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'Nothing remains except a hump, a wall or a Tesco site' |
| This is a pictorial tribute to the
football grounds of England, Wales
& Scotland,
that were once steeped in rich history. Featuring many photos by Han van
Eijden, whose introduction to this website can be found below, this website
stands as a tribute to those great old grounds and stands that have long
since been demolished. We are always looking for more photos to include so please feel free to e-mail them to Duncan Adams at the Football Ground Guide website. 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. |
| Lost Grounds | Old Stands (Now Replaced) |
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Arsenal
Arsenal
Stadium Bolton Wanderers Burnden Park Brighton Goldstone Ground Bristol Rovers Eastville 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 Northampton Town County Ground Oxford United Manor Ground Reading Elm Park 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 Wembley Stadium Wigan Athletic Springfield Park Wimbledon Plough Lane |
Aston
Villa Trinity Road Stand Barnsley East Stand Birmingham City The Spion Kop Birmingham City Tilton Road End Blackburn Rovers Main Stand Burnley The Longside Bury Cemetery End Bury Manchester Road Stand Bury South Stand Carlisle United East Stand Chelsea North Stand Terrace Crewe Alexandra Popular Side Gillingham Main Stand Liverpool The Kop Mansfield Town West Stand Norwich City Barclay End Port Vale Lorne Street Side Preston West Stand & Fulwood End Sheffield United John Street Stand Southend United South Terrace Stockport County Popular Side Wolverhampton South Bank Miscellaneous Aston Villa Old AV Floodlights |
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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. 
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.
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 All of the photographs on this web site are © Copyright of Han van Eijden, the owner of Old Grounds, or are © Copyright of their respective owners, as individually stated. Written permission must be given by the Old Grounds for the use of any image or information contained within this web site. Please note that Photographs are Digimarc protected. Visit Our Other Websites: A Fans' Guide To English & Welsh Premier & Football League Grounds:
A Fans' Guide To Scottish Premier & League Grounds:
A Fans' Guide To Conference (Blue Square) League Grounds:
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Last Revised: 14 May, 2008