Falmer from the air

[whitelion]

Stick the rest of the cladding round the sides, put the chairs in, lay the grass and we're done.

If only it were that simple!!

 

[Biscuit]

These are brilliant. Like the last especially showing the pitch surrounds and the 'chalk pitch'.

That's my favourite too!! What an awesome shot!

 

[whitelion]

Doesn't it just look so much better than, say, St Mary's?

Architecturally I agree but would love to have the capacity of St Mary's.

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

Aonb.

 

[redneb]

Doesn't it just look so much better than, say, St Mary's?

World cup stadium St Marys? Youre probably right, but then ours is 10 years old. Remarkable how a stadium looks a bit shitter after half a dozen years. Anyone passing The Den on the way up to London Bridge would testify to that.

 

[clapham_gull]

World cup stadium St Marys? Youre probably right, but then ours is 10 years old. Remarkable how a stadium looks a bit shitter after half a dozen years. Anyone passing The Den on the way up to London Bridge would testify to that.

Bad example.

 

[redneb]

Bad example.

Probably but my point is our place looked nicer when it was first opened.

 

[Marc1901]

Not sure I agree. I think new stadiums that are built with a bit of class, architectural beauty and difference to others can stand the test of time. Huddersfield is a perfect example, that's still a lovely ground and must be 15 years old now. Same with Bolton. On the other hand, the cheap ones like Middlesbrough, Southampton, Leicester, Stoke etc look bollocks.

Agree with that. Huddersfield is lovely compared to St Mary's.

 

[tonymgc]

World cup stadium St Marys? Youre probably right, but then ours is 10 years old. Remarkable how a stadium looks a bit shitter after half a dozen years. Anyone passing The Den on the way up to London Bridge would testify to that.

It's always looked like an identikit bowl stadium. I could name at least half a dozen stadiums that look the same as yours & no amount of Jimmy Crankie statues will change that fact.

 

[JonathanLivingstonSeagull]

World cup stadium St Marys? Youre probably right, but then ours is 10 years old. Remarkable how a stadium looks a bit shitter after half a dozen years. Anyone passing The Den on the way up to London Bridge would testify to that.

which world cup is that then?

 

[West Hoathly Seagull]

Probably but my point is our place looked nicer when it was first opened.

There's nothing particularly wrong about your place from the inside and the stands look quite nice in all over red. The problem is that no-one bothered from the aesthetics point of view, particularly down in the bowels of the stadium. The concourse in the away end is all bare concrete blocks with bare metal across the ceiling. No pictures of old Saints players or games or such like, or any windows to let in some natural light, just a few adverts for the betting shops. Is it like that in the home stands? And what clever person decided to put the family stand in the home end, so that no-one sings down there? Just a few hundred sing in the other half of the away stand.

Funnily enough, I have been to business meetings at two of the new stadia, Leicester and Manchester City. Whereas Leicester is often slated as being one of the most boring of the new stadia, and Manchester City has won awards for its design, I cannot say the same of the catering. At Leicester we had a fine spread, whereas Manchester City only provided us with a few trays of chips, crisps and salad. Some of us went into Manchester for a meal afterwards. Impressions I know, but these count in business.

 

[Gully]

I went to a wake at the Riverside, have to say that the Middlesborough FC put on an excellent spread in memory a young man who had been an employee of theirs, it was held in a reception room in one of the corners of the ground. I thought the ground looked pretty smart and helped to make a very sad occasion memorable...I cannot praise the club or its employees highly enough.

 

[redneb]

Hardly a shithole I would say, and without of course the luxury of only needing a max of 22,000 fans.

st marys stadium - Google Maps

 

[redneb]

which world cup is that then?

Rugger

 

[clapham_gull]

...without of course the luxury of only needing a max of 22,000 fans.

.. both not requiring the luxury of hosting a Premier League team.

 

[redneb]

.. both not requiring the luxury of hosting a Premier League team.

so you haven't seen the F A Cup draw then??

Anyway, even in L1 weve needed our 30k capacity several times.

 

[clapham_gull]

Not seen the cup draw then.

"host"

 

[Jimbo.GRFC]

and in the words of someone else

'the distance shots prove exactly what we told the planners was correct that you will hardly notice the stadium in the rolling downs'

Cant we move the rolling hills of the countryside somewhere else, its spoiling an area of outstanding beauty.....our new home !!

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]