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Post by crouchpotato1 on Apr 13, 2023 17:01:35 GMT
Some interesting comments 🤔
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Post by str8outtahampton on Apr 13, 2023 17:13:14 GMT
Some interesting comments 🤔 Are you sure those comments (cold, no atmosphere, in the middle of nowhere) aren't from home fans? |
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Post by raythesailor on Apr 13, 2023 17:20:24 GMT
I heard the Millwall fans enjoyed a few hours in the Trentham Monkey Park before the match.
Don’t know why they were attracted to it but each to there own . 🤔
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Post by felonious on Apr 13, 2023 18:17:27 GMT
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 13, 2023 18:26:35 GMT
A superb anecdote. Well done that man |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2023 11:32:55 GMT
I mean, it’s absolute fucking shit right? It’s a cheap Meccano stadium built on an out of town slag heap turned industrial park.
If the family announced tomorrow that they were drawing up plans for a new ground in a more central location I could die happy.
Slightly less unrealistically, rebuild it stand by stand. The north stand especially could be redeveloped into something beautiful with amazing facilities for the supporters.
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Post by marylandstoke on Apr 14, 2023 11:43:20 GMT
‘Like Helmand Province without the heat’  |
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Apr 14, 2023 11:51:34 GMT
Trying to think what my favourite away day as a Stoke fan would be.
Recent results especially, I'd probably go for Villa. Decent 'proper' stadium, good views, usually a good attendance from both sets of fans, half decent atmosphere most times I've been there, little mither but some good 'interaction' with the locals, good enough pubs nearby, they're nowhere near as orcish as their rivals in Small Heath...yeah, I'll go for that.
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Post by RF10 on Apr 14, 2023 12:46:48 GMT
The middle of nowhere is the most common comment which is fair enough.
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Post by felonious on Apr 14, 2023 16:35:10 GMT
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Post by GreaterGlasgowstokie on Apr 14, 2023 16:59:56 GMT
I mean, it’s absolute fucking shit right? It’s a cheap Meccano stadium built on an out of town slag heap turned industrial park. If the family announced tomorrow that they were drawing up plans for a new ground in a more central location I could die happy. Slightly less unrealistically, rebuild it stand by stand. The north stand especially could be redeveloped into something beautiful with amazing facilities for the supporters. Totally agree. A stadium with character is essential to the soul of the club. It should have been built in Hanley, and built properly |
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Post by TinkerT on Apr 14, 2023 17:07:42 GMT
If it was re built up hanley and the arena built it would bring the city centre back to life. Council are already drawing up plans for a tram system so it would be a brilliant location.
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Post by sportsman on Apr 14, 2023 17:10:52 GMT
I mean, it’s absolute fucking shit right? It’s a cheap Meccano stadium built on an out of town slag heap turned industrial park. If the family announced tomorrow that they were drawing up plans for a new ground in a more central location I could die happy. Slightly less unrealistically, rebuild it stand by stand. The north stand especially could be redeveloped into something beautiful with amazing facilities for the supporters. I never get these comments. Yeh things could be improved, as 90% of grounds in this country could if you listen to home fans, and by the sounds of it they are in the process of. Why would the club, police etc want to build a ground for over 30 thousand people in the middle of Hanley or somewhere? Can you imagine everyone tearing though the streets, putting house and shop windows through, standing on cars in side streets, like the video I watched again of stoke fans coming out of vale's ground the other season. Our ground on the Tele always looks good for me. Nice tidy ground. Shame about the other corners but hopefully one day we grow enough to increase it again. I can understand the more pubs etc, but if they improve the experience at the ground in the coming season then all good for me. I remember the days at the old ground, marching thousands of away fans from stoke station to the Vic, shopping trolleys and all sorts landing on cars and probably a nightmare for those houses in the surrounding area. |
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Post by banksy1art on Apr 14, 2023 17:18:30 GMT
Hope it’s horrible for away fans, fuck em
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Post by scfc75 on Apr 14, 2023 17:42:41 GMT
Hope it’s horrible for away fans, fuck em That’s the spirit. So you’re good with your away experience at other grounds being shite? |
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Post by banksy1art on Apr 14, 2023 17:51:12 GMT
Hope it’s horrible for away fans, fuck em That’s the spirit. So you’re good with your away experience at other grounds being shite? Dunna care I go for the football not the ‘experience’ , from what I’m reading we are a few pubs away from a decent awayday 😂 grow up, there’s a pub literally attached to the stadium and another one a stones throw away if your that desperate |
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Post by scfc75 on Apr 14, 2023 18:08:58 GMT
That’s the spirit. So you’re good with your away experience at other grounds being shite? Dunna care I go for the football not the ‘experience’ , from what I’m reading we are a few pubs away from a decent awayday 😂 grow up, there’s a pub literally attached to the stadium and another one a stones throw away if your that desperate Someone who gets excited at fireworks telling me to grow up 😂 |
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Post by cheadlepotter on Apr 14, 2023 18:11:49 GMT
That’s the spirit. So you’re good with your away experience at other grounds being shite? Dunna care I go for the football not the ‘experience’ , from what I’m reading we are a few pubs away from a decent awayday 😂 grow up, there’s a pub literally attached to the stadium and another one a stones throw away if your that desperate You’re so full of shit. The ‘experience’ is exactly what you want, thick red smoke everywhere so the football, funnily enough what you suggest you go for, can’t be seen. |
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Post by callas12 on Apr 14, 2023 18:37:14 GMT
The burger van outside the Tile Mountain Stand (Boothen End Side) is one of the best outside caterers I've experienced at a footy match or anywhere else to be fair, as the Norwich fan on that article alluded to. Aside from the food being excellent they have every condiment & sauce you could possibly wish for. They also have bowls of fresh lettuce & Sliced Tomato to pop on your burgers, even gherkins! Nice touch and just something that goes above and beyond the usual catering van fodder. I'll always go out and queue at half time to get the kids something from that van than queue for what they serve up in the ground.
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Post by banksy1art on Apr 14, 2023 18:52:23 GMT
Dunna care I go for the football not the ‘experience’ , from what I’m reading we are a few pubs away from a decent awayday 😂 grow up, there’s a pub literally attached to the stadium and another one a stones throw away if your that desperate Someone who gets excited at fireworks telling me to grow up 😂 you've never experienced a proper matchday ‘experience’ if you equate it to having a few pubs by the stadium 🤣 |
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Post by felonious on Apr 14, 2023 18:58:11 GMT
The burger van outside the Tile Mountain Stand (Boothen End Side) is one of the best outside caterers I've experienced at a footy match or anywhere else to be fair, as the Norwich fan on that article alluded to. Aside from the food being excellent they have every condiment & sauce you could possibly wish for. They also have bowels of fresh lettuce & Sliced Tomato to pop on your burgers, even gherkins! Nice touch and just something that goes above and beyond the usual catering van fodder. I'll always go out and queue at half time to get the kids something from that van than queue for what they serve up in the ground. Urgh  |
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Post by callas12 on Apr 14, 2023 19:49:39 GMT
The burger van outside the Tile Mountain Stand (Boothen End Side) is one of the best outside caterers I've experienced at a footy match or anywhere else to be fair, as the Norwich fan on that article alluded to. Aside from the food being excellent they have every condiment & sauce you could possibly wish for. They also have bowels of fresh lettuce & Sliced Tomato to pop on your burgers, even gherkins! Nice touch and just something that goes above and beyond the usual catering van fodder. I'll always go out and queue at half time to get the kids something from that van than queue for what they serve up in the ground. Urgh Edited accordingly! 🤣 |
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Post by RedandWhite90 on Apr 14, 2023 20:24:02 GMT
Fulham (A) is the best away day going.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Apr 14, 2023 20:28:09 GMT
The burger van outside the Tile Mountain Stand (Boothen End Side) is one of the best outside caterers I've experienced at a footy match or anywhere else to be fair, as the Norwich fan on that article alluded to. Aside from the food being excellent they have every condiment & sauce you could possibly wish for. They also have bowls of fresh lettuce & Sliced Tomato to pop on your burgers, even gherkins! Nice touch and just something that goes above and beyond the usual catering van fodder. I'll always go out and queue at half time to get the kids something from that van than queue for what they serve up in the ground. Is that the one just by the pathway down from where the buses drop off? There's always a big queue. |
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Apr 14, 2023 21:22:22 GMT
The burger van outside the Tile Mountain Stand (Boothen End Side) is one of the best outside caterers I've experienced at a footy match or anywhere else to be fair, as the Norwich fan on that article alluded to. Aside from the food being excellent they have every condiment & sauce you could possibly wish for. They also have bowls of fresh lettuce & Sliced Tomato to pop on your burgers, even gherkins! Nice touch and just something that goes above and beyond the usual catering van fodder. I'll always go out and queue at half time to get the kids something from that van than queue for what they serve up in the ground. Is that the one just by the pathway down from where the buses drop off? There's always a big queue. Yes. It is always very busy. Now we know why. |
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Post by Gunslinger on Apr 14, 2023 21:36:17 GMT
Excellent reading - thank you! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2023 0:21:54 GMT
I mean, it’s absolute fucking shit right? It’s a cheap Meccano stadium built on an out of town slag heap turned industrial park. If the family announced tomorrow that they were drawing up plans for a new ground in a more central location I could die happy. Slightly less unrealistically, rebuild it stand by stand. The north stand especially could be redeveloped into something beautiful with amazing facilities for the supporters. Totally agree. A stadium with character is essential to the soul of the club. It should have been built in Hanley, and built properly Hanley is too north for me. Maybe just south of the city centre is palatable. But Hanley feels less definitively stoke city than Fenton / stoke / longton. Even parts of southern Newcastle feel more stoke city areas than Hanley to me. But that’s pie in the sky talk. I would cry with happiness if they announced it (even if they announced they were merely exploring options) it’s a dream of mine but it’ll never happen will it. Inflation adjusted our ground only cost around £26m and, even with improvements over the years, it feels cheap because it is cheap. Rebuilding the north stand with top class facilities for the fans, standing areas and an iconic facade would go a long way to giving our ground a unique feel and separating it from the handful of similar identikit stadiums. Truth be told there isn’t a great deal currently to differentiate it from a handful of similar sized stadiums built at the time. In fact I think pride park/riverside/Leicester’s and ours were all built using roughly the same blueprint with minor differences. It hurts my soul. Maybe we could also move the changing rooms to the current TV corner and then rebuild the tv facilities at the current tunnel corner while we’re at it. And then away teams will have to come out by the "boothen end". (which isn't worthy of that name but could be if we rebuilt it) I wish I was an architect or an artist because I'd like to knock up a rough blueprint for what I'm imagining. |
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Post by wakeypotter on Apr 14, 2024 8:42:04 GMT
Some of our fans criticise our stadium for some reason
I can only think of the getting away from our ground that bothers me but going to hillsbrough yesterday really highlighted that there’s nothing wrong with our ground.
Was in the lower tier yesterday and it was the pits.
A small kiosk selling only carlsberg and a pie
The cue for that was a mile long.
There’s nothing wrong with our ground
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Post by prestwichpotter on Apr 14, 2024 8:49:41 GMT
Some of our fans criticise our stadium for some reason I can only think of the getting away from our ground that bothers me but going to hillsbrough yesterday really highlighted that there’s nothing wrong with our ground. Was in the lower tier yesterday and it was the pits. A small kiosk selling only carlsberg and a pie The cue for that was a mile long. There’s nothing wrong with our ground Next season there will be a fan zone (hopefully in the Championship) to add to the other improvements that have been made (Ricardo’s has been a welcome addition), it will always be an out of town stadium which means you automatically lose so much of the original feel but I agree it’s actually pretty tidy these days…… |
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Post by 36dd on Apr 14, 2024 8:52:20 GMT
Some of our fans criticise our stadium for some reason I can only think of the getting away from our ground that bothers me but going to hillsbrough yesterday really highlighted that there’s nothing wrong with our ground. Was in the lower tier yesterday and it was the pits. A small kiosk selling only carlsberg and a pie The cue for that was a mile long. There’s nothing wrong with our ground Just as bad upstairs, hardly any food etc, probably the best place to get some food would have been Burger King, Greggs or even Sainsbury’s on the way in. I went that Sandwich shop next to the retro Man United shop (the other odd shirt was there). It wasn’t the best but there wasn’t hardly any choice. |
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