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Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:39 am
by houseboy
Is this one of the best views ever from a football stand?

https://www.google.com/search?q=Estadio ... c1M:&vet=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:40 am
by Rick_Muller
thats a cr@p view - you can barely see the goal at the other end...

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:52 am
by Bosscat
houseboy wrote:Is this one of the best views ever from a football stand?

https://www.google.com/search?q=Estadio ... c1M:&vet=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Yeah very pretty but these have to be the strangest Turnstiles in the UK......
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Kenilworth Road...

As you walk up into the stands you can see into folks houses (bedrooms and the like)

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:55 am
by ClaretTony
Bosscat wrote:Yeah very pretty but these have to be the strangest Turnstiles in the UK......
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Kenilworth Road...

As you walk up into the stands you can see into folks houses (bedrooms and the like)
You don't just see in, you go inside. The toilets are in one of the houses.

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:57 am
by Bosscat
ClaretTony wrote:You don't just see in, you go inside. The toilets are in one of the houses.
Strangest turnstiles ever lol

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:58 am
by Pstotto
https://www.google.com/search?q=cathkin ... eaM:&vet=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Turf Moor 1990 If we'd lost to Orient.

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:58 am
by Pstotto
https://www.google.com/search?q=cathkin ... eaM:&vet=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Turf Moor 1997 If we'd lost to Orient.

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:08 pm
by randomclaret2
Nearly...

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:18 pm
by houseboy
Rick_Muller wrote:thats a cr@p view - you can barely see the goal at the other end...
I was expecting something like that bud and yes you're right but at least if the game is rubbish you can relax and enjoy the view. It IS a big ground though so any end would be poor view in that sense, it holds 60k.

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:19 pm
by houseboy
Bosscat wrote:Yeah very pretty but these have to be the strangest Turnstiles in the UK......
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Kenilworth Road...

As you walk up into the stands you can see into folks houses (bedrooms and the like)
Yeah, never been there but I've seen that before. Garbage innit.

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:21 pm
by Pstotto
... Especially after Luton v. Millwall.

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:23 pm
by Bosscat
houseboy wrote:Yeah, never been there but I've seen that before. Garbage innit.
Mid 90's last time there lol but I wish I owned this fellows apartment...

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.tele ... adium/amp/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

But then again maybe not :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:24 pm
by Rowls
houseboy wrote:Is this one of the best views ever from a football stand?
It's a nice view of the mountain, yes.

Not so good for the actual football pitch though.

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:27 pm
by Bosscat
Rowls wrote:It's a nice view of the mountain, yes.

Not so good for the actual football pitch though.
Yeah but if the games crap you can look at the volcano and speculate what would happen if :D

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:30 pm
by houseboy
Bosscat wrote:Mid 90's last time there lol but I wish I owned this fellows apartment...

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.tele ... adium/amp/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

But then again maybe not :lol: :lol: :lol:
I wonder how many millions he is worth?

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:40 pm
by houseboy
Rowls wrote:It's a nice view of the mountain, yes.

Not so good for the actual football pitch though.
I got to thinking after, if you are a lover of nature and all things scenic I wonder if the view actually detracts from the game? I could mentally drift away with that scene which is a bit of a bugger if the match is decent.
I only came across this today after looking at some Copa Sudamerica results and noticed Palmieras of Brazil playing a team called Melgar, who I hadn't heard of. They are from Peru and I came across this stunning ground. Actually some South American grounds have views not dissimilar, particularly in Peru, Equador and Colombia.

Still we have a nice view of the hills from certain parts of the Turf.

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:42 pm
by Bosscat
Cracking view from the JHU house m8 :) :)

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:14 pm
by Rowls
Bosscat wrote:Cracking view from the JHU house m8 :) :)
Well said! We don't have it too bad in Burnley.

Churches, chimneys, row after row of terrace rooves and then the glorious Lancashire countryside rising above.

Longside upper has the best view of the countryside in the whole country.

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 2:53 pm
by houseboy
At the other end of the scale (and this always cracks me up) take a look at a Polish lower division away end.

https://www.google.com/search?q=polish+ ... -BM:&vet=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And here's another.

https://www.google.com/search?q=polish+ ... tPM:&vet=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There's loads like this - now that would acftually stop me watching football altogether.

https://www.google.com/search?q=polish+ ... tPM:&vet=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 2:58 pm
by ŽižkovClaret
Bit niche, but from the stand at Predni Kopanina you can watch planes come in to land at Prague Airport while supping ale. Its 8th tier, mind so the football is awful ha

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 3:02 pm
by Man of Kent
Few better than this one!

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 3:15 pm
by Claretforever
Pstotto wrote:https://www.google.com/search?q=cathkin ... eaM:&vet=1

Turf Moor 1997 If we'd lost to Orient.
Turf Moor 2019 because we didn’t lose to Orient :P

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Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 3:27 pm
by Bosscat
Claretforever wrote:Turf Moor 2019 because we didn’t lose to Orient :P

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And some whine about wooden seats in the BLS & CFS :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 3:29 pm
by claretburns
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Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 4:31 pm
by whentheballmoves
Once went to a game at Colo Colo's ground. That had a cracking view of the Andes.

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 5:55 pm
by Clarets4me
You can even take in some Cricket if correctly seated in the JHU, at either end of the season !

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 6:13 pm
by Spijed
Who remembers the wooden seats (benches) in the upper tier of the River side stand at Rovers?

They were just benches with painted white lines to indicate where each seat was.

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 6:27 pm
by elwaclaret
Spijed wrote:Who remembers the wooden seats (benches) in the upper tier of the River side stand at Rovers?

They were just benches with painted white lines to indicate where each seat was.
Yes but at least they had a adult space... had a similar set up a Stockport but they used Tom Thumb as an arse model.

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 6:29 pm
by houseboy
Spijed wrote:Who remembers the wooden seats (benches) in the upper tier of the River side stand at Rovers?

They were just benches with painted white lines to indicate where each seat was.
I remember the Nuttall St stand at Ewood with wooden steps that reminded me of being in Noah’s Ark on Blackpool pleasure beach.

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 7:07 pm
by Spijed
And who remembers sitting at the end of the main stand at St. James park, Exeter.

You couldn't even see one of the goals!

Re: Views From Grounds

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 8:08 pm
by AfloatinClaret
A recent favourite: Vaitahu at Tahuata in the Marquesa Islands. The 'stand' is apparently about a thousand years old.