It is almost surreal. It is February, the sun is beaming down, it is hot – and I am sweating on my way up the sloping Park Road in Aberdeen. A green bus stop marks the summit. Standing out against…
Monthly Archives: March 2019
Pittodrie – from gallow hill and dung yard to cemetery and football ground
Tagged with: Aberdeen, Archibald Leitch, cemetery, dunghill, football ground, Hamilton Academicals, Pittodrie, rifle range
Posted in Football grounds
Posted in Football grounds
Tannadice – what gives a football ground character?
When I made my list of the top 24 English football grounds back in December, I was asked about the criteria. Well, they are not clear-cut. If I should nail it down to just one word, I would say “character”,…
Tagged with: allotments, Dens Park, Dundee F.C., Dundee Hibernian, Dundee United, Dundee Wanderers, floodlights, Ralph Milne, Sandeman Road, Simon Inglis, Tangerine, Tannadice
Posted in Football grounds
Posted in Football grounds
 | Marie Chase on Britannia Stadium, Stoke |
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 | Brian A Barnes on Selhurst Park – searchin… |
Football and material culture 