Old Football Grounds - Photos & History of those long lost grounds of England, Scotland and Wales.

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'Nothing remains except a hump, a wall or a Tesco site.' This is a pictorial tribute to the old football grounds of England, Wales & Scotland, that were once steeped in rich history. Featuring many photos by Han van Eijden, whose introduction to this section can be found below, this website stands as a tribute to those great old grounds and stands that have long since been demolished.

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Arsenal Arsenal Stadium Bolton Wanderers Burnden Park Brighton Goldstone Ground Bristol Rovers Eastville Cardiff City Ninian Park Chester City Sealand Road Chesterfield Recreation Ground Colchester United Layer Road Coventry City Highfield Road Darlington Feethams Derby County Baseball Ground Doncaster Rovers Belle Vue East Fife Bayview Huddersfield Town Leeds Road Hull City Boothferry Park Leicester City Filbert Street Manchester City Maine Road Middlesbrough Ayresome Park Millwall The Den Morecambe Christie Park Newport County Somerton Park New! Northampton Town County Ground Oxford United Manor Ground Reading Elm Park Rotherham United Millmoor Scunthorpe United Old Show Ground Shrewsbury Town Gay Meadow Southampton The Dell Stoke City Victoria Ground Sunderland Roker Park Swansea City Vetch Field Third Lanark Cathkin Park Walsall Fellows Park Wigan Athletic Springfield Park Wimbledon Plough Lane	Barnsley Oakwell Birmingham City St Andrews Blackburn Rovers Nuttall Street Stand Burnley Turf Moor Bury Gigg Lane Carlisle United East Stand Chelsea North Stand Terrace Crewe Alexandra Stadium Everton Park Stand Exeter City Big Bank Terrace Liverpool The Kop Norwich City Barclay End Port Vale Lorne Street Side Sheffield United John Street Stand Southend United South Terrace Torquay United Main Stand West Bromwich Albion Rainbow Stand Redeveloped Grounds Aston Villa Villa Park Blackpool Bloomfield Road Bournemouth Dean Court Gillingham Priestfield Stadium Glasgow Rangers Ibrox Park Glasgow Hampden Park Preston West Stand & Fulwood End Wembley Stadium Wolverhampton South Bank Non-League Grounds & Stands Mansfield Town West & North Stands Stockport County Popular Side

Introduction By Han van Eijden This website is dedicated to those grounds from a bygone era. These were the type of football grounds that were tucked away in a forest of chimneys, making for a delightful approach through cobbled streets on a rain swept afternoon, evoking an adrenaline surge when spotting the floodlights and sheer ecstasy on entering for the first time. Grounds with the charm of outdated conditions and pre-war facilities. The Taylor report has introduced a dramatic change or loss of stands and traditional football grounds in Great Britain. Yet, with the demolishing of stands and grounds Great Britain is losing its footballing heritage. Nothing is saved for posterity. Why did it need a Dutchman to save parts of the West Stand at Deepdale in a country that dwells with the annual Trooping of the Colour? Great Britain and its inhabitants have an exquisite taste for traditions, history and romance in so many aspects but strangely enough not when it comes to football. Preston North End - Deepdale It is heartbreaking to see clubs ignoring their rich history when yet another stand is reduced to rubble. As if there is a collective shame over yesteryear. What is wrong with incorporating traditional features in new designs? Send your answers to: approacher@footballgrounds.net. Probably the best preserved ground is Hillsborough. This is a sheer relic for the connoisseur. This teasing shrine evokes the smell of Oxo, the whiff of tobacco, the odour of genuine leather balls and the sight of terraces packed to the rafters with men in hats. Am I anti-progress? No, I am pro-nostalgia. Duncan has given me the privilege of letting my heart speak through the pictures you will see in this section. To save your wonderful football history for posterity. Han Van Eijden Egypt Do you have any photos of Old Football Grounds or Stands? We are always looking for more photos to include in this section, so please feel free to e-mail them to Duncan Adams (duncan@footballgroundguide.com) the owner of the Football Ground Guide. Please note that we can only accept photos that you have either taken yourself or you have the permission of the person who took them. Copyright Information (please read): All of the photographs in this Old Football Grounds and Stands Section are © Copyright of Han van Eijden, or are © Copyright of their respective owners, as individually stated. Written permission must be given by this website for the use of any image or information contained within this section. Please note that Photographs are Digimarc protected. Football Ground Guide Main Index Privacy & Cookie Policy