How many grounds that no longer exist

[Return of the Rev]

it sure was! Quite a day, had a police escort back to the station afterwards as well.

It was quite a weekenend,apologise to mr crumps and deano for the meeting outside chester station the night before

 

[Colossal Squid]

Nobody mentioned Loakes Park yet, but we must have had many a game there back in the day.

Also, where did Crawley Town play before the Broadfield? I can remember the Broadfield being built so they must have had somewhere else to have hosted our regular friendly meetings before then.

 

[breachy]

Somerton Park - Newport County

 

[breachy]

Crawley - was Town Mead

 

[AnotherArch]

Most of these grounds had something unique and distinctive about them:

Eastville - flower beds behind goals and the gasometers
Vetch Field - Prison
Gay Meadow - Coracle
Northampton - another half a cricket pitch
Somerton Park - corner flags on coconut matting over the dog track
Highbury - brass band and singer
Dell - crazy angled terracing and stepped seats above

 

[The Large One]

This place - Selhurst Depot - was once home to some classless, charm-free, Cro-Magnon throwback rabble up the road.



Personally, I think this is an improvement.

 

[The Birdman]

Franklands village FC

 

[Dave the OAP]

Dell - crazy angled terracing and stepped seats above

TINA Tina Tina......you had to be there to get this

 

[SouthCoastOwl]

Franklands village FC

As an integral part of their U11s championship winning side from the 1975/76 season I demand to know where they've gone!

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

I liked the old terrace at Rochdale

 

[AnotherArch]

I liked the old terrace at Rochdale

What railway sleepers and cinders in between ?

 

[northstandsteve]

27 current league clubs, which surprised me when i was compiling my list.Favourites would always be where the Albion won. Some good memories though,

Maine Road - coin throwing on the Kippax
The Den - Bloody frightening especially 1991
Gay meadow - 2nd half crazy 0-0 ht 5-3 to the Albion full time.
County Ground - worst view ever
Roker park - great wins 1977 & 1982
The Dell - John Ruggeiro
Highfield Road - Comeback from 0-3 Gordon Smith hat trick
Saltergate - 1977 Pitch invasion and kung fu stars !!!
Baseball Ground - 1976 HT announcer a classic
Ninian Park - Smashed train windows 1979

There are many more....

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Nene Park, Rushden & Diamonds?, we played there during our tenure at Withdean.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Nene Park, Rushden & Diamonds?, we played there during our tenure at Withdean.

Wasn't that Coppell's last game in charge?

How could I have forgotten Ninian Park?

 

[Left Footer]

Wasn't that Coppell's last game in charge?

It was and also Zesh Rehman played and looked like a world beater.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Wasn't that Coppell's last game in charge?

It was and also Zesh Rehman played and looked like a world beater.

He did, and scored a cracking goal on his debut. Subsequent games have proved that he wasn't the world beater we thought he might be though.

 

[tinycowboy]

Lovely Gay Meadow was one of my favourites.

 

[Grombleton]

I've been looking up these old places i remember from my childhood (watching them on Telly mainly, not live) and then Googling their old location to see what's there now.

Anyone else done that, or is it just me and my sentimental ways?

 

[Lankyseagull]

Layer Road, Colchester was always an interesting away-day.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Lovely Gay Meadow was one of my favourites.

Yeah l loved Gay Meadow too. Shrewsbury is a lovely genteel town, very similar to Bermondsey really.