Lost Grounds Since 1986

Claretforever · Post by **Claretforever** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:10 pm

How many of these grounds have people been to? I only managed 9 unfortunately, but I’d imagine a few of you will be well into the 20’s or 30’s…

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:22 pm

18 for me from that list ... fun going around the map and memories coming back of past exploits good and bad

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:23 pm

21 - Remains mostly Premier League grounds I haven’t visited, maybe 22 (did I see Maidstone?). As you say age is an advantage… some of those were regular haunts for years.

lakedistrictclaret · Post by **lakedistrictclaret** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:26 pm

35 for me, but I am getting on a bit.

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:28 pm

I would have thought Bournemouth should be on the list ... Spurs new ground is sort of a redevelopment isn't it like The Cherries

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:32 pm

32 for me.

Vintage Claret · Post by **Vintage Claret** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:32 pm

9 for me although one of them (Barnet) wasn't to watch football, it was a wedding reception, does that count?

aclaretinstevenage · Post by **aclaretinstevenage** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:34 pm

18 for me which was quite a surprise.

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:35 pm

Sorry scrub my 21/22 just kept a proper tally its actually 24.

lakedistrictclaret · Post by **lakedistrictclaret** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:36 pm

I don't think the map is supposed to be comprehensive, it refers to " a selection ".

For example, Northampton's County Ground isn't there.

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:40 pm

lakedistrictclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:36 pm
I don't think the map is supposed to be comprehensive, it refers to " a selection ".

For example, Northampton's County Ground isn't there.

Agree. Also there are quite a few grounds in the South there that were never in the Professional Leagues, so you could include Colne Dynamos, Rossendale Dark Lane etc. etc.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:46 pm

14 from what I can see.

THEWELLERNUT70 · Post by **THEWELLERNUT70** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:49 pm

23 for me

Woodleyclaret · Post by **Woodleyclaret** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:53 pm

33 for me

NickBFC · Post by **NickBFC** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 10:03 pm

Stayingup · Post by **Stayingup** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 10:15 pm

Dark Lane - Rossendale United. Oops but I once saw Roy Keane and his Man U team play there.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 10:18 pm

Of those on that image, I'd done 43 of them.

clansman · Post by **clansman** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 11:29 pm

35 , played on one Cambridge City

ALP · Post by **ALP** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 12:21 am

Hell I must be old………… 38 for me, some bitter sweet memories

Somethingfishy · Post by **Somethingfishy** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:32 am

27 for me.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 7:23 am

Only 12 for me I’m afraid.

depechedingle · Post by **depechedingle** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 7:26 am

28 for me, but as another poster said grounds such as the the County Ground, Northampton Town FC aren't listed.

Hipper · Post by **Hipper** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 8:56 am

Roughly 31 - I may have miscounted.

I've been to Enfield/Southbury but I don't think Burnley have played there have they?

I went to Kettering for a friendly to mark the opening of their new stand. 2-2 it was.

https://www.uptheclarets.com/programmes ... son-197374

Third programme down.

This is THE season for me!

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 8:59 am

Hipper wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 12, 2022 8:56 am
Roughly 31 - I may have miscounted.

I've been to Enfield/Southbury but I don't think Burnley have played there have they?

I went to Kettering for a friendly to mark the opening of their new stand. 2-2 it was.

https://www.uptheclarets.com/programmes ... son-197374

Third programme down.

This is THE season for me!

Link corrected and have you seen who scored one of our goals?

Hipper · Post by **Hipper** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 9:02 am

Bosscat wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:28 pm
I would have thought Bournemouth should be on the list ... Spurs new ground is sort of a redevelopment isn't it like The Cherries

I would argue Spurs is a completely new ground as it was moved a considerable distance and completely rebuilt.

I suppose though you could argue the same for Molineux but I think that was done over a few years in the 1980s and simply moved the ground sideways.

http://molineuxstadiumthroughtheages.bl ... cline.html

Hipper · Post by **Hipper** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 9:03 am

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 12, 2022 8:59 am
Link corrected and have you seen who scored one of our goals?

Thanks. Yes I did see that!

Hipper · Post by **Hipper** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 9:07 am

I just noticed the attendance at Maine Road/Charity Shield.

On the CM link it was 23,988 but on your UTC link it's 10,589. 23,988 is more like it I would think.

Jimmymaccer · Post by **Jimmymaccer** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 9:21 am

32 for JM…………….

Yup,

I’m old

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 9:39 am

Hipper wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 12, 2022 9:02 am
I would argue Spurs is a completely new ground as it was moved a considerable distance and completely rebuilt.

I suppose though you could argue the same for Molineux but I think that was done over a few years in the 1980s and simply moved the ground sideways.

http://molineuxstadiumthroughtheages.bl ... cline.html

Spurs, Bournemouth & Wembley are all new grounds. Wolves definitely isn’t.

ClaretPope · Post by **ClaretPope** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 10:07 am

38 for me

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 10:13 am

Great thread, about 21 definitely, shows how long we were in the lower leagues.

Roosterbooster · Post by **Roosterbooster** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 10:35 am

An embarrassing 4

depechedingle · Post by **depechedingle** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 10:41 am

What year was the 3-0 loss at Telford United, 1985 or later???

If 1986 can add that as well.

EDIT

My error just seen Telford on the map.

bf2k · Post by **bf2k** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 10:57 am

Bosscat wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:28 pm
I would have thought Bournemouth should be on the list ... Spurs new ground is sort of a redevelopment isn't it like The Cherries

Technically Spurs changed address so I suppose that's a move really.

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 11:02 am

bf2k wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 12, 2022 10:57 am
Technically Spurs changed address so I suppose that's a move really.

Haven't Bournemouth too

Herts Clarets · Post by **Herts Clarets** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 11:07 am

23 on that map for me

LS7 · Post by **LS7** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 11:24 am

16 for me including, weirdly, Yeading where my mate played in some sort of pub league final

Ptangyangkipperbang · Post by **Ptangyangkipperbang** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 11:37 am

22 for me but also Newport County missing off the map where may I add the police there were the biggest disgrace I have ever encountered

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 11:38 am

Bosscat wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 12, 2022 11:02 am
Haven't Bournemouth too

Bournemouth demolished their ground, played somewhere else while the new one was built which is just partially on the same footprint. Bournemouth consider it to be a new ground.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 11:39 am

bf2k wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 12, 2022 10:57 am
Technically Spurs changed address so I suppose that's a move really.

Brand new stadium that just partially overlaps the old WHL.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 11:40 am

Definitely 18, probably 19 (if the Dartford ground is where Maidstone also played for a while).

Coincidentally I drove past the the site of the McCain Stadium yesterday.

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 11:44 am

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 12, 2022 11:38 am
Bournemouth demolished their ground, played somewhere else while the new one was built which is just partially on the same footprint. Bournemouth consider it to be a new ground.

Didn't they alter the orientation by 90 degrees Tony

... as in Spurs as its partially on the same footprint so is a New Ground just like Spurs ... Pedantic I know but

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 11:48 am

Bosscat wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 12, 2022 11:44 am
Didn't they alter the orientation by 90 degrees Tony ... as in Spurs as its partially on the same footprint so is a New Ground just like Spurs ... Pedantic I know but

The new Bournemouth ground is at 90 degrees to the old one. Both are partially on the old footprint but both are new grounds.

Herts Clarets · Post by **Herts Clarets** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 12:47 pm

I can add Hayes to my list - I used to live right behind their ground but the opposite end to the entrances so never troubled with crowds. They were close to promotion from the Conference the first year i moved there (1999) but tailed off at the end of the season. They merged with Yeading a few years later and moved out of their ground, which unsurprisingly was sold for housing.

Jamesy · Post by **Jamesy** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 1:13 pm

26 for me just counted them. Not sure about the Telford United one though? New Bucks Head? It’s only because they built three new stands a few years after beating us in the FA Cup. It is still in exactly the same place!

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 2:09 pm

25 for me.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 3:50 pm

Jamesy wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 12, 2022 1:13 pm
26 for me just counted them. Not sure about the Telford United one though? New Bucks Head? It’s only because they built three new stands a few years after beating us in the FA Cup. It is still in exactly the same place!

Very definitely the same ground we lost on - not as though I needed or wanted a reminder of that horrible day

Polesworth · Post by **Polesworth** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:29 pm

Great thread, brings back many memories of away days following The Clarets.
38 for me all with Burnley.

expoultryboy · Post by **expoultryboy** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:54 pm

34 for me - plus central park when I should of been at Springfield Park ( drunk on the gasworkers bus ) !!

TsarBomba · Post by **TsarBomba** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:11 pm

Just the 12 here.

Some real fond memories, though, in particular the late 2-1 win at Oxford.