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  1. Sid and the Sharknados

    [Football] Original football ground names.

    Realistically, Darlo aren't ever filling the arena. I hope they get their own ground somewhere that can reasonably be described as "in the town" at some point soon though.
  2. Sid and the Sharknados

    [Football] Original football ground names.

    Having been to a match in Scarborough the year before Covid, I'd guess the attendance there isn't far short of that now. Outgrounds generally seem to attract the biggest crowds. As I mentioned on another thread recently, I'm going to watch Gloucestershire play at Cheltenham in a couple of weeks...
  3. Sid and the Sharknados

    [Football] Original football ground names.

    One of my uncles has had a Darlo season ticket for many decades, and another is from the area. My favourite story about Reynolds is that he paid many thousands of pounds to bring in special earthworms to deal with Feethams' drainage problem, only for seagulls to eat them all. It turned out that...
  4. Sid and the Sharknados

    [Football] Original football ground names.

    From what I've read, Bramall Lane was a much better cricket ground than Headingley. Despite living in Sheffield for about 6years, and walking past Bramalll Lane on my way to work for a while, I've never been there for a football game. Similarly, I've been to Ashton Gate for exams and concerts...
  5. Sid and the Sharknados

    [Football] Original football ground names.

    If anybody's interested, this is what Feethams looks like now: Cricket ground is still there, football ground has houses on top of it.
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