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grounds in Scotland that have no atmosphere


lionel hutz

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1. New Douglas Park - an absolute joke of a park, with it being incomplete out of place stands combined an ever present low  home support, make this an example of how not to build a modern ground.

 

2. Tulloch Caledonian Stadium - I think this again is mainly down to a low home support, and the fact that one side of the ground is empty.

3. Almondvale (Toni Macaroni Arena) - A club that rarely boasts over 1000 in home support, has a ground five times it's needs of course Livi makes the list.

4. Hampden - This mainly has no atmosphere when there is under 35000 at a game: which is every Scottish League Cup/Cup semi final that is hosted at the national stadium. In my opinion, needs expanded and redeveloped into a ground that holds 60000+ and also has seats that are near the playing surface. 

 

5. New Broomfield - A ground that is very similar to McDairmid but has roughly 2500 less fans than St Johnstone each week. There was some atmosphere when United took 1400 fans and we all sat in the one stand, but the other three sides were obviously, as quiet as Parkhead on a Saturday.

EDIT: I completely forgot about Central Park. If I was able to re-do this list that would number 1.

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1. New Douglas Park - an absolute joke of a park, with it being incomplete out of place stands combined an ever present low home support, make this an example of how not to build a modern ground.

To be fair to NDP, it's possibly the only ground in Britain where the designers realised that people sitting in the front rows might actually want a decent view of the pitch.

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Cowdenbeath is just a horrific place to watch football and the atmosphere is non existent. A genuinely depressing place to be, especially in the winter.

The other more modern stadiums at least will have an atmosphere when fuller. Three sided stadiums can be difficult though as away fans are always isolated.

ICT built a supposed SPL ready stadium in 48 days. It's not hard to see why it's not great.

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To be fair, 3 of the grounds the OP mentions are victims of the 10,000 seater rule in place at the time.

Theres no way Livingston, Hamilton or Airdrie would have built (or in Hamilton's case planned for) grounds of anywhere near 10,000 seats if they didn't have to.

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1. McDiarmid - without a doubt the most soul destroying place to watch football. Dreadful.

2. Broadwood

3. Rugby Park

4. Easter Road - cracking big, modern stadium, but with only 8 or 9 thousand Hibs fans rattling about in it, any noise just drifts away.

5. Livingston - again, cracking modern stadium, but completely wasted on a club like Livi.

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1. McDiarmid - without a doubt the most soul destroying place to watch football. Dreadful.

2. Broadwood

3. Rugby Park

4. Easter Road - cracking big, modern stadium, but with only 8 or 9 thousand Hibs fans rattling about in it, any noise just drifts away.

5. Livingston - again, cracking modern stadium, but completely wasted on a club like Livi.

Easter Road has been decent every time I've been, twice with Arbroath, one for a Hibs V United game and 2 games against Rangers.

1. Broadwood/Broomfield/East Fife/Dumbarton, never been to Livi - all the lower league seated onesout the way.

2. Cowdenbeath.

3. McDiarmid, awful.

4. Berwick, very similar to Cowdenbeath IMO.

5. NDP.

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Most are pish although, to be fair, who in Scotland actually gets a half-decent crowd that goes anywhere near to filling their ground? It's OK saying that German and perhaps English games have a terrific atmosphere, but when crowds are 50,000+ that's to be expected.

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Most are pish although, to be fair, who in Scotland actually gets a half-decent crowd that goes anywhere near to filling their ground? It's OK saying that German and perhaps English games have a terrific atmosphere, but when crowds are 50,000+ that's to be expected.

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Most are pish although, to be fair, who in Scotland actually gets a half-decent crowd that goes anywhere near to filling their ground?  It's OK saying that German and perhaps English games have a terrific atmosphere, but when crowds are 50,000+ that's to be expected.

Hearts fill their ground every week, so do The Rangers.

United, Celtic, Ross County and Aberdeen get more than half their stadiums' capacity every week

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Inverness. The contrast between theirs and Ross County's ground could not any more startling. That fucking MDF board monstrosity of a stand at Caley is just awful, as much atmosphere as the moon as well. In contrast at RC you feel like you are in an actual purpose built stand and not some quickly thrown up and just as easily dismantled gazebo

Hamilton. Virtually non existent home support and another 2 stand + 1 gazebo shitehole. The other end has a double decker bus behind the goal. Nuff said.

Hampden. Shit views, horribly overpriced catering, made to park 3 miles away and a walk through a rutted field or mudbath depending on the weather to gain access to East Stand. Complete joke of a national stadium

Kilmarnock. Great ground when full but hasnt been in years, far too big a stadium and if its soulless when there are 5000 to 6000 there when we visit what is it like for a game v Ross County or Hamilton. Plus that dickhead Gordon Sawers goes there.

Cowdenbeath. The worst ground ever to host proffesional football ever anywhere. Stinks of diesel and fences and mesh everywhere, miles from the pitch and no atmosphere. As someone elequontly put it once 'like watching football in prison'

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watching football behind fences was quite common when I first started going to matches in the 1980s- there must be a generation of Hibs fans can only remember Mickey Weir from the first half of matches because they couldn't see him over the fence in front of the East Terrace in the second half.

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