Bonfy177
LTLF MORON
Great stand that ……proper ……the blue X across the front of the tiers is exactly the same as the old Roker Park, I wonder if its the same mush who done both grounds ?
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The Away End.
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Bonfy177
LTLF MORON
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
I think you could be right there Bonfire.
Bonfy177
LTLF MORON
It was the same architect……Archibald Leitch….I’m like the prince of trivia
valspoodle
Steve Chettle
I think he did quite a number of grounds, including Fulham, where he forgot to put in dressing rooms. Hence the cottage built alongside the stand.
Steve B
Jack Armstrong
The old Ibrox stand too
Steve B
Jack Armstrong
The owd Forest lilo had a good time on Sat’dy. It crowd surfed and jumped down into the lower tier when the goal went in.Great stand that ……proper ……the blue X across the front of the tiers is exactly the same as the old Roker Park, I wonder if its the same mush who done both grounds ?
Bonfy177
LTLF MORON
Great knowledge Vals, never knew that re the cottage
valspoodle
Steve Chettle
It might be one of those mythical stories which become real over time. I came across it when reading stuff to go with my tour of the 92 grounds.Great knowledge Vals, never knew that re the cottage
Though it has a ring of truth because the stories about the cottage never really explain why he put the dressing rooms in a completely separate building.
Morpeth
John Robertson
It can't be true surely.
If it is, then he was a blithering idiot.
Master Yates
John Robertson
Not really, still a dump, although the estate agents will tell you it’s up-and-coming.
They are lying wankers though, it’s a shithole.
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Bryn Gunn
Cash is King!
Good research Bonfire
Barbus
Steve Chettle
It'll be massively out of date now but I read this book in the late 80s - god knows where my copy is now,
Leitch designed stands at many grounds up and down the country.
As pointed out, the ironwork on the front wall of the upper tier is a recognisable feature on many of them.
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Leitch designed stands at many grounds up and down the country.
As pointed out, the ironwork on the front wall of the upper tier is a recognisable feature on many of them.
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Farmer Jack
Stuart Pearce
It'll be massively out of date now but I read this book in the late 80s - god knows where my copy is now,
Leitch designed stands at many grounds up and down the country.
As pointed out, the ironwork on the front wall of the upper tier is a recognisable feature on many of them.
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Had a similar book circa 1994. Each ground, even then, had character. Read one these days it would be largely full of soulless bowls until you got to the third tier clubs.
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
Swansea fans at Boro today.
They should have all chipped-in for a minibus.
Swansea fans at Boro today.
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
Aye... or a couple of skateboards.
Bonfy177
LTLF MORON
It is weird, but in the Bundesliga, there are only three teams - Leverkusen, Wolfsburg and Leipzig - who travel poorly.
Every other team will almost always sell-out their allocation, and make an absolute racket.
(Leverkusen and Wolfsburg, as effectively the factory-teams of Bayer Pharma and Volkswagen respectively, have always had the reputation of weak away followings; Leipzig, everyone hates them because of the Red Bull connection).
Every other team will almost always sell-out their allocation, and make an absolute racket.
(Leverkusen and Wolfsburg, as effectively the factory-teams of Bayer Pharma and Volkswagen respectively, have always had the reputation of weak away followings; Leipzig, everyone hates them because of the Red Bull connection).
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
Owl_In_Hucknall
First Team Squad
Not technically the away end, but the day we gained promotion at the pigs expense was a great experience.
Michail Antonio had just put us 1-0 against Wycombe and then up flashed the famous shhhhhh on the scoreboard...
Michail Antonio had just put us 1-0 against Wycombe and then up flashed the famous shhhhhh on the scoreboard...
Bonfy177
LTLF MORON
I know the lads that have Inde, two real nice kids, I’ll find out who’s idea this was, good craic
Owl_In_Hucknall
First Team Squad
I don’t know what’s more embarrassing.
Wednesday being in the Papa Johns Trophy, or that the crowd at Bradford last night was 6092, but 3355 of them supporting the away team.
Wednesday being in the Papa Johns Trophy, or that the crowd at Bradford last night was 6092, but 3355 of them supporting the away team.
Owl_In_Hucknall
First Team Squad
You ain’t wrong there.
I’ve driven past the new spurs ground a couple of times when I’ve had to deliver down that way.
It’s a brilliant piece of architecture, but it sticks out like a sore thumb, and the area around it isn’t the nicest to be fair.
There’s a programme in which Richard Hammond visited it to see how it all works etc. I think it’s got the longest bar in Europe and they definitely brew the ale at the ground itself. The way they can store the pitch underground is an amazing piece of engineering.
Give me Villa Park though, the brick facade behind the Holte End and the steps leading up to the turnstiles is beautiful.