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  • Nicholas
    Nicholas Posts: 7,632
    Bedsaddick said:

    killerandflash said:

    Nicholas said:

    Mk Dons
    Wigan
    Fulham

    MK Dons is in a dull area, but is actually quite a nice stadium.

    Fulham has masses of character, riverside location, historic stand, the Cottage, the Michael Jackson staue!

    True . MK Dons is a nice stadium it's just a shame the supporters don't give it any atmosphere.
    Fulham has tons of character.
    Might be nice grounds but still souless and shite

  • Woodsywood
    Woodsywood Posts: 991
    Wembley been three times shite for any soul!
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,987
    Colchester's was terrible and made even worse by Big Mig
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,761
    Nicholas said:

    Bedsaddick said:

    killerandflash said:

    Nicholas said:

    Mk Dons
    Wigan
    Fulham

    MK Dons is in a dull area, but is actually quite a nice stadium.

    Fulham has masses of character, riverside location, historic stand, the Cottage, the Michael Jackson staue!

    True . MK Dons is a nice stadium it's just a shame the supporters don't give it any atmosphere.
    Fulham has tons of character.
    Might be nice grounds but still souless and shite

    Your confusing stadiums with atmosphere. Fulhams fans may be soulless but the stadium certainly isn't .in fact it has more character than most stadiums.
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    Bedsaddick said:

    Nicholas said:

    Bedsaddick said:

    killerandflash said:

    Nicholas said:

    Mk Dons
    Wigan
    Fulham

    MK Dons is in a dull area, but is actually quite a nice stadium.

    Fulham has masses of character, riverside location, historic stand, the Cottage, the Michael Jackson staue!

    True . MK Dons is a nice stadium it's just a shame the supporters don't give it any atmosphere.
    Fulham has tons of character.
    Might be nice grounds but still souless and shite

    Your confusing stadiums with atmosphere. Fulhams fans may be soulless but the stadium certainly isn't .in fact it has more character than most stadiums.
    The OP said boring stadium and then mentions souless stadiums, to my mind the fans are the soul of any stadium, and Craven Cottage has no soul. If we are talking about architecture, then yes its nice!
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,893
    The problem is that when building a medium sized stadium, certain templates get copied. For example, when Middlesbrough built the Riverside, it was quite stylish, but subsequently an awful lot of clubs have built very similar bowl grounds, so it looks boring.
    Sunderland (through their's is a lot bigger)
    Derby
    Leicester
    Soton
    Cardiff
    Reading
    Stoke (minus a couple of corners)
    Swansea
  • ISawLeaburnScore
    ISawLeaburnScore Posts: 9,779
    Colchester's for me. Like watching football in the twilight zone.
  • BIG_ROB
    BIG_ROB Posts: 5,274
    Gotta say that, for the money spent, I ain't too impressed with the new Wembley.
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,372
    BIG_ROB said:

    Gotta say that, for the money spent, I ain't too impressed with the new Wembley.

    I think they actually spent much more money than they needed to. A stadium in a similar design to the old Wembley but 'revamped' would have been absolutely fine.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,893
    BIG_ROB said:

    Gotta say that, for the money spent, I ain't too impressed with the new Wembley.

    Wembley is large, but unexciting. The outside isn't at all impressive for the money spent either.

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  • RedPanda
    RedPanda Posts: 4,989
    Been to most of the new ones and will have to go for The Ricoh. Edges it for me as they had the Tesco Stand.
  • jams
    jams Posts: 1,219
    all the new identikit grounds: southampton, leicester, sunderland etc.
  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486
    Greenie said:

    Bedsaddick said:

    Nicholas said:

    Bedsaddick said:

    killerandflash said:

    Nicholas said:

    Mk Dons
    Wigan
    Fulham

    MK Dons is in a dull area, but is actually quite a nice stadium.

    Fulham has masses of character, riverside location, historic stand, the Cottage, the Michael Jackson staue!

    True . MK Dons is a nice stadium it's just a shame the supporters don't give it any atmosphere.
    Fulham has tons of character.
    Might be nice grounds but still souless and shite

    Your confusing stadiums with atmosphere. Fulhams fans may be soulless but the stadium certainly isn't .in fact it has more character than most stadiums.
    The OP said boring stadium and then mentions souless stadiums, to my mind the fans are the soul of any stadium, and Craven Cottage has no soul. If we are talking about architecture, then yes its nice!
    Yeah. Those 3 temporary stands are fine examples of modern architecture.
  • C.Walsh'sLoveChild
    C.Walsh'sLoveChild Posts: 3,334
    i think the Reebok was the worst i have ever been to
  • Huskaris
    Huskaris Posts: 9,854
    Vicarage road. By design actually. Until they sort out that stand its going to be terrible.

    I think craven cottage we saw on a "bad day" so can't judge on the FA cup performance alone.

    Emirates. Terrible

    Every time I've been to Wembley it's been pretty bad too. I think that's largely cos you can't get songs etc going very well. Best atmosphere I've seen in the 5/6 games I've been to there ironically was the Olympics... Senegal v Uruguay (followed by GB v UAE) was amazing. Everyone cheering on Senegal and Suarez getting booed every time he got the ball was hilarious.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,055
    Can anyone beat St Mirren Park ?

    It's one of these new identikit stadiums with four stands, all the same size, built on an industrial estate and they don't sell alcohol inside.

    http://www.stadiumguide.com/wp-content/uploads/stmirrenpark_front.jpg
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,362
    The advantages of out of town 'boring' stadia are several:

    Decent urinals
    Easy to get to
    Decent parking
    Good viewing from most seats
    Easy access to catering facilities.
    AND: A long way from residential areas so that the non footballing local dwellers are generally free from yobbos and dickheads smashing their property and persons.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,106
    edited February 2013
    Why people say Craven Cottage has character is beyond me. Two cheap temporary ends, a plain as anything stand by the river and a stand that looks nice from the road but not from inside. I guess it must be the cottage itself?

    Grounds with character:
    Goodison
    Hillsborough
    Villa Park.

    The Stade Louis 2 has more character than Craven Cottage.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,018
    Mk Dons & Ricoh are the worst by a country mile.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,893
    image

    Doncaster's Keepmoat is probably the ultimate bowl stadium, without even the 2 tier main stand that some grounds have...

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  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,828
    Lincsaddick said:

    The advantages of out of town 'boring' stadia are several:

    Decent urinals
    Easy to get to
    Decent parking
    Good viewing from most seats
    Easy access to catering facilities.
    AND: A long way from residential areas so that the non footballing local dwellers are generally free from yobbos and dickheads smashing their property and persons.

    Sounds like Bluewater. Soulless.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    gotta say, i agree about the new wembley. The old one was so steeped in brilliant history and this one just feels so plastic and corporate. Same with the emirates.
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,025
    Wembley is horrific.
    Says a lot for me to say this but I'd prefer to go to see a game at the Cameldome than Wembley.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,055
    I still miss the twin towers, thought I would be over it by now.
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    edited February 2013
    Anywhere that @ME14addick has ever been or is contemplating ever going
  • maybe_baby
    maybe_baby Posts: 2,609
    Can't stop looking at pics of the Ricoh...it is the worst, its an abomination...I know I'm going to have bad dreams about it.
  • SE10
    SE10 Posts: 2,169
    The Valley's been dead ever since we built the North Upper... Nowhere near as bad as the above mentioned grounds though.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,987
    edited February 2013
    All depends who's playing at Wembley. England games are pretty poor...however a playoff final or FA Cup game brings the place to life and you see what its all about.
    Went to the Everton v Man Utd semi-final there a couple of years ago and the place was rocking.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,106
    SE10 said:

    The Valley's been dead ever since we built the North Upper... Nowhere near as bad as the above mentioned grounds though.

    I agree with you there. I used to be proud of our atmosphere.
  • 9goalswentpastperry
    9goalswentpastperry Posts: 1,109
    The Ricoh for me. It edges out the other soulless bowls as there was no reason for them to leave Highfield Road in the first place. So far out of town too. These new stadia make it a pain for train travellers.

    I miss the Baseball Ground, Filbert Street, Roker Park etc. Derby, Leicester and Sunderland have all won promotion at their new grounds so would have benefitted from larger capacities and felt vindicated for moving but they have all lost something by doing so.

    Grounds that I used to think were awful now seem charming. I shall miss Roots Hall when Southend move for example. I'm sure Oxford is a lesser day out now the Manor is no more.

    Oh and I know we've never played there so it won't be on many people's radar but the Deva Stadium in Chester is a breeze block fuelled Hell hole. I visit with a Seals supporting mate now and again.

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