Re: Football grounds that you have driven past (and otherwise seen/entered IRL)

by Butterfield Sat Jun 18, 2022 12:52 am

I *think* I saw Middlesbrough's football ground yesterday in the distance - a lot of white girder things - and checking the map the ground is in the direction I was heading.

by Butterfield Sat Jun 18, 2022 12:56 am

The bit in the middle, to the left of the ugly factory things.

by Fangirl Three Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:22 am

On Thursday night I stayed at a Premier Inn right next to Bolton Wanderers ground. On the roundabout outside there's a statue which I think looks like a bomb.

by Butterfield Tue May 16, 2023 1:07 am

I went past the W*st Br*mwich Albi*n ground the other day (and in the process hit one of the worst and deepest potholes I've ever come across) and then a little later saw the Aston Villa ground just off a road I was driving on.

On my voyages past Sheffield near Meadowhall I think I've noticed a stadium in the near distance - there are white girders jutting up in a row that look football stadium-y. What or which might this be?

by Nightjar Tue May 16, 2023 3:56 am

The only three stadiums around there are Utd, Wednesday and Rotherham and the only one that has cantilevered girder-y things on the roof of one of the stands is Hillsborough.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue May 16, 2023 7:08 am

Is it the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park?

It stands where Don Valley Stadium used to be.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue May 16, 2023 9:20 am

Who's Don Valley? ha ha no

by Fangirl Three Tue May 16, 2023 9:39 am

When I was in Dumbarton last month I heard people chanting 'Dum-bar-ton!' and realised that I had located the ground of Dumbarton FC, who were playing their last match of the season.

by Butterfield Tue May 16, 2023 1:57 pm

Nightjar wrote:The only three stadiums around there are Utd, Wednesday and Rotherham and the only one that has cantilevered girder-y things on the roof of one of the stands is Hillsborough.

It's not on the Rotherham side of the M1.

by Butterfield Tue May 16, 2023 2:00 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Is it the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park?

It stands where Don Valley Stadium used to be.

Could be, looking at the map it looks to be in the right sort of area.

In fact.... type

Here it is zoomed in from the M1. I think it matches up.

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