Having visited Bristol Rovers, a “homeless” team on the Tuesday, I moved on to something almost just as extraordinary. Exeter City, a club saved, owned and run by a supporters’ trust. The story of the supporters’ take-over is quite remarkable.…
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St. James Park, Exeter
Tagged with: ExEC club, Exeter City, George Best, Kiera Gould, Manchester United, Michael Jackson, Pele, St. James Park, Stagecoach Stand, Supporters Trust, Uri Geller
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Memorial Stadium – Bristol
I had several good reasons to make the Memorial Stadium in Bristol my next destination. First of all, I do work in a WW1 museum, and the Memorial Stadium was – as the name indicates – built as a memorial…
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Boundary Park, Oldham – or the SportsDirect.com Park
Telling people of my groundhopping project, many have adviced me to go to Boundary Park in Oldham. So being in Manchester on Good Friday, it was the obvious choice. Although some of the gloss was taken off my trip, as…
Tagged with: Boundary Park, Bristol City, groundhoppers, local support, Oldham
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The DW stadium, Wigan
I must admit that the DW stadium in Wigan wasn’t on my top 10 of stadiums to visit. It is one the stadiums of the 1990’s and there is no immediate danger of it being demolished. There is, though, a…
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The City Ground, Nottingham
If football had been invented today, Nottingham wouldn’t have happened. Two top football grounds only separated by the River Trent. And – on the Notts County side admittedly also a carpark. Today, they would have gone for one club and…
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The County Ground, Swindon
The magic roundabout. One roundabout consisting of five roundabouts. That was what swayed me to prefer the longer trip to Swindon rather than the shorter one to Reading on a dark November evening. And to get the roundabout out of…
Tagged with: Bob Menham, Charlie Henry, County Ground, Don Rogers, John Menham, Lou Macari, Swindon Town
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Griffin Park, Brentford
In the match programme for the night’s game against Norwich, the Brentford chairman Mark Devlin wrote: “Most teams we face have not been to Griffin Park for a number of years. The throwback to an old, traditional stadium, with its…
‘Proper museum’ or branding platform? Club museums in England.
Here is a chance to read my article on English club museums in Soccer and Society. http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/kHRSJBF5sYMqnbzxX2Rb/full#.VGYXX8lRwtU Be aware that only the first 50 readers will have access!
Kenilworth Road, Luton
Saturday morning in London. I come across hundreds of Arsenal supporters in their red “Emirates” shirts, on their way to an early kick-off against Manchester City. Finally, at Sct. Pancras, I also spot an orange “Easy Jet” Luton shirt. And…
Tagged with: Cheltenham, Daniel Gray, EasyJet, Hatters, Hungry Harry, Kenilworth Road, Luton Town, Oak Road End, terraced housing
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