Question How many dual sport grounds have you seen Southend play at?

[spoons]

Watching Southend play Newport on Saturday at a ground that also hosts rugby got me thinking of how many other dual sports grounds Southend have played at.
I will start with Newport and Bristol Rovers.
How many more can you list?:unsure:

 

[mrsblue]

Watching Southend play Newport on Saturday at a ground that also hosts rugby got me thinking of how many other dual sports grounds Southend have played at.
I will start with Newport and Bristol Rovers.
How many more can you list?:unsure:

Seen blues at Colchester which is dual sport as in football and sheep worrying spectacle:winking:

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

Watching Southend play Newport on Saturday at a ground that also hosts rugby got me thinking of how many other dual sports grounds Southend have played at.
I will start with Newport and Bristol Rovers.
How many more can you list?:unsure:

Liberty Stadium (Swansea City, and Ospreys) and Adam park (Wycombe Wanderers, and Wasps)

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

and you could add Millennium Stadium to that too

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

County Ground Northampton - Football and Cricket.
Even though it was only 3 sided I used to quite like going to Northampton. Their fans in the Hotel End used to create one of the best atmospheres in the lower leagues.

The Shay, Halifax - Football, Speedway and now Rugby League.
Eastville Stadium, Bristol Rovers - Football, Dog Racing & Speedway.
Roots Hall, Southend - Football and Rugby League.
Southend Stadium - Football and Dog Racing. (I only ever went there for dog racing)

Not been to any of these-
White City, QPR - League Football, World Cup 1966 Football, 1908 Olympics, Dog Racing, Rugby League, Boxing
Bradford Park Avenue - Football and Cricket. Anyone on here ever go there?
Did we ever play at Sheffield United when it was a cricket ground?

 

[Firestorm]

Roots Hall .Rugby League and Football.
Did the Sabres play at RH ?

Southchurch Park & Withdean Football and Athletics

Old Newport county Football and Speedway

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Wembley (football, NFL, rugby league and probably a few others)
Dagenham (football and diving)
Any ground I've seen Drewe Broughton playappear at (football and dressage)

I would have added Brighton (football and athletics), but I was actually too far from the pitch to see the match.

 

[Agent Lomas]

Bristol Rovers, Rotherham's OLD Ground, (we won 4-0 there), Wycombe

 

[B.B.The Legend Lives On.]

County Ground Northampton - Football and Cricket.
Even though it was only 3 sided I used to quite like going to Northampton. Their fans in the Hotel End used to create one of the best atmospheres in the lower leagues.

The Shay, Halifax - Football, Speedway and now Rugby League.
Eastville Stadium, Bristol Rovers - Football, Dog Racing & Speedway.
Roots Hall, Southend - Football and Rugby League.
Southend Stadium - Football and Dog Racing. (I only ever went there for dog racing)

Not been to any of these-
White City, QPR - League Football, World Cup 1966 Football, 1908 Olympics, Dog Racing, Rugby League, Boxing
Bradford Park Avenue - Football and Cricket. Anyone on here ever go there?
Did we ever play at Sheffield United when it was a cricket ground?

I went to Bradford Park Avenue 4 times, 3 wins (1966-67 2-1, 1967-68 1-0, 1968-69 3-0). The last time was 1969-70 we lost 1-0 but Bradford failed to gain re-election and were replaced by Cambridge United.(Ironically we were the first and last league side to win at Cambridge Utd.3-0 in 1970-71 and 2-0 in 2004-05 before they dropped into the Conference).

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

I went to Bradford Park Avenue 4 times, 3 wins (1966-67 2-1, 1967-68 1-0, 1968-69 3-0). The last time was 1969-70 we lost 1-0 but Bradford failed to gain re-election and were replaced by Cambridge United.(Ironically we were the first and last league side to win at Cambridge Utd.3-0 in 1970-71 and 2-0 in 2004-05 before they dropped into the Conference).

Excellent, good effort. Did you go to White City when we played QPR there?

 

[B.B.The Legend Lives On.]

Excellent, good effort. Did you go to White City when we played QPR there?

I did not see us play at White City this was before I started going to away matches, however I did go to watch Speedway there in the "70's.(also saw it at Wembley).

 

[B.B.The Legend Lives On.]

Just remembered that I saw Southend United play at Romford (Brooklands) in the 1960's.(Essex Professional Cup/ Friendlies/Reserves) & Rayleigh Rockets Speedway in the 1970's.

 

[Sleaford Shrimper]

Huddersfield. Then called the McAlpine Stadium (later Galpharm and now John Smith's) shared with Huddersfield Rugby League Club.

Also, going back many years, Darlington's old ground, Feethams, was also a cricket ground. I watched us play there two or three times when I was living in Newcastle in the late 1960s / early 1970s.

Some Blues fans even older than me might have watched home games at the old greyhound racing stadium before we moved to Roots Hall.

 

[Sleaford Shrimper]

I've remembered that I watched us playing a League Cup game against Hull a few years ago at the KC Stadium which is shared with Hull FC Rugby League club. It was the first game that M'voto played for us, and Lee Sawyer looked really classy when he came on as a sub.

 

[BaileytheQuitter]

MK Dons Hockey Stadium. Was it actually used for hockey?

 

[MK Shrimper]

MK Dons Hockey Stadium. Was it actually used for hockey?

Dunno but that's where my offices are these days.

 

[Lord Football]

Bramall Lane, I know some of you would have been there. That was actually once used to host a cricket Test Match.

 

[Uncle Leo]

Millennium Stadium, Wembley, Griffin Park, Brisbane Road and Loftus Road. Seen Southend at all of these and also rugby league - London Broncos and/or various internationals.

Craven Cottage - and of course Roots Hall - have both been used for RL too, albeit a little before my time. I've seen RL at The Valley, but not Southend; my only visit there was for a Charlton game one New Year's Day when Southend's game at Orient was postponed.

 

[LCBB72]

Watfords ground used to have a dog track round it .

 

[Pubey]

Bramall Lane, I know some of you would have been there. That was actually once used to host a cricket Test Match.

In 1902!

It hasn't hosted cricket since the 70s