Trojan Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 With the imminent demise of Knowsley Road I was thinking about defunct grounds and how many I'd actually been on. I came up with: Thrum Hall Station Road Crown Flatt Tatters Field Central Park Victory Park Parkside Barley Mow Elland Road Greyhound Stadium Watersheddings Hilton Park Craven Park Boulevard Clarence Street Wilderspool I've never been to Fartown. I think Huddersfield had a period of playing at Leeds Road and I went there once but haven't counted it. “Few thought him even a starter.There were many who thought themselves smarter. But he ended PM, CH and OM. An Earl and a Knight of the Garter.” Clement Attlee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 11 for me outta that lovely little lot Dont recall going to Parkside, Barley Mow, Elland Road Greyhound Stadium or Clarence St Though off top of my head there was in Nottingham ive been to by a leisure centre A lot of Yorkshiremen believe that when God created the world, he made it with perfect balance. He balanced the hot areas with the cold areas. the dry areas with the wet areas. And, in creating Yorkshire, he created the most glorious place on earth - full of majestic beauty and sporting giants.........and for balance he created....... Lancashire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segovia Carpet Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 With the imminent demise of Knowsley Road I was thinking about defunct grounds and how many I'd actually been on. I came up with: Thrum Hall Station Road Crown Flatt Tatters Field Central Park Victory Park Parkside Barley Mow Elland Road Greyhound Stadium Watersheddings Hilton Park Craven Park Boulevard Clarence Street Wilderspool I've never been to Fartown. I think Huddersfield had a period of playing at Leeds Road and I went there once but haven't counted it. Been to those except Parkside, Leeds Greyhounds but also , McClaren Field (Barley Mow I suppose), Gilford Park Carlisle, Fartown, Runcorn, Alt Park Huyton, Altrincham, Borough Park Blackpool, Nottingham Municipal, Prescot, Gigg Lane,`Alfreton -never got to Belle Vue, Knotty Ash though & maybe more (Scarboro being one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 How about ones you've been to since they've demised? I'll start off with... Quay Meadow (You'll have to be a real RL geek to know this one) www.heyshamatoms.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Peak Rhino Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 From the top of my head I'll add. Mclaren Field Springfield Park Harvey Haddon Stadium and probably a few more but it is the wrong time of night for such thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Clan Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Naughton Park Wiggington Road Harvey Hadden Stadium Borough Road (I think, Blackpool) McCain Stadium Fartown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methven Hornet Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Naughton Park Wiggington Road Harvey Hadden Stadium Borough Road (I think, Blackpool) McCain Stadium Fartown Borough Park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolford6 Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 How about ones you've been to since they've demised? Headingley. It's a rugby union ground these days. Under Scrutiny by the Right-On Thought Police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getdownmonkeyman Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Ah, Station Road, the home of horizontal rain. Never have I been soaked to the skin with a coat on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornetto Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Defunct RL grounds? (in so much as they no longer host RL) or Defunct Grounds (as in they now have houses/a B&Q on them)? Because At least Wilderspool is still there (or it was a month or so ago!) Since they ceased to host games I've been to: Lidcombe Oval Pratten park Birchgrove Oval Wentworth Park In the UK - all of the above (except the Barley Mow, which I assume isn't a mistaken Maclaren Field) - plus: Doncaster Greyhound Stadium Chiswick Poly Sports Centre Barnet Copthall Stadium Owlerton Alt Park St Helens Town FC Prescott cables FC Canal Street Moor Lane (Salford City FC) Belle View, (Doncaster Rovers FC) Ashton Town FC Brunton Park Penrith FC And don't forget the Athletic Grounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agbrigg Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Been to those except Parkside, Leeds Greyhounds but also , McClaren Field (Barley Mow I suppose), Gilford Park Carlisle, Fartown, Runcorn, Alt Park Huyton, Altrincham, Borough Park Blackpool, Nottingham Municipal, Prescot, Gigg Lane,`Alfreton -never got to Belle Vue, Knotty Ash though & maybe more (Scarboro being one) Barley Mow and McClaren field were two completely different grounds although they were built side by side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPosh Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 I've been to Park Avenue for the cricket (and had a walk on the football pitch) - I doubt there's anyone still alive that saw Northern play there. People called Romans they go the house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronicler of Chiswick Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Barley Mow and McClaren field were two completely different grounds although they were built side by side McClaren Field was built on what I think was the training ground at the back of the Barley Mow (Cliff Spracklen would know). Fulham once played a few games at Wealdstone F.C. (now long built over) and spent an unhappy time at the Crystal Palace Athetics Stadium where you were so far from the pitch you might have been in the next county! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve May Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 How about ones you've been to since they've demised? I'll start off with... Quay Meadow (You'll have to be a real RL geek to know this one) You can still visit Fartown and watch rugby. St Josephs play there. There's not much left there now of the old ground. A couple of turnstiles. The clock tower is still there down by the road. The old terracing is grassed over. It's a bit of a sad place really. The old pavillion is now a Mosque I think. There was an effort by the club to build a modern training facility there with a little stand and so on, but it fell through because the owner at the time (and former HRLFC chairman) has some kind of grudge against the club. English, Irish, Brit, Yorkshire, European. Citizen of the People's Republic of Yorkshire, the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom and the European Union. Critical of all it. Proud of all it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolford6 Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 You can still visit Fartown and watch rugby. St Josephs play there. I've played on Fartown. UAU Cup final 1973 (?) Bradford v Liverpool. We got annihilated and, yes, I was rubbish. Under Scrutiny by the Right-On Thought Police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Parksider Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 With the imminent demise of Knowsley Road I was thinking about defunct grounds I went to all the established RL grounds in the early seventies and often drop by places like Thrum Hall and the Athletics ground, wathersheddings etc when passing to remember the places and see how they are now built on and forgotten. As for defunct grounds before then I sometimes go to the sites of older grounds if passing. It was a delight to see Broughton Rangers "The cliff" still there, and to pass Bradfords old grounds at Park Avenue and Birch Lane where albeit now only cricket some elements of the old rugby grounds remain. The sites of grounds of clubs themselves defunct often are built on sometimes they remain as sports grounds. I can't remember which do and which don't, nor can I remember what some kind posters tell me is now sat on Liverpools Knotty Ash ground (the original Liverpool city;'s ground is apparently a Police athletic ground) and Wigan Highfields Tunstall Lane. When passing near Huyton I tried and failed to find the old ground, and posters kindly gave me directions for next time. great stuff....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxhead Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Defunct RL grounds? (in so much as they no longer host RL) or Defunct Grounds (as in they now have houses/a B&Q on them)? Because At least Wilderspool is still there (or it was a month or so ago!) Since they ceased to host games I've been to: Lidcombe Oval Pratten park Birchgrove Oval Wentworth Park In the UK - all of the above (except the Barley Mow, which I assume isn't a mistaken Maclaren Field) - plus: Doncaster Greyhound Stadium Chiswick Poly Sports Centre Barnet Copthall Stadium Owlerton Alt Park St Helens Town FC Prescott cables FC Canal Street Moor Lane (Salford City FC) Belle View, (Doncaster Rovers FC) Ashton Town FC Brunton Park Penrith FC And don't forget the Athletic Grounds Birchgrove and Wentworth Park have not hosted games in a very long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Parksider Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 McClaren Field was built on what I think was the training ground at the back of the Barley Mow (Cliff Spracklen would know). It was built on Mrs. McLaren's field gifted to the club (after she refused to sell it them for 30 years) which was at the back of the multi span main stand. At one point believe it or not the club planned a 50,000 capacity stadium. I was there in 1968 when they sold out the ground against Leeds in a cup tie. The old daisy stand from the adjacent mow was erected on the Field - rather badly as it didn't cover the terraces at all!!! Mr. Spracklen only knows what I taught him the closet Hunslet fan........ Only joking of course and Cliff of course got that blue placque on the Mow. Staying on Bramley they started playing practice matches at the bottom of Pollard Lane. That is still a reccy ground I believe!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Parksider Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 How about ones you've been to since they've demised? I'll start off with... Quay Meadow (You'll have to be a real RL geek to know this one) Lancaster's ground. Been there many times Rob..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dallymessenger Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 redfern oval seiffert oval henson park knowlsey rd odsal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrywebbisgod Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Central Park Mclaren Field Naughton Park Knowesley Road Belle Vue Owlerton Thank you for your valuable contribution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxhead Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 I have been to Cumberland Oval several times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trojan Posted September 23, 2010 Author Share Posted September 23, 2010 Been to those except Parkside, Leeds Greyhounds but also , McClaren Field (Barley Mow I suppose), Gilford Park Carlisle, Fartown, Runcorn, Alt Park Huyton, Altrincham, Borough Park Blackpool, Nottingham Municipal, Prescot, Gigg Lane,`Alfreton -never got to Belle Vue, Knotty Ash though & maybe more (Scarboro being one) I missed Gigg Lane How could I forget Newloves' 100th try for Fev and a sodding parking ticket when the steward assured me I'd be ok parked where I was “Few thought him even a starter.There were many who thought themselves smarter. But he ended PM, CH and OM. An Earl and a Knight of the Garter.” Clement Attlee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trojan Posted September 23, 2010 Author Share Posted September 23, 2010 Defunct RL grounds? (in so much as they no longer host RL) or Defunct Grounds (as in they now have houses/a B&Q on them)? Because At least Wilderspool is still there (or it was a month or so ago!) Since they ceased to host games I've been to: Lidcombe Oval Pratten park Birchgrove Oval Wentworth Park In the UK - all of the above (except the Barley Mow, which I assume isn't a mistaken Maclaren Field) - plus: Doncaster Greyhound Stadium Chiswick Poly Sports Centre Barnet Copthall Stadium Owlerton Alt Park St Helens Town FC Prescott cables FC Canal Street Moor Lane (Salford City FC) Belle View, (Doncaster Rovers FC) Ashton Town FC Brunton Park Penrith FC And don't forget the Athletic Grounds I've been there. Well I've been to Morrisons “Few thought him even a starter.There were many who thought themselves smarter. But he ended PM, CH and OM. An Earl and a Knight of the Garter.” Clement Attlee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trojan Posted September 23, 2010 Author Share Posted September 23, 2010 Does Naughton Park count as defunct then? I've been there but not to the new stadium, but I thought one was just a revamp of the other. “Few thought him even a starter.There were many who thought themselves smarter. But he ended PM, CH and OM. An Earl and a Knight of the Garter.” Clement Attlee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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