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[Football] The new Craven Cottage
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TheBigUnit
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It’s definitely an improvement!
TheBigUnit
Active member
...and nice defeat in front of it too this evening.
el punal
Well-known member
Looks very smart to me. Good to have something that can be used more than just match days.
Looks lovely.
The pitch looks a bit wet.
Jack Straw
I look nothing like him!
I remember standing on the terrace there before they built the stand they knocked down to build this one. If rumours are to be believed, we bought Teddy Maybank from Fulham for £ 238,000 which happened to be how much they owed on the building of the old stand.
Barham's tash
Well-known member
Looks excellent and as someone who used to love jogging along the Thames Path when I lived in Barnes it’s great that they’ve restored the path behind the stand on non match days.
They also had their own random challenge from the planning process similar to our bat/vehicle collision ratio [credit [MENTION=21064]easy[/MENTION]10] as there were those from the sailing fraternity sited across the river that claimed the stand would alter the local wind patterns and stop them teaching people to sail Lasers on Putney Pond as that part of the river is colloquially known...
NIMBYs will try anything won’t they?!
They also had their own random challenge from the planning process similar to our bat/vehicle collision ratio [credit [MENTION=21064]easy[/MENTION]10] as there were those from the sailing fraternity sited across the river that claimed the stand would alter the local wind patterns and stop them teaching people to sail Lasers on Putney Pond as that part of the river is colloquially known...
NIMBYs will try anything won’t they?!
Looks fantastic. I love going up the Cottage and look forward to another visit. After they've got themselves promoted back to the EPL, obvs 
ATFC Seagull
Aberystwyth Town FC
Don't they do that by virtue of being stadiums? Especially if they're used for a wider range of events, different sports and male/female teams etc. I appreciate not everyone has an interest in watching sport, but I'd say there are plenty of bigger buildings out there that benefit way less people.
Not sure images of the back of the stand are that relevant. it's the view of the pitch that's important.
If you want to be a purist with a letterbox view from the back of the Anfield Rd Stand or dodging pillars at Goodison or trying to fit 3k away fans into shoe boxes underneath the stand at Old Trafford at half time then carry on. Me, personally I prefer the new.
If you want to be a purist with a letterbox view from the back of the Anfield Rd Stand or dodging pillars at Goodison or trying to fit 3k away fans into shoe boxes underneath the stand at Old Trafford at half time then carry on. Me, personally I prefer the new.
Weststander
Well-known member
Two of those are disappearing. A new 16,000 seat Anfield Road Stand is to be built post lockdown.
Whilst Everton are to build a 53,000 waterfront stadium on a former dock.
Pint of Ale and a Burger
New member
Looks really smart.
I wonder if some of those balcony's are for corporate so they have a view of the pitch one side and a view of the river the other?
If thats the case it's pretty cool but even if not they have created a really nice useful side to the stadium in a stylish manner.
Usually these things still look like part of a football stadium but I wouldn't guess there is a stadium behind that frontage if I didn't know.
I wonder if some of those balcony's are for corporate so they have a view of the pitch one side and a view of the river the other?
If thats the case it's pretty cool but even if not they have created a really nice useful side to the stadium in a stylish manner.
Usually these things still look like part of a football stadium but I wouldn't guess there is a stadium behind that frontage if I didn't know.
DavePage
Well-known member
an exclusive and very expensive private club facility oh and they play 23 games of football there a season, when its finished.
I wonder how much the small cottage is worth nowadays
I wonder how much the small cottage is worth nowadays
The sauna and pool look especially nice; gotta love modern football. Who fancies joining me for a pre-match dip and steam? I presume I will have to ditch my European sauna ways and wear my Speedos?
That Everton stadium looks brilliant as well, and in a lovely waterside setting.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
I could stretch to that, provided man bags can be taken and compared.
