[Football] FourFourTwo Ranks the 100 best football stadium in Britain

[dazzer6666]

On the Amex:

BEST FEATURE The hawks that, without irony, scare away seagulls.

Really?

The resident Peregrine Falcon(s) (seen at the Brentford match) are a much better feature than any ‘paid for’ hawk bouncers that might be flown around the ground when there are no fans there.

What awful research!

Shocking. EVERYONE knows it’s there to keep the pigeons away

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

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Bloody Marvellous!

 

[Bodian]

Strange definition of 'Stadium' - although just about technically correct.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Bloody Marvellous!

Taken when the weather was better, unfortunately the match yesterday v Peacehaven was postponed as the pitch doesn’t like 3 days worth of rain.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Strange definition of 'Stadium' - although just about technically correct.

Which one do you mean?

 

[Guinness Boy]

What have the moon and the Amex got in common? Terrible transport links, zero atmosphere and devoid of any form of human life on match days.

Seems like the sort of joke an undercover Palace fan would crack.

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

Taken when the weather was better, unfortunately the match yesterday v Peacehaven was postponed as the pitch doesn’t like 3 days worth of rain.

No,Arbroath maybe closest to the sea

But when Fort Road floods

Newhaven is

 

[Eeyore]

Bloody Hell...I had just read what the author had to say about The Amex, and scrolled down to see The Enclosed Ground at number 30, with two cheapskate cyclists watching from the hill...and one of them is me!

Lovely stuff.

I prefer Whitehawk to the AMEX. I must try it from the hill at some time.

 

[MattBackHome]

The best ground in Sussex is of course

Fort Road

With a backdrop of the ferry arriving,this can't be beaten by any town in the county

Lovely lovely main stand as well.

Worst burgers in Sussex though.

 

[BN9 BHA]

I prefer Whitehawk to the AMEX. I must try it from the hill at some time.

The Cheapskate stand

 

[Pogue Mahone]

The Cheapskate stand

I sit in WSU at The Amex. This is more like WSUUUUUU.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Lovely lovely main stand as well.

Worst burgers in Sussex though.

I don’t know if there are any other non league grounds in Sussex with a two tier stand.

I’ve not tried a burger as I don’t eat meat, but hot food wasn’t available at the ground approximately three years ago.

 

[Bodian]

Which one do you mean?

Well - Eriskay for a start. Claggan Park and quite a few of the other Scottish ones. But that's what I meant by 'technically correct' - as Stadium seems to just mean 'sports ground with tiered seats'. It's just in my mind I suppose I've always made a sort of distinction between 'grounds' (Lewes, Eastbourne) and 'stadium' (Wembley, Old Trafford).

But then Withdean Stadium was a Stadium long before we were there!!

 

[stewart12]

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I don’t know if there are any other non league grounds in Sussex with a two tier stand.

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pretty sure it's the only one

only one that comes close is Worthing's main stand which is on top of the bar, with a row of standing below

 

[BN9 BHA]

pretty sure it's the only one

only one that comes close is Worthing's main stand which is on top of the bar, with a row of standing below

I did think maybe Worthing but I haven’t been there, only seen photos and wasn’t sure about the stand you mentioned.

 

[stewart12]

I did think maybe Worthing but I haven’t been there, only seen photos and wasn’t sure about the stand you mentioned.

yeh I'd say it's more of an elevated stand rather than a two tiered stand

 

[Moaty]

How Ibrox gets no.1 spot is unbelievable. 'Atmosphere' if atmosphere is being cramped up in one corner with the upper tiers pouring piss,soup, bovril and coffee down at you.With being subjected to-"We're up to our knees in Fenian Blood ,Surrender or you'll die' being one of their little ditties,they spew bile on us for 90 minutes that's after you run the gauntlet when you alight from the bus ,and on and on it goes,songs about Bobby Sands and FTP and 'the famine is over why don't you go home' followed by 'The Sash My Father Wore'-great atmosphere-tell that to the city of Manchester when they visited.If you like a 90 minute bigot fest aye it's no.1.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

yeh I'd say it's more of an elevated stand rather than a two tiered stand

Newhaven was like that previously wasn't it? The Withdean seats are a fairly new addition if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Danny Wilson Said]

West Brom is the major anomaly in that list for me. A bang-average ground with no particular atmosphere, which is why our being drawn to play there in the FA Cup 3rd round was met with such indifference.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

On the Fort Road theme, I saw a game there somewhere in the 90's between, I think, Newhaven and Peacehaven, where the home side were reduced to 7 men and spent the majority of the remaining time hoofing the ball out of the ground. I can't remember the final score but I seem to remember it was quite an effective tactic.