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Post by elvislivesinleek on Jan 24, 2023 13:52:31 GMT
As you can see I'm more a reader than poster.
I see that we've sold out for Luton Town away and one of the Oatcake family stated "Weirdest Entrance" to a ground. Following Stoke for over 50 years has taken me to some memorable grounds. Four stand out for very different reasons.
Ayresome Park-(Middlesbrough) I remember this being a very tough place with tough supporter's who took no shit from anybody.This is our town mentality.
Mainroad-Manchester City. The back streets and alleyways around this ground still send shivers down my spine.
Saltergate-Chesterfield. The away end was one of the bleakest, coldest, weed ridden shit holes on my travels.
The Old Den-Millwall. If you went there with a mate wearing no colours minding your own business Millwall supporters could smell you were from STOKE!!
No doubt you've all got your own memorable grounds you've visited.
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Post by shrewspotter on Jan 24, 2023 14:02:26 GMT
Wigan's old ground, Springfield Park was memorable for the grass bank
The Vetch and St Andrews were scary for me (never went to the Den), even the road up from Small Heath was hostile
Had a fondness for Notts County for some reason
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Post by wherty on Jan 24, 2023 14:03:30 GMT
I went to work for Stoke at the Vetchfield Ground some 20 years or so ago and had to find the players entrance. It was right in the middle of a row of terraced houses and what looked like an allotment entrance.
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Post by Veritas on Jan 24, 2023 14:06:46 GMT
Colchester's Layer Rd was a old ramshackle dump but I quite liked it
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Post by wherty on Jan 24, 2023 14:07:58 GMT
Colchester's Layer Rd was a old ramshackle dump but I quite liked it I went there a few times as it was just up the road from the army barracks. |
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Post by Veritas on Jan 24, 2023 14:10:44 GMT
Colchester's Layer Rd was a old ramshackle dump but I quite liked it I went there a few times as it was just up the road from the army barracks. Yes Colchester as a town could be quite "interesting" of an evening!! |
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Post by doctortheopolis on Jan 24, 2023 14:17:00 GMT
Ninian Park always had a real edge to it, especially one of the games we played there midweek in the late 90s/early 00s.
Always enjoyed visits to Bury's Gigg Lane and the old Burnden Park in Bolton was a million miles away from what their current ground is like - it had a lot of "character" to say the least.
Those streets around the old Maine Road were character building as well! Rough as fuck!
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Jan 24, 2023 14:36:01 GMT
Maine road was scary as fuck, every street looked the same. Was Chesterfield's saltergate where you got rained on having a piss as there was no roof on the bogs? As someone else has mentioned Wigan's Springfield park a dump. Remember Swansea at the vetch having God knows what thrown over us after the game from the houses and then it kicked off big time in the FA cup game there. Always liked Colchester away at there old ground, layer road was it? Always seemed to be sunny when we played them there and always liked Wrexham away for some reason, think it's because we always seemed to win there.
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Post by NassauDave on Jan 24, 2023 15:15:44 GMT
Boundary Park, Oldham.
Steam rising from the piss all over the floor in the toilets with no roof in the middle of winter, and the stench of beery farts and Jeyes Fluid.
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Post by farnborostokie63 on Jan 24, 2023 15:21:23 GMT
Bournemouths old Dean Court, open terracing was a dump, toilets were grim as well.
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Post by scfc75 on Jan 24, 2023 16:12:30 GMT
Boundary Park, Oldham. Steam rising from the piss all over the floor in the toilets with no roof in the middle of winter, and the stench of beery farts and Jeyes Fluid. I think you just described Oldham in general, not just the ground. |
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Post by wherty on Jan 24, 2023 16:19:41 GMT
Boundary Park, Oldham. Steam rising from the piss all over the floor in the toilets with no roof in the middle of winter, and the stench of beery farts and Jeyes Fluid. The coldest ground I've ever played at AND I've still got the scar on my right leg from an attempted slide tackle on that stupid artificial pitch they had back then. |
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Post by nott1 on Jan 24, 2023 16:27:05 GMT
Ninian Park always had a real edge to it, especially one of the games we played there midweek in the late 90s/early 00s. Always enjoyed visits to Bury's Gigg Lane and the old Burnden Park in Bolton was a million miles away from what their current ground is like - it had a lot of "character" to say the least. Those streets around the old Maine Road were character building as well! Rough as fuck! I hated Gigg Lane with a passion....one of theirs nicked my Stoke City hat during the never ending FA Cup saga! |
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Post by Caerwrangonpotter on Jan 24, 2023 17:13:29 GMT
Visits to The Baseball Ground & Filbert St in the 70s/80s certainly opened eyes even as a young un, the tight streets & terraced houses which all looked the same were the norm then. I suppose you can add beautiful Turf Moor to that list still to this day, again its grimness & "friendly" welcome from locals still being part of a match day
With the tinted specs still firmly on the face The Vic bless her & how a visit for an away fan would have been. If you came on the train it was the walk fast paced past the cemetery & PMT depot, again past terraced streets that all looked the same, and pubs which were not the most welcoming to an out of town visitor
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Post by lordb on Jan 24, 2023 17:22:31 GMT
As you can see I'm more a reader than poster. I see that we've sold out for Luton Town away and one of the Oatcake family stated "Weirdest Entrance" to a ground. Following Stoke for over 50 years has taken me to some memorable grounds. Four stand out for very different reasons. Ayresome Park-(Middlesbrough) I remember this being a very tough place with tough supporter's who took no shit from anybody.This is our town mentality. Mainroad-Manchester City. The back streets and alleyways around this ground still send shivers down my spine. Saltergate-Chesterfield. The away end was one of the bleakest, coldest, weed ridden shit holes on my travels. The Old Den-Millwall. If you went there with a mate wearing no colours minding your own business Millwall supporters could smell you were from STOKE!! No doubt you've all got your own memorable grounds you've visited. To cut a long story short seen Stoke at the old Den from the home end That was interesting |
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Post by Dutchpeter on Jan 24, 2023 17:30:58 GMT
I’ve been Hereford FC this season, a great time warp stadium and just a great day coupled with a visit to the town. Aldershot will be done in March, another old ground which is likely to disappear, it’ll be great to stand under the barrel roof East Bank, much of the Recreation Ground is 90-100 years old. Easter Saturday I’ll be at Arbroath v Dundee, I cannot wait for this visit, another time warp ground. To be fair, in Scotland you can fill your boots with old school stadiums. If I can’t get a Blackpool ticket then I’m off to Carlisle United for another first visit. Next month will be Luton, I’ve been before but I’ll think I’ll enjoy it this time as it’s a goner too. I’m hoping to get to Great Yarmouth Town with its famous ‘world oldest’ stand built in 1892. Go and see them before they’re flattened.
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Post by milton58 on Jan 24, 2023 18:16:46 GMT
Man city away always dodgy...can remember playing Everton away late 70s or early 80s in the fa cup and Liverpool were also at home on the same day now that was an eye opener for a teenager back then...it's when both Liverpool and Everton fans got on..went on PMT bus from longton
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Post by silsdenstokie on Jan 24, 2023 18:18:50 GMT
Turf Moor and Ayresome Park spring to mind
To be fair Burnley have done a good joob with modernising the Turf while still retaining a bit of ‘old schoolness’
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Post by doctortheopolis on Jan 24, 2023 18:34:52 GMT
Ninian Park always had a real edge to it, especially one of the games we played there midweek in the late 90s/early 00s. Always enjoyed visits to Bury's Gigg Lane and the old Burnden Park in Bolton was a million miles away from what their current ground is like - it had a lot of "character" to say the least. Those streets around the old Maine Road were character building as well! Rough as fuck! I hated Gigg Lane with a passion....one of theirs nicked my Stoke City hat during the never ending FA Cup saga! Gigg Lane 1990 was the first away match I was allowed to go to with just my mates. Didn't really register with me that there weren't any crush barriers in our end until we scored and our crowd resembled a tidal wave, proper scary stuff. But exhilarating! |
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Post by Gods on Jan 24, 2023 19:53:14 GMT
Old skool intimidation factor highest at grounds with vast cavernous standing sides, being St. Andrew's and Maine Road.
Not forgetting Upton Park in its cockney diamond geyser National Front newspaper selling heyday in the 70's and 80's.
These are my 3 favourites.
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Post by wakefieldstokie on Jan 24, 2023 20:05:46 GMT
The Vic. Obvious but no ground has ever left an impression like the vic did on my first ever visit as a young lad.
Happy memories
Away wise. Millmoor Rotherham, what a shit tip but strangely likeable.
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Post by Linx on Jan 24, 2023 20:19:31 GMT
As you can see I'm more a reader than poster. I see that we've sold out for Luton Town away and one of the Oatcake family stated "Weirdest Entrance" to a ground. Following Stoke for over 50 years has taken me to some memorable grounds. Four stand out for very different reasons. Ayresome Park-(Middlesbrough) I remember this being a very tough place with tough supporter's who took no shit from anybody.This is our town mentality. Mainroad-Manchester City. The back streets and alleyways around this ground still send shivers down my spine. Saltergate-Chesterfield. The away end was one of the bleakest, coldest, weed ridden shit holes on my travels. The Old Den-Millwall. If you went there with a mate wearing no colours minding your own business Millwall supporters could smell you were from STOKE!! No doubt you've all got your own memorable grounds you've visited. Agreed on Saltergate. The outside corrugated iron trough that served as a Gents loo is burned into the memory. |
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Post by silsdenstokie on Jan 24, 2023 20:22:40 GMT
The Vic. Obvious but no ground has ever left an impression like the vic did on my first ever visit as a young lad. Happy memories Away wise. Millmoor Rotherham, what a shit tip but strangely likeable. Me too mate, miss the old place to this day (the Vic not Millmoor) |
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Post by chuckrocky on Jan 24, 2023 21:01:36 GMT
I started going to away games in the late 90’s. The one benefit of us being absolute shite around that period was some of the grounds we got to go to. Moss Rose, Bootham Crescent, Manor Ground, The Shay, Elm Park, Millmoor etc.
All absolute dumps but full of character.
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Post by Somebody_Told_Me on Jan 24, 2023 21:15:11 GMT
Vetch Field.
Went when we won 2-1 with Grobalaar in goal. Early 90's Fuck me! What a night, how we survived I'll never know!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2023 21:23:36 GMT
Unless it’s been demolished recently, Millmoor is still standing and still being used for amateur football.
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Post by onepara on Jan 24, 2023 21:28:54 GMT
Went to a game at Oldham, & 2 of us had to be relocated, as there was a roof support where the seats should have been. One of the coldest grounds I've been to.
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Post by palerider on Jan 24, 2023 22:02:08 GMT
Turf moor was always interesting with netting deviding fans,baseball ground was always a riot,white hart lane was a bit scary in the 80s long walk to the ground,
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Post by stokienorthants on Jan 24, 2023 22:05:51 GMT
I remember visiting Bramall Lane in the 70’s when Sheff Utd were top of the league and we won 3-2. Apart from the game my main memory was the cricket pitch and pavilion which occupied one side of the ground.
Happy memories!
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Post by Northy on Jan 24, 2023 22:14:41 GMT
I remember visiting Bramall Lane in the 70’s when Sheff Utd were top of the league and we won 3-2. Apart from the game my main memory was the cricket pitch and pavilion which occupied one side of the ground. Happy memories! I remember Northampton being like that, a night match in the league Cup I think, late 70s? |
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