tamthebam Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 10 hours ago, PossilYM said: Aircraft coming and going over Renfrew and Clydebank/Yoker. The ones going out of Edinburgh go over Pumpherston and near to Broxburn and you can spot them coming in from Spartans and Civil Service Strollers too. I think Dyce play next to Aberdeen airport too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEd Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Surprised no-one has mentioned the hedge at Brechin. There's also a cemetery next to Glebe Park. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeedsPhil Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 48 minutes ago, tamthebam said: I think Dyce play next to Aberdeen airport too. Although Dyce's Ian Mair Park is not far from Aberdeen airport, it's Stoneywood-Parkvale's that is literally at the end of the runway. When they're landing and taking off during a match, you have to stop yourself automatically wanting to duck. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeedsPhil Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 My local side Inverurie Locos has a concrete works behind one goal, which towers over the ground, with a chute coming down at an angle from the highest point. Campbeltown Pupils has a helipad next door. I wish I'd used it to get to the game I did there - there and back in a day from home was a blummin' long drive ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeedsPhil Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 And there's Fort William's Claggan Park of course - with the view of Ben Nevis. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeedsPhil Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 (edited) The Stanks at Berwick is a pitch two sides of which are tight against the historic city walls. There's a charity tournament held there each year. Watching the Final from up the top of the walls was not good for my vertigo. At least they don't have to go fetch the ball back when they shoot wide! Edited March 28, 2023 by LeedsPhil 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeedsPhil Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 The pitch at Newburgh (Aberdeenshire version) is tucked-in down the side of a golf fairway. Each time I've attended a game there, I'm nervous whether a stray drive is gonna mean a golf ball clonks me on the head. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeedsPhil Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 The far side at Carluke is a field that rises and rises and rises, overshadowing the ground. When I've done a headcount at games I've seen there, there's more cows on that bank watching the match than there are spectators. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeedsPhil Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 RAF Lossiemouth (Moray Welfare summer football) play inside the military base. You have to have special permission to attend as a spectator, and be met at the gatehouse by your host who escorts you past the fighter jets to get to the pitch. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 10 hours ago, Josuke Higashikata said: The old Muirkirk ground was in the middle of nowhere. Imagine going up there in early January. My workmate has a track car and regularly raced at Kames, he thought I was talking pish when I told him there used to be a football ground further up the hill. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeedsPhil Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 The pitch at Knockburn Sports Loch, outside Banchory, is used for Aberdeenshire Amateurs matches and the Mid-Deeside summer league. It's within a triathlon training and competition complex, so as you're trying to watch a match there are athletes cycling and running on the tarmacked route alongside, and open-water swimming in the man-made lake behind the goal. It was dreich in the first half. "Rather them than me", I thought about the swimmers in the freezing loch. But then the rain stopped, The sun came out ...and so did the midges. I suddenly saw the attraction of going and jumping in the loch - to get away from the pesky biters! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyro Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Invergordon have 14(ish) big fuel storage tanks that are linked to the secret WW2 bunker hidden inside the hills behind the town. They, along with a few others, are within a few 100 yards of a distillery so I don't know if it's unique enough to count. Orkney's offical home ground is at the beginning of a causeway between 2 islands 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 19 hours ago, PossilYM said: Aircraft coming and going over Renfrew and Clydebank/Yoker. 8 hours ago, tamthebam said: The ones going out of Edinburgh go over Pumpherston Here you go. Things to do at Pumphy when the game is poor… 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Scan Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Helicopter Pad right next to Campbeltown Park 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
energyzone Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Given the right set of fixtures you could technically get a glimpse of matches at Thorn Athletic, Kilwinning, Irvine Vics and Troon all on the same train journey. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 22 minutes ago, energyzone said: Given the right set of fixtures you could technically get a glimpse of matches at Thorn Athletic, Kilwinning, Irvine Vics and Troon all on the same train journey. @PossilYM would love that! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossilYM Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 In theory the quickest way to walk to Neilston railway station from the Brig O'Lee ground would be to walk along the disused railway line behind the far away goal. Although the railway cops might take notice when you reached the single line turn back track just outside the station. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossilYM Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 53 minutes ago, energyzone said: Given the right set of fixtures you could technically get a glimpse of matches at Thorn Athletic, Kilwinning, Irvine Vics and Troon all on the same train journey. Would like to know of an old Junior gound that's wasn't next to a railway at some point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossilYM Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Just now, PossilYM said: Would like to know of an old Junior gound that wasn't next to a railway at some point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larkyforever Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Lesmahagow is the home to the Hare Krishna, which is not surprising. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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