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…
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Fratton Park – an iconic ground
Tagged with: Archibald Leitch, Blackpool, Christian Burgess, floodlight pylons, Football history, Fratton End, Fratton Park, Portsmouth
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Posted in Football grounds
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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Posted in Football grounds
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
Posted in Football grounds, Football museum, Uncategorized
Posted in Football grounds, Football museum, Uncategorized
Looking for Archie part 2 – Ibrox
We are still on a high after Aberdeen’s 7 goals at Dens Park the previous night. And now our Dynamo Birkerod team is completed with the late arrival of Ib and his two sons last night. We are a full…
Tagged with: Archibald Leitch, Billy Struth, Celtic, Football and sectarianism, Glasgow Rangers, Hampden Park, Ibrox, John Greig, Motherwell, Old Firm, Queens Park, Scottish Football museum, Stadium disaster 1902, Stadium disaster 1971, Wee Rangers Club
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Posted in Football grounds, Football museum, Uncategorized
Looking for Archie part 1 – Dens Park
As the purpose of my veteran football club, Dynamo Birkerod, is to provide sports and cultural activities in the Anglo-Saxon football and gentleman tradition to the benefit of the members’ physical and intellectual well-being, I had decided to organize a…
Tagged with: Aberdeen, Archibald Leitch, Dens Park, Dundee F.C., Dynamo Birkerød, Tannardice
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Men of Steel at Stadium of Light
It is Sunday morning, 7.40. I enter Huddersfield station an hour and a half before my 9.18 train is due to leave for Newcastle. I hope to find some breakfast and a quiet place to write on my blogpost about…
Tagged with: Archibald Leitch, Bob Stokoe, Elizabeth's, Manchester City, Newcastle, Roker Park, Stadium of Light, Sunderland AFC, Wearmouth Bridge, Wearmouth Collery
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Posted in Football grounds, Uncategorized
Two matches a day keep frustrations away
As I get up in the morning, I feel rather nervous and uneasy. I am not quite sure why. I am to sneak off from the conference I am attending to catch Manchester United against Bournemouth, and from there I…
Tagged with: Bournemouth, Harold Wilson, Huddersfield Town, Jimi Hendrix, John Smith Stadium, Manchester United, Match of the Day, Newcastle United, Old Trafford, Stretford End, Toon Army, United Pie, Zlatan
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Posted in Football grounds, Uncategorized
Broken Hearts at Tynecastle
Following the trip to Rochdale that ended in Bury, I am off to Edinburgh. From a financial point of view, one of the most important things about groundhopping is getting the train tickets right. You have to buy in advance…
Tagged with: Archibald Leitch, Heart of Midlothian, Hearts, Lou Macari, Ross County, Tynecastle, WW1
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Posted in Football grounds, Uncategorized
Delights and perils of groundhopping
End of February means that I am off to my annual meeting up with the Sports and Leisure History network at Manchester Metropolitan University in Crewe. And, as usual, I throw in a handful of football matches before and after.…
Tagged with: Bury F.C., Coventry F.C., Gigg Lane, Groundhopping, Manchester United Museum, National Football Museum, Rochdale F.C., Spotland, Zlatan
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Posted in Football grounds, Football museum, Football museums, Uncategorized
Valley Parade, Bradford
Of all the horrible stadium disasters, the one that always has haunted me the most is the Bradford City fire in 1985. I remember watching the television news in horror, as they showed how the flames spread in seconds. 56…
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