| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) 13:37 - Feb 20 with 6600 views | Jarvo |
On the eve (plus a week) of the young swans taking on Hertha's youth team at the liberty, what's your favourite ground you've ever been to?
You can probably guess from the introduction I'm going to say Hertha Berlin's Olympastadion. Built for the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany the stadium is a two tiered bowl with one stand cut out behind the goal for an obelisk style monument. A living museum of a stadium.
Also absolutely love Charlton's The Valley! With clear patches such as the corners, which have been added later, ungracefully. The one solitary tiny 'shed' of a stand for the away supporters makes it feel like the whole massive stadium is surrounding you. As intimidating of a stadium you'll see as an away fan, even if the fans themselves are busy munching on kale and egg tarts and not in the least bit scary!
What ground do you think deserves an honourable mention? [Post edited 20 Feb 2017 13:42]
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| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 19:17 - Feb 20 with 2032 views | dailew |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 19:06 - Feb 20 by TNT |
Petrolul Ploiesti
Mini Estadi, Barcelona (when we drew 3-3 with Barcelona B) |
"Petrolul Ploiesti "
Forgot to mention that one.
Best new ground I've been to. Tight with a steep rake.
Exact opposite to the awful Etihad and Emirates. |  |
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| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 19:34 - Feb 20 with 2004 views | Joe_bradshaw |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 18:39 - Feb 20 by Trundle10 |
Watched Barca in Jan there. Been to Bernabeau too, no comparison for me Real Madrid Stadium all the way. |
Spot on.
Bernabeau tour is much better than Barca's too. |  |
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| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 19:41 - Feb 20 with 1990 views | controversial_jack |
Fulham used to be lovely and also Gay meadow at Shrewsbury, but all the grounds seem very similar and lifeless these days | | | |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 20:10 - Feb 20 with 1940 views | spiderboy |
For me..
Risca park,my son won his first cup winners medal aged 14
craven cottage
elland rd
ashton gate
Somerton park
Ewood park and valley parade
all very special places in theyre own special way | | | |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 20:17 - Feb 20 with 1919 views | spiderboy |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 17:07 - Feb 20 by Al_Bundy |
Stadion Nuremberg - watching Wales and Ryan Giggs debut
Old Den - Millwall
Old Wembley
Sparta Rotterdam - Swans Pre-Season Tour
Fratton Park - Portsmouth
Baseball Ground - Derby
Kolta Ground - Delhi (cricket)
Newlands - Cape Town (cricket/rugby)
Eastville - Bristol Rovers
Ageas Bowl - Hants Cricket |
Yes
I was also there at gigs,s debut
great atmosphere
loved the lorry driving around the pitch prior to ko with the band playing ..superb | | | |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 20:19 - Feb 20 with 1915 views | spiderboy |
Paul Bodin////nightmare | | | |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 20:21 - Feb 20 with 1909 views | spiderboy |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 20:19 - Feb 20 by spiderboy |
Paul Bodin////nightmare |
no,it was some one else,sorry Paul..errrh,gavin McGuire? a fullback anyway. | | | |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 21:30 - Feb 20 with 1829 views | ItchySphincter |
Craven Cottage
Maracana |  |
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| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 21:31 - Feb 20 with 1827 views | Professor |
Ynys Park, Ton Pentre in the 1980s before much of it was condemned. Top fun and a few cheap beers.
Fenway Park, Boston was an interesting experience | | | |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 21:34 - Feb 20 with 1821 views | FieryJack |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 14:21 - Feb 20 by swan65split |
Doncasters Belle Vue, I ran across it in 68 after we beat them in the cup.................it seemed never ending! lol
never mind the big stadiums I really liked Bradford PA old ground ...... |
Bradford Park Avenue's old ground is still there, amazingly enough. The stands have gone, though, but some of the terracing remains.
Don't know what goes on there these days. A ghostly sort of place. Some of the old stone gateways are still standing and in faded letters you can read "Entrance: 5/-" (that's 5 shillings to you young folk).
It's now overshadowed by a massive & unfinished mosque, and is at the northern end of one of Bradford's roughest estates, called Canterbury. Effin dire place to live. |  | | |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 21:39 - Feb 20 with 1808 views | FieryJack |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 21:34 - Feb 20 by FieryJack |
Bradford Park Avenue's old ground is still there, amazingly enough. The stands have gone, though, but some of the terracing remains.
Don't know what goes on there these days. A ghostly sort of place. Some of the old stone gateways are still standing and in faded letters you can read "Entrance: 5/-" (that's 5 shillings to you young folk).
It's now overshadowed by a massive & unfinished mosque, and is at the northern end of one of Bradford's roughest estates, called Canterbury. Effin dire place to live. |
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| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 21:45 - Feb 20 with 1798 views | Fireboy |
The vetch
Simple as
I will never ever forget it | | | |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 22:38 - Feb 20 with 1729 views | Al_Bundy |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 20:17 - Feb 20 by spiderboy |
Yes
I was also there at gigs,s debut
great atmosphere
loved the lorry driving around the pitch prior to ko with the band playing ..superb |
I remember Nuremberg being a sombre place ... we took 5K there and I always remember seeing big Harrogate Jacks Flag there which in the eighties was quite rare.
Also remember thousands of German skin heads all over the place so everybody kept a low profile outside the ground. | | | |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 23:10 - Feb 20 with 1684 views | Swanseajill |
The old Stoke ground
Crewe with its training ground alongside, supporters club was very welcoming, and just yards from the entrance.
A club member told me that the supporters club takings paid for the new training ground. Never going to happen at the Liberty in my lifetime.
Gay meadow left me some good memories.....old grounds full of character. |  | | |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 00:09 - Feb 21 with 1613 views | builthjack |
San Siri
Croke Park
Allianz Arena
Brussels
Park des Princes
Watching Wales
Vetch
Valencia
Eastville
Emirates
Stamford Bridge when we win on Sat
Watching Swans |  |
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| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 11:19 - Feb 21 with 1518 views | pencoedjack |
Surprised Eastville has got a mention from a few a dire shitehole close to the St Paul's district of Bristol if I remember correctly |  | | |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 11:22 - Feb 21 with 1516 views | dailew |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 11:19 - Feb 21 by pencoedjack |
Surprised Eastville has got a mention from a few a dire shitehole close to the St Paul's district of Bristol if I remember correctly |
Yup. Awful ground, awful location.
Ditto for Somerton Park. One of the worst grounds I've been to. | |
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| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 13:56 - Feb 21 with 1481 views | LeonWasGod |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 23:10 - Feb 20 by Swanseajill |
The old Stoke ground
Crewe with its training ground alongside, supporters club was very welcoming, and just yards from the entrance.
A club member told me that the supporters club takings paid for the new training ground. Never going to happen at the Liberty in my lifetime.
Gay meadow left me some good memories.....old grounds full of character. |
I was going to mention Crewe. Had some great trips there back before seating was brought in. Nice compact ground, low roof that let the sound bounce around.
I really enjoyed going to see Fenerbahce at their place for a local cup semifinal- the intensity of the hard core fans on both sides was something else. Don't ask me to remember the name of the stadium though. Súkörk Syćyürkjk or something! |  | | |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 14:18 - Feb 21 with 1464 views | Al_Bundy |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 11:19 - Feb 21 by pencoedjack |
Surprised Eastville has got a mention from a few a dire shitehole close to the St Paul's district of Bristol if I remember correctly |
The Rovers fans at the Tote end made Eastville a real intimidating place along with the contant smell of gas in the air from the adjacent cylinder made that visit quite an experience.
I remember going on a supporters train to a match there from Swansea to Stapleton Road and was police escorted to the ground under a load of bricks from Gasheads. They trashed our train from the car park and on the way back through Cardiff they also bricked our train when we had a carriage of no glass in the windows and all the curtains was closed. Quite surreal now to think what supporting football involved back then. | | | |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 14:24 - Feb 21 with 1457 views | perchrockjack |
Maine Rd for no other reason than history and a pretty spiky place to get lost
Leeds Rd ,Huddersfield
The Shay ,Halifax
Bloomfield Rd, just because it's nuts or was with only three sides
Anfield in the late 70s | |
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| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 14:38 - Feb 21 with 1450 views | dna |
Vetch - no reason needed!!
Valencia & Wembley - obviously
Newcastle - up in the Gods (and topless dancers with the lunchtime match lol)
Been to some nice and crap stadiums but the result influences the impression (Kiddy on the day of the Sumani 4-0, Portsmouth etc) - really liked Coventry, Peterborough (good day out 2-2) & QPR don't know why [Post edited 21 Feb 2017 14:50]
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| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 17:18 - Feb 21 with 1410 views | whiterock |
Springfield park, Wigan, one shed and a grass bank | | | |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 17:28 - Feb 21 with 1399 views | Al_Bundy |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 17:18 - Feb 21 by whiterock |
Springfield park, Wigan, one shed and a grass bank |
My worst ever Swans away match ever apart from possibly Fulham was on that muddy bank ! | | | |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 17:42 - Feb 21 with 1382 views | Clinton |
Baseball Ground - Derby
Burnden Park (especially if the audacious Frank Worthington was strutting his stuff)
Allianz Arena
Emirates
Old Trafford (Cricket) |  |
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| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 17:42 - Feb 21 with 1376 views | TNT |
| Favourite stadium you've been to? ( After the Liberty of course!!) on 17:28 - Feb 21 by Al_Bundy |
My worst ever Swans away match ever apart from possibly Fulham was on that muddy bank ! |
Saw us lose 5-0 there in '86
I think we're being generous referring to it as a stadium! | |
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