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The ground is set at the end of one of many residential backstreets. As you stroll down it you cannot fail to see the stand and go 'wow!'
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As I reach the ground a gate is open & I stroll through, there is a tarmaced car park area immediately inside.
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Just inside is this shed, which I guess is where you pay your admission on a matchday.
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Going up to the pitch we see the impressive stand, but we're not heading that direction. We wil turn left, and stroll round the ground clockwise.
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The pitch is neatly railed and fenced off, with only grass standing behind this goal.
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Here we are standing directly behind the goal, looking to the stand.
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Stepping back a little we look along the standing area, with some housing close behind.
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Immediately behind the goal (minus netting) we look once more to the main stand to the right.
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And with the stanchion dominating this snap we stare right down the pitch.
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The building directly behind, outside the ground, has a window boarded up? A wayward shot I wonder?
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Moving along the side it is just railed off, on grass. But there is a slightly sloping, not too steep grass bank, which must form a nice vantage point on match days.
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Moving along you see the dugouts are facing the wrong way, at initial glance! In actual fact two men are working there, installing new ones during the top I popped in, which is how the gates were open. How lucky was that?
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From this side we glance back behind the goal, which shows the size of the car park area where we came in.
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Here is a closer shot of the dugouts. Wonder what the old ones looked like?
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Past them the slope peters out toward the corner, as the railings continue round the pitch, but still only grass to stand on.
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Before we move behind that goal it's time to have another look at the large stand from the side opposite.
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Now we're behind the goal, and the grass stretches back, for a small training area.
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From this corner we see the stand again, with the actually quite big stand dwarfed by the trees behind it.
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Now behind the goal we glance back to the sloped side.
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Through the goal we see the stand once more.
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From the next corner we see the open grassed end, with the banking behind, along the side.
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now on our last side of the ground there are a couple of buildings before we reach the stand. Presumably a groundstaff hut, & maybe a boardroom, or something similar?
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It could be another general bar area of course. I say 'another' because we will soon see a bar at the other end of the stand.
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Here we can see how smartly kept it is in front, and by, the main stand. A tidy mix of grass & concrete.
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This is a side view.
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And a 'full frontal' from on the pitch. I don't know how old this stand is, but I'd guess it's a nineteen fifties one, or thereabouts.
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It's just wooden benches for seats, but it's such a substantial structure I'm aure it must have had seating in the past. Despite it's age it's well painted and maintained.
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Note the couple of benches in front, further along. Which must be nice for any elderly fans who can't make it up into the stand.
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From the back we look down, toward the end where we started our tour.
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And across the pitch, over the centre circle.
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And craning our necks to the right the other goal.
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Slightly further along, another shot over the pitch, with the wonderfully old fashioned tannoy system hanging down from the roof.
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Here we look back up , in the stand. This must be the PA box, which might 'double' as a press box maybe?
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Past the stand, outside, is this recently constructed patio area, outside the bar. Presumably built post-smoking ban?
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Here is a good side shot, with the bar at the end in full view.
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Taking a few steps to our left we have another nice side on photo of the stand.
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Now we're at the last corner, almost by the gate where we started.
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Which we can see here, and where we going through now.
That completes our visit to Haywards Heath Town.
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2 comments:
There used to be a bank of terracing opposite the stand in the 1970's
http://sussexcountyfc.milbint.com/Directory/Haywards%20Heath%20Town/Haywards%20Heath%20images/pages/Haywards%20Heath1975c_jpg.htm
Cheers for that Dan. That's a lovely old photo.
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