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This is the main entrance to the ground, I think, from the residential road it's situated on.
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Down the left hand side, as we enter from the corner we see a fairly open side, with a section of covered terrace.
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But we're going to walk the other way. From where we came in we see the changing rooms, and the bar area is past it.
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Club & League sponsors signage on the wall.
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This is the interior of the bar.
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This autographed AFC Totton shirt on the wall caught my eye, but I don't know the story behind it.
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Here is an aerial picture of this ground, which we are at now.
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Back outside again, we look over the pitch.
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It's open behind the goal, tarmaced for an access road/car park; with the bar behind it, which we've just come out of.
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A similar shot, with the Sydenhams sign in clear view on the front, presumably from their Wessex League days.
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Netting behind the goal to protect cars & the buildings.
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Now we're past the club buildings, we also see some storage shed, partly 'out of sight', set back slightly.
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An open path down the far side.
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Before we move along it, one more glance back behind the goal.
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And across the pitch.
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Now we move down the side, and we come to a fenced off open concrete area. I was told by a club man, who was on site, that this was where the old stand used to be, and it had been taken down for re building at the new stadium.
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Just the concrete foundations left there now...so use your imagination. I have no idea what it looked like!
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Now we look across the pitch, to the dugouts, & the covered terrace behind them.
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We're now the other side of the 'phantom' stand.
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The hard standing continues to the corner.
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And once there we glance back down the side, & over the pitch.
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The open path continues behind the goal, with a wooden fence behind. Utilised for some advertising hoardings.
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The other side of the pitch appears to be the training area.
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I'd no idea what the Daltons Cup is, nor who Daltons Transport are. To me Daltons will always mean ' Peaaaa--nuuuuuts!' I may be showing my age now, but whatever happened to the 'peanut man' at football? (To anyone under the age of,ooh, forty, ask yer dad! ;-)
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Club sponsors displayed too.
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As are the old League sponsors. Shouldn't the current ones ask for these to be taken down?
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Behind the goal, we look over to the terraced side.
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And then head to the next corner.
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Behind that corner, behind the training area, it's a bit of an old scrap yard! Out of sight, out of mind, I suppose!
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And now on the last leg, on our way to corner we came in.
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Past the portakabin we see the covered terrace, set back from the pitch.
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We pass the dugouts.
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And just before the terrace is the turnstile. Presumably this is where supporters enter on a match day?
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As we saw, this is set back a bit from the action, and only a shallow step under it, but a decent bit of cover nonetheless.
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Fingers crossed there's not many people 'hugging the rail' in front of you.
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Put up inside it is this policy from the league, personalised by the Club.
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Here we are undernerath the shed, looking along it.
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The club name is smartly, & proudly, on the overhang at the front.
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Now we move on, open once more, with more storage sheds behind, on the left.
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One of which is for the groundsman.
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And another turnstile here, looking as though it was added to suppliment te other one, for ground grading reasons, at a guess.
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Just a few more yards to go now, as we're back to where we started. Sad, in a way, that I never saw a game here, but pleased that I-at least- managed to have a quick look at it.
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3 comments:
What a wonderful site you've made! I came across it whilst looking for pictures of AFC Totton, and I've been looking at a ground a day ever since. AFC Totton are eventually moving next month. Apparently, they built the pitch too short for the Southern League (or so I was told), so their move has been delayed. I posted a picture of the temprary stand on my own blog, if you're interested in seeing that. Cheers, Andy.
Thanks for you nice words, glad you're enjoying it. I'll have a look at yours. Best wishes.
Think you should do a section on the new afc totton ground! Lovely set up
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