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also the reebok stadium is good inmo
sadly anfield is not a good ground yes it can generate a fantastic atmosphere at big games , but my seat has got posts in the way and the facilites are not great anfield is only good for the crowd not the actual stadium .

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Mines great Faz in lower centenary. Best view in the ground in my view the rest of the ground is absolutely awful. Great when I was a kid and when on the kop and did not care but more fussy now. Worst view ever the boys pen do you remember that? the best I can describe it was a cage of monkeys on speed you saw nothing at all of the game it was one big push and shove the kid next to you for 3 hours. Great fun.

I guess you are in the main stand?


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Originally Posted By: Stanley Park
Mines great Faz in lower centenary. Best view in the ground in my view the rest of the ground is absolutely awful. Great when I was a kid and when on the kop and did not care but more fussy now. Worst view ever the boys pen do you remember that? the best I can describe it was a cage of monkeys on speed you saw nothing at all of the game it was one big push and shove the kid next to you for 3 hours. Great fun.

I guess you are in the main stand?

yes main stand, problem with lower kemlyn is no knee room very tight seats great view , but even that was out of date when it was extended .

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For those who have never heard of the boys pen it was in the early 70's a cage to the back of the kop you could not see the pitch because of the kop roof. You knew when Liverpool scored from the kop's reaction. At the time the kop held 26,000 more than half the capacity of he ground today once you were in the kop you were in you could not move if you wanted to go to the toilet you did it there on the bloke in front. The boys pen was a total madhouse they let you in at 1pm and let you out at 5pm. THAT was the story of it nothing happened in those 4 hours except shoving and fighting.


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lol, class


Luis Garcia, He drinks sangria
He came from Barca, to bring us Joy
He's five foot seven, he's football heaven
please don't take my Luis away.

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I have heard of a similar tale at Hampden Park back in the day when there was basically a torrent of pi55 running down the terraces. On a good day there would be a bottle to go in. Then this got lobbed giving everyone below a spiral shower.

Must admit the best one I saw was travelling to an away game with my local team. On the coach on the way back this guy has a jimmy in one of those old plastic M&S carrier bags. He then ran down the aisle got the driver to open the door at over 40mph and as he threw it out he got most of it blown back at him.

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Originally Posted By: Stanley Park
I don't think its the recession in fact at the moment if you are in work you have never had it so good mortgage rates. Even if the economy was booming £50 a game and rising would be too much. But I also think there is something else going on. People don't want to go the game anymore not just Liverpool all the teams. Some do but most are not interested I don't know why.


Is it a case that some of us are getting a bit too old to make the extra effort. I can't afford it with a mortgage and kids because I would need to take one of them with me. What is crippling these days is the cost of fuel and food in general. When I first started trying to get tickets 6 years ago it was difficult and a round trip for two cost me about £130. Now it would cost me around £200 and my pay has not gone up for two years. Lots of us would like to be able to go but I look at that extra £70 and think about what the players get paid and then it hits home that it is beyond my means.

I would go back and watch my local team but that would be about £50 for a day out for us all but what level would we be watching? Hoofball on bobbly pitches in League 2. To be honest if you are going to do this stuff insist on the best and go when you can.

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For those who have never heard of the boys pen it was in the early 70's a cage to the back of the kop you could not see the pitch because of the kop roof. You knew when Liverpool scored from the kop's reaction. At the time the kop held 26,000 more than half the capacity of he ground today once you were in the kop you were in you could not move if you wanted to go to the toilet you did it there on the bloke in front. The boys pen was a total madhouse they let you in at 1pm and let you out at 5pm. THAT was the story of it nothing happened in those 4 hours except shoving and fighting.
If your talking about being cramped Stanley what about some of the away ends in those grounds years ago. I can remember the old Park End being pariculary nasty and who could forget the old scoreboard end at United where you paid in on the day, the area held 4,000 but they would squeeze about 7,000 of you in there, you would also have United fans either side of you with United fans also on top of you in the seats, when you scored they would throw all sorts dowmn on you haha. Other memorable away ends were always the Clock End at Highbury, Platt Lane at Maine Road and always remember the old Baseball ground being awful too, they had a pitch which never had a single blade of grass on it even in the august haha.

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Yeah I remember the scoreboard end at OT. I was there once maybe 30 minutes before kickoff and a man about 20 feet away fell to the ground unconscious he dropped like a stone. It was a snooker ball wanged from above by the utd fans. Plastic cups full of urine were another treat they used to throw down on you. I used to wear my dad’s flat cap with the programme folded inside as some form of makeshift helmet. Happy days.


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Originally Posted By: Stanley Park
Yeah I remember the scoreboard end at OT. I was there once maybe 30 minutes before kickoff and a man about 20 feet away fell to the ground unconscious he dropped like a stone. It was a snooker ball wanged from above by the utd fans. Plastic cups full of urine were another treat they used to throw down on you. I used to wear my dad’s flat cap with the programme folded inside as some form of makeshift helmet. Happy days.

yes i remember the old scoreboard end at united and skinners alley at city .

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