O/T Lost Football Grounds

Nice article on the BBC website about old grounds and what happened to them after they closed.

Doesn't mention our former home but an interesting read regardless.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29460621

 

http://www.footballgroundguide.com/old-grounds-and-stands/index.htm


The coach driver the other season drove us to Highbury instead of Emirates.

 

I think the Highbury development is fantastic, can't imagine its cheap to live there though.

It would have been nice for us to do what Middlesbrough did and add statues to commemorate significant areas of the ground.

 

We have an housing estate built on our old ground which isn't even named Boothferry Park but a pathetic cop-out 'Amber'
Also I hope the developers are made to honour their promise of including a garden of some sort where the centre circle used to be, 1, to honour those who had their ashes scattered on the pitch ( including ex-players) and 2. as a sign of respect to Boothferry Park, the home of ALL the biggest crowds this city has ever seen and the place where many world famous players played over the years.
Similar to memorial garden, statue and public seating being planned for the centre circle of the old boulevard rugby league ground.
Also our old Anlaby Road Ground which is a goal kick away from the present KC Stadium is not recognised at all despite much of the terracing still being in place (but badly overgrown and unkept)
Surely it is worthy of an information board showing exactly where it was and even including the old cricket ground and pavilion and perhaps a few facts and figures and recognition of it's importance in the founding and development of Hull City AFC ?
It was also the ground where our only full England international to date, EGD Wright, played.
If a blue plaque is considered necessary in recognition of the birthplace of an actor, author, or some significant local personality then surely similar is long over due for Boothferry Park and Anlaby Road Football Ground ? Not to mention Ebeneezor Cobb Morley, and while were at it Alan Hardaker OBE, the founder of the Football League Cup and the most influential chairman the Football League has ever had.

 

I've never seen old Ibrox before, it's frigging massive and looks very similar to Hampden. Is it a true fact that at one time the 3 biggest stadiums in Europe in terms of capacity were all in Glasgow? I've always liked that old pic of the Wolves stand as well which looks really huge.

 

They're practically giving them away...

http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/property/london/highbury-stadium-square/

 

Completely agree with all of that, I presume the lack of recognition at Boothferry Park is down to the private developer who bought the land and built the houses, its a shame they haven't really shown much respect for our former home.

But the lack of history at the circle is down to the council and should really be addressed. I presume its something the club would have to be involved in though and the chances of our club and the council working together any time soon is highly unlikely.

 

If they were it must have been a long while back. Real Madrid had over 120,000 in the 1950, Benfica over 135,000 as late as 1987. Both more than Ibrox or Cektic Park's records. Barcelona had a larger capacity in the 60s and 70s. Glasgow was the only city in Europe for a while which had 3 Stadiums with a capacity over 50,000. The next one was Seville when they built a stadium for the European Athletics Championships to add to Seville FC and Real Betis.

 

I really cant remember where I heard it but I seem to recall it was for a very short period ie 1 year. I wonder if the others were undergoing refurb work or partial demolition etc at the same time ergo making them 3 the biggest?

Or it could be that the 'fact' is an absolute load of bollocks....

 

Only made it to three out of those seven from the article: Burnden Park, Manor Ground and Victoria Ground.

I remember the Manor Ground being small and a bit weird, away fans stuck out on a top right of a smallish terrace.

 

I went to Manor Ground. I seem to recall it was the first game of the season and we got stuffed 4-0 with a John Byrne hat-trick. Mightve been the Dolan era. I also went to Victoria which was a good stadium. It was shortly after the Lou Macari betting scandal and we sang "Lou, Lou cheating Lou" to the tune of Skip to my Lou for a solid 90 minutes. Still lost though.

 

Ha. I was at both of them games.

There was a thread on here crediting Lou Macari recently, and that song (Cheatin’ Lou) came to mind for the first time in years.

The Oxford game was ****ing dire. It was under Dolan and I remember Moody and Byrne for them destroying us in the first half. Dolan subbed Neil Allison after about 25 mins too with us 4-0 down.

Awful start to a strangely ok season.

 

If its the same one , I was on that. he crashed into a bollard outside Highbury , ripped the side off the coach

 

Old grounds should be protected as much as possible. I played in the oldest surviving baseball stadium when I was 18 and it was one of the real highlights of my youth to stand in the same batters box that Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth and Willey Mays did.

 

Ah but there's the thing, according to Sky - and therefore a huge percentage of the football watching public - football didnt exist in England pre 1992.

 

Only 2 for me - Highbury when I worked in London and Burnden Park when I worked in Lancaster.

 

Yeah agree.
They hardly mention some sports unless they screen them.
F1 only got a mention in passing until they started showing it.
And this ****ing Pistorious thing they are obsessed with