Psssst: don't tell Norman Baker or the Falmer residents but...

Lady Whistledown · Sep 14, 2009

...from most of the photos I've seen, our new stadium is going to be one of the most scenically located of any new grounds anywhere, is it not?

(I did whisper that).

Most new grounds, especially in the North, are located on hideous industrial wastelands, or in soulless retail parks surrounded by vast grey BowlPlexes, TGI Fridays and PC Worlds. Ours, presumably, will from various angles, have a backdrop of the beautiful and majestic South Downs. Even the dual carriageway appears to be largely obscured by trees and the university's uglier buildings are being demolished.

Apart from the fact there aren't many pubs nearby, if anyone can think of a new stadium that sits in a more pleasant location, please tell me

Lord Bracknell · Sep 14, 2009

I reckon AC Siena's plans for a new stadium involve a setting that is just as spectacular.

... although I'd prefer them to stay in "Il Withdean del Sud":-

Napper · Sep 14, 2009

I would rather the stadium was in the middle of a shitty council estate and had an air of menace about it

Bevendean Hillbilly · Sep 14, 2009

Dougal said:
I would rather the stadium was in the middle of a shitty council estate and had an air of menace about it

Give it 20 years for Moulsecoombe to expand and envelop the site..just like LDC and Falmer Pond Society predict!

TWOCHOICEStom · Sep 14, 2009

Lord Bracknell said:
I reckon AC Siena's plans for a new stadium involve a setting that is just as spectacular.

... although I'd prefer them to stay in "Il Withdean del Sud":-

Is that bit on the right all one stand?? That would be amazing if it were. That's what you call a Kop end.

Smythe · Sep 14, 2009

edna krabappel said:
...from most of the photos I've seen, our new stadium is going to be one of the most scenically located of any new grounds anywhere, is it not?

(I did whisper that).

Most new grounds, especially in the North, are located on hideous industrial wastelands, or in soulless retail parks surrounded by vast grey BowlPlexes, TGI Fridays and PC Worlds. Ours, presumably, will from various angles, have a backdrop of the beautiful and majestic South Downs. Even the dual carriageway appears to be largely obscured by trees and the university's uglier buildings are being demolished.

Apart from the fact there aren't many pubs nearby, if anyone can think of a new stadium that sits in a more pleasant location, please tell me

Also better not mention how it perfectly blends into the surrounding landscape and how it cant be seen from any road......

Taybha · Sep 14, 2009

England have been known to play football on this

The Large One · Sep 14, 2009

Lord Bracknell said:
I reckon AC Siena's plans for a new stadium involve a setting that is just as spectacular.

... although I'd prefer them to stay in "Il Withdean del Sud":-

Alternatively, we'll soon be leaving 'Il Siena del Nord'

Garage_Doors · Sep 14, 2009

Dougal said:
I would rather the stadium was in the middle of a shitty council estate and had an air of menace about it

What a strange thought, why would you want it to have air of menace about it.
wouldn't rather go somewhere which has a nice environment ?

Taybha · Sep 14, 2009

The cape town stadium

Beach Hut · Sep 14, 2009

Several new stadiums are now in the middle of nowhere with no public transport links so at least we will be rural with a train station near by as well

Gwylan · Sep 14, 2009

Taybha said:
England have been known to play football on this

Where is that? I guess New Zealand but where exactly? Cracking ground

Taybha · Sep 14, 2009

Its Queenstown,not a bad place to ply ones trade is it.

severnside gull · Sep 14, 2009

Andorra?

Easy 10 · Sep 14, 2009

Dougal said:
I would rather the stadium was in the middle of a shitty council estate and had an air of menace about it

Dunno about it being in a shitty council estate, but Falmer IS going to be a bit of a pain in the arse to get to and from, so a more urban location would have been preferable IMHO.

Yes yes, I KNOW, sustainable transport, no other viable sites etc etc. I just dearly wish we could somehow drop this stadium onto the Goldstone Retail site, that would have been so WONDERFUL.

Garage_Doors · Sep 14, 2009

Easy 10 said:
Dunno about it being in a shitty council estate, but Falmer IS going to be a bit of a pain in the arse to get to and from, so a more urban location would have been preferable IMHO.

Yes yes, I KNOW, sustainable transport, no other viable sites etc etc. I just dearly wish we could somehow drop this stadium onto the Goldstone Retail site, that would have been so WONDERFUL.

Some people as just never satisfied, always wanting that little bit more,
Suppose you want Archers head on a flag pole as well

Gwylan · Sep 14, 2009

Easy 10 said:
Dunno about it being in a shitty council estate, but Falmer IS going to be a bit of a pain in the arse to get to and from, so a more urban location would have been preferable IMHO.

Not if you live in Coldean or Moulsecoomb it's not ... or anywhere along the Lewes Road, come to think of it.

Good place I reckon :thumbsup:

Easy 10 · Sep 14, 2009

Programme_Seller said:
Some people as just never satisfied, always wanting that little bit more,
Suppose you want Archers head on a flag pole as well

Yes.
Yes I do :thumbsup:

Gwylan said:
Not if you live in Coldean or Moulsecoomb it's not ... or anywhere along the Lewes Road, come to think of it.

Good place I reckon

Well admittedly I am being entirely selfish. I wish that Shoreham Harbour site was do-able, that would've been marvellous. Walking distance for me, and lots of decent pubs en route.

Ah well.

jcdenton08 · Sep 14, 2009

edna krabappel said:
Most new grounds, especially in the North, are located on hideous industrial wastelands, or in soulless retail parks surrounded by vast grey BowlPlexes, TGI Fridays and PC Worlds.

Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium.

Hudderfield Galpharm Stadium:

http://www.fullflow.com/images/casestudies/Huddersfield20Stadium.jpg

Lady Whistledown · Sep 14, 2009

Haven't been to Doncaster yet.

Huddersfield's a funny one: there's some pleasant enough trees and hills to one side of it, but there's also plenty of retail warehouses and supermarkets nearby.

That Siena one looks nuts: I can't get over the countryside around it. Never in a million years would any local authority in the UK allow someone to build a football ground (or much else) in an area like that. Siena's in Tuscany, isn't it? Can you imagine Carlisle sticking a 20,000 all seater in the middle of the Lake District, or Southampton relocating to the New Forest?

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