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Oval Stadiums 17:29 - Aug 4 with 3182 viewsBoston

Eastville, quite liked the place, Bristol Rovers, Speedway and the dogs.

The(old)Shay, stopped for a look one time, never saw any event in there, Halifax and Speedway.

(Twin Towers) Wembley, liked the Speedway anyway.

Stamford Bridge, could never work out what was going on there.

The Oval, says Surrey on the door, looks like Sarff London to me.

Any others?

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Oval Stadiums on 17:38 - Aug 4 with 2703 viewsBoston

tut tut...and the White City.

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Oval Stadiums on 17:41 - Aug 4 with 2696 viewsClive_Anderson

Never quite worked out what Speedway is.
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Oval Stadiums on 17:44 - Aug 4 with 2685 viewsCamberleyR

Jockland seemed to like the oval stadiums. Hampden still is and the old Ibrox and Celtic Park were both ovals.

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Oval Stadiums on 02:05 - Aug 5 with 2498 viewsBoston

Oval Stadiums on 17:44 - Aug 4 by CamberleyR

Jockland seemed to like the oval stadiums. Hampden still is and the old Ibrox and Celtic Park were both ovals.


Good call, forgot about them and I've been in two of 'em, they'd rebuilt Ibrox a few years before I was there.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&id=AA7B761989CABDE4E17EE17549C8


This place had over 118.000 in attendance one Saturday afternoon.
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Oval Stadiums on 06:59 - Aug 5 with 2441 viewsKonk

Central Park, Cowdenbeath.

Possibly the greatest ground in Britain. The only thing between the fans behind the goal and the pitch is a Supermarket carpark, a lawn, and a fence straight out of Belmarsh. Intimate and cosy.


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Oval Stadiums on 08:39 - Aug 5 with 2374 viewsstowmarketrange

Stadio Olympico in Rome.Complete with proper statues dotted around outside too.
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Oval Stadiums on 09:47 - Aug 5 with 2310 viewsfrancisbowles

Love an oval if watching on the TV but always too far from the action if at the game.
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Oval Stadiums on 09:51 - Aug 5 with 2304 viewsTonto

Back in the 70s and 80s Goodison Park had small wier ovals in the stand behind the goal that took out some of the capacity. Its since been straightened off. No idea what they were for...

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Oval Stadiums on 10:02 - Aug 5 with 2291 viewsHarbour

Saw speedway at the shay in the 1970s big banked track steel fence probably one of the most dangerous sports...
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Oval Stadiums on 10:11 - Aug 5 with 2283 viewsGloucs_R

Slough town played at the greyhound stadium for years

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Oval Stadiums on 10:47 - Aug 5 with 2258 viewsAddinall

I maybe completely wrong but I seem to remember it was for goalkeeper protection.

Sorry this is a reply to Tonto.
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Oval Stadiums on 11:55 - Aug 5 with 2191 viewsCliveWilsonSaid

This looks like a good one. Glentoran in N. Ireland.



https://www.footballgroundguide.com/leagues/northern-ireland-premier-league-club

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Oval Stadiums on 12:21 - Aug 5 with 2151 viewsTacticalR

Isn't this the much discussed problem of football in stadiums that weren't dedicated football stadiums?

You know, the problem a certain Boris Johnson tried and and failed to hide at great expense at the Olympic stadium?

Eastville was a relic from another age.

The crazed mishmash at Stamford Bridge:


Air hostess clique

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Oval Stadiums on 12:22 - Aug 5 with 2148 viewsTonto

Oval Stadiums on 10:47 - Aug 5 by Addinall

I maybe completely wrong but I seem to remember it was for goalkeeper protection.

Sorry this is a reply to Tonto.
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To protect them from hooligans i suppose?

Was a unique solution!

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Oval Stadiums on 12:50 - Aug 5 with 2115 views18StoneOfHoop

Not an oval but...
Love the massive east side terrace at the old Valley.



https://www.stadiumguide.com/valley/
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'I'm 18 with a bullet.Got my finger on the trigger,I'm gonna pull it.." Love,Peace and Fook Chelski! More like 20StoneOfHoop now. Let's face it I'm not getting any thinner. Pass the cake and pies please.

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Oval Stadiums on 14:44 - Aug 5 with 2032 viewsBoston

Looking at that picture of Stamford Bridge, y’see where the North Stand has a blue fence behind it on the right hand side, used to be a very strange ugly wooden box stand there, they knocked it down when building the New Stand ‘74ish.

Charlton, remember traversing up that terrace in the 1970’s, to think people get sponsored to jog up Kilimanjaro!

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Oval Stadiums on 14:46 - Aug 5 with 2031 viewsBoston

Oval Stadiums on 09:51 - Aug 5 by Tonto

Back in the 70s and 80s Goodison Park had small wier ovals in the stand behind the goal that took out some of the capacity. Its since been straightened off. No idea what they were for...


Think Spurs had that back in the Stone Age.

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Oval Stadiums on 17:24 - Aug 5 with 1976 viewsfrancisbowles

Oval Stadiums on 14:44 - Aug 5 by Boston

Looking at that picture of Stamford Bridge, y’see where the North Stand has a blue fence behind it on the right hand side, used to be a very strange ugly wooden box stand there, they knocked it down when building the New Stand ‘74ish.

Charlton, remember traversing up that terrace in the 1970’s, to think people get sponsored to jog up Kilimanjaro!


I remember that, used to vibrate when the District line went by, taken down for safety reasons.
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Oval Stadiums on 17:35 - Aug 5 with 1964 viewskernowhoop

Oval Stadiums on 09:51 - Aug 5 by Tonto

Back in the 70s and 80s Goodison Park had small wier ovals in the stand behind the goal that took out some of the capacity. Its since been straightened off. No idea what they were for...


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Oval Stadiums on 17:38 - Aug 5 with 1958 viewsted_hendrix

Oval Stadiums on 10:02 - Aug 5 by Harbour

Saw speedway at the shay in the 1970s big banked track steel fence probably one of the most dangerous sports...


I used to take my two lads to Blunsdon to watch Swindon Speedway most Saturday evenings, we were there on the night when Martin Hewlett collapsed in the pits and the poor sod died a few days later only 20 Years old.
Both my lads rode Junior Grasstrack for a couple of Years.

My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.

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Oval Stadiums on 20:25 - Aug 5 with 1928 viewsBoston

Oval Stadiums on 17:38 - Aug 5 by ted_hendrix

I used to take my two lads to Blunsdon to watch Swindon Speedway most Saturday evenings, we were there on the night when Martin Hewlett collapsed in the pits and the poor sod died a few days later only 20 Years old.
Both my lads rode Junior Grasstrack for a couple of Years.


Admire your candour, not many admit introducing their kids to grass.
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Oval Stadiums on 22:04 - Aug 5 with 1870 viewsDWQPR



Cathkin Park, home of the now defunct Third Lanark.



Cathkin Park now,



The yellow marker shows Cathkin Park from the air and its proximity to Hampden Park. I believe that Cathkin Park was originally the Scottish National Stadium before Hampden.

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Oval Stadiums on 22:20 - Aug 5 with 1859 viewsDWQPR

How's his for more than an oval stadium. County Ground for Northampton Town FC and also Northamptonshire County Cricket Club



Some great old pictures of football grounds on this site

https://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/Articles/DidYouKnow30.htm

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Oval Stadiums on 23:15 - Aug 5 with 1790 viewsBoston

Someone recently mentioned that the Only Fools & Horses locality scenes were shot in South Acton, reading the notes with those pictures it mentions that the tower blocks outside Ashton Gate were the location.

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Oval Stadiums on 23:24 - Aug 5 with 1788 viewsDWQPR

Oval Stadiums on 23:15 - Aug 5 by Boston

Someone recently mentioned that the Only Fools & Horses locality scenes were shot in South Acton, reading the notes with those pictures it mentions that the tower blocks outside Ashton Gate were the location.


Nelson Mandela House was in fact Harlech Tower on the South Acton Estate. It hit the news recently as it is being demolished

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