The_Viking_Magpie
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Which old ground didn’t have character?
Gay Meadow we similar i.e. a drain pipe cut in half.Saltergate Away End terrace toilets
Functionality is probably does a job, but design wise it isn't great IMO but probably perfectly ok for what they need. It was/is just a little too concrete/breeze block/square IMO but perhaps that's just personal preference. I'd be disappointed if Lincoln went down a similar line.Burton's ground is excellent, they built it to the right spec and I always enjoy going there. We have our company Christmas do there every year and the facilities off the pitch are spot on.
They couldn't have built it anywhere nearer the town centre so where they did build it is as ideal as it could have been.
Gay Meadow we similar i.e. a drain pipe cut in half.
Saltergate got an extra point for being able to watch the game whilst having a piss.
Functionality is probably does a job, but design wise it isn't great IMO but probably perfectly ok for what they need. It was/is just a little too concrete/breeze block/square IMO but perhaps that's just personal preference. I'd be disappointed if Lincoln went down a similar line.
Burton ground is ok as long as you don’t take a big following. Our first visit we ended up with fans stood around the pitch behind the goal as it got too full whilst they moved some of the home fans along out the side terrace to accommodate them!
Southports away end was similar 2 tiny toilets with no room to piss in where if someone was stood at the next one you were virtually holding hands so everyone just pissed up against the wall at the side or the fence behind us.Gay Meadow we similar i.e. a drain pipe cut in half.
Saltergate got an extra point for being able to watch the game whilst having a piss.
What was wrong with them? You could watch the game while you had a pissSaltergate Away End terrace toilets
We had plans submitted and rejected for a new ground in the Trumpington area of Cambridge, just off the M11 and slightly further out than we are now. There’s not much nearby and in hindsight I’m glad it got rejected.
Rumours are that our chairman wants to buy the Abbey back from Grosvenor and redevelop it but that’s been talked about for some time. If that did happen, we’d redo the home end and move the pitch closer to the south stand so visitirs no longer need binoculars.
Aside from the proximity of the away end to the pitch and the lack of pubs immediately nearby, our ground is great and full of character. Any redevelopment would need to retain terracing behind the goal in my opinion (though I’d personally bung a seated tier on the top for big games). I always think the front of our ground could look more appealing to people driving down Newmarket Road and redoing that end would be an opportunity to get that right.
If we redevelop, it’ll happen one stand at a time I think.
What was wrong with them? You could watch the game while you had a piss
Not sure if it’s been sorted out but I’m convinced there used to be more people allowed in that terrace than there probably should be. We’ve only been there once but it’s definitely the most packed in I’ve ever been at a football game, was kids sat around the edge of the pitch and stuff.
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Folks should know that we've actually built a new station closer to the ground, Cambridge North. Not that it improves the drinking opportunities (can't beat Tennison Road and Mill Road) and nor is at as convenient as the original Barnwell Junction (not to be confused with Barnwell Station, which was in Northants).
but eventually (when they build a bridge), for the more bucolic, it might offer a nice walk across the river before meeting the cows on the common.
Not sure if it’s been sorted out but I’m convinced there used to be more people allowed in that terrace than there probably should be. We’ve only been there once but it’s definitely the most packed in I’ve ever been at a football game, was kids sat around the edge of the pitch and stuff.
I can’t comment - I used it once to get to London (I work that side of town) and mine was one of about 10 cars in the car park at 7am, it was dead quiet.Have they sorted out the timetable for it yet? Lived relatively nearby up until recently and there were so few trains it was hardly worth having to be honest.
We have come a long way since then - accommodating teams such as villa, Newcastle and Sunderland. Our ticketing has improved as has the stewarding.Burton ground is ok as long as you don’t take a big following. Our first visit we ended up with fans stood around the pitch behind the goal as it got too full whilst they moved some of the home fans along out the side terrace to accommodate them!
Burton ground is ok as long as you don’t take a big following. Our first visit we ended up with fans stood around the pitch behind the goal as it got too full whilst they moved some of the home fans along out the side terrace to accommodate them!
Scunthorpe has to be the worst ever ‘new build’. Out of town, bland, and a capacity of only about 8,000.
Bolton has standing?Scunny and Burton I don't mind so much because at least they have some standing.
Last time we went to Burton our fans were so packed in with no room that quite a lot of them had no option but to go onto the pitch.....
Is this League Two’s version of Lance StoeThat happened to me a few years back, at a Swindon v Bristol Rovers game, got forced to jump the barrier cos there was a surge down the front, and ended up getting dragged out with my arms pinned behind my back like a twat, tried to explain what had happened but the bellend stewards weren't listening so tried to nut one and got a banning order. Absolute joke.
Bolton has standing?
I think it was like the first league stadium to be built in 50 years at the time or something.Scunthorpe has to be the worst ever ‘new build’. Out of town, bland, and a capacity of only about 8,000.
I'm confused... his post doesn't show it's been edited so I'm not sure where you're getting Bolton from.Bolton has standing?
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