Ranaldo Bairn Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 No apology needed (apart from getting my name wrong). Why the shooting down in flames comment? It was a genuine question. Oh, and friendlies do not count! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 17 minutes ago, Ranaldo Bairn said: No apology needed (apart from getting my name wrong). Why the shooting down in flames comment? It was a genuine question. Oh, and friendlies do not count! Oops, so I did. I never noticed the spelling before. Apologies for that at least. I read it as, in a good natured bit of fun way, as 'You wont get better than Falkirk playing a WC semi finalist at the ground' being met with 'Would two WC Finalists do?' Just banter, not typical P&B attempted one upmanship. It raised a chuckle here anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 2 hours ago, Grant228 said: I may be wrong, but was it not Auchinleck who had a problem building the stand? They bought it from somewhere then painted over the components, in turn by doing this they covered all the serial numbers. So while they had the plans they had no idea where anything went. It was something along those lines - when the stand was dismantled all the pieces were numbered to assist reassembling it, but then someone painted the pieces before reassembly. On the famous players to have graced the turf thing - there was a thread somewhere in P&B a while ago which asked how many players in the FIFA Top 100 (or whatever it was) had played at your ground. I've actually found it by Googling - it was in Infowire and called "Most Famous Opponent" - but the page won't open, so I presume it died in Div's merciless cull. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I was delighted to discover earlier that whoever runs the NonLeagueScotland website has a parallel one for club rugby in Scotland:http://scottishclubrugby.org.uk/ One of the Edinburgh rugby grounds I've been to a few times is Stewart's Melville on Ferry Road, which has a magnificent stand with gables and a paddock in two levels of terracing: Are there any Scottish football grounds left which still have a paddock or enclosure in front of the grandstand seating? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 East End Park has an enclosure although it has bucket seats and isn't used except for youth players in the home end and possibly the away end has had Rangers and Celtic fans since it was converted. I think the reason it's not used is a lack of toilets and catering although the away end now has a raised wheelchair platform so I'm guessing there is something there? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 EEP, Stark's Park and Tynecastle are all former examples but nowadays the paddock/enclosure has been seated or its use has stopped. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 12 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: I was delighted to discover earlier that whoever runs the NonLeagueScotland website has a parallel one for club rugby in Scotland:http://scottishclubrugby.org.uk/ One of the Edinburgh rugby grounds I've been to a few times is Stewart's Melville on Ferry Road, which has a magnificent stand with gables and a paddock in two levels of terracing: Are there any Scottish football grounds left which still have a paddock or enclosure in front of the grandstand seating? Station Park and Cliftonhill spring to mind... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I wouldn't necessarily qualify Station Park as they're not really one piece i.e. its a shallow terrace with a "first storey" stand built behind subsequently? Perhaps that's wrong. Cliftonhill is definitely an example, however. Subsequently the funny roof extension was put on the front: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I'm sure it's been mentioned but as HJ brought up the enclosure at Stark's Park, Raith's ground has two quirks about it - the only ground that is a rhyme (depending on your accent of course) and that it's surely the only ground in Scotland where you can't see the game from the half way line. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Is 'paddock' a widely used term in this context? I thought that what we called an enclosure was known as a paddock in the North of England. Is the term also used up here? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 48 minutes ago, Salvo Montalbano said: I'm sure it's been mentioned but as HJ brought up the enclosure at Stark's Park, Raith's ground has two quirks about it - the only ground that is a rhyme (depending on your accent of course) and that it's surely the only ground in Scotland where you can't see the game from the half way line. New Bayview? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 1 hour ago, Salvo Montalbano said: I'm sure it's been mentioned but as HJ brought up the enclosure at Stark's Park, Raith's ground has two quirks about it - the only ground that is a rhyme (depending on your accent of course) and that it's surely the only ground in Scotland where you can't see the game from the half way line. Marie Curie United play at the Radium Stadium. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 15 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: New Bayview? Toni Macaroni? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Shiel - field? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 3 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: Shiel - field? Shielfield. Shielfield. Shielfield. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Oh it does. Rhymes needn't be perfect to be rhymes. It's more than a half rhyme and even a half rhyme is a rhyme. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 (edited) An indictment of the teaching of poetry in D&G, IMO. That said about half of people seem to think it's Shieldfield. Although not rhyming, the Preston Athletic home ground - namely the Pennypit Park, Prestonpans - is not one you want say with your mouth full. Parkside Park in Shotts, home for Dykehead's brief SFL sojourn, must be the least informative ground name ever. Edited October 3, 2016 by HibeeJibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 47 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: New Bayview? It's Bayview Stadium... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 9 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: An indictment of the teaching of poetry in D&G, IMO. That said about half of people seem to think it's Shieldfield. Although not rhyming, the Preston Athletic home ground - namely the Pennypit Park, Prestonpans - is not one you want say with your mouth full. Parkside Park in Shotts, home for Dykehead's brief SFL sojourn, must be the least informative ground name ever. Quite the reverse. A more ringing endorsement of standards would be hard to find. Parkside Park does indeed display a wonderful redundancy. Preston Athletic have a ground that scores well on the alliterative front. There must be plenty of others. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Which Park is/was Parkside Park to the side of? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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