Best ground you've been to.
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Anfield on a Champions League night.
Bernabeu and Nou Camp I didn’t really think much. Granted tourism plays a massive part in filling them massive stadiums.
Can’t recall the atmospheres of Celtic and Rangers, it’s been a few years.
The old Wembley had a special feeling. Haven’t been the new one yet.
Would love to go the Westfalenstadion and Allianz some day. Atmospheres look amazing.
Bernabeu and Nou Camp I didn’t really think much. Granted tourism plays a massive part in filling them massive stadiums.
Can’t recall the atmospheres of Celtic and Rangers, it’s been a few years.
The old Wembley had a special feeling. Haven’t been the new one yet.
Would love to go the Westfalenstadion and Allianz some day. Atmospheres look amazing.
3. Westfalenstadion - especially v Bayern or Schalke. Great stadium, great fans. Go on the south terrace (yellow wall)
2. San Siro- for the Milan derby. Just a cathedral of football
1. Bombonera- Unexplainable. Crappy hochpoch of a stadium, shaped like a letter D, no roof, but the history, the passion, the scary pre Hillsborough death trap fenced in terracing, flares, rockets, no hint of H&S, police on the payroll of the hooligans..... just magical. Boca v River, the whole place just throbs, you half expect it to fall down.
I don't think I'd go again, but I wouldn't have missed it for the world. Every fan should go......once.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhQ58_G-oUc
2. San Siro- for the Milan derby. Just a cathedral of football
1. Bombonera- Unexplainable. Crappy hochpoch of a stadium, shaped like a letter D, no roof, but the history, the passion, the scary pre Hillsborough death trap fenced in terracing, flares, rockets, no hint of H&S, police on the payroll of the hooligans..... just magical. Boca v River, the whole place just throbs, you half expect it to fall down.
I don't think I'd go again, but I wouldn't have missed it for the world. Every fan should go......once.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhQ58_G-oUc
Edited by TwigtheWonderkid on Thursday 4th April 22:10
Edited by TwigtheWonderkid on Thursday 4th April 22:45
Old grounds that had an appeal/steeped in history.
Pre Taylor
craven cottage
Baseball ground
Wembley
Post Taylor I find a bit soulless..apart from Cardiff Millennium stadium (at the time), great cup finals days out there.
Abroad (but these were Euro Cup night matches).
Santiago Bernabeu
San Siro
Pre Taylor
craven cottage
Baseball ground
Wembley
Post Taylor I find a bit soulless..apart from Cardiff Millennium stadium (at the time), great cup finals days out there.
Abroad (but these were Euro Cup night matches).
Santiago Bernabeu
San Siro
Pre Taylor, there were some great places to watch football in England, especially as an away fan. The Clock End at Highbury and the Scoreboard Paddock at Old Trafford were my favourites.
That's me in the Clock End in 1985. I'm the one celebrating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1bDQ6WoGGQ
That's me in the Clock End in 1985. I'm the one celebrating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1bDQ6WoGGQ
Pre & post Taylor are really different experiences. Back in the day most grounds could get a decent atmosphere and be s
tholes at the same time.
One that amazed me was the Stade Velodrome (pre refurb), it generated an cracking atmosphere for one without a roof, the Marseille fans are something else. Of the modern ones I think the Millenium is the template but Spurs sound very promising, never really liked the old WHL. Of the smaller ones I thought the new Chesterfield ground was spot on, pity it broke them. I was disappointed with the Maracana but it was a league game at 20% of capacity and was pretty run down. Odd setup there as well with seating on the lower tier and standing on the upper.
tholes at the same time. One that amazed me was the Stade Velodrome (pre refurb), it generated an cracking atmosphere for one without a roof, the Marseille fans are something else. Of the modern ones I think the Millenium is the template but Spurs sound very promising, never really liked the old WHL. Of the smaller ones I thought the new Chesterfield ground was spot on, pity it broke them. I was disappointed with the Maracana but it was a league game at 20% of capacity and was pretty run down. Odd setup there as well with seating on the lower tier and standing on the upper.
Speed 3 said:
Pre & post Taylor are really different experiences. Back in the day most grounds could get a decent atmosphere and be stholes at the same time.
Maine rd was a stholes at the same time. thole. I remember having to wade through a stream of piss if you needed the toilet and the view could be awful but I loved it 
stuartmmcfc said:
Maine rd was a sthole. I remember having to wade through a stream of piss if you needed the toilet and the view could be awful but I loved it
Luxury !thole. I remember having to wade through a stream of piss if you needed the toilet and the view could be awful but I loved it Plough Lane Wimbledon was by far the worst for toilets .
I think the new Spud stadium will take some beating in the UK until another huge stadium is built.
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