What is your favourite stadium ??

Cork Skate · 31-03-2003 12:38am #1

What is your favourite stadium

But you cant vote for your own (*so we all get an idea of our grounds)

You can only pick one aswell !!

Mossy Monk · 31-03-2003 7:24am

they are all LOI grounds. seeing as i have never actually gone into or stood outside a LOI ground with the exception of the RSC in Waterford, Turners Cross and the place in Ballybofey(sp?) i am going to vote on my favourite stadium in the whole world.

the Stade de France. i stood outside this place and it blew me away. granted i never went in there but i have seen the inside plenty of times on the telly. i took the tour of Old Trafford aswell and that's an impressive stadium

KdjaCL · 31-03-2003 9:17am

Richmond park and a close 2nd in terms of capacity and atmosphere would be the Nou Camp

kdjac

Bard · 31-03-2003 9:26am

Make your own list. Put Landsdowne Road in it. I'll vote for that. Thanks.

Waylander · 31-03-2003 10:02am

Croke Park with the Hill in Full voice. Next nicest stadium I was in is probably Ewood park, it was fairly soon after it was rebuilt.

cournioni · 31-03-2003 10:03am

I've been to Tolka Park, and Oriel Park... I think I'll go for Oriel.

BKtje · 31-03-2003 12:08pm

I havent been in too many many stadiums in my life , Croke park was quite nice tho its GAA so that kinda turns me off it

Probably the Amsterdam Arena, love the roof and felt weird having it closed during a footie match

Nemici · 31-03-2003 12:43pm

yeah I would also have to say Amsterdam ArenA, shame about the quiet fans though... sort of takes the good out of such a great venue.

johnnyc · 31-03-2003 1:09pm

The Millenium Stadium has to be one of the best stadium in the world the atmosphere is electric. The fans are so close to the players. I find it a shame that ireland has the worst stadium in the world they should knock down lansdowne road,selll the land and build a stadium which could match the Millenium Stadium..

growler · 31-03-2003 2:48pm

millenium in cardiff, parkhead or st. james , drove past the san siro (?) once looked amazing but never seen a game there (yet)

cournioni · 31-03-2003 2:56pm

OK apart from LOI stadiums the best I've been to is Old Trafford. Excellent stadium. Goin there on Saturday too can't wait!! :cool:

Thanx 4 The Fish · 31-03-2003 3:01pm

Landsdowne is the best for atmosphere

Turner Field, is like a big version of Landsdowne, great atmosphere there too.

johnnyc · 31-03-2003 3:12pm

i have went to lansdowne road a few times the atmosphere is great...but the stadium is prehistoric i believe the stadium has to be rennovated for god sake<under new uefa safety directive the capacity will be scalled back to 29,000>for a country like ireland(5 million) thats a disgrace wales has a smaller population and have a stadium that can take 71,000 come on the irish goverment should forget the bertie bowl and buy the land on the irish glass site there they could build a(65,000-70,000) stadium..lansdowne road is prehistoric 19 th century yoke that should be sold and a proper stadium that we can a ntional stadium should be build. I would like to hear other peoples opinnions..

johnnyc · 31-03-2003 3:15pm

cardiff? where they had the worthless cup

KdjaCL · 31-03-2003 3:16pm

Old trafford is an excellent stadium but more suited to funerals than football been there a few times and OMG for 65,000 people you could hear people on the other side of the pitch talking on mobile phones.

kdjac

BKtje · 31-03-2003 4:25pm

this during a match kdjac?

if it was i blame wannabe fans who dont really care about football.
Ferguson once said he prefered European nights as the true fans turned up on a weeknight and therefore was more noise.

Landsdowne is known for being a very loud stadium (or so my dad tells me

). I always thought the atmosphere was great whenever i was there but i agree that a 29k capacity for a country like ireland is a bleedin disgrace. (if what was said is true under new safety regs)

Thanx 4 The Fish · 31-03-2003 4:53pm

Stand in the KOP when you'll never walk alone is being sung. Now that's atmosphere, and not this new Kop either, wanna go back to the old deathtrap Kop.

kamobe · 31-03-2003 4:58pm

Celtic Park is by FAR the best (esp for the old firm) atmosphere wise...

I've been there a few times and I'll never get sick of it. Croker is impressive, but I haven't been in the Hill. All of Celtic Park however is like that little hill, with seats.

Bateman · 31-03-2003 6:05pm

Celtic Park and Anfield for atmosphere, facilities terrible though. Hampden great acoustics, but fans too far from the pitch. I notice its mostly people that have been to few or no grounds that rate Landsdowne. Its crap. The terraces have no roof, therefore the acoustics are crap. Not that that matters, because all the tossers that go to the internationals these days only have 1 or 2 songs, and rarely sing. And when they do sing, the stand's out of sinc with the terrace, and it sounds like a joke. All that said, it was alright for the Holland game, but still not a patch on when the terraces were open during the qualifying capmaignb for Italia 90, and there were 50,000 real fans there for games against Malta and Hungary.

The Traff sounds great for cup nights, and some European nights, but week in week out its full with Irish/Japanese/Cockneys, of which a fair proportion are making their first and last trip there. They know feck-all of the songs, and so its tourists with Man Utd megastore bags in one hand and prawn sandwiches in the other. If this is the cost of a league of Ireland team ever getting recognition from their own people, though, I've no problem!

In Ireland, it has to be Tolka or Dalymount for facilities, and acoustics. Dalymount has the potential to be turned into a 30,000 (although this would weaken the atmosphere for Bohs games) all seater stadium, with entrances on 3 sides, thats one more than Landsdowne.

Hairy Homer · 01-04-2003 10:20am

Haven't been to the Millennium Stadium but actually really liked the old Cardiff Arms Park. Very steep seating, so you felt very close to the players, even in the stands. And you haven't lived till you've heard the Welsh national anthem being sung there before a game.

Also liked Parc des Princes. Fabulous for atmosphere, especially when the French were running riot, as they tended to do there.

Any ground near a city centre basically. Death to the Bertie Bowl.

Big Chief · 01-04-2003 10:32am

Celtic park.

oh wait i cant vote for my own

err ill have to go with the nou camp

Johnny_the_fox · 01-04-2003 10:01pm

Parkhead .... (celtic park)
and
Croke Park...

Jake303 · 01-04-2003 11:38pm

Paradise (celtic park) infact the whole area around the ground and down into the barras is fantastic.
The south terrace at lansdowne road pre Italia 90, (before football became fashionable) use to be great craic, havnt been there for years though so cant comment on what its like now.......

Bateman · 02-04-2003 2:02pm

>the whole area around the ground

The area around CP is a bit of a kip in fairness.

Jake303 · 03-04-2003 1:09am

Originally posted by Bateman
>the whole area around the ground

The area around CP is a bit of a kip in fairness.

More like a complete kip, reminds me of an eastern european city during the cold war!

As far as atmosphere goes though, cant be beat, no prawn sandwich brigade thats for sure

Big Chief · 03-04-2003 10:53am

depends which way your coming in from really. Coming from the parkhead forge way is ok.

Coming from bellsgrove way is indeed a bit of a kip, very rough place at night to.

Most of the gallowgate is pretty much a dump though.

Bateman · 03-04-2003 5:41pm

>no prawn sandwich brigade thats for sure

From talking to people who go to Celtic regularly, the atmosphere is poor these days week in week out. They sit down, and most don't sing. If its a "once in a lifetime" tourist type of exeprience youre after then fine, but for league games it doesn't seem the best.

Bard · 03-04-2003 5:52pm

Originally posted by johnnyc
lansdowne road is prehistoric 19 th century yoke that should be sold and a proper stadium that we can a ntional stadium should be build. I would like to hear other peoples opinnions..

Er... I don't think it should be sold... the IRFU and Landsdowne RFC are unlikely to want to sell it, and it's the oldest RUGBY stadium in the world.

The state should just build a national stadium regardless of Landsdowne Road.

Bateman · 03-04-2003 5:59pm

If there was any honesty or intelligence in the FAI, they could have built a 30,000 allseater venue by now.

Pigman II · 05-04-2003 2:24pm

Originally posted by Bateman
If there was any honesty or intelligence in the FAI, they could have built a 30,000 allseater venue by now.

Could be worse. If it was up to some of the muppets at FAI headquarters we'd be playing our home games at The Point.

pendulum · 05-04-2003 10:54pm

Millenium stadium - opening ceremony/game of rugby world cup was amazing

The Brigadier · 09-04-2003 10:53pm

Selhurst Park....

It's a craphole.....but it's home...

not a sausage · 10-04-2003 8:41am

semple stadium in thurles or pairc i gcuimh in cork, scenes of many a drunken stuffedness

WhiteWashMan · 10-04-2003 10:04am

Neu Camp, Barcelona.
the 'real' stadium of light, Lisbon.

kensutz · 12-04-2003 10:10pm

St James Park - went to see Newcastle vs Villa 4-0 to the Toon.

Millenium Stadium - Play offs The mighty Norwich City vs Birmingham. ( I never cried so much after a match. We were robbed.)

Anfield - Pool vs Boro. Good stadium

Villa Park - Villa vs QPR.

Carrow Road - My home from home. What a stadium. Especially when we play the scum of Ip****.

And many more................................. Nou Camp, San Siro, Bayern Stadium. ( The last 2 for Norwichs UEFA cup run)

BEAT THAT!!!!!!!!

Wheeler · 14-04-2003 7:42pm

Celtic park.inside the stadium you would think your in a 5 star hotel.its hughe.its has a brill athmosphere and has many bars.

Goodison park is also good...its so compact that the crowd are on top of you...it makes you think your surrounded by hay barns or something whick is really cool now days

MisterAnarchy · 15-04-2003 9:35am

Amsterdam Arena is nice.

Bateman · 15-04-2003 1:47pm

Bayern Satdium? Olympistadion or something I think.

dsab · 16-04-2003 12:58pm

The Bayern are just building a new stadium for the world cup 2006, together with 1860 munich. I think it will be will be great. It will even be able to change the colour, depending of who plays there (Bayern Red and 1860 Blue).

http://www.allianz-arena.com/

But the actual best stadium has to be another german one...the Arena "Auf Schalke". There will be the CL final 2004. You can move the pitch outside, close the roof, it holds 65000, has a huge video cubic under the roof, they even piped the beer lines through the whole stadium... ..and they financed it on their own for around 150 million Euro, so why would the national stadium, which would probabaly not even have all the feautures cost so much more ?

http://www.schalke04.de/1655_360gradpanoramen/360gradpanoramen.php

Washout · 16-04-2003 1:06pm

Croke Park and Goodison Park here in europe but nothing compares to the atmopshere inside the Eden Gardens in India for Cricket

Bateman · 16-04-2003 1:31pm

Yeah, the Shalke ground is class, a fitting venue for next season's Cl final, but numbers-wise, its not really up there with the heavyweights like Barca, Milan...

Waylander · 16-04-2003 2:57pm

I Thought you had to have attended the stadium you are voting for? We seem to have a very experienced and well travelled pool of people contributing to theses boards.

What is your favourite stadium ??

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