Broadfield Stadium?

[dougdeep]

What did you all think of Crawley's stadium?. It was my first visit and I was expecting something better than that.The high spot of my day was the good food and Fursty Ferret on draught at the Goffs Manor pub just round the corner.

 

[Curious Orange]

The Broadfield Stadium is very good by non-league standards. I was quite impressed on my last visit, certainly it compares favourably with Woking's ground. They'll probably put another grandstand in if they stay in the Conference.

 

[Trigger]

I'm not sure we can criticise another teams stadium...

 

[mona]

Excellent. Crawley deserve to be in the Conference.
Up the Albion!

 

[London Irish]

I was impressed. I think they can develop that bit where the trees are - if only we were that lucky! Even the trees in Brighton are more outstanding and valuable than those in Crawley.

 

[Yorkie]

Their loos are clean and tidy, which is more than can be said about a lot of 'bigger' grounds.

 

[Safeway]

If we'd been allowed to groundshare in 1997 we'd have paid for the open side to be developed.

 

[cab]

all the groundwork is done for a stand to be built on the openside, rumours are the council will build it but not just yet!!! great game today thought crawley played well then came all the subs and it all went tits up. good luck in the championship and come on prescott get your finger out and give brighton falmer.....

 

[sully]

It's a good stadium, though the legroom in the seats is not good by modern standards (i.e. my legs don't fit!).

The only limitation to it being bigger is parking. The A23 gets cars all over the verges for big games, so an increased capacity would bring other issues. Any idea if it got as far as a transport plan when we wanted to ground-share?

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

its good ground with room to improve.
each side has been built with room to build upon

 

[Crawley Boy]

If we'd been allowed to groundshare in 1997 we'd have paid for the open side to be developed.

 

[sullyshuffle]

a new sports complex is being built across the road...sure car parking can be accomodated there for big games.

even for weymouth game last year (4.000+) parking wasn't that bad

they did at one time use school playing field across the road as well when stadium first opened

 

[Gritt23]

The ground is very good, one of the best at the level they've been playing at, but the local town can go screw itself.

The idea was a family day out for the Gritts and Easys. All meet up for a drink and lunch in a pub before the ladies go shopping while the lads go football. Couldn't believe how many pubs we tried before we found one that would 'accept' children, "but they must eat!". The previous places we'd tried were decent sized, with gardens etc, so we weren't exactly trying little local drinking dens.

Like the ground, had a good day, my 2 year old seeing his 1st match, but the town just came across as pretty unfriendly.

 

[Safeway]

Aaah, but notice I didn't blame anyone this time. Just pointing out a fact.

 

[Easy 10]

The ground is very good, one of the best at the level they've been playing at, but the local town can go screw itself.

The idea was a family day out for the Gritts and Easys. All meet up for a drink and lunch in a pub before the ladies go shopping while the lads go football. Couldn't believe how many pubs we tried before we found one that would 'accept' children, "but they must eat!". The previous places we'd tried were decent sized, with gardens etc, so we weren't exactly trying little local drinking dens.

Like the ground, had a good day, my 2 year old seeing his 1st match, but the town just came across as pretty unfriendly.

Crap wasn't it. Spent 25 minutes driving round trying to find a pub that would accept that blight on modern society...CHILDREN. Full marks to the Tilgate, for having a massive bar stuffed with arcade games, a big garden out the back, benches out the front, and a complete blanket ban on kids anywhere near the premises or within a 2 mile radius. Similar story with the Half Moon. So we end up at The Downsman, which grudgingly allows children but only if you are eating, and they must be eating too. In other words, "we'll put up with them, as long as you're spending loads of money here". Cheers.

 

[BensGrandad]

Pubs are for people who are or at least appear to be over 18. Cafes and burger bars are for children!