tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19383423534733756522024-02-08T07:11:50.007-08:00Sense or Senility? Adventures of a Ground GeekAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03884843125488571221noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938342353473375652.post-84573994007184758112016-11-25T10:37:00.000-08:002016-11-25T10:37:05.275-08:00Vicente Calderon- Atletico De Madrid<h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
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Atletico Madrid 2-0 PSV Eindhoven (Champions League Group Stage, November 23rd 2016)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: Anfiteatro Lateral<br />
Ticket Price (1st Visit): 62 Euros<br />
Attendance (1st Visit): 37,891<br />
Address: Passeo de la Virgen Del Puerto, 67 28005, Madrid</div>
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<i>PSV fans let off a smoke bomb in the upper tier of the Fonde Norte</i></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03884843125488571221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938342353473375652.post-61842078705591249652016-08-10T05:28:00.002-07:002016-08-10T05:28:25.803-07:00Glentoran FC- The Oval<h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
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Visits:1<br />
Glentoran 1-0 Dungannon Swifts (Danske Bank Premiership, August 6th 2016)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: Terracing<br />
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Attendance (1st Visit): 1,475<br />
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France 2-0 Albania (European Championships Group A, June 15th 2016)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: Tribune Jean Bouin<br />
Ticket Price (1st Visit): 80 Euros<br />
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A ground Ive wanted to visit since I was a teenager. Well worth any chance you get to have a trip here.</div>
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Hereford 7-0 Bardon Hill (Midland Alliance Premier Division, March 26th 2016)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: Meadow End Terrace<br />
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Hereford were reformed in summer 2015 after the previous incarnation, Hereford United went bust mid season thanks to some serious criminal mismanagement off the pitch. This was in their first season, where they also sealed a first visit to Wembley in the FA Vase with a win at Salisbury the week before.<br />
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<i>Mike Symons celenrates the 7th goal!</i></div>
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One that was on my list for years, but always alluded me. Just glad the club have sorted their problems off the pitch and the opportunity to go there didnt go away forever.</div>
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Visits:1<br />
Bochum 3-2 Sandhausen (Bundesliga 2, February 27th 2016)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: Ost Kurve<br />
Ticket Price (1st Visit): 12 Euros<br />
Attendance (1st Visit): 12,209<br />
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Atmosphere</h3>
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It seems Bochum have some sort of thing going with Leicester City, as they had a banner with both badges on, and quite a few of their fans were wearing Bochum/ Leicester half scarves which was a bit odd!<br />
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Visits:1<br />
FC Koln 0-1 Hertha Berlin (Bundesliga, February 26th 2016)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: West Tribune<br />
Ticket Price (1st Visit): 41 Euros<br />
Attendance (1st Visit): 48,900<br />
Address: Aachener Strasse 999. 50933, Koln, Germany</div>
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Food & Drink</h3>
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Koln famously have a live goat as their mascot, Hennes. There is something very comical about playing the Rocky theme song and bringing out this little bewildered goat while the crowd goes crazy!<br />
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A beautiful city with loads to do, fantastic transport links, and just an absolutely brilliant place to watch football. Everybody needs to go there, now.</div>
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Visits:1<br />
FC Barcelona 6-1 Roma (Champions League Group Stage, November 24th 2015)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: Gol Nord Superior<br />
Ticket Price (1st Visit): 74 Euros<br />
Attendance (1st Visit): 71,433<br />
Address: C. Aristides Maillol, 12, 08028, Barcelona, Spain</div>
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Barcelona of course have a lot of identity with Catalonia, and they protested during the playing of the Champions League anthem and several times during the game by waving thousands of Catalan flags and chanting something. I later found out it was in reference to UEFA fining Barcelona for displaying a large Catalan banner during last season's Champions League Final, and again against Leverkeusen this season. Its also a bit of a hot topic around here lately with the push for Catalan independence.<br />
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Barnet 3-1 Dagenham & Redbridge (League Two, September 26th 2015)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: South Terrace<br />
Ticket Price (1st Visit): £17<br />
Attendance (1st Visit): 2,079<br />
Address: The Hive, Camrose Avenue, Edgware, HA8 6AG</div>
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<i>Looking towards the empty North Terrace</i></div>
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Visits:1<br />
San Francisco Giants 8-5 New York Mets (Major League Baseball, June 10th 2015)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: Left Field Promenade<br />
Ticket Price (1st Visit): $18<br />
Attendance (1st Visit): 24,436<br />
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Very different in design and attitude to football in Europe. But something well worth doing. Certainly not a bad way to pass a gorgeous summer evening should you ever find yourself in New York!</div>
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Rangers 4-1 Cowdenbeath (Scottish Championship, March 28th 2015)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: Copland Road End Lower<br />
Ticket Price (1st Visit): £18<br />
Attendance (1st Visit): 32,682<br />
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<i>Ibrox's magnificent exterior</i></div>
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Not a fan of Rangers as a club at all, but its a brilliant ground. Full of history and grandeur. Having now done the big three in Glasgow (Rangers, Celtic and Hampden) I think Ibrox is the more impressive ground of the three.</div>
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Boston United 2-1 Gainsborough Trinity (Conference North, March 21st 2015)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: Spayne Road Terrace<br />
Ticket Price (1st Visit): £12<br />
Attendance (1st Visit): 1,319<br />
Address: York Street, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 6JN</div>
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<i>York Street exterior</i></div>
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<i>The Spayne Road Terrace before kick off</i></div>
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Lovely little ground, reminded me of Cambridge and Southport. One worth seeing before they move in the next few years.</div>
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Visits:1<br />
BSC Young Boys 1-4 Everton (Europa League Round of 32 1st Leg, February 19th 2015)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: Nord Tier 1<br />
Ticket Price (1st Visit): £31<br />
Attendance (1st Visit): 20,835<br />
Address: Papiermuhlestrasse 71, 3000 Bern, Switzerland</div>
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Bern is a German speaking city, and seemed to reflect that with the attitude of the place. It was definitely more Wolfsburg and Nuremberg than Lille. Laid back, good locals, no over the top policing and stewarding, and a lovely city to spend some time in. The ground, although being rebuilt, has a lot of history too, having hosted the World Cup Final and European Cup Final in its previous guise. Im not sure too if it is the original or a replica, but there is a old fashioned clock and scoreboard outside the ground like the one at the old Wankdorf stadium.<br />
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Another new country visited, and like Germany, they do a lot of things so much better than we do. A trip well worth it, even before the match kicked off.</div>
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Visits:1<br />
Queen of the South 0-2 Hibernian (Scottish Championship, January 24th 2015)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: Terregles Street Terrace<br />
Ticket Price (1st Visit): £16<br />
Attendance (1st Visit): 3,677<br />
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VfL Wolfsburg 0-2 Everton (Europa League Group Stage, November 27th 2014)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: Sud Ost Tier 2 <br />
Ticket Price (1st Visit): £15<br />
Attendance (1st Visit):23,625<br />
Address: Volkwagen Arena, In den Allerweisen 1, 38446, Wolfsburg, Germany</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px;">I like the ground, very unique and str<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">iking from the outside, the green lights add to the whole pla<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">ce too. The lower tier has those safe standing rail seats, but being a European game, we<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">re locked in the seated position against us. It also had quite a large fence though, which I imagine was very intrusive. We were in the upper, views absolutely flawless. </span></span></span></span><br />
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A bit of a different welcome to the one we got in Lille. Bit of a jump to go from near sexual assault by stewards and robocops, to a couple of ordinary bods in yellow jackets who were joking around with you while they're checking that bulge in your pocket actually is your wallet! The police were the same as they were in Nuremberg too. A presence, you knew that if anything kicked off, they'd be on you, but that was it, just a presence, a reminder to behave. And it was never needed, we werent even kept in the ground afterwards, and even in the city waiting for the train back to Berlin, fans were still mixing just fine.<br />
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My second German ground, and the experience was good as the first. Quite simply, they do football for the fans so much better than we do. And everyone has a good time for it. A ground worth visiting.</div>
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Lille OSC 0-0 Everton (Europa League Group Stage, October 23rd 2014)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: Sud Est Level 2<br />
Ticket Price (1st Visit): £16<br />
Attendance (1st Visit):42,000<br />
Address: 261 Boulevard De Tournai, 59690 Villeneuve d'Ascq, Lille, France</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px;">Dont bother inside the ground. Dont sell half the st<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">uff they say they do, then their idea of a chi<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">cken pani<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">ni was a half cold food poisoning on a baguette. The ground has quite a few food outlets opposite the away section, I wouldnt definitely recommended taking in one of these before you go in. There are several hotels <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">next to the ground too, which all have bars they are happy to let fans use</span>.</span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px;">Brand new and state of the art, reminded me of a<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> mini</span> Wembley. And all the views are fine too...as long as you dont happen to be next to one of those enormous fences that European clubs are a big fan of erecting next to the away fans.<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Luckily for us, there was absolutely no steward<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> organisation in the <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">away end at all, with stewards openly telling fans to 'go where they want.' <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">So I s<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">pent the whole game stood up at the back so I could see over the fence. Like Wembley, it has a large corporate section situated between the two main tiers of each stand. Also like Wembley, it was half empty for this game.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Same old French and their police treatment of English fans. I go into a lot more detail on my other blog <a href="http://igtwtcutb.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/lille-0-0-everton.html" target="_blank">here.</a> An absolute joke. We were also kept in for about half an hour after the game to 'allow the crowd to disperse.' There were still thousands of Lille fans milling about and buying food outside when we finally got out. More like we were kept in to 'allow the riot police to get into position to try and intimidate us some more.' Scumbags.<br />
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Bamber Bridge 1-4 Chorley (FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round, October 11th 2014)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: All sides <br />
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Addres<span style="color: black;">s: Irongate, Brownedge Road, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 6UU</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px;">The ground is just off the M6 at the junction of the M65. All street parking, but fortunately for me, my dad works in the area and knew a good little pla<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">ce on the in<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">dustr<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">ial estate next to Sainsbury's. Just a short walk down a little path under the smallest railway bridge probably in the wor<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">ld!</span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px;">Not bad for Evo-Stik level. Uncovered end in front of the clubhouse, and the uncovered grass bank down one side. The seated Main Stand is opposite, while the other e<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">nd has a covered terrace.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px;">Huge crowd for Brig, they had to shut the turnstiles 1<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">0 minutes before kick <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">off, <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">the crowd understandably swelled due to Chorley be<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">ing a local riv<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">al, an international break, and even Preston not playing. And for a mostly uncovered non league ground, the atmosphere was great. I doubt it's like that every week though!</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px;"></span><br />
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Decent little ground for their level.<br />
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Visits: 1<br />
Cambridge United 1-0 Plymouth Argyle (League Two, August 9th 2014)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: Newmarket Road End<br />
Ticket Price (1st Visit): £16<br />
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<span style="color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24.375px;">Half and half standing and seating and all covered! Away fans get the newest all seater South Stand, as well as half the Habbin Terrace down the side if the demand is there. The all seater Main Stand runs down the other touchline, with the Newmarket Road End Terrace behind the goal. </span><br />
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Visits: 3 <i>(1 Unofficial)</i><br />
<i>Celtic 1-0 Everton (Pre Season Friendly, July 2006)</i><br />
St Johnstone 2-0 Dundee United (Scottish Cup Final, May 17th 2014)<br />
Celtic 0-2 Borussia Monchengladbach (Champions League Group Stage, October 19th 2016)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: Lisbon Lions Lower, Jock Stein Upper, North Stand Upper<br />
Ticket Price (1st Official Visit): £28<br />
Attendance (1st Visit Official): 47,345</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px;">Walked it from the city centre twice, be prepared if you do, its one hell of a walk! Drove once, there is a lot of street parking on the side streets off Duke Street, especially on Bluevale Street, where you may have to give someone a quid or two to 'mind your car' to the north of the ground, and considering the crowds, not too bad for getting out after. </span><br />
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Visits: 1<br />
Altrincham 2-1 Guiseley AET (Conference North Play Off Final, May 10th 2014)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: Hale End<br />
Ticket Price (1st Visit): £13<br />
Attendance (1st Visit): 4,632</div>
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Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Blackpool (Championship, April 21st 2014)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: North Stand<br />
Ticket Price (1st Official Visit): £30<br />
Attendance (1st Visit): 27,610<br />
Address: Amerrican Express Community Stadium, Village Way, Falmer, East Sussex, BN1 9BL</div>
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Visits: 1<br />
Bradford Bulls 6-46 Leeds Rhinos (Super League XIX, April 17th 2014)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: Away terrace<br />
Ticket Price (1st Official Visit): £20<br />
Attendance (1st Visit): 10,106<br />
Address: Odsal Stadium, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD6 1DS</div>
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Im glad Ive been there, it has a lot of good things about it, but its generally now really showing its age, and given Bradford’s problems on and off the pitch, it wont be changing any time soon.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03884843125488571221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938342353473375652.post-44647084330259846092014-06-03T16:11:00.000-07:002015-04-17T07:49:52.600-07:00Newport County FC- Rodney Parade<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Visits: 1<br />
Newport County 1-2 Portsmouth (League Two, March 29th 2014)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: North Terrace<br />
Ticket Price (1st Official Visit): £15<br />
Attendance (1st Visit): 4,261<br />
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Not a good ground at all. Miles from the pitch, poor atmosphere, feels temporary all over.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03884843125488571221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938342353473375652.post-75939616036505803262014-06-03T16:08:00.001-07:002015-04-17T07:44:02.233-07:00AFC Wimbledon- Kingsmeadow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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AFC Wimbledon 0-3 Rochdale (League Two, February 8th 2014)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: EcoHouse Terrace<br />
Ticket Price (1st Official Visit): £16<br />
Attendance (1st Visit): 3,837<br />
Address: Jack Goodchild Way, Kingston Road, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 3PB</div>
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Pretty disappointing, though slightly understandable given that Wimbledon share with a non league club. They do have plans to move back to Wimbledon soon however so hopefully that will go ahead.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 15.5556px; line-height: 27.0833px;">Visits: 4</span><br />
Bournemouth 1-1 Watford (Championship, January 18th 2014)<br />
Bournemouth 3-3 Everton (Premier League, November 28th 2015)<br />
Bournemouth 0-2 Everton (FA Cup 5th Round, February 20th 2016)<br />
Bournemouth 1-0 Everton (Premier League, September 24th 2016)<br />
Stands I’ve Been in: Steve Fletcher Stand, East Stand, Ted MacDougall Stand<br />
Ticket Price (1st Official Visit): £21<br />
Attendance (1st Visit): 10,353<br />
Address: Dean Court, King’s Park, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH7 7AF</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03884843125488571221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938342353473375652.post-72225729612122950342014-06-03T16:02:00.002-07:002016-07-27T07:09:28.056-07:00Milton Keynes Dons FC- Stadium MK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Visits: 3 <i>(1 unofficial)</i><br />
Milton Keynes Dons 1-3 Wigan Athletic AET (FA Cup 3rd Round Replay, January 14th 2014)<br />
Milton Keynes Dons 3-1 AFC Wimbledon (League Cup 1st Round, August 12th 2014)<br />
<i>Milton Keynes Dons 1-3 Everton (Pre Season, July 26th 2016)</i><br />
Stands I’ve Been in: North Stand Lower, North Stand Upper<br />
Ticket Price (1st Official Visit): £12<br />
Attendance (1st Visit): 8,316<br />
Address: Stadium MK, Denbigh, Milton Keynes, MK1 1ST</div>
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Transport</h3>
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Food & Drink</h3>
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Inside the Ground</h3>
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Atmosphere</h3>
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Anything Else</h3>
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<i>A pitch invasion after an AFC Wimbledon goal, 2014</i></div>
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Overall</h3>
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I really didnt want to enjoy myself, it was through gritted teeth…but its a fantastic ground for a new build.</div>
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