Surely the stand at Old Trafford and the new one at Anfield go back, and up, further than the Holte?
The Holte End is higher than any stand, anywhere.It goes all the way to Heaven.
I was always under the impression that the Holte was the largest free standing end in the whole of Europe.I also remember the first trips to Anfield and Mold Trafford and being disappointed on how small the kop and Stretford ends were in real life. The camera angles on MOTD made them look huge. In fact the top half of the Stretford end was actually seating.
I'm guessing it is the top right hand corner of the Holte that is at the maximum distance. Although the stands at Old Trafford, Wembley etc. may be just as high, because they wrap around it means the seats in the extremities they are not as far from the pitch (and why the seats in the curves at new grounds are lower than the central seats at the back).When you are sat right at the top right hand corner of The Holte it is noticeable that your seat is not directly facing the pitch, but is over to the side by a distance. Which will be another reason why a new North Stand will have to wrap around if we are going to achieve the capacity we want.
I find it very easy to get in and out of Villa Park, parking city sode and walking for 20-25 minutes.
Until the pandemic break, me and my old man would park up just off Victoria Road and do the twenty minute or so walk down to the ground and never had any problems getting away.Since we've been back, he's not able to walk as far and getting away from the ground is an absolute nightmare, (as I'm sure many of you know) even a couple of hours after full time the roads are still gridlocked.Only solution we've found is sitting in the tavern until the roads have cleared, which is a pleasant but expensive and time-consuming way to go about things.