OxonOwl Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 10 hours ago, owl_83 said: Hockey stadium MK Dons Withdean Brighton Nene Park (is it still there) Rushden and Diamonds 1 hour ago, Beighton Owl 87 said: Nene Park isn't there anymore. Shame cos it was a nice little ground they had. MK hockey stadium is long gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxonOwl Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Manor, Oxford long gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkskaphil Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Trying to think of the now-defunct grounds I've been to see games at. Highbury, National Hockey Stadium, Boleyn Ground, Highfield Road, Griffin Park, The Dell, The Old Den, Underhill, and the old Wembley. A couple of odd ones: I've been to see Portland Timbers at Providence Park when it was still chiefly a baseball stadium, and I've wandered around inside the Chania National Stadium on Crete, when the now-defunct AO Hania used to play there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31Dec1966 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 On 07/10/2022 at 14:15, g-owls said: The Old Showground at Scunthorpe. The second football league ground I ever visited after Hillsborough. It was a venue I’ll always remember dearly. The Old Showground was the first ground to have a cantilever stand. Commonly thought to be Hillsborough! Ours was the first to run the entire length of the pitch. Aren't Scunthorpe moving again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-owls Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 3 hours ago, 31Dec1966 said: The Old Showground was the first ground to have a cantilever stand. Commonly thought to be Hillsborough! Ours was the first to run the entire length of the pitch. Aren't Scunthorpe moving again? They had big plans a few years back but it’s dead in the water now. The guy who owns them previously owned Gainsborough Trinity and got himself into a similar situation with big plans of new grounds, neither of which will happen. Its a shame about Scunny. Geographically they were the nearest football league team to where I spent the first 30 odd years of my life, and along with going to Wednesday with my dad, we’d often go to the OSG and then Glanford Park. We were there the day it opened. Kevin Keegan came out of retirement to make a guest appearance in a friendly match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal M Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Not too many for me: Filbert St. Griffin Park Layer Rd. Millmoor Saltergate Upton Park Old Wembley TBF - Others such as Anfield are totally transformed since my last visit. I move a lot of concrete on the QVC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal M Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 16 hours ago, 31Dec1966 said: The Old Showground was the first ground to have a cantilever stand. Commonly thought to be Hillsborough! Ours was the first to run the entire length of the pitch. Aren't Scunthorpe moving again? Scunthorpe was the first football league ground with a cantilever stand. But the first cantilever stand in English sport was at Summers Lane home of Finchley Rugby Club. That stand predated Scunthorpe by decades. The two most important cantilever stands were therefore at Finchley and Hillsborough. Scunthorpe has absolutely nothing to brag about. I move a lot of concrete on the QVC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkskaphil Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 7 hours ago, Neal M said: Scunthorpe has absolutely nothing to brag about. Having an offensive word in its name is fairly bragworthy, in my opinion. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage owl Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Fellows park Walsall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage owl Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Also Elm park ?. Reading & the Vetchfield at Swansea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 seen us at 32 defunct but only 11 of the replacements highbury maine road white hart lane goldstone griffin park upton park the dell filbert st elm park roker park the den leeds road millmoor boothferry ayresome highfield rd burnden park gay meadow baseball ground eastville manor ground hockey stadium county ground belle vue fellows park plough lane layer road saltergate bootham cresent old show ground york st rockingham rd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddle93 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Ayresome Park Leeds Road Bootham Crescent Millmoor Maine Road Highfield Road Baseball Ground Filbert Street MK Hockey Stadium Nene Park Manor Ground Layer Road Dell Upton Park Old Den White Hart Lane Highbury Old Wembley Vetch Field Ninian Park 20 old grounds but possibly missed a few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddle93 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 33 minutes ago, Waddle93 said: Ayresome Park Leeds Road Bootham Crescent Millmoor Maine Road Highfield Road Baseball Ground Filbert Street MK Hockey Stadium Nene Park Manor Ground Layer Road Dell Upton Park Old Den White Hart Lane Highbury Old Wembley Vetch Field Ninian Park 20 old grounds but possibly missed a few Already realised Boothferry Belle Vue Saltergate Griffin Park So 24 and I've been to 17 of the new versions crackers how many clubs have moved when you start listing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Royds Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 (edited) On 10/10/2022 at 20:40, Ian Fleming said: A few pictures from 2019 when Atletico Madrids ground was in the process of demolition. Probably the greatest world cup game played there in 1982. Brazil V Italy. Edit. I got that wrong. IIR, it was played at Espanyol's ground in Barcelona. Edited October 12, 2022 by M Royds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkfieldowl14 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Surprised that no-one's mentioned Bristol Rover's Old Eastville Stadium . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Owl Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 hour ago, parkfieldowl14 said: Surprised that no-one's mentioned Bristol Rover's Old Eastville Stadium . Never went Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFCOwls Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 I miss the baseball ground The old Wembley should have never been replaced, been to both the old and new and the old was better by a mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sham67 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 On 14/10/2022 at 01:22, DCFCOwls said: I miss the baseball ground The old Wembley should have never been replaced, been to both the old and new and the old was better by a mile. When I first went to the old Wembley in ‘91. My first thought was what a poohole. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkskaphil Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 11 hours ago, Sham67 said: When I first went to the old Wembley in ‘91. My first thought was what a poohole. I only managed to go there once: the ‘97 Play-off Final with a load of Palace-supporting mates to see the Pigs beaten in the last minute. Stadium was iconic from the outside, an absolute dump on the inside. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFCOwls Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 It wasnt modern I give you that and I can still smell the ciggerettes But give me that over the soulless bowls any day, yeah there clean and have nice fancy neon lights but they are bland and boring and I include Pride Park in that I like old stadiums and theyve started ruining Craven Cottage now as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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