Dean Court

[Scotty Mac]

One for the GROUND GEEKS here

Do you count the VITALITY STADIUM as a different ground to DEAN COURT given that the original was bulldozed and replaced with a completely new version - similar to "Old Wembley" and "New Wembley"

Or is it the same ground?

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Same ground to me

 

[Papa Lazarou]

One for the GROUND GEEKS here

Do you count the VITALITY STADIUM as a different ground to DEAN COURT given that the original was bulldozed and replaced with a completely new version - similar to "Old Wembley" and "New Wembley"

Or is it the same ground?

Didn't they rotate the pitch through 90 degrees (or 270 degrees) ?

 

[Poyningsgull]

From memory you could build about 3 football grounds in the space around the old Dean Court car park.

 

[Notters]

It was still called Dean Court after they rotated it and rebuilt it. The vitality thing is more recent.

 

[Insel affe]

Same ground to me

Disagree, knocked down, flattened, different layout, new ground built from scratch from the ground up = completely new ground, the only the same are the knob head supporters.

 

[Scotty Mac]

It was still called Dean Court after they rotated it and rebuilt it. The vitality thing is more recent.

I should point out I'm not referring to the name of the stadium, I'm referring to the fact that it was bulldozed and turned 90 degrees around

 

[skipper734]

https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/club-news/new-stadium-site-identified

https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/club-news/plans-submitted-for-new-training-complex

They've bought a Golf Club to build a training complex and hope to get a new Dean Court/ Vitality Ground built next door.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Ask 'Arry, he'll tell ya.

 

[Notters]

https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/club-news/new-stadium-site-identified

https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/club-news/plans-submitted-for-new-training-complex

They've bought a Golf Club to build a training complex and hope to get a new Dean Court/ Vitality Ground built next door.

5 miles from the nearest train station! And people think the Amex is difficult to get to!

Edit: You mean next door to Dean Court, not the golf club (based on the first link).

 

[skipper734]

5 miles from the nearest train station! And people think the Amex is difficult to get to!

Edit: You mean next door to Dean Court, not the golf club (based on the first link).

Yes. Dreadful grammar. Must be a West Blatchington thing.

 

[Giraffe]

Been to both but in my mind they are the same ground. That said when I think about being at the "old" ground I do think of it differently so I can see the point of the question.

What will people say about White Hart Lane. Its arguably the same point, albeit a bigger change.

 

[Easy 10]

Its had about half a dozen different names since they started selling the name. I can't keep up, so I just call it Dean Court. Or Plucky Park.

 

[Icy Gull]

Disagree, knocked down, flattened, different layout, new ground built from scratch from the ground up = completely new ground, the only the same are the knob head supporters.

So that ramshackle old ground is new? Blimey it looks a bit shabby chic to me

 

[Buzzer]

Same ground to me

Agreed. Likewise, with Wembley.

 

[Buzzer]

Arguably, you could also include The Valley in re-built grounds too.

 

[Insel affe]

Arguably, you could also include The Valley in re-built grounds too.

Add White Hart Lane to that list

 

[Billy the Fish]

https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/club-news/new-stadium-site-identified

https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/club-news/plans-submitted-for-new-training-complex

They've bought a Golf Club to build a training complex and hope to get a new Dean Court/ Vitality Ground built next door.

Fair play to them for trying to upgrade their infrastructure while they can and not just spunk all the money on wages like some other local clubs!

 

[1234andcounting]

Of course it is the same ground. If not then Molineux is a new ground. Will push my total up a bit.

 

[Superphil]

Disagree, knocked down, flattened, different layout, new ground built from scratch from the ground up = completely new ground, the only the same are the knob head supporters.

Where did they play their home games while the new ground was being built?