It was still officially a building site, despite being almost ready, with the keys due to be handed over to the club a week or so after this. I did a full circuit around the wire mesh fencing surrounding the place, & only on my second circuit did I spot a gap, just wide enough for me to squeeze through, without 'breaking in'. As the gap was there I was breaking no laws, apart from civil ones for trespass. I had to be careful as there were dog handling security guards on site. I got in without them initially noticing, & go half way round before being spotted, hence only pictures of the stand across the pitch. But at least I can give you a 'flavour' of what the new venue is like.
Building signs still up outside. No club signs erected yet.
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From the entrance you can see the new changing rooms/clubhouse complex to the left. The pitch is the other side of this building.
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Here we see the other side, with the new stand beyond it.
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I head round away from the seats, so I can get as far round as possible before getting 'into trouble'! This is behind one of the goals, and seems to be the only covered area for standing spectators.
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From behind the goal we look over to the main side.
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Hard standing continues to the corner.
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And almost certainly, ooh, maybe history(!), the first ever 'corner flag' shot of the new stadium!
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Turning round we look back down the covered end.
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Hard standing down the side, with the dugouts there too.
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Here we look across the pitch to the seats.
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The hard standing had been laid behind the dugouts.
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Here is a hastily taken shot of behind the other goal, but for all intents & purposes our tour is over prmaturely, as there is some crazy security woman with a big alsation shouting at me to stop where I am, and to not move!
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So one more snatched shot of the stand...
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And the dugouts.
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But that's your lot, as she escorts me off the premises, as I do my best to wind her up, telling her I haven't broken any laws, there was a gap in her fence, & that she's welcome to call the police! She keeps on repeating herself, & doesn't like it when I keep on saying i heard her the first itme, & ask her what laws I have broken!
She then gets the hump as I tease her even further by taking this snap from outside! ;-)
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