Must admit, reason I chose Highbury was because of the way the stadium is built.[b said:
I agree that the main stand at Highbury is beautiful architecturally, but it was just rather quiet when I got in there...[b said:
AKA The Deva Stadium, Chester.[b said:
Damn beat me to it about Chester![b said:Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Aug. 17 2005,12:08)]I agree that the main stand at Highbury is beautiful architecturally, but it was just rather quiet when I got in there...[b said:
Interestingly, I quite enjoyed Goodison Park when I went there... apart from the fact that I felt as if I'd just gone to an NF rally. It was Everton v. Norwich; the Toffees went 1-0 up through Dave Watson, before the Canaries then stuck 5 past Everton without reply, four of them being bagged by Efan Ekoku.
The amount of racist abuse going on around me was appalling, and has rather put me off Everton ever since.
Saunders Honda = the Deva Stadium, Chester. Lovely pubs in Chester itself, and a good away trip last year... but I'm not much of a fan of the ground itself.
Matt
The former - the main stands are listed, and the pitch is consecrated ground (and is thus being turned into a park of remembrance).[b said:
And more info can be found here, from today's Times:[b said:
Have you got Engineering Archie by Simon Inglis?[b said:
That would be so cool to live in a former football ground.[b said:
Not yet, but it's on my list of books to buy
He didn't design Highbury! Arsenal had far grander aspirations. The East & West stands at Highbury, although much smaller than the Leitch bulit East Stand at White Hart Lane, which was also built in the 1930's, each cost about double the cost of Spurs' East Stand.[b said:
Football Grounds of Great Britain by Simon Inglis is another cracker. My favourite footballl book of all time (the first edition c1984, pre Bradford fire and Hillsborough changes, is the best if you can get hold of it). A must read for all football fans and not just ground spotter anorak types like me.[b said:
Oops! Oh well, thanks for clearing that up anyway![b said:Quote[/b] (Upminster Blue @ Aug. 17 2005,13:10)]He didn't design Highbury! Arsenal had far grander aspirations. The East & West stands at Highbury, although much smaller than the Leitch bulit East Stand at White Hart Lane, which was also built in the 1930's, each cost about double the cost of Spurs' East Stand.[b said:
Leitch design can be spotted by the criss cross pattern on the balcony dividing the upper and lower tiers, which you wont see at Highbury. He designed virtually very stand of note during the inter war years.
Ok, ok, I'll put my anorak back on and go back to trainspotting
However it may be a little more difficult now that your a known trouble maker after being being caught smoking a Cigar by the British Transport Police.[b said:
There are a couple of copies of the first edition currently available on ebay:[b said:
I think Leitch designed the original East stand at Highbury but not the current one so I think we're both probably right. (If you're old enough to remember, the original east Stand was almost identical to the Molineux Street stand at Wolves which survived until around 1980 - it had a very unusual multiple gable roof).[b said:Quote[/b] (W4 Shrimper @ Aug. 17 2005,13:31)]Oops! Oh well, thanks for clearing that up anyway![b said:Quote[/b] (Upminster Blue @ Aug. 17 2005,13:10)]He didn't design Highbury! Arsenal had far grander aspirations. The East & West stands at Highbury, although much smaller than the Leitch bulit East Stand at White Hart Lane, which was also built in the 1930's, each cost about double the cost of Spurs' East Stand.[b said:
Leitch design can be spotted by the criss cross pattern on the balcony dividing the upper and lower tiers, which you wont see at Highbury. He designed virtually very stand of note during the inter war years.
Ok, ok, I'll put my anorak back on and go back to trainspotting
