Grounds you never got to and never will now.

[clash city rocker]

Seem to remember 2 1/2 stands at Northampton. There was a bowling green as well as the cricket pitch.

[Damo70]

I went to all the old grounds of Arsenal, Southampton, Sunderland, Man City, Reading, Stoke, Huddersfield, Leicester, Millwall, Hull, Derby, Boro, Shrewsbury, Coventry and Oxford. Missed out on Swansea, Bolton and Brighton and can't remember us playing Cardiff or Walsall at their old grounds in my time.

[silhillvilla]

I seem to remember Mark Walters scoring a belter at Northampton, that must have been a Cup tie?

1983, third round, we won 1-0.

I can't remember what I did yesterday but I can remember that game vividly!

Wasn't the game televised live ?

[PeterWithesShin]

I seem to remember Mark Walters scoring a belter at Northampton, that must have been a Cup tie?

1983, third round, we won 1-0.

I can't remember what I did yesterday but I can remember that game vividly!

Wasn't the game televised live ?

Don't think so. I don't remember any early round games being live in those days.

[Damo70]

I think live First Division and FA Cup games began the following season (although strangely I don't think semi-finals were shown live till a few years later), but the highlights were televised because I distinctly remember Walters goal.

[silhillvilla]

Was probably MOTD highlighs then.
Always remember Shrewsbury games on MOTD in the FA Cup with some bloke in a boat on the river outside the ground positioned to reclaim balls booted out of the stadium.

[BC54 VFC]

Was probably MOTD highlighs then.
Always remember Shrewsbury games on MOTD in the FA Cup with some bloke in a boat on the river outside the ground positioned to reclaim balls booted out of the stadium.

http://ian.users.netlink.co.uk/shrews/articles/coracle.html

[DeKuip]

Wellington Road - would like to have ticked that one off!

There's very few of the old grounds that I didn't get to but I did regretfully miss out on Rotherham's Millmoor, Darlington's Feethams and Huddersfield's Leeds Road.

I can't think of a single new ground I prefer to what that club had before.

[Steve R]

I did go to Bramhall Lane when the cricket pitch was still there. It was a bit strange, but not as much as you'd think.

It wasn't to watch the Villa, it was a midweek game that either was or effectively was a promotion decider between Sheff U and Cardiff. 5-1 to the home team in front of three packed stands, and Cardiff manager Jimmy Scoular - dirty bastard in his playing days - claimed the ref robbed them.

[Kingthing]

Roker Park and Victoria Ground, I don't ever remember watching a game on TV where it was sunny at either of those grounds, Thats why I wish I'd visited them, I loved a winters night game in a vintage old stadium, the closest I've come to that was at Burnley a couple of years ago.     

[Steve R]

Roker Park and Victoria Ground, I don't ever remember watching a game on TV where it was sunny at either of those grounds, Thats why I wish I'd visited them, I loved a winters night game in a vintage old stadium, the closest I've come to that was at Burnley a couple of years ago.     

I went to Roker for a christmas/new year game in the mid 70's. Coldest place on earth. I took my wife on one of her rare football excursions. She reasoned that buying a hamburger and covering it in mustard would be a good way of getting warm.

One bite nearly took her head off. She couldn't even speak for a good 5 minutes.

Funny as hell, I couldn't help but laugh. It's the closest I've come to having my head kicked in in all my years following the Villa.

[Flamingo Lane]

Elm Park, my mate is a reading fan

My main memory of Elm Park is of their fans in the main stand coming down to the front by the side of the pitch to smoke at half time. This was post Bradford, so presumably the stand was wooden.

And us winning 2-0 of course ( Thompson and Birch I think).

Was that the cup game ?

Storming to promotion in division 2, a good year for new grounds and we took thousands everywhere we went. Happy days.

Yeah, but not exactly "storming" to promotion, and usually hundreds rather than thousands.

[Holte L2]

Ayresome Park
The Baseball Ground
Highfield Road
The Dell

Man City at Maine Road was the first away match I went to without my Dad. I was 17, we won 3-1 gols from Merson.Dublin.Hendrie