Wycombe? End of a cul de sac of light industrial units, then fields all around.Just thinking of Luton, as we play them this weekend, weirdest ground location? Kenilworth Road has to be up there and having to walk down dog shit alley!
At the time (talking late 1970s) Maine Road was a fairly typical example of a ground location albeit the back alleys weren’t for the faint hearted.I thought Maine Road was in an odd location, down all those back alleys
I remember going to watch a mid week FA cup replay, and wondering when we were going to get ambushed.
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I remember going to watch a mid week FA cup replay, and wondering when we were going to get ambushed.
PerfectNewcastle....slap bang in the City Centre
I think that was just Rotherham.Rotherham's old ground Millmoor - didn't we used to have to walk through a junk yard to get to the away end?
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Have to agree, Wycombe is strange.Wycombe? End of a cul de sac of light industrial units, then fields all around.
Yeah was weird behind the away endRotherham's old ground Millmoor - didn't we used to have to walk through a junk yard to get to the away end?
Booths scrapyard. Still taking rolling stock for disposal off the railways.Rotherham's old ground Millmoor - didn't we used to have to walk through a junk yard to get to the away end?
and no F-ing pubs!Wycombe? End of a cul de sac of light industrial units, then fields all around.
You beat me to it 20s, is it even Bolton?Bolton in the middle of a load of fields just off the M61.
No. Horwich.You beat me to it 20s, is it even Bolton?
You beat me to it 20s, is it even Bolton?
After Bolton away under Grayson (one of the worst games ever), I was getting the train back to Manchester and the train was rammed and then emptied at Bolton station (2 stops after Horwich Parkway) - imagine having to get a TRAIN for home games when you actually live in Bolton. What a ridiculous decision by whoever that was, I'd be fuming as a Bolton fanNo. Horwich.
Thanks Wiz thought soNo. Horwich.
Yep remember going to Maine road and the kippax. Their fans were proper intimidating. Up there with one of the most hostile environments to watch a game for meAt the time (talking late 1970s) Maine Road was a fairly typical example of a ground location albeit the back alleys weren’t for the faint hearted.
I would go there as a neutral when I was at Uni (around £1 for a seat in the open Platt Lane stand and cheaper in the Kippax ) and you felt safe enough. But when we played there and we went in the away part of the Kippax that was another matter..
We did but as it was the first away game I went to I have great memories of it , we had to beat them to stay up in a midweek game & we did due to Colin Morris as far as I rememberRotherham's old ground Millmoor - didn't we used to have to walk through a junk yard to get to the away end?
As an away fan it's like watching a game of Subbuteo.Perfect
The Allianz Arena is well outside Munichs city centre and although it is served by a very good underground / overground metro system they don’t half force and pack you on the train after a game back to the city. And if you drive it can take you a good 1 hour plus to get off the car parks.Bayern Munich and Ajax seemed quite a journey from the city centres.
An hour to get off the car park? That's almost as bad as at Bloomfield! Almost...The Allianz Arena is well outside Munichs city centre and although it is served by a very good underground / overground metro system they don’t half force and pack you on the train after a game back to the city. And if you drive it can take you a good 1 hour plus to get off the car parks.
On the same basis, Monaco is on top of a multi storey car park.Perhaps this is more the answer to "weirdest shopping centre location", but St.Jakob stadoin in Basel has a shopping mall underneath the pitch, there is a sticker in the shopping centre showing where you are directly underneath the centre spot.
Ditto Wembley car parksAn hour to get off the car park? That's almost as bad as at Bloomfield! Almost...
Everton's new ground when it eventually gets built will be a genuine nightmare for egress. There is zero car parking in the area, no decent transport links and the stadium is being crammed into a dockside location that is barely bigger than the stadium footprint, with access only available from one short end of the ground.
Its also next door to a sewage works.
Perfect spot for the blueshite I suppose.
The trains were packed and it was a fair walk to the ground from the station.The Allianz Arena is well outside Munichs city centre and although it is served by a very good underground / overground metro system they don’t half force and pack you on the train after a game back to the city. And if you drive it can take you a good 1 hour plus to get off the car parks.
Agreed, however for location it’s perfect, IMOAs an away fan it's like watching a game of Subbuteo.