The ground is called Barrows Farm, & they moved there in October 2006. For a new ground it's not perfect, but more than adequate, with a nice main stand, & a decent covered terrace opposite, as you will soon see. Certainly a vast improvement on their former Sportscentre home, which was a very rundown athletics track venue.
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A smart sign outside the stadium, with the club sponsors prominent on it.
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The ground is also signposted from the main road, it's an easy half hour walk from Harlow Town train station.
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The ground is above the main road, the entrance up this access road.
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Just outside it is this fading sign, & one below from the Spurs Legends team.
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There is also the standard Ryman League sign.
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Walking round to the entrance we pass this unusual sponsorship opportunity with the rubbish disposal company.
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As we head along the access road we can see the top of the stand, & other club buildings over the top of the perimeter fence.
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Round the side now, we see the terrace on the far side, the road we walked up from the main road is directly behind that.
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Here we see the main entrance, which is the back of the main stand, from the car park.
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Turning round we head into the ground through these turnstiles in the corner.
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Walking in we look directly acorss the pitch, to the covered terrace.
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To our right is the club bar, & stand beyond, which includes the changing rooms as well.
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And to our left is an empty club shop, with the team line ups helpfully pinned onto it.
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We're going to walk round clockwise. Behind the goal is open hardstanding. It's a shame there is no terracing here, or cover, but there's plenty of space to build this at a later date.
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From the corner we look down the touchline toward the stand.
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Moving along we see the main stand, seats smartly in club colours.
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From behind the post we glance left, to the covered terrace.
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From the next corner we look down the touchline, toward the terrace.
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A corner flag shot, over to the main stand, directly into the sun.
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The open area behind the goal, before we continue round the ground.
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More open hard standing, up to the covered enclosure.
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This area has a 'support barrier', which looks a bit strange as there's no steps of terrace behind it.
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From this side we look back behind the goal.
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And here we are now at the front of an excellent new modern terrace.
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At the front of the terrace are the dugouts, even these are sponsored.
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From inbetween the home & away dugouts we look directly over the pitch, to the main stand.
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Standing at the back of the terrace we turn to the area we've already covered on out Barrows Farm circuit.
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Further ahead is more open hard standing, to the next corner.
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From up here we can see the other end is also very open.
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Down at the front we see the dugout, with the terrace behind.
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Here we look back along the covered standing spot.
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This is the same as the other side of the terrace, including the support barriers, with tarmac behind.
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Here we see the wide hard standing behind the goal.
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Before we walk on it's time for another corner flag shot, toward the main stand.
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Another post picture, with the terrace beyond.
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Through the net, main stand seen through it.
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A similar shot, to the left of the netting.
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As we've seen, the hard standing continues to the corner.
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Down the last side now, more open hard standing, leading to the stand; with another barrier behind the pitch barriers.
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Our next corner flag snap, this time with the terrace as the backdrop.
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Set back in this corner is a toilet block, & more turnstiles, not in use.
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Down the side one home fan awaits kick off, with a splendidly old fashioned scarf.
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We've now reached the seating area.
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Some at the back reserved for directors.
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These ones are for the visiting officials.
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From the back, almost in the centre, we look over the halfway line.
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At the back is this table area, for the press.
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Glancing right, to one open end.
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Straight ahead, directly over the centre circle.
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And to the left, the first open end.
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Past the press area, we see the rest of the stand.
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And from the end, at the top, we see down to the remainder of the stadium. Bar & tea bar on the left, down below.
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Before we're down there, we glance back across the seats.
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Pitchside now, we see down the players' tunnel.
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Here we see up into the stand, from the bottom corner.
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Immediately past this, on the right, is a door that leads into this bar.
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Further along is the tea bar.
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And just by this, out in the open, are these pub garden style benches.
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That concluded our tour of Barrows Farm, so it was time to head up to the main stand, just as the players' came on for the start.
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Directly opposite were the noisy, loyal home fans.
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The obligatory handshakes.
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At the beginning of the second half I moved round to the terrace, taking a picture through the net on my way.
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Pausing to watch a corner.
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Here is the terrace, with home hardcore underneath.
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A little bit of match action.
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The fans again, with their 'famous' air raid siren in view.
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The game is over now, & I asked a steward for permission to walk across the pitch to take some snaps from the centre. This is the end where we started off.
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Then the terraced side, with the dugouts.
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Followed by the other open end.
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And, lastly, to finish our look around, the main stand.
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