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Post by stokelad2007 on Mar 31, 2008 16:38:27 GMT
sitting in the ground,45 minutes from kick off,i couldnt help think about the disaster they had there,when all those innocent liverpool fans died,made me realise that even since then,the ground is one big disaster waiting to happen,it is stuck in the 70,s,apart from the new seats they have had put in,nothing seems to have been done to it at all,you are supposed to get just over 3000 supporters in the concourse of the top tier,imagine what it would have been like in the paddock on that awful day!!!
i think hillsbrough wants demoloting and rebuliding somewhere else,it really is a shit-tip
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Post by mcf on Mar 31, 2008 16:40:44 GMT
I think its a fucking brilliant ground.
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Post by kivo on Mar 31, 2008 16:43:01 GMT
It's in dire need of a lick of paint, put it that way, but I wouldn't swap it for the world.
I too have often gazed down the tunnel of the bottom tier of the Leppings Lane end and thought about the carnage that has occured there, sends a shiver down your spine.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2008 16:44:44 GMT
Hillsborough is an immense ground and even with that ill fated day hanging over it, it still stands a very proud ground with plenty of history. They should never get rid.
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Post by Matthews dad on Mar 31, 2008 16:44:51 GMT
It's a fantastic old school ground.With 20,000 in sat it still looked empty.
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Post by Stick It On Cort's Head on Mar 31, 2008 16:45:24 GMT
It's a fantastic old school ground.With 20,000 in sat it still looked empty. Outside , looked fucking awful. Inside, very nice indeed. |
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Mar 31, 2008 16:47:40 GMT
Hillsborough and that semi-final in 1971 will live with me for the rest of my days
It is a wonderful ground
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Post by kivo on Mar 31, 2008 16:47:42 GMT
The entrance to the ground for away fans is about the worst bit of the ground. If you're here for a night match one time, be greeted by
'S EFFI D WEDN SDA'
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Post by jarhead on Mar 31, 2008 16:48:50 GMT
The Exits from the terraces were that narrow i had to breath in.
I think rebuilding it stand by stand on that site could easily be done because how big the current stands are but i do like the old place.
Always brings back those tragic events of 1989 though and how the chaos must have been.Very sad indeed.
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Post by owlzat on Mar 31, 2008 16:55:06 GMT
I was working at Hillsbrough that day and so was in the middle of it all so feel I can comment on the subject.
The Liverpool terraces were empty untill close to kick off time whereas the Forest ends filled nice and early.
Stories of Liverpool fans still in the pubs at 2:55pm are still mentioned everytime the disaster is brought up as well as ticketless fans who boasted beforehand that they'd got in the previous season without tickets and would do so again but you won't find thier fans won't admitting to that after the event, it's all everyone else's fault.
With regards the small concourse, i've been to 90% of the grounds in this country and the worst for this i've found is at Anfield believe it or not in the lower tier of the Centenery Stand (home end) which I sat in for a Euro 96 game between France and Holland.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2008 16:55:05 GMT
Spoilt day for me becuase or the Tram shit but still great day in the Bankers Draft and spoke to some top blokes on the Tram going in even tried to keep me on the Tram when the old bill were dragging off the stokies.
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Post by powchirper on Mar 31, 2008 17:15:15 GMT
Awesome ground, And well said owl, every fucker knows who's fault it was.  |
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Post by 5ManBack4 on Mar 31, 2008 17:16:49 GMT
Fantastic ground and how a football ground should look,its one away ground i always look forward to going to.when you go to coventry's "ikea" arena it dosnt even deserve to called a football ground.
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Post by jarhead on Mar 31, 2008 17:30:24 GMT
owlzat...do you mean the Main Stand at Anfield where the dugouts are situated as ive sat there and the concourse was so narrow and tieght in that stand because they have never re-developed it.
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Post by KevinWhimper on Mar 31, 2008 17:33:00 GMT
I thought Hillsborough was a brilliant ground, although they ran out of pies before half time!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2008 17:39:42 GMT
I thought Hillsborough was a brilliant ground, although they ran out of pies before half time! Well that wouldn't of affected me as I didn't get to the match till nearly 10 past 4.  |
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Post by owlzat on Mar 31, 2008 18:09:46 GMT
owlzat...do you mean the Main Stand at Anfield where the dugouts are situated as ive sat there and the concourse was so narrow and tieght in that stand because they have never re-developed it. Yep, that's the stand I am on about, in fact i've sat there twice as one season in the Premiership Liverpool were giving no tickets to away fans because they were redeveloping that end and so I managed to get tickets in the home end. Funny thing was, I was walking round saying hi to loads of other Wednesday fans sat in the same area l.o.l Anyway, as well as the small concourse I remember the toilets were down some steep steps too which wasn't very safe if crowded. |
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Post by One-Two on Mar 31, 2008 18:15:11 GMT
same sidders. That tram business ruined the day, even though luckily i only missed 15 mins. I stayed on the tram when all the other stokies got off.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2008 18:16:50 GMT
Main stand is the where the camaras are...cent stand is the old Kemlyn road
The lack of space is one of the reasons they're looking to move , cent concourse is indeed small, due I think to several suites being in that stand.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2008 18:19:29 GMT
StokeFan were you at the back where the incident happened? I was on the first tram and had no intention of getting off until the person who had our tickets got off  I had no idea what the hell was going on then held back for an hour almost in the rain then instead of getting us a tram to the ground walked us there. |
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Post by bettyswallocks on Mar 31, 2008 19:43:32 GMT
The ground was wonderul on saturday, you could taste the history around the place. Apart from the result I had a good day out in the town centre too. Great ground
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Post by stokelad2007 on Mar 31, 2008 19:49:05 GMT
makes you wish we were still at the vic doesnt it
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Post by bettyswallocks on Mar 31, 2008 19:56:42 GMT
It makes you wish that all grounds were like this, and all had a terrace but they dont. Football grounds wont be the same soon, most will be just like ours, concrete and seats. Fair play to Arsenal they have built A very nice ground in which its books ( fancs) may sit in to spectat but not many will be like this.
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Post by Soro's Sorrows on Mar 31, 2008 20:15:04 GMT
The ground was never the problem. Fence's were the problem, couple that with scared policeman and a rush of fans it was a disaster waiting to happen. Lets face it if football fans hadn't been caged in like animals at the zoo that disaster would never happened |
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Post by Marc01 on Mar 31, 2008 20:16:06 GMT
Hillsborough?
Fantastic.
Surprised that there seemed to be such little space outside the stadium - right on the main road etc.
Not much in the way of leg room.
BUT a feeling that you are in a real football theatre - brilliant acoustics and atmosphere even with all the empty spaces.
I quite like Wendy - I wish Stoke would forget all this 6 loan player business and get on with the job in hand.
(If Stoke had been on the ball - they would have been clued up on Wednesdays loanees and when the team sheets came out brought the discrepancy to the attention of the ref (we have enough staff) before the match and insisted a change - or failing that the ref allowing 6 on either side).
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Post by powchirper on Mar 31, 2008 22:07:46 GMT
6 on either side ;D ;D
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Post by PMac on Mar 31, 2008 23:05:49 GMT
Hillsborough is (in my opinion) one of the best grounds in the Country.
I sat in the Kop Home End and whilst I had to endure all arond me shoutng at Ameobi and Wilko - it was a bloody great atmosphere.
There's definitely something about seeing your own supporters from the home crowds perspective.
I absolutely glowed with pride when I stared out into the rain and was met with the sight of 3000 Stokies in good voice.
Some good comments around me regarding the following wih people saying "Fair Play - That's a great away support"
I realised that, in fact, Stoke were more than capable of filling the whole of the Carling Stand that day but still, it was fantastic to see my Stokie comrades that day.... I felt like standing up with a Stoke flag and screaming "Goaaaarn Stoke"
Apart from the equaliser - a fantastic day with me Bro in Law (Top footie bloke and a fanatical Owl) in a fantastic ground.
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Post by powchirper on Mar 31, 2008 23:24:12 GMT
To be fair its so much better than the Brit, even the burgers were better and a quid cheaper, and they had chilli sauce, pity they had to ruin a perfectly good day by scoring so late.  |
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Post by PMac on Mar 31, 2008 23:26:28 GMT
Ey up chirps,
Yeah, have to agree there...
Did you also notice there was quite a lot of decent totty about too?
The birds who served us in the Kop end were lovely - a nice smile and a laugh.
Tip top old man ;D
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Post by powchirper on Mar 31, 2008 23:34:56 GMT
It did get mentined by 4 in our group, saw some decent looking Stoke girls aswell, didnt see this little quartet though.  |
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I had no idea what the hell was going on then held back for an hour almost in the rain then instead of getting us a tram to the ground walked us there.
