Englands lost football grounds

clippedgull · Oct 19, 2014

West Ham United are due to move to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford from Upton Park in 2016 while Tottenham Hotspur, who have plans for a new stadium next to their current White Hart Lane ground, will have to find a temporary home venue for the 2017-18 season.

They are just the latest clubs to leave their long-established homes - a trend which began in the 1990s and which shows no signs of abating.

So what became of England's lost football grounds?

Sadly the Goldstone Ground isn't mentioned..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29460621

studio150 · Oct 19, 2014

Not just the Goldstone, a lot more missing, Manchester City, Derby County, Huddersfield Town, Millwall....... Could be a TV programme and book for this topic.

atfc village · Oct 19, 2014

Drop down to Non League many classic grounds have gone,Horsham ,Newport [IOW],Hendon ,Southall,Tooting,Kingstonian,Yeovil,Walthamstow,Crawley and Addlestone were all top grounds sadly long gone.

8ace · Oct 19, 2014

There's only so many times you can show a picture of a retail park or a block of flats before it gets a bit dull.

Leighgull · Oct 19, 2014

Wimbledon? Ayrsome park was truly a dismal away.

Leekbrookgull · Oct 19, 2014

Nelson FC played at Seedhill,Bradford Park Avenue The Doll's House,Chester City and Sealand Road,Bangor City at Farrer Road and the list goes on.

Cheshire Cat · Oct 19, 2014

Hull at Boothferry Park - in the 1980s the home end was a potential death trap, and the away end was the back of a supermarket. The rest was mostly shut.

Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews · Oct 19, 2014

Sorry, what are we gonna do here? Are we looking back fondly on old football grounds or are we constantly referring to Selhurst as a shit hole? Who are we batting for today?

strings · Oct 19, 2014

Walsall's old ground (Fellows Park??) is now a Morrisons. The centre spot is marked with a plaque on the floor just as you go into the store entrance.

seagull_in_malaysia · Oct 19, 2014

I can see my old flat in one of the photos!

mikeyjh · Oct 19, 2014

Cheshire Cat said:
Hull at Boothferry Park - in the 1980s the home end was a potential death trap, and the away end was the back of a supermarket. The rest was mostly shut.

Cracking stadium, started going downhill once they installed the Grandways....

atfc village · Oct 19, 2014

Forgot one of my fav's ,Partlands home of Ryde Sports with a quaint seated shed behind one of the goals.

Barry Izbak · Oct 20, 2014

studio150 said:
Not just the Goldstone, a lot more missing, Manchester City, Derby County, Huddersfield Town, Millwall....... Could be a TV programme and book for this topic.

According to my brother who works at BBC "Apparently that features about Lost Football Grounds was so popular that they’re planning a follow-up and it’s gonna include the Goldstone"

Thunder Bolt · Oct 20, 2014

Barry Izbak said:
According to my brother who works at BBC "Apparently that features about Lost Football Grounds was so popular that they’re planning a follow-up and it’s gonna include the Goldstone"

A thread has been started asking for Brighton fans to contact the BBC with their memories, but it's slipping down the page.
http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?311126-memories-of-goldstone-for-bbc

jimbob5 · Oct 20, 2014

Reading's Elm Park, Chester City. Tottenham are not actually moving.

JJ McClure · Oct 20, 2014

Interesting article and its certainly impressive what they've done with Highbury. Working for Nuffield as I do I've visited the hospital on the site of Oxford's old ground on numerous occasions. I never went when it was a football ground but it must have been packed in pretty tight with the houses round there.

West Hoathly Seagull · Oct 20, 2014

mikeyjh said:
Cracking stadium, started going downhill once they installed the Grandways....

What happened to the Baseball Ground, Mikey? I seem to remember you had one quite modern stand down one side, but one of the stands (was it the home end?) looked like a Lego block about to fall over. I don't know about old ground romance where the Baseball Ground was concerned; it seems to me the iPro/Pride Park is better in every way; lovely stadium with a good atmosphere, especially since you allowed your fans back behind the away end goal, easy to park and a short distance from the station and city centre. I think the Baseball Ground was quite a way from the station, wasn't it?

While we're on old grounds, does anyone know what happened to Rockingham Road, Kettering Town's ground? It was quite a decent stadium for a non league club, and considerably better than some lower league grounds. Also, has that white elephant that George Reynolds built for Darlington gone? I saw pictures of pre-season games involving them, and they were playing in a much smaller ground.

dejavuatbtn · Oct 20, 2014

JJ McClure said:
Interesting article and its certainly impressive what they've done with Highbury. Working for Nuffield as I do I've visited the hospital on the site of Oxford's old ground on numerous occasions. I never went when it was a football ground but it must have been packed in pretty tight with the houses round there.

Went there in '66 when they had a reasonable team and it was a typically small, compact non league ground with changing rooms in one corner with a small stand on top. Bit of a sh*tehole really and it took them ages to get away from there.

RM-Taylor · Oct 20, 2014

Cheshire Cat said:
Hull at Boothferry Park - in the 1980s the home end was a potential death trap, and the away end was the back of a supermarket. The rest was mostly shut.

Boothferry Park has recently become a new posh (for Hull anyways) housing development. Majority of the pubs are still open around there.

West Hoathly Seagull said:
What happened to the Baseball Ground, Mikey? I seem to remember you had one quite modern stand down one side, but one of the stands (was it the home end?) looked like a Lego block about to fall over. I don't know about old ground romance where the Baseball Ground was concerned; it seems to me the iPro/Pride Park is better in every way; lovely stadium with a good atmosphere, especially since you allowed your fans back behind the away end goal, easy to park and a short distance from the station and city centre. I think the Baseball Ground was quite a way from the station, wasn't it?

While we're on old grounds, does anyone know what happened to Rockingham Road, Kettering Town's ground? It was quite a decent stadium for a non league club, and considerably better than some lower league grounds. Also, has that white elephant that George Reynolds built for Darlington gone? I saw pictures of pre-season games involving them, and they were playing in a much smaller ground.

Darlington FC went bust unfortunately, there is a new team called Darlington 1888. They play at a much smaller ground

8ace · Oct 20, 2014

West Hoathly Seagull said:
Also, has that white elephant that George Reynolds built for Darlington gone?

Still there, went past it on the train about a week ago.

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