Britains best stadiums?

burly bill mclaren · Post by **burly bill mclaren** » Mon May 21, 2007 4:38 pm

new wembley
twickers
mill stadium
murrayfield
celtic park
hampden
old trafford
emirates
st james park
ibrox
man city
anfield
etc

what are best , why and in what order?

redtiger · Post by **redtiger** » Mon May 21, 2007 5:01 pm

millennium stadium is good, not been to new wembley but yeah will be there in 2 weeks, i like ibrox and obv anfield and WR too, but i also like killie's ground rugby park. st james' park is pretty cool too, and i like bolton's ground cause of the hotel de vere, got fond memories of that

POSTIGER · Post by **POSTIGER** » Mon May 21, 2007 5:15 pm

Sincil Bank.....

burly bill mclaren · Post by **burly bill mclaren** » Mon May 21, 2007 5:18 pm

wembley looks pretty awesome but I found myself misisng the old character and charm of old wembley. maybe Im too sentimental but these new stadiums are all starting to look the same.

isnt there a way to design them to look a bot of old and new? maybe take an old scoreboard and an old clock? anything I missed the twin towers and the place just seemed so huge and the seats so far back not to mention wembley is in the middle of nowehere. I think it will get backer atmosphere wise as the memories grow and the outside is completed properly

Jess · Post by **Jess** » Mon May 21, 2007 5:39 pm

Been to a grand total of 4 stadiums - Twickenham, Ashton Gate, The Memorial Stadium, and Goodison Park. Goodison is the best obviously out of the ones i've been to.

boondock · Post by **boondock** » Mon May 21, 2007 5:42 pm

franklins gardens has to be one of the top club rugby grounds, either in nl1 or the gp - plenty of parking, bars, toilets and not a bad view to be had.

i have to admit to some bias, of course, but that ground has such sentimental value for me.

when we get the team to match the quality of the facilities we'll be back at the top.

COME ON YOU SAINTS.

banbury tiger · Post by **banbury tiger** » Mon May 21, 2007 8:23 pm

WELFORD ROAD !!! :oD

redtiger · Post by **redtiger** » Mon May 21, 2007 8:55 pm

been to 24 stadiums that i can think of, 25 next week when i go to wem-ber-lee

burly bill mclaren · Post by **burly bill mclaren** » Mon May 21, 2007 10:05 pm

24 wow and whats your fave?

wellbutthatcouldbe · Post by **wellbutthatcouldbe** » Mon May 21, 2007 10:42 pm

Just had a quick add-up and reckon that I've seen a game at 22 of the current 92 Premier and Football League grounds, plus a few rugby grounds, Filbert Street, the Millennium and the old Wembley. I've also been around the Stadium of Light and Stamford Bridge on stadium tours.

The best I've seen a match at is the City of Manchester Stadium, although the fact that Leicester City won 3-0 there could colour my view slightly! I also like the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, and the Millennium and the Stadium of Light are obviously great stadia when full, but they weren't when I went there. On a slighter smaller level, Home Park in Plymouth is a pleasant ground in an attractive setting.

The worst - Elland Road (big but rubbish - or the away area is anyway), the Bescot Stadium in Walsall (small and rubbish - manages to combine all the downsides of building a new ground with none of the advantages), and the old Wembley (bags of history but you could see why it needed rebuilding!)

DCat · Post by **DCat** » Mon May 21, 2007 10:48 pm

Passed near Wembley on the way to HQ - 2,600 bogs (the most in one place in the world, they say) and an archway you can run a train through.

Awesome

redtiger · Post by **redtiger** » Tue May 22, 2007 8:22 am

burly bill mclaren wrote:24 wow and whats your fave?

prob the olympic stadium in berlin. i'm bias into hating old trafford as its home of the scum, it rained when i went there too, i like kingsholm as well its got bags of character. worst stadiums i've been too are prob loftus road, the madejski and yeah elland road is pretty grim. the nou camp isn't that great either but i had a good time there

100%rugbygirl · Post by **100%rugbygirl** » Tue May 22, 2007 10:26 am

I like the nou camp!!

Twickers is a bit rubbish, mill stadium is just fabulous i love it, the atmosphere everything is great except the food!!
like anfiled alot but then again bit bias as i would be saying that WR is amazing

Kingsholm aint bad, i quite like the memorial ground but not soo keen on ashton gate tho!!

Dave Angel · Post by **Dave Angel** » Tue May 22, 2007 11:50 am

At last count, I think I have watched rugby at 39 different venues around the world in the last decade, plus numerous others in the UK for football & cricket matches.

I think my favourite UK venue has to be the Millennium Stadium & possibly my favourite outside of the UK is Satdium Australia or Parc des Princes.

PdP is a bit of a concrete monstrosity but the atmosphere when full makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, hence why it is there, despite being a bit of a dump!