Greatest foreign grounds?

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Re: Greatest foreign grounds?

by AbovetheI » 06 Apr 2011 16:51

The old Waldstadion in Frankfurt is my favourite


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by buzzby » 06 Apr 2011 16:59

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What is the capacity of that thing? Love it, although would have more seating behind the goal.


I think its around the 100,000 mark. All the seating can be moved around aswell I believe. There was an episode of Extreme Engineering on it.

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by Ark Royal » 06 Apr 2011 20:08

prostak Isn't it Zenit's stadium in St Petersburg?


The Petrovsky Stadium. Zenit were shit when I saw them, then they got huge financial backing from Gazprom.

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by prostak » 06 Apr 2011 20:19

I went to remind myself of which Polish team had installed the cage for away fans, and found out it's clearly catching on.
CWKS Rzeszowia Rzeszów


and best of all, Lechia Gdansk



Bearing in mind Lechia are shortly to move into the 44.000 capacity Arena Baltycka, a Euro 12 host stadium. Progress will come, even if it must be forced!

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by Mr Optimist » 06 Apr 2011 20:52

Thos pics Remind me of watching Reading away at places like Twerton Park to watch us play Rovers and Northampton's old County Ground in the late 80s!


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by Royal With Cheese » 07 Apr 2011 11:48

Mr Optimist Thos pics Remind me of watching Reading away at places like Twerton Park to watch us play Rovers and Northampton's old County Ground in the late 80s!

The worst was fellows park. I recon the fences were 30 foot high!

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by Tad Showbiz » 07 Apr 2011 16:26

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Mr Optimist Thos pics Remind me of watching Reading away at places like Twerton Park to watch us play Rovers and Northampton's old County Ground in the late 80s!

The worst was fellows park. I recon the fences were 30 foot high!


Some pics on football ground guide of fellowes park - never went so didn't experince the high fences....

http://www.oldgrounds.co.uk/fellows_park_walsall.htm

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by Archie's penalty » 07 Apr 2011 17:41

You look at pics like that and you wonder there weren't more disasters. There was crowd trouble but then to blame foootball fans and treat them like cattle was surely not the best preventative method?

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by Rev Algenon Stickleback H » 08 Apr 2011 20:40

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Mr Optimist Thos pics Remind me of watching Reading away at places like Twerton Park to watch us play Rovers and Northampton's old County Ground in the late 80s!

The worst was fellows park. I recon the fences were 30 foot high!


I was more worried by the roof panels lifting off in the breeze, and the section of roof beam lying on the floor of the terrace.


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by Libertine » 09 Apr 2011 04:13

The Yale Bowl, New Haven, CT. Seats 64,000 and is a great place to take in a game. The stadium was used for concerts in the 1970's but it stopped hosting them in 1980 due to noise complaints from people living in the neighborhood. It has been designated a national historic landmark by the US government in 1987.




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by Mr Angry » 09 Apr 2011 11:31

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Mr Optimist Thos pics Remind me of watching Reading away at places like Twerton Park to watch us play Rovers and Northampton's old County Ground in the late 80s!

The worst was fellows park. I recon the fences were 30 foot high!


I took some pics at Fellows Park when we played Walsall about 2 or 3 games before they closed the place - and yep, the fences were close to 20/25 foot high! Insane!

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by Mr Angry » 09 Apr 2011 11:35

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Mr Optimist Thos pics Remind me of watching Reading away at places like Twerton Park to watch us play Rovers and Northampton's old County Ground in the late 80s!

The worst was fellows park. I recon the fences were 30 foot high!


Some pics on football ground guide of fellowes park - never went so didn't experince the high fences....

http://www.oldgrounds.co.uk/fellows_park_walsall.htm


Don't know when that website data was written, but I'm pretty sure that there were more than 2 other League grounds named after people..............Adams Park for one. (oh yeah - don't we play in a ground named after some bloke as well??)

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by SLAMMED » 09 Apr 2011 21:12

Only ever been to one foreign ground...

The Nou Camp.



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by Toon Toon Blue army » 11 Apr 2011 09:48

soggy biscuit







More info on these grounds please!!??

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by Deadlock » 11 Apr 2011 13:12

Third one down is Braga's ground in Portugal. Got used for Euro 2004.

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by Rev Algenon Stickleback H » 11 Apr 2011 18:44

Top one is singapore harbour, and the last is in South Africa.

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by swansea jack » 11 Apr 2011 18:59

Rev Algenon Stickleback H Top one is singapore harbour, and the last is in South Africa.


What is the SA stad?

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by RFC and England » 11 Apr 2011 19:34

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Rev Algenon Stickleback H Top one is singapore harbour, and the last is in South Africa.


What is the SA stad?


Think it's Odi Stadium near Pretoria. Drove past it en route to Bloemfontein last summer. Absolute dump.

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by papereyes » 12 Apr 2011 16:07

2nd one is the Faeroes?

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