Selhurst Park was high on my football ground wish list this season. For three reasons. Firstly, with Palace about to get the final seal of approval of their plans for a new main stand, the days of the original…
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Selhurst Park – searching for Crystal Palace’s memorial garden
Tagged with: Archibald Leitch, Arthur Wait Stand, Crystal Palace, Eagles, Harry Kane, Holmesdale Road, Karl Marx, Memorial garden, museum, Sainsbury's, Selhurst Park, Tottenham, Whitehorse Lane
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“Not fit for modern-day football” – or “a magical monument for 119 years of footballing history”? – Blundell Park, Grimsby
Within the same week in September 1899, five new football grounds staged their first match. Highfield Road in Coventry, Tottenham’s White Hart Lane, Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough, Fratton Park in Portsmouth, and Grimsby Town’s Blundell Park. Having attended matches at the…
A women’s top game – but why not in a proper stadium?
My first women’s game in the UK is a top match. Manchester City against Reading. If Manchester City win their game in hand, they are top of the league – and they have already qualified for the Champions League semi-final.…
Tagged with: Academy Stadium, Etihad, FA Women's Super League, Manchester City, Manchester City Women's Team, Nadia Nadim, Reading Women's team, Women's football
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Not just another brick in the wall!
My first football trip to the UK of 2018 has two main features. Football memorial gardens and Archibald Leitch – the great stadium architect. A year ago, there were still nine stadiums with Archibald Leitch stands remaining in the UK.…
Tagged with: Archibald Leitch, Brick, Cleghorn Terracotta, Craven Cottage, Fratton Park, Goodison Park, Ibrox, Raith Rovers, Selhurst Park, Starks Park, Tynecastle
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Fratton Park – an iconic ground
A couple of weeks ago, someone in the facebook group “Football Stadia & Grounds” asked members to name the iconic features still in existence at British football grounds. Most mentioned the cottage at Craven Cottage, others Goodison Park and the…
Tagged with: Archibald Leitch, Blackpool, Christian Burgess, floodlight pylons, Football history, Fratton End, Fratton Park, Portsmouth
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Posh in the snow
“A proper old school ground” that is how one of my fellow groundhoppers described Peterborough United’s London Road – or rather the ABAX stadium as it is called now. One of the standing terraces, however, was replaced by a brand…
Tagged with: Chris Turner, Peterborough United, Safe standing, Standing terrace, The Posh, Walsall, wooden seats
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Looking for Archie part 3 – Tynecastle
The third and final day of Dynamo Birkerod´s trip of Scottish football grounds is, arguably, the big one. It will probably be the title-decider. And it will be our last chance ever to get a look at Archibald Leitch’s main…
Tagged with: Ann Budge, Archibald Leitch, Avengers, Celtic, Heart of Midlothian, Hearts, Hearts Foundation, Infinity War, McCrae's battalion, Memorial garden, Michael Lustig, Royal Ettrick, The Athletic Arms, The Diggers, Tynecastle, White Hart
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