
Close he got a brace in Feb 96 when we won 6-0
Maybe not this thread cause its a new stadium on the site of the old one but destroying old Wembley was sacrilage. Such a beautiful and legendary stadion, dont like the new one one bit. It looks like stands thrown on top of each other and soulless.
Got half a suntan there once, first game of the season, 2-2, 1987, the away end was packed like sardines, literally couldn't turn my body, one side facing the sun and the other in shade, looked seriously weird!
Germans did it well with the Olympicstadion in Berlin. Effectively renovated it rather than demolishing it. Pity they couldn't or weren't able to do it with Wembley
Yeah, Berlin stadium looks neat, was there few years ago and didnt visit the stadium, bonkers.
Wonder the same about Wembley, why they didnt do it similary.
Probably the original design made it difficult to do
The old Estádio da Luz. I remember my dad taking me there when I was 4 or 5 and the feeling I got when I left the entry tunnel to the stands, it was a derby against Sporting, it was indescribable. Around 120k people, it was really intimidating. When Benfica scored my father tells me I got so scared with the crowd going crazy I cried.
