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Best 'new' ground

Alex Wright
Alex Wright Posts: 8,214
edited January 2009 in General Charlton
following the worst ground thread.....

Do any of the newly opened grounds have any merit? I think Huddersfield is better than most. Can't stand Southampton or Middlesborough.

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  • razil
    razil Posts: 15,041
    Hudd won an architectural award I believe.

    Very disappointed with the view we had at the Emirates.
  • 1905
    1905 Posts: 2,763
    Sunderland's is ok.......

    Hate Boro, Derby, and Bolton - all of which seem to have come off the same drawing board.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,560
    I liked Coventry and Man City.
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,860
    edited January 2009
    I like the Stadium of Light and the City of Manchester Stadium, the rest are a bit meh
  • razil
    razil Posts: 15,041
    er the Valley aint bad...

    :)
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,945
    I thought the Emirates was pretty good, to many are just carbon copies of each other, Boro, Saints, Derby etc...
  • Valley_floyd_red
    Valley_floyd_red Posts: 3,194
    Funny, I was chatting to my mate about this last weekend as we were reminiscing about the grounds we've been to. Huddersfield is a terrific stadium but apart from that I've always found most of the New build stadia to be devoid of any character, the Emirates and Eastlands are perfect examples of this and looking at the plans for the new White Heart Lane stadium it seems the English approach to new stadium builds will result in more indentikit building. I much prefer grounds that been developed over a period of time like Stamford Bridge.

    My favourite new stadium isn't in England, but Germany. The Rhein Energie Stadion in Cologne is brilliantly designed. Ironically it feels like an old fashioned English stadium with the fans right next and over the pitch. It's also visually striking with its vertical floodlight towers at each corner. Also, the beer and half-time sausages are excellent.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,173
    Wembley! Shame about the atmosphere though. The other new grounds are all pretty crap.
  • randy andy
    randy andy Posts: 5,462
    [cite]Posted By: Valley_floyd_red[/cite]Funny, I was chatting to my mate about this last weekend as we were reminiscing about the grounds we've been to. Huddersfield is a terrific stadium but apart from that I've always found most of the New build stadia to be devoid of any character, the Emirates and Eastlands are perfect examples of this and looking at the plans for the new White Heart Lane stadium it seems the English approach to new stadium builds will result in more indentikit building. I much prefer grounds that been developed over a period of time like Stamford Bridge.

    My favourite new stadium isn't in England, but Germany. The Rhein Energie Stadion in Cologne is brilliantly designed. Ironically it feels like an old fashioned English stadium with the fans right next and over the pitch. It's also visually striking with its vertical floodlight towers at each corner. Also, the beer and half-time sausages are excellent.

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/RheinEnergieStadion_Köln_001.jpg
  • Valley_floyd_red
    Valley_floyd_red Posts: 3,194
    Ahhhh! That brings back some memories. Cheers Andy.

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  • ISawLeaburnScore
    ISawLeaburnScore Posts: 9,780
    KC in Hull
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    Bluetongue Stadium Gosford
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    THERE AINT ANY SOULESS GHOST HOLES
  • Amos on the wing
    Amos on the wing Posts: 1,804
    Stadium of Light-Sunderland
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,069
    Princes Park - Dartford
  • InspectorSands
    InspectorSands Posts: 5,207
    City of Manchester - luxurious, and there's a good atmosphere.
    Princes Park - beautifully designed for a small club.

    Ashburton Grove's a bit soulless for me.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,408
    City Of Manchester
  • tricky
    tricky Posts: 1,291
    not been to City of Manchester on a matchday, only on a 6th form trip, but I was impressed.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,173
    I've only been to the City of Manchester car park!

    I think Man City lost a lot of their identity when they left Maine Road, which was one of my favourite away grounds.
  • Afternoon Delight
    Afternoon Delight Posts: 930
    [cite]Posted By: razil[/cite]Hudd won an architectural award I believe.

    Very disappointed with the view we had at the Emirates.

    True the view we had at the Emirates was very poor, it's made all the worse by the fact that if you sit pretty much anywhere else in there the view is excellent.

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  • Riscardo
    Riscardo Posts: 2,338
    The New London Stadium !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
  • JohnnyH2
    JohnnyH2 Posts: 5,377
    Sunderland, got everything right. near the city centre, good atmosphere with the histroy of the club not forgotten.

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