jagfox Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 5 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: Probably a wise move on corporation's behalf, you lot had previous on that sort of thing ... Saturday 21st August 1909 Thursday 2nd September 1909 Friday 17th September 1909 Sounds like they did us over? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Tbh, sounds like you built it, had a last-minute inspection, got knocked-back, applied for retrospective planning permission then had to make alterations !! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 I'd like some unsafe steep banking now. All we have left is a bing behind the goal. Now THAT'S quirky 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 2 hours ago, CityDave said: That one at Firs Park must have been the last of the breadbin seated stands in Scottish football?. Yoker still have an enclosure that's a bit like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Semi-related - anyone have a picture of Dundee's original ground, romantically-named Carolina Port? Apparently squeezed between the harbour and a burning shale heap. East End, one of the leading Dundee clubs, were based at Carolina Port from 1891. When they merged with local rivals Our Boys to form Dundee F.C. in 1893, it was generally assumed that the new club — which had immediately secured election to the Scottish Football League — would base themselves at Carolina Port, which was the most developed ground in Dundee at that time. They were, however, surprisingly beaten to the punch by a comparatively modest local outfit, Strathmore, who secured the lease for themselves. As a result, Dundee began their campaign in the less imposing surroundings of Our Boys' former home, West Craigie Park. Strathmore's audacious move failed to pay off, and within a year they had merged with Johnstone Wanderers to form Dundee Wanderers, playing at Clepington Park. This left Carolina Port available for Dundee to move in midway through their debut season. Having now become a regular venue for matches in Scotland's top flight, Carolina Port's prestige was further enhanced on 21 March 1896 when it hosted the Home International fixture between Scotland and Wales.[1] Two Dundee players, Alex Keillor and William Thomson, were in the Scottish side. Keillor became the first Dundee player to score a goal for Scotland, as the home side ran out 4–0 winners.[2] Despite this, it was recognised that Carolina Port's location posed problems. Hemmed in amongst Dundee's harbour and overlooked by a huge pile of shale nicknamed the "burning mountain",[3] future development of the stadium would be difficult. After a major reorganisation of the club in 1898, Dundee F.C. took the decision to relocate to a new site at Dens Park in the less built-up Clepington district.[3] The club moved to their new ground in 1899 (where they are still playing well over 100 years later), and Carolina Port was rapidly consumed by the expansion of the harbour. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityDave Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 (edited) 10 minutes ago, LongTimeLurker said: Yoker still have an enclosure that's a bit like that. I'm sure I've seen a couple more like that in the Juniors. One that springs to mind is the very long one at Largs and it has benches. I remember the bus shelter at Coupar Angus, does that count? Edited August 29, 2016 by CityDave 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peedzy Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 6 hours ago, Alan Stubbs said: The cool thing about Cappielow is having to go to the physio afterwards to my knees unlocked. Makes a change from your jaw 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel hutz Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 3 minutes ago, CityDave said: I'm sure I've seen a couple more like that in the Juniors. One that springs to mind is the very long one at Largs and it has benches. I remember the bus shelter at Coupar Angus, does that count? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Newtongrange Star had a sizeable barrel-roofed stand: Vale of Leven still do, but only half of it seems to be left: Johnstone Burgh: Cathkin Park had a large one before it was rebuilt in mid-1960s, part of what forced them bust. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityDave Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 9 minutes ago, Marr1 said: The bus shelter is to the right of the steps on the raised bit with the white wall. Never tried it but I heard that the soup served there at half time was top notch. And I know.. Junior Forum for this pish. I've seen the bus shelter in a photo (not one of mine), unfortunately it doesn't have a curved roof. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityDave Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 (edited) If we are going including non league football in this then Maryhill FC has uncovered seating and Newburgh has big fir trees growing within the ground, one really big one right on the terracing. Burghead Thistle have their ground situated in the middle of a pine wood. Plenty of hedges to match the one at Glebe Park and how about this stand at Lochee Utd for originality?. Edited August 29, 2016 by CityDave 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Turriff Utd has what always seems a rather ridiculous stand. "Let's build a small stand". "Ok, but let's build it with two tiers". "Ok, but only if it's behind the corner flag". Quirky for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 I hope my mind isn't playing tricks, but I seem to recall Tynecastle having a McDonalds sign over a catering outlet. Was this an advert or was it a McDonalds outlet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie Bhoy Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 I mention this in every matchday thread away to Celtic, and not one of them seems to believe its true. £26 for a ticket and I could only see, at best, three quarters of the pitch. Stewards refused to let us move aswell. Horrific stadium. I have been in that away corner & I have admitted that the seats that are blocked by the pillar are awful & I fully agree with those fans who complain about it. It's something I'd like to see sorted but then Celtic are not going to spend £m's just to get a new roof & the support beams sorted for just 200 visiting fans from Killie, Hamilton etc.That said, it is just a small % of seats affected and too many fans just use it to justify their reasons for not going to Celtic Park. As you can see from the Aberdeen fans at the weekend, very few of their fans would've been affected by any sort of viewing problems. Maybe if other clubs brought similar numbers as the Aberdeen & Hearts fans do, they could all get together to complain about it to their club to get on to Celtic & maybe something would get done about it. Like I said though, just about every club in the premiership has restricted viewing at their own ground. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 3 minutes ago, Davie Bhoy said: Like I said though, just about every club in the premiership has restricted viewing at their own ground. Bold. What restricted views have ICT, Hamilton or St Johnstone? How many of rest - who, granted, have stands with posts - have genuine 'restricted views'? How many apply to away stands? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Agreed. And those stands usually havr one or two pillars that block one line of the pitch rather than whole sections . The other problem at Celtic Park with the restricted views is that the Stewards seem intent on stopping you moving to a seat where you can see the full pitch. That Turriff stand is crazy. Is it just that they've plonked seats onto an existing social club or something? Some of the grounds in the Highland League are quirky. I liked visiting Clach's ground with its large unused terrace at one end, the social club at the other end and a wee stand on one side. And when I was there, a young lad bouncing on a trampoline who saw a second of the game every two seconds or so for about 30 minutes from the gardens behind the hedge on the other side. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabGaz Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 If we are going including non league football in this then Maryhill FC has uncovered seating and Newburgh has big fir trees growing within the ground, one really big one right on the terracing. Burghead Thistle have their ground situated in the middle of a pine wood. Plenty of hedges to match the one at Glebe Park and how about this stand at Lochee Utd for originality?. The pitch at Lochee's ground is something else as well. The far left corner from that stand must be about the same height as the crossbar at the same end. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 No, it was purpose-built, AFAIA... I think it includes the changing facilities and presumably club rooms and so on. Ground already had 2 - admittedly very small! - stands straddling the halfway line, one of which had seats put into it when they joined HL (IIRC). I think someone posted it before but Cove's old ground - they're now homeless, and play at different places each week - had no seated accommodation except a small stand which was glazed and only for VIPs. Going by these pics Keith's stand has shutters - to bar seagulls outwith games? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1875 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 4 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: No, it was purpose-built, AFAIA... I think it includes the changing facilities and presumably club rooms and so on. Ground already had 2 - admittedly very small! - stands straddling the halfway line, one of which had seats put into it when they joined HL (IIRC). I think someone posted it before but Cove's old ground - they're now homeless, and play at different places each week - had no seated accommodation except a small stand which was glazed and only for VIPs. Going by these pics Keith's stand has shutters - to bar seagulls outwith games? Thought Cove play at Harlaw until Calder Park is built? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityDave Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 2 minutes ago, ArabGaz said: The pitch at Lochee's ground is something else as well. The far left corner from that stand must be about the same height as the crossbar at the same end. Something there that amused me was the pitch boundary fence continuing up the hill shown in the photo on the upper right. You can just see the part of the hill that's been removed to make space for the corner flag. For about 15 minutes in the 2nd half I sat up there on the grass above the corner flag. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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