A small town near nowhere.

[Mr Bridger]

Working just up the road from Rushden and Diamonds and thought I'd post what's left of their ground. Pretty sad really as a decent little ground.
The away stand is the last to come down where we packed it out and won 3-1.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

That is a very sad sight. Hate to see that after what happened to us.

 

[Driver8]

Still in better nick than Selhurst Park.

 

[Easy 10]

That was a VERY smart little stadium for the levels R & D were playing at. And now its going to be....a leisure and retail park.

What a sad demise.

 

[ofco8]

Working just up the road from Rushden and Diamonds and thought I'd post what's left of their ground. Pretty sad really as a decent little ground.
The away stand is the last to come down where we packed it out and won 3-1.

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Was that the match that was nearly aborted because of a fire at the ground. Remember we were in a nearby pub and a Sussex cop came in and said the match may be abandoned?

After that lousy evening journey was just glad it eventually went ahead.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Was that the match that was nearly aborted because of a fire at the ground. Remember we were in a nearby pub and a Sussex cop came in and said the match may be abandoned?

After that lousy evening journey was just glad it eventually went ahead.

I don't remember that, but it was Coppell's last game in charge. I also remember the Diamond burger which was delicious.

 

[BensGrandad]

Has the team now folded on just gone non league to a smaller ground.

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Has the team now folded on just gone non league to a smaller ground.

Folded in 2011, new one formed as AFC Rushden & Diamonds I believe.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

That was a VERY smart little stadium for the levels R & D were playing at. And now its going to be....a leisure and retail park.

What a sad demise.

Very much an excellent lower league stadium. Sad to see. Is that Darlington stadium still about?

 

[Wardy's twin]

not good for grass roots football

 

[Easy 10]

Very much an excellent lower league stadium. Sad to see. Is that Darlington stadium still about?

Yeah, but it hosts egg-chasing now I think, for some local amateur club. 25,000 capacity, lord knows how that is sustainable. I bet their crowds are in the hundreds.

 

[BensGrandad]

Folded in 2011, new one formed as AFC Rushden & Diamonds I believe.

Gone back to the pre merger days of Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds nearly . Was their folding due to fall off of sales of Dr Martens

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Yeah, but it hosts egg-chasing now I think, for some local amateur club. 25,000 capacity, lord knows how that is sustainable. I bet their crowds are in the hundreds.

Darlington FC now share a stadium with Darlington RFC.

The giant white elephant stadium is owned (!) and used by Darlington Mowden Park RFC, in front of their regular crowds which are, as you suggest, in the hundreds.

 

[Weststander]

Yeah, but it hosts egg-chasing now I think, for some local amateur club. 25,000 capacity, lord knows how that is sustainable. I bet their crowds are in the hundreds.

The football club abandoned it after 9 just years. Darlington the town has the same population as Eastbourne. Their stadium was never viable.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Was their folding due to fall off of sales of Dr Martens

Essentially, yes.

 

[Jack Straw]

I took these before that game. If you look at the corner of the stand roof in the last photo, you'll see a big plastic bird. It was to keep pigeons etc away and there was one in each corner I believe? Sad looking at the OP's pictures. It's like Falmer Watch in reverse.

 

[Jack Straw]

Three more, and ticket stub.

 

[El Turi]

Our one game there was a cracker with Zesh Rehman (now playing for Gillingham) scoring a lovely goal. Crazy that a stadium only built around 20 years ago is now demolished.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

That was the second last game I went to whilst living in England. Less than two weeks later I was in Tokyo.

If I remember correctly it was pretty far from the town(or at least the station) and Zesh Rehman scored a wonder goal in a 3-1 win. I enjoyed that night a lot.

Too bad they went bust.

 

[rocker959]

Very sad .