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After this message, you would have expected an old fashioned dug-out for manager and reserves, but no.

Originally, the pavillon had a balcony towards the pitch, as well as a clock tower.

And just like the Leitch stand, it was opened by John McKenna, only 10 years later, in 1935. We meet in front of the cottage, which, according to Simon Inglis, was built in 1905, not 1898 when the club was formed and the club purchased the ground. Together, the four stands reveal archaological layers from football throughout a century.

In the modern era we are used to seeing them have broad beams and a high intensity, with several huge lightbulbs strung together in order to light up a pitch so that we can watch a football game at night.

There are so many poor passes and miscontrols that you resign to the fact that post teams mainly resort to hoofing long balls forward.

The top floor is being prepared for matchday hospitality. Upgrading your membership means you can get additional access to: Don't forget, at least 70% of all net revenue from iFollow goes directly to us! Further floodlight removal works will continue during pre-season.


After all, floodlight pylons are becoming a rarity at football grounds.

To me, it sounds like a fantastic idea.

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The building is very atmospheric, but I will have to admit that the space is rather limited, compared to modern stadiums – and thus the possibility of generating revenue from hospitality. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Entrepreneurship, Pittodrie – from gallow hill and dung yard to cemetery and football ground. Sunderland’s visit in the play-off semi-final second leg marks the last home match of the campaign, irrespective of the outcome.

I like it with the open room and steel constructions. I wonder if the television gantry replaced it.

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Another Archibald Leitch feature which is conspicuous by its apparent absence is the criss cross fencing of the balcony. “Play up Pompey!” says the board hanging on the stair the final steps down to the tunnel. I am the romantic one, loving the sight of floodlight pylons in the distance indicating from afar that here lies a football ground. In 1956, Fratton Park hosted the first floodlit Football League fixture - giving impetus for other clubs to follow Portsmouth’s lead. And yes, the match is really poor. But the constant drumming spoils that. But it would be a disaster, if they left.

I manage to get a glimpse of the concourse in the North Stand. You feel that you enter a room, rather than just being sheltered by a roof. Somehow, the gabled roof gives a completely different feeling to the stand.

But I don’t feel troubled by either at all. Pompey’s away match at Plymouth has been selected for live television coverage.


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