The 'Trent End' and 'Brian Clough Stand' are two imposing stands which I can imagine being noisy on a good day. Then back to Birmingham for a few pints and a sing song in 'Peaky Blinders', a fine pub. "It's unusual," McKay said. The City Ground was chosen as one of the venues to host the European Championships in 1996. and had a good day out drinking. They moved to The City Ground in September of 1898, with the new stadium located not far from the old Town Ground and opposite Trent Bridge. Overall I would score my experience at 8/10…and would like very much to return to the City Ground again…hopefully in the Championship, provided the Dons stay up. Stewards? We then caught the train into Nottingham which took 16 minutes. I did not speak to many outside but it was a very relaxed atmosphere. Once called the Executive Stand, it was recently renamed the Brian Clough Stand in honour of their greatest manager. The game itself was end to end, Forest were the better team and won 4-2. The game itself went well and the City Ground itself was fine, so a good visit all round. I paid £3 for a programme which was packed full of features, including a generous section on Wolves. After around 20 miles take the A606 towards Nottingham. The City Ground does look striking as it first comes into view. The trains are pathetic two carriages, which are typical of the service we have to endure. The game was a decent one and it finished 1-1, a constant singing battle between both supporters made a great atmosphere and this is really enforced by home and away fans sharing parts of the same end, the toilets were grubby, but it didn't really affect me. Our seats were not in a great place and the sun was in our eyes, so at times I followed the game as much from the big screens as the pitch. agreed to lease the stadium from Manchester City Council and moved there from Maine Road in the summer of 2003. [59], The stadium was named the City of Manchester Stadium by Manchester City Council before construction began in December 1999,[25] but has a number of commonly used alternatives. There is also the option of renting a private driveway near the City Ground via YourParkingSpace.co.uk. From the outside the City Ground looked very different from my first visit as I believe the ground was modernised during the 1990's. In this unique case from Nottingham capacity of City Ground was reduced from 30,445 to zero for safety reasons. Andy Tomsett a visiting Brighton and Hove Albion fan recommends the Vat and Fiddle which is near to the railway station. The stadium is owned by Manchester City Council and leased by the football club on a 'fully repairing' basis. [56] The field of play is lit by 218 2000-watt floodlights, consuming a total of 436,000 watts. I never bothered with the half time refreshments, but the toilets were pretty clean & spacious. The fire, which is believed to have started near the dressing rooms, rapidly tore through the stand’s wooden construction, destroying it and much of the club’s records, trophies and memorabilia. That of course made the inevitable question arise in my mind "what makes some folk support Forest and others follow County?" At half time we went down onto the concourse, which was very crowded and clearly inadequate to cope with the number of fans. Tickets bought on the day of the game can cost up to £2 more for Adults and Over 65's. I'd never been to Forest before and was looking forward to seeing two of the bigger clubs play each other. Also the seats are not great, but then I am spoilt at Stadium MK, as we have better seats and more leg room than the new Wembley even! The City of Manchester Stadium in Clayton, Manchester, currently known as the Etihad Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is the home of Manchester City with a domestic football capacity of 55,017.This makes the stadium the sixth-largest in the Premier League and tenth-largest in the United Kingdom. On match and event days special bus services from the city centre serve the stadium. However once again another ground not able to cater for the growing army of vegans hopefully a collective change will happen soon at most stadia. The journey was a smooth one and although I wasn’t paying much attention to the roads, the ground seemed fairly straight forward to get to. 1. Outside the ground near the main club entrance is a memorial garden, which includes a tribute to former city player Marc-Vivien Foe. A net is placed just beneath the upper tier of forest fans in order to stop missiles being thrown, but it wasn't needed. The full length of the second tiers in the East and West stands would then be reconfigured as premium seating associated with new hospitality bar areas. By all means the debate was predictable, but that's fine, we'll take it. The River Trent is situated directly behind the Trent End and it is probably the nicest landscape around a stadium that I have seen. The game finished 1-0 to Forest which helped contribute to a cracking atmosphere. Plans to build a new stadium in Manchester were formulated before 1989 as part of the city's bid to host the 1996 Summer Olympics. Not the cheapest but not the most expensive and the facilities were once again what you’d expect at these types of grounds. I paid £5.10 for a park and ride ticket which included parking and a return ticket to Nottingham. Once outside, we made slow but steady progress back to the station. Though physically safe standing is already in Premier League, legally it's still prohibited. [36] The attention to detail, often absent in stadium design, has been remarked upon, including the cigar-shaped roof supports with blue lighting beacons, sculpted rainwater gutters, poly-carbonate perimeter roof edging and openable louvres to aid pitch grass growth with similarities also made to high-tech architecture.[28]. He had bought Northern Rail flash sale tickets at 10p each way! [23] Stadium architects Arup Sport believed history demonstrated that maintaining a rarely used athletics track often does not work with football – and cited examples such as the Stadio delle Alpi and the Olympic Stadium with both Juventus and Bayern Munich moving to new stadiums less than 40 years after inheriting them. He’s neither an away-going supporter, nor a groundhopper. .css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link{color:inherit;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited{color:#696969;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link:hover,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited:hover,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link:focus,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited:focus{color:#B80000;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link::after,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited::after{content:'';position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0;z-index:2;}Nottingham Forest's City Ground gains community protection, Nottingham Forest: City Ground returned to full 30,445 capacity, Nottingham Forest: City Ground capacity reduced to zero by local council, Nottingham Collegeâs brand new city hub site is complete, BBC East Midlands Todayâs Dominic Heale signs off after 20 years, Covid-related deaths reported by hospital trust today after nearly four weeks, Seven coronavirus cases confirmed at Newark campus with two colleagues also asked to self-isolate as precaution, Information about BBC links to other news sites, Trump and Biden feud over topics for TV debate. Before the game I had a look around the ground visited the club shop and collected my ticket from the ticket office, I was amazed by the number of pop up stalls for a league cup match selling souvenirs, pin badges etc. The food was reasonable I had a pie and a bottle of coke priced at £5.10. Though there were over 30,000 people in attendance, thankfully there were no casualties. Fair play to that! Forest, who have played at the City Ground since 1898, said there has not been any major development of the stadium for 25 years. It is nice ground right by the lovely River Trent, friendly stewards & friendly police, as usual, got my pic with a local bobby (me wearing his hat). The view was fairly good but wouldn't have minded being a bit higher up. [136], As part of Manchester City's commitment to community outreach in their redevelopment plans for the areas of East Manchester adjacent to the Etihad Stadium, other urban regeneration plans incorporated into the overall Etihad Campus development project include the new £43 million Beswick Community Hub,[137] that includes Connell Sixth Form College;[138] a community leisure centre (with swimming pool, dance studio, health and fitness gym, rugby pitch, and grass sports pitches);[139] and a planned Manchester Institute of Health and Performance. That really killed the game off, as aside from a great chance for Antonio, who had switched wings to try and get more joy against Scott Golbourne, Forest rarely threatened a comeback. I know we jokingly sang during the game; "You're not famous anymore" to the Forest fans near us, but in all honesty I do still regard Forest as a "sleeping giant" and, alongside Leeds United, I think they should be in the Premiership. First in 1965 new main stand was erected, but sadly existed for only 3 years. The club said it was "time for the new City Ground", as it announced plans to boost the current capacity of 30,000. Why you were looking forward to going to the City Ground? All the fans behaved impeccably during the Brian Clough tribute, with Barnsley fans chanting his name.
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