Horley CTFC Saint Posted 24 April, 2011 Share Posted 24 April, 2011 Town Mead, Crawley Trowbridge Town Merthyr Tydfil Kettering Town Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 24 April, 2011 Share Posted 24 April, 2011 gotta be said wembley for zds ruined my illusion as a 10 year old that the home of football/ national stadium was going to be the best ground ever the score board didn't work the toilets didn't exist forest won which made for a horrible day all of this, +1 what a hideous day that was, where you sat paul? I remember being over the tunnel and at the end of the game we were singing "you can stick the zenith data up your arse...." and I was more than 10 btw;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsacar saint Posted 24 April, 2011 Share Posted 24 April, 2011 The Manor Ground in 1976,left an an awful lot to be desired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 24 April, 2011 Share Posted 24 April, 2011 Yep, the County Ground at Northampton for me as well, been there a few times. It's one of the long sides that faces the cricket pitch that doesn't have any stands, and in fact I'm sure just had a rope with some people standing behind it! Massive lol at the ground... AND the highlights; it's like Sunday League but worse! For all it's troubles, so glad football has moved on, even since 1993. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 24 April, 2011 Share Posted 24 April, 2011 And so in one sentence hamster disregards every post written so far. Yep. The worse [sic] the ground the nearer us mere mortals are to living that dream. Don't forget that I saw your enthusiasm at Fleming parkmlast year. Btw, let's take the Flem park kickabouts as a selection process formJillannes tournament eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted 24 April, 2011 Share Posted 24 April, 2011 How does Deppo know that The Withdean and Fratton Park are the worst stadiums?have you been to either?Saints retated?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 24 April, 2011 Author Share Posted 24 April, 2011 I played at both when I played professionally for Kidderminster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted 24 April, 2011 Share Posted 24 April, 2011 Liar...skates have never played them!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 24 April, 2011 Author Share Posted 24 April, 2011 I don't need you to believe me - my career speaks for itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 24 April, 2011 Share Posted 24 April, 2011 Exsaccerly. Unless i you've played at that level you should keep quiet. Tell us about the time you played for ingerland Zippo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 24 April, 2011 Share Posted 24 April, 2011 whatever you tw*ts are smoking, pass it over here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted 24 April, 2011 Share Posted 24 April, 2011 Plough Lane for me, shocking place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 24 April, 2011 Share Posted 24 April, 2011 Sportland Arena, Tallinn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 24 April, 2011 Share Posted 24 April, 2011 Fleet Town. Paola Hibernian's ground, Malta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 24 April, 2011 Share Posted 24 April, 2011 Fleminig park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints Fan Dan Posted 25 April, 2011 Share Posted 25 April, 2011 Boothferry Park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK_Phoey Posted 25 April, 2011 Share Posted 25 April, 2011 Firs Park East Stirling was bad, massive concrete wall at one end - the game against Arbroath was pretty poor too. In about 1993 I went to a Welsh Cup game - Merthyr Tydfil v Swansea in the away end. Terrible ground still with a metal cage but the atmosphere was mental, Cardiff fans turned up and started fighting with the Merthyr and Swansea fans (who were already fighting with each other). To top it all, in the Swansea end some Welsh nationalists started fighting with other Swansea fans who had put up a Northern Ireland flag with "Swansea Loyal" on it. The most hostile atmosphere I have ever experienced at a football match and there was probably only about 3000 people there. Have to agree East Stirlingshire's ground is one of the worst I have been to. Also went to Queen's Park in the 90's when they were rebuilding Hampden. Worst in England I have been to is Sheilfield Park, Berwick Rangers. **** it is cold when the wind and rain are blowing off the North Sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVSaint Posted 25 April, 2011 Share Posted 25 April, 2011 gotta be said wembley for zds ruined my illusion as a 10 year old that the home of football/ national stadium was going to be the best ground ever the score board didn't work the toilets didn't exist forest won which made for a horrible day I'll have some of what you're smoking. I admit I wasn't there that day, but I was there last April and it was superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuengirola Saint Posted 25 April, 2011 Share Posted 25 April, 2011 Easy - not sure the name of the ground, but Steaua Bucharest's, 2003 - crumbling concreate, grass growing through it - built into a bank which seemed to be the only way in and out, no toilet, no roof and tropical like storm on a cold wet night, no sleep, straight back on the bus to airport and we lost 1-0.... would not have missed it for the world! ;-) ****ed myself laughing (sorry) that those lads who had changed about £300 into Romanian, Lei, found you could get totalled on about a tenner and could not exchange it back! sorry but I had tried to warn folk about this on the old boad at the time ;-) That happened to me, i went to the cashpoint and was sure i put in the equivalent of 20 quid but got 200 quids worth instead That was about 7 million, luckily it was in the hotel and i ended up as an impromptu Bureaux de Change and got rid of it all for pounds, dollars and Euros, i think i actually made a bit :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 25 April, 2011 Share Posted 25 April, 2011 Most covered but for all of us that were there, Limerick would be in with a good shout (circa 1981). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Bognor Posted 25 April, 2011 Share Posted 25 April, 2011 Easy - not sure the name of the ground, but Steaua Bucharest's, 2003 - crumbling concreate, grass growing through it - built into a bank which seemed to be the only way in and out, no toilet, no roof and tropical like storm on a cold wet night, no sleep, straight back on the bus to airport and we lost 1-0.... would not have missed it for the world! ;-) ****ed myself laughing (sorry) that those lads who had changed about £300 into Romanian, Lei, found you could get totalled on about a tenner and could not exchange it back! sorry but I had tried to warn folk about this on the old boad at the time ;-) ****ed myself laughing when a bloke in the car park walked into a puddle and ended up waist deep in water. It was like that Vicar of Dibley sketch when she jumps in a puddle. With the health and safety brigade here, something like that could never here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 25 April, 2011 Share Posted 25 April, 2011 Weren't some of our fans tearing up Romanian money in the stands much to the locals displeasure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank's cousin Posted 25 April, 2011 Share Posted 25 April, 2011 Weren't some of our fans tearing up Romanian money in the stands much to the locals displeasure? Not taht I saw... it was ****ing down - banter with the local next to our 'cage' was was good... even got a bit tense, but fine at the end - lots of fans swapping things - although one bit was hilarious as a Saints fan through over his shirt only to receive teh world's smallest flag (about 8'' x 5'') in return which he tried in vaon to wrap aroun his shoulders as its was pouring down and pretty cold by now.... in the usual case of proper sainst fan solidarity everyone ****ed themselves laughing. Good trip that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SO16_Saint Posted 25 April, 2011 Share Posted 25 April, 2011 have just watched the highlights from Saturday. Not only is the Withdean a Sports Centre wannabe - it is unsafe, too. Just look at the crush of people when we score the second. For that reason - the Withdean gets the award for worst 'stadium' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altoniansaints Posted 25 April, 2011 Share Posted 25 April, 2011 Not been to many away in recent years (as now have little ones) so prob worse out there, but my worse experience away was Cardiff`s Ninian Park ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCholulaKid Posted 25 April, 2011 Share Posted 25 April, 2011 Izmir in Turkey. Went to see England in WCQ (1993). The terraces were crumbling rock which gave 40 000 crazed Turks 90 minutes of ammunition to lob at us. I had a half time kebab which gave me the ****s too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
equalizer Posted 25 April, 2011 Share Posted 25 April, 2011 Burnden Park, Bolton. They sold off half the terrace behind the goal to a supermarket and if you stood too far back you couldn't see the right hand side of the pitch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katalinic Posted 25 April, 2011 Share Posted 25 April, 2011 Just remembered another bad experience - Wigan's old ground Springfield Park, terracing in front of a big grass bank in the away end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 25 April, 2011 Share Posted 25 April, 2011 I'll have some of what you're smoking. I admit I wasn't there that day, but I was there last April and it was superb. Hmmm, wind up post surely? ALso why would you want to smoke something that made things worse?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednrednredandwhite Posted 25 April, 2011 Share Posted 25 April, 2011 in the 70's they had wooden terracing went to layer road in 74 with their wooden terracing, still in the days of "knees up mother brown". remember thinking please don't start jumping up and down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted 25 April, 2011 Share Posted 25 April, 2011 Weren't some of our fans tearing up Romanian money in the stands much to the locals displeasure? Yes, and wiping their ar5e on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archstanton Posted 25 April, 2011 Share Posted 25 April, 2011 That happened to me, i went to the cashpoint and was sure i put in the equivalent of 20 quid but got 200 quids worth instead That was about 7 million, luckily it was in the hotel and i ended up as an impromptu Bureaux de Change and got rid of it all for pounds, dollars and Euros, i think i actually made a bit :-) You owe me a refund you capitalist pig ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVEADAMS Posted 26 April, 2011 Share Posted 26 April, 2011 Oldham because its only got 3 stands. Carlisle because its a shed and the away end trails off one end of the pitch and you and up with a bad neck. Deepdale because they never have any ****ing beer. Went to Oldham years ago when we got spanked on the bloody plastic pitch. Was the worst and most depressing ground i had ever been to. Can anyone remember the exact score, think it was a cup game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 26 April, 2011 Share Posted 26 April, 2011 Went to Oldham years ago when we got spanked on the bloody plastic pitch. Was the worst and most depressing ground i had ever been to. Can anyone remember the exact score, think it was a cup game. 4-3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 26 April, 2011 Share Posted 26 April, 2011 I dont really understand all of this worst stadium stuff. I love all the old grounds regardless of how sh*t some people might think they are. They all have their own character and more interesting to go to than these identical, new stadiums with no character which are popping up everywhere where apart from the colour of the seats you could be anywhere in the country. I've enjoyed trips the last couple of season to places like Dagenham, Exeter & Swindon, some of these might feature highly on any "sh*t list" but for me each ground like that is a story, part of the away day something which you can remember clearly in the future. Like everyone going nuts on the away terrace at Exeter stood right behind the goal, hardly able to see when our 2nd goal went in, somehow it wouldn't have felt the same or been so memorable if i'd been say in a comfortable seat, high in the stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 26 April, 2011 Share Posted 26 April, 2011 I dont really understand all of this worst stadium stuff. I love all the old grounds regardless of how sh*t some people might think they are. They all have their own character and more interesting to go to than these identical, new stadiums with no character which are popping up everywhere where apart from the colour of the seats you could be anywhere in the country. I've enjoyed trips the last couple of season to places like Dagenham, Exeter & Swindon, some of these might feature highly on any "sh*t list" but for me each ground like that is a story, part of the away day something which you can remember clearly in the future. Like everyone going nuts on the away terrace at Exeter stood right behind the goal, hardly able to see when our 2nd goal went in, somehow it wouldn't have felt the same or been so memorable if i'd been say in a comfortable seat, high in the stands. Exactly. I just don't get how some people think a shiny souless subuteo stadium is good. It's like shopping at Tescos - once you've shopped in one you've seen them all. Give me grounds like the Dell, the old bloomfield road (with it's massive terrace and double decker at the opposite end),..... even Fratton Park over sterile flat packs any day of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 26 April, 2011 Share Posted 26 April, 2011 Plough Lane: The Den: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 26 April, 2011 Share Posted 26 April, 2011 The Dens looks good. Imagine that jam packed. I bet it was a cracking atmosphere. Compare that thought with... ...which is my choice for the worst ground. Give me the old Den any day of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 26 April, 2011 Share Posted 26 April, 2011 My uncle and cousins were in this, luckily they weren't too harmed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 26 April, 2011 Share Posted 26 April, 2011 Ninian Park Cardiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjsaint Posted 26 April, 2011 Share Posted 26 April, 2011 Keniworth Road has to be one of the worst in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berkers Posted 26 April, 2011 Share Posted 26 April, 2011 Got to be West Ham's Olympic Stadium!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Jim Posted 26 April, 2011 Share Posted 26 April, 2011 I was going to say this, too. And Wycombe's old ground, Loakes Park, was pretty dire. Massive downhill and sideways slope too that always favoured the home team. To be fair though Wycombe were never at Loakes Park at any time they played in the Football League. Although a s***hole of a ground I can't list this one as it was truly a non-league stadium and served its purpose of one well (and even I loved the slope)!. You paid 1 pound to get in and you could stand anywhere in the ground except the main West Stand. It even offered free entry for hundreds of football fans, you just had to go into the Hospital next door, take the lift up the the 2nd floor or above and head to the West window for the best view of the game. Kenilworth Road, what a ****hole. Worse that Nottarf Krap, especially in the late 70s/early 80s. The year Millwall rioted there we played just after I think, definitely the scariest few minutes of my life after the match finished, then to get down that ****ty little alley way between 2 houses to get out. But then Luton is a **** hole anyway, even without the football ground. I'm with you on this one!! Worst ground in officially the worst town in Britain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 26 April, 2011 Share Posted 26 April, 2011 I remember going to the Baseball ground in the early 90s, there was torrential rain all day and the bogs were knee deep in urine and floating turds. Also the bottom tiers of the stands weren't actually in line with the pitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 26 April, 2011 Share Posted 26 April, 2011 My uncle and cousins were in this, luckily they weren't too harmed... Valley Parade '85, 5 mins before that someone dropped a fag. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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