Football Ground in the best and worst location?

Went past Blackburn's the other day, from the view I got of it, it just seems it's placed behind some terraced houses.

Danny wrote:Went past Blackburn's the other day, from the view I got of it, it just seems it's placed behind some terraced houses.

Uncle John from Jamaica wrote:

coolhead33 wrote:
Did you go in the Cricket Club this season? I was in there and the food was alright but I had one sip of the Coke and left the rest. It wasn't Coke at all.

Yeah man, got there before the bar opened, bit keen. Food did look nice, although the fat birds cooking it and the kitchen didn't! I only realised there was a bar downstairs as well a few minutes before we left. We were out on the balcony talking to them Budweiser FA Cup promo girls then went to sit in the sun with some Jagerbombs. Was a great pre-match!

I never knew a bar was downstairs either. We got in just before it started to get packed. We were sat next to the big TV.

Was that at the seats closest to the entrance door upstairs? I can't even remember seeing a big TV. You probably saw all of us there anyway, 9 or 10 lads of my age. One was wearing a stupid Christmas cardigan.

Drake wrote:

Danny wrote:Went past Blackburn's the other day, from the view I got of it, it just seems it's placed behind some terraced houses.

Not a bad stadium though tbh, went there with school.

Tynecastle is quite good. 5 minute walk from a train station & McDonalds, Sainsburys, Pubs and Off-Licences very close.

Uncle John from Jamaica wrote:Was that at the seats closest to the entrance door upstairs? I can't even remember seeing a big TV. You probably saw all of us there anyway, 9 or 10 lads of my age. One was wearing a stupid Christmas cardigan.

Well kind of. It was like a long bench seat thing and we were near the other end of it. I think it was the second table from the door. I probably saw you lot but didn't take any notice.

coolhead33 wrote:

Uncle John from Jamaica wrote:Was that at the seats closest to the entrance door upstairs? I can't even remember seeing a big TV. You probably saw all of us there anyway, 9 or 10 lads of my age. One was wearing a stupid Christmas cardigan.

Well kind of. It was like a long bench seat thing and we were near the other end of it. I think it was the second table from the door. I probably saw you lot but didn't take any notice.

Yeah can picture it now. I do remember seeing people on there eating food so one was probably you. That's three times now we've been in the same watering holes isn't it? Spoons in Thornton Heath, that cricket club and the mighty Metrodome!

Radford wrote:The only good thing about our ground is it's in the town centre

Not too much to it though is there to be fair, a Football Ground, a Cafe and some shops.

Yeah. We'll probably be in the same a couple more times if you go to any more away games.

Lux, whats so bad about KC? It's a 15 minute walk from town and there are about 7 different buses you could get to either side of the stadium

Villa Park was horrible.

Boltons is cool, right on the motorway I think.

James wrote:Lux, whats so bad about KC? It's a 15 minute walk from town and there are about 7 different buses you could get to either side of the stadium

Villa Park was horrible.

Boltons is cool, right on the motorway I think.

What was wrong with Villa Park?

James wrote:Lux, whats so bad about KC? It's a 15 minute walk from town and there are about 7 different buses you could get to either side of the stadium

Villa Park was horrible.

Boltons is cool, right on the motorway I think.

I just remember on my coach journey in and out that the Hull stadium seemed like it was in the middle of nowhere.

If I remember rightly, it was in a shit estate and we could see the stadium but the coach wasn't getting any closer. I just remember being fcked off I could see the stadium at the same distance for like 20 mins

West Ham was also a pain, wednesday night game and the tunnel was closed for some reason. Had to take a diversion, traffic was bad. Ended up getting off and walking.

James wrote:If I remember rightly, it was in a shit estate and we could see the stadium but the coach wasn't getting any closer. I just remember being fcked off I could see the stadium at the same distance for like 20 mins

West Ham was also a pain, wednesday night game and the tunnel was closed for some reason. Had to take a diversion, traffic was bad. Ended up getting off and walking.

Tbf, I went when I was 7, so I can hardly remember.

Lux wrote:

James wrote:Lux, whats so bad about KC? It's a 15 minute walk from town and there are about 7 different buses you could get to either side of the stadium

Villa Park was horrible.

Boltons is cool, right on the motorway I think.

I just remember on my coach journey in and out that the Hull stadium seemed like it was in the middle of nowhere.

Probably cos you come straight off the motorway into Hull. If you got a train you'd realise it's in a pretty good location :p

Yeah Villa Park is horrible, right by the motorway but you drive past it and then there's a difficult junction and you have to turn back on yourself. It's scary because there is no central reservation in the middle of the motorway too

The area is a shithole as well.

Jack wrote:

Radford wrote:The only good thing about our ground is it's in the town centre

Not too much to it though is there to be fair, a Football Ground, a Cafe and some shops.

Cafe's and shops sounds about right for a town centre mate.

James wrote:If I remember rightly, it was in a shit estate and we could see the stadium but the coach wasn't getting any closer. I just remember being fcked off I could see the stadium at the same distance for like 20 mins

West Ham was also a pain, wednesday night game and the tunnel was closed for some reason. Had to take a diversion, traffic was bad. Ended up getting off and walking.

We had to do that at Millwall, fireworks were going off in the middle of a road.

St james is in the best location...

Big_Lad_Pardew wrote:St james is in the best location...

Shearer's pub

James wrote:If I remember rightly, it was in a shit estate and we could see the stadium but the coach wasn't getting any closer. I just remember being fcked off I could see the stadium at the same distance for like 20 mins

West Ham was also a pain, wednesday night game and the tunnel was closed for some reason. Had to take a diversion, traffic was bad. Ended up getting off and walking.

West Ham was a bit annoying having to get shed loads of tubes on the hottest day of the year, but once we got off them the walk wasn't as bad as I expected!

The Lane isn't particularly well placed for those coming on the tube. I get off at seven sisters and its a good 20 min walk to the lane. I don't actually mind it because it gets you in the mood for the match walking up with fans along the high road but it could be closer.

On the flip side old trafford is quite easy to get to. Early in the season i had a pint next to the river and it was a 30 second walk from there (pretty scenic) to the ground - very pleasant.

Old Trafford is a good stadium, Oldham's is also good there's a big retail park just across the road with KFC, McDonalds, Pizza Hut and Nandos only downside is there aint many pubs around.

I didn't like Elland RD the parking was terrible we ended up on a muddy hill a fair bit away from the stadium. The actual inside of the stadium is cracking though

Big_Lad_Pardew wrote:St james is in the best location...

It's right in the city centre isn't it? My brother used to live nearby, you could see the ground just before you got there.

The Reebok is so easy to get to just off the motorway and just park on the retail park

If I was an away fan I wouldn't like Elland Road. In a shithole and there's no pubs by it, only a mcd's or subway but they're rammed on match day. Only good thing is how close it is to the motorway, simple journey for any team on the M1 route.

Headingleys in a fantastic area, not been to Elland Road though.

ShakerMatty wrote:Headingleys in a fantastic area, not been to Elland Road though.

I can see Headingley stadium from my uni house. Its a pretty good area.

Been to the ground? Loads of stuff for the students to do staying round there.