Stupid football ground names

[Man of Harveys]

SpVvg' Greuther Furth's PLAYMOBIL Stadium - scene of MSV Duisburg's miraculous comeback last Friday.

Should be an easy three points at home to bottom club WACKER Burghausen on Sunday. So they'll probably lose; the mighty Zebras are remarkably Albion-like in that respect.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

right:


what is the differance between a STADIUM, and a GROUND?

when can you start calling something a STADIUM?

 

[wigman]

Gay Meadow

just returned from a visit to shrewsbury and i saw their new stadium being built and id rather have that one than ours

 

[cardboard]

Gay Meadow


Its not a meadow

 

[Braders]

Kit Kat Crescent!!

glad someone said it.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

But is it gay?

 

[Da Man Clay]

just returned from a visit to shrewsbury and i saw their new stadium being built and id rather have that one than ours

The new one of their current one? Prefer it to Withdean or Falmer?

 

[Man of Harveys]

right:


what is the differance between a STADIUM, and a GROUND?

when can you start calling something a STADIUM?

I think a ground becomes a stadium when you have a substantial enough number of buildings enclosing the playing area.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

I think a ground becomes a stadium when you have a substantial enough number of buildings enclosing the playing area.

so how was withdean a STADIUM when it only had two stands?

 

[dunno]

BT Cellnet Riverside Stadium (before they changed sponsors!)

 

[wigman]

The new one of their current one? Prefer it to Withdean or Falmer?

their new one looks good better than withdean obviously falmer looks good but will it ever come?

 

[Man of Harveys]

so how was withdean a STADIUM when it only had two stands?

Good point, fuctifino. I guess it's NATURALLY enclosed anyway.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

Good point, fuctifino. I guess it's NATURALLY enclosed anyway.

hmmm

so maybe a STADIUM is just an enclosed sporting arena, of some kind?

 

[Curious Orange]

But all football is played on a PARK!

 

[Man of Harveys]

hmmm

so maybe a STADIUM is just an enclosed sporting arena, of some kind?

Yes, yes, absolutely *nods violently, cricks neck*

After all, as I did to watch that American football game in 1985, you could always stand on the slope behind what is now the away end at Withdean, even when it was just GRASS.

And arenas should always be enclosed - Coventry are being pretentious. Even if it's just the Latin (and, I think Spanish) word for "sand".

 

[Curious Orange]

Anyway, getting back to the daft names, I give you Tanners Hatch, home of Leatherhead.

 

[Parson Henry]

But all football is played on a PARK!

When is a park a pitch? When is a stadium an arena?

 

[Man of Harveys]

When is a stadium an arena?

When it's indoors, i.e. not like the misnamed Ricoh Arena.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

When it's indoors, i.e. not like the misnamed Ricoh Arena.

so, what if it has a retractable roof?


for example, is the millenium stadium REALLY a stadium, or is it an arena?

 

[Man of Harveys]

so, what if it has a retractable roof?


for example, is the millenium stadium REALLY a stadium, or is it an arena?

If they followed Ajax and Schalke's lead, it should be an arena.