Worst Football Ground Facilities

[DulwichFox]

I went to Southend FC to watch Millwall away.. What a Sh**e hole..

This is the Away Supporters Hospitality Suite.

No beer in the stadium..

What a Fecking joke.

ETA We (Millwall) lost 3 - 1 to add insult to injury..

DulwichFox

[uncleglen]

why would you need beer in the stadium- there is a pub every 100 yards!

[Alan Medic]

Maybe no beer because it was Millwall?

[DulwichFox]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Maybe no beer because it was Millwall?

There is no beer because of past incidents with home supporters.

There are plenty of bars in all stands at Millwall. and we dont have problems. This is NOT the 60's

Foxy.

[DulwichFox]

uncleglen Wrote:

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> why would you need beer in the stadium- there is a

> pub every 100 yards!

The beer was not a problem in reality. We went by coach and straight into the ground so not aware there was no beer.

And no one was allowed to leave the ground as tickets already scanned. And beer is banned on ALL football coaches.

My gripe was at the state of the place. A shack in the open air selling tea coffee and very mediochre burgers.

Just look at the pictures. That is it.

Foxy

[Grok]

Shit teams = shit grounds shit facilities etc

[uncleglen]

I think it is hilarious- just how footie used to be...Clapton F.C was my favourite ground back in the day....

[????]

Wimbledon at Plough Lane was grim especially with a full set of away fans - No cover; one bog in the corner; one caravan for food; I can't remember a bar but it was miles to the tube and one year we got stuck midweek for an hour as Chelsea attacked the tube infront

[LadyNorwood]

Gillingham FC in the early 90s - if you stood on the top terrace (away end) you had a direct view down into the gents pissoir, not so bad on a cold (dry) day but on a warm (wet) day, not so much....

[Seabag]

Eltham town Football ground

My boy played there yesterday, it's utter shite

There's an industrial type unit as a clubhouse. 2 bogs is a luxury

No food, or anything to drink, but there's an Esso garage with a Costa machine

The tennis courts there are literally full of rubbish, as is the perimeter of the pitches

The Police turned up, because an adult player took a swipe at the ref, "But he ducked and it missed him, so no 'arm done" explained an old 'geezer' wearing a tracksuit and Rebook Classics

Funilly tho, the carpark is rammed with new BMW's Mercedes and Range Rovers, and tinted windows galore.

The team my son played were the filthiest players so I've ever set eyes on, and now it's 11 a-side they've somehow recruited more. The team manager wears fake Stone island, last season he wore dark glasses during a winter game (big nite out?)

But, we beat them 5-2 by actually playing 'football'

[dc]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Alan Medic Wrote:

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> > Maybe no beer because it was Millwall?

>

> There is no beer because of past incidents with

> home supporters.

>

> There are plenty of bars in all stands at

> Millwall. and we dont have problems. This is NOT

> the 60's

>

> Foxy.

There are problems outside the ground and on the trains pretty regularly though. And inside Wembley Stadium just a few months ago: http://youtu.be/Pmn46YKeDFI

[malumbu]

Hmm Jolly nice. I'm not in the flog um and hang um brigade but there is less than a 100 of you, on film, ban um and exclusion them from the area. Always enjoyed going to the New Den. Not. See the match, leave, don't drink. The only ground in London were I feel this way. Irish Club in Spurs. Fine. Cherry Tree at Palace. Fine. Even found a friendly pub near West Am.

The place I really feared though was the Kennel, Shadwll (the Dogs) were as rough as it came.

Gillingham was fine. A bit of a bouncy floor, and you come out and expect to be ambushed on terraced street corners. But that was another age (the Baseball Ground) and some good pubs too.

Goodison is a shite hole, where you have stancions in the way, but like the fans and a pub in every corner of the ground. Bit like Brentford I suppose.

St Andrews was pretty horrid.

Anyway here is some expert opionion

And even better

[malumbu]

If I was to name the worst in London it is QPR. And whilst Craven Cottage is the friendliest, the arrangements in the away end lead to congestion and an accident waiting to happen if there is a rush to get out of the stand. As I have raised with the safety committee although they didn't agree with me proposing closing the ground!

['bout now]

Foxy

Sorry the facilities were so lacklustre but I feel this has opened up something for you. The pic of the condiment table is really rather good. Almost Martin Parr-esque. It really sums up lower league football, maybe you could document your travels to other grounds? Be a great antidote to the razzamatazz and showiness of the PL .

'BN

[malumbu]

Hampden Park on a cold November night in 83. 20,000 and half the ground closed due to safety issues. Urinals were a wall/ The good old days.

[red devil]

Standing in the Jungle at Parkhead in the mid to late 80's, that was the urinal...

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I remember my younger, prudish self was shocked at Palace v Chelsea about 23 years ago. The outside wall of the gents seemed to be the urinal.

[red devil]

'bout now Wrote:

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> The pic of the condiment table is really rather good. Almost

> Martin Parr-esque.

Indeed, a metaphor for a post-Brexit Britain, glorying in it's new found isolationism...