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Post by stevie57 on Jun 2, 2024 17:34:26 GMT
I'm not really one for dumping on other people's towns (unless it's Stoke or Burnley) but the number of sets of fans who tell us Stockport's a shithole is quite remarkable. They must live in a very different Grimsby, Gillingham, Crewe, Hartlepool, etc. to the one I've been to... Lots of older grounds tend to be in the poorer areas of the towns. Doubt many fans see much more than the area around the ground especially those who get dropped off close by the coaches. There are good and bad areas of most towns, but i have yet to find a decent part of luton and i have been there many times not just to kenilworth road. Actually barrow could find worse places in the town to put a football ground in and you,d have to travel wide in this country to find a medium to large city that has no closed shops, rough sleepers and an air of decay about them. To each his own; I lived in Luton for 35 years, loved every minute of it (bar one or two) and miss it very much. A walk through Bury Park might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it’s a wonderful experience if you embrace it; on the other end other end scale, take a stroll north out of the town centre down the Old Bedford Road, taking in Wardown Park, the cricket ground, and with Bradgers Hill on your right, it loses nothing compared to the nicest bits of Stockport. Luton, is a perennial ‘Worst Town in Britain’ candidate amongst people who’ve never lived there and find it an easy target (Lu’on airpow’t innit’); it has its faults, but there’s far worse, and just on occasion, none better. If asked, if any Stopfordian was thinking of emigrating from Northern Hatterland to Lutonian Southern Hatterland, then I would suggest without reservation that they took the opportunity.
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Post by vicar on Jun 2, 2024 18:36:27 GMT
Lots of older grounds tend to be in the poorer areas of the towns. Doubt many fans see much more than the area around the ground especially those who get dropped off close by the coaches. There are good and bad areas of most towns, but i have yet to find a decent part of luton and i have been there many times not just to kenilworth road. Actually barrow could find worse places in the town to put a football ground in and you,d have to travel wide in this country to find a medium to large city that has no closed shops, rough sleepers and an air of decay about them. To each his own; I lived in Luton for 35 years, loved every minute of it (bar one or two) and miss it very much. A walk through Bury Park might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it’s a wonderful experience if you embrace it; on the other end other end scale, take a stroll north out of the town centre down the Old Bedford Road taking in Wardown Park, the cricket ground, and with Bradgers Hill on your right and it loses nothing compared to the nicest bits of Stockport. Luton, is a perennial ‘Worst Town in Britain’ candidate amongst people who’ve never lived there and find it a easy target (Lu’on airpow’t innit’); it has its faults, but there’s far worse, and just on occasion, none better. If asked, if any Stopfordian was thinking of emigrating from Northern Hatterland to Lutonian Southern Hatterland, then I would suggest without reservation that they took the opportunity. Peterborough is another that gets an unfair amount of criticism and it always looks okay to me.
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Post by pugwash on Jun 2, 2024 22:51:20 GMT
x.com/theorienthour/status/1796986375654330776A Football League legend ( 3 month loan) at The O's & More Fame in the PL with Arsenal & Everton. Kevin Campbell seriously ill in Hospital with Kidney Failure . This was posted on an Orient site a few hours ago after news broke yesterday The family have provided an update on his condition. Unfortunately I do not know how to post images so I cannot share the exact detail. He's currently in a coma and had he left it 24 hours he wouldn't of made it. Unfortunately the damage is already done and his Lungs, Liver and Kidneys are failing. He has Influenza A, Pneumonia and a Bacterial Infection and a temperature of 104 that they cannot get down. Doctors are very bleak about the situation. Really doesn't look good and praying that Kevin pulls through.
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Post by timberwolf on Jun 3, 2024 7:51:26 GMT
To each his own; I lived in Luton for 35 years, loved every minute of it (bar one or two) and miss it very much. A walk through Bury Park might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it’s a wonderful experience if you embrace it; on the other end other end scale, take a stroll north out of the town centre down the Old Bedford Road taking in Wardown Park, the cricket ground, and with Bradgers Hill on your right and it loses nothing compared to the nicest bits of Stockport. Luton, is a perennial ‘Worst Town in Britain’ candidate amongst people who’ve never lived there and find it a easy target (Lu’on airpow’t innit’); it has its faults, but there’s far worse, and just on occasion, none better. If asked, if any Stopfordian was thinking of emigrating from Northern Hatterland to Lutonian Southern Hatterland, then I would suggest without reservation that they took the opportunity. Peterborough is another that gets an unfair amount of criticism and it always looks okay to me. Agree about peterborough, another place i have been to not just related to football. stevie57 might easily now get a job with the luton tourist board after that but like burnley the bad far outweighs and good points of the town. travelled throught england apart from cornwall and somewhere has to be englands worst town and luton gets my vote.
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Post by suedehead on Jun 3, 2024 9:20:18 GMT
Given most visits to other towns are based on about a 3-4 hour window, the majority of that inside a ground, it's difficult to really judge how good or bad a town is from just going to a game. You can find good and bad anywhere. The nicest parts in or around Hartlepool are going to be better than the worst parts of Harrogate, and your experience of the place (did we win, was the weather good, did you find a good pub, was it easy to park) are going to influence too.
Purely from visiting for football, and taking the above into account, I'd say the worst one I've been to is Gillingham.
A scruffy part of the town without any real attraction. It feels a bit like a run down zone 3 part of London, without having the benefit of a tube station to take you somewhere better in ten mins. I've always quite liked Hartlepool as a club but, going off our trip in Dec 2022, it's up there as a desperate place too. We had a stroll around for 20 mins before going in and there was very little going on, plenty of boarded up shops/venues and a bit of a desperate feeling to it.
But then if you came to County and only saw Castle Street with the boarded up Crofter, Phat Ladz takeaway and all the other rubbish on The Strip then you'd easily dismiss Stockport as a dump. We know there's much more to it, but your average away punter doesn't see it. Same as we don't see the nicer parts of Gillingham, Hartlepool etc.
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Post by Philcounty on Jun 3, 2024 10:56:14 GMT
The last time we played each of our L1 opponents in an EFL fixture.
Wrexham - 2024 Mansfield - 2024 Crawley - 2024 Leyton Orient - 2023 Northampton - 2023 Stevenage - 2023 Burton - 2011 Shrewsbury - 2011 Wycombe - 2011 Lincoln - 2011 Rotherham - 2011 Charlton - 2010 Bristol Rovers - 2010 Huddersfield - 2010 Exeter - 2010 Peterborough - 2009 Blackpool - 2005 Barnsley - 2005 Wigan - 2003 Birmingham - 2001 Bolton - 2001 Reading - 1998 Cambridge - 1994
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Post by HTC on Jun 3, 2024 10:59:42 GMT
Know we've played Cambridge in the conference more recently
and had cup games against Bolton, Charlton & Rotherham more recently.
Was the Peterborough cup game slightly later too maybe?
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Post by slomasscfc on Jun 3, 2024 11:01:15 GMT
The last time we played each of our L1 opponents in an EFL fixture. Wrexham - 2024 Mansfield - 2024 Crawley - 2024 Leyton Orient - 2023 Northampton - 2023 Stevenage - 2023 Burton - 2011 Shrewsbury - 2011 Wycombe - 2011 Lincoln - 2011 Rotherham - 2011 Charlton - 2010 Bristol Rovers - 2010 Huddersfield - 2010 Exeter - 2010 Peterborough - 2009 Blackpool - 2005 Barnsley - 2005 Wigan - 2003 Birmingham - 2001 Bolton - 2001 Reading - 1998 Cambridge - 1994 was about to say I've defo been Cambridge to watch County since 1994 but then realized we played them in Non League
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Post by Philcounty on Jun 3, 2024 11:16:43 GMT
Know we've played Cambridge in the conference more recently and had cup games against Bolton, Charlton & Rotherham more recently. Was the Peterborough cup game slightly later too maybe? Yes. The FA Cup games against Peterborough were 2010.
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Post by alkringtonhatter on Jun 3, 2024 11:45:36 GMT
Know we've played Cambridge in the conference more recently and had cup games against Bolton, Charlton & Rotherham more recently. Was the Peterborough cup game slightly later too maybe? Yep, remember Cambridge. I got the train from London, went on what seemed like an hour’s trek to the ground, we got humped 4-1 then I did it all in reverse. It’s possible I may have got lost.
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Post by suedehead on Jun 3, 2024 11:57:02 GMT
For all the excitement for the likes of Birmingham, Huddersfield, Bolton etc and the bigger games, I'm looking forward to playing teams like Wycombe, Peterborough and Shrewsbury again. Proper Football League teams (I know Wycombe only came up in the 90s before anyone pipes up) who I associate with L1.
A late summer afternoon at Adams Park. Nothing significant riding on it, there's still that early season glow on highlights, everyone in short sleeves, lush grass. Perfect.
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Post by CB1883 on Jun 3, 2024 11:58:45 GMT
For all the excitement for the likes of Birmingham, Huddersfield, Bolton etc and the bigger games, I'm looking forward to playing teams like Wycombe, Peterborough and Shrewsbury again. Proper Football League teams (I know Wycombe only came up in the 90s before anyone pipes up) who I associate with L1. A late summer afternoon at Adams Park. Nothing significant riding on it, there's still that early season glow on highlights, everyone in short sleeves, lush grass. Perfect. I’ll shamefully admit to never wanting to go to Wycombe again unless it’s a game with something riding on it. Always seems to take forever to get there and as a club they’re boring as hell. Shrewsbury’s a good one though.
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Post by vicar on Jun 3, 2024 12:05:53 GMT
Know we've played Cambridge in the conference more recently and had cup games against Bolton, Charlton & Rotherham more recently. Was the Peterborough cup game slightly later too maybe? Yep, remember Cambridge. I got the train from London, went on what seemed like an hour’s trek to the ground, we got humped 4-1 then I did it all in reverse. It’s possible I may have got lost. Didn't we draw there 2-2 on a Thursday night? I also go the train from London having stayed there the night before, we also stayed a night in Cambridge, I'm glad we didn't make it two.
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Post by suedehead on Jun 3, 2024 12:22:48 GMT
Yep, remember Cambridge. I got the train from London, went on what seemed like an hour’s trek to the ground, we got humped 4-1 then I did it all in reverse. It’s possible I may have got lost. Didn't we draw there 2-2 on a Thursday night? I also go the train from London having stayed there the night before, we also stayed a night in Cambridge, I'm glad we didn't make it two. Yep, October 2011 under Hamann.
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Post by Mozzer on Jun 3, 2024 12:35:12 GMT
For all the excitement for the likes of Birmingham, Huddersfield, Bolton etc and the bigger games, I'm looking forward to playing teams like Wycombe, Peterborough and Shrewsbury again. Proper Football League teams (I know Wycombe only came up in the 90s before anyone pipes up) who I associate with L1. A late summer afternoon at Adams Park. Nothing significant riding on it, there's still that early season glow on highlights, everyone in short sleeves, lush grass. Perfect. Tuesday night. February. Lose 1-0. Goal offside. M40 shut northbound at Banbury. Apologies for spoilers.
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