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2nd, Stadiums.... what can you tell me about my local team, Swindon ? the County Ground
Cya at the games,
Charlie
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As for the modern stadium, the North stand was once hailed as an architectural marvel. Opened in 61 it was the largest cantilever stand built in Britain at the time. The South Stand is wonderful. Opened in 1914 and designed by Leitch. It has a trademark Leitch gable which contains a clock and is adorned with a copper football. Go there today and it is probably the best preserved of any of the Leitches remaining, of which there are nine.
The ground itself lacks investment nowadays. However there used to be nothing quite like the sight of looking at the famous Kop, a really cavernous stand extending seemingly miles into the air, at full throat.
Swindon. Forever etched in my memory for a 4-3 play off final defeat in the early 1990s. Ugh.
The County Ground itself...hold on a minute Swindon...the roundabout system near the ground...OMG. Horrific. Back to the ground which is becoming a bit of a throwback
These days you don't see many sets of floodlights anymore. Most of the new grounds have them built into stands for example but at Swindon there is a corking set, clearly visible from the London to Bristol train line.
At the home end, the floodlights go through the stand roof to the floor and they even sell seats behind the pylons.
A reasonably typical new ground, this one is from 1995. Designed by Birse and McAlpine to the same spec (for reasons of cost) as Derby, Leicester, Southampton etc
I find these stadia too bland and uniform. Give me the character of somewhere like Ayresome Park anyday (Ayresome Park's barrel roof=stadia p o r n)
Quick story.
Leicester City had a Tuesday night game in Middlesborough. I was working in London but was five years into a "don't miss a match phase". Couldn't get a train there, had also to be at work that morning too
Only solution was to take the afternoon off, National Express coach up, watch match, National Express coach back overnight. Straight into work from Victoria coach station for 7am the next morning
We lost 2-0. Bernie Slaven.
Back to the stadium. I like the two statues outside of Hardwick and Mannion
thank
Gareth
Possibly the most absurd naming deal of any currently in existence, Rockingham Road= Elgoods Brewery Arena.
Dwarfed by the main stand, I find this ground very pleasant. Visited for a pre-season friendly last Augsut and in the height of Summer it was leafy and picturesque.
Interestingly I sometimes play poker against Chairman Imraan Ladak who plays at Luton. More often he is to be found in big private cash games. He's a fish, but a very dangerous fish. Made his fortune in medical supplies, he did
Back to the ground, I gather they are planning to move, which they would need to to progress further up the ladder with three sides standing
Exodus Geohagahn is the best name for a footballer in the world.
Was there on that fateful day in the south stand (had been selling progs) so neutral observer, but thats another story.
Hillsborough, as you may have heard has had plans made for a big development of the Stadia including geting rid of the viewing restriction seats, increasing capacity to 44,825, create community facilities in the North Stand, A learning Zone in the West Stand to name but a few, Exiting times coming up
Lol, don't say I did not warn you guys.
Proper geek, him.
Imagine him & I on the same TV Show, lol!
Anyway, he'll be at all the SPT gigs, & maybe we'll get some Trivia comps going at some stage of the weekend.
Wait till you play a Tighty SNG though. Oh lordy lordy......
Thanks
Arsenal fan (no facts on impressive but bland and annoyingly named Emirates stadium please - I still pine for the wonderful Highbury stands as I am sure you do).
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The Grand Final at DTD will, like Legs 1 to 5, have Super Satellites on SkyPoker.com
In fact, I imagine they will run night & day for months in advance of the Grand Final.
Now, where's that Richard? Reading his football stadia geeky books, no doubt.
Richard? RICHARD!
(Like this for years he's been, sitting in his mansion like Old Mr Burns off the Simpsons while I run around to his every beck and call)
how about St. James Park (Newcastle United)?? - got any good facts?
SPT Richard will be at a Meeting for a good part of today, in London, so he may not be Online until later this afternoon.
In fact, he is Meeting with me & some other dudes, at a Hotel near Heathrow. Afterwards, I plan to show them the British Airways Maintenance Hanger, Concorde (which is parked there), & we can watch the planes taking off & landing.
Don't worry, Richard thinks he's a geek, but I can outgeek him any day. I can.
In the absence of SPT Rich until much later today, I'll take that question for now.
St James Park - yes, it's a great big ugly concrete & steel jobbie jobbie in the middle of Newcastle Town Centre. Newcastle United play there.
Who needs SPT Rich?
Next question please.
Lol Dave.
The truth is, the bad beats we see in Live Poker are identical to those we see Online.
The difference is that those who suffer them cannot blame the software, or in fact anything, so they have to accept defeat like grown-ups. Also, peeps get very brave behind a keyboard & sound off rudely, but when they are face to face, they are as meek as lambs.
The beauty of poker is that it exposes our character, our soul, our backbone. Or lack of them.
I plan to be at all six legs, God willing.
One player got badly out of line at The Broadwey leg last time, due toi alcohol issues, so he got himself banned from the Grand Final, even though he qualified.
"Polite drunks" (& funny drunks) are fine & dandy! Abusive & obnoxious drunks are not.