![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ZQBrGD_dmC4/TcRqRMUs3aI/AAAAAAAACZ4/gklUoJerfog/s400/DSCF9819.jpg)
Follow the sign.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-426dp9yNbMM/TcRsz8jUnnI/AAAAAAAACeA/CbmigtArpCU/s400/DSCF9885.jpg)
There is a new all-weather surface as you approach the ground, on the left.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-txtKve9ZxxY/TcRsuQWXqQI/AAAAAAAACd4/eONnIDPXKVs/s400/DSCF9883.jpg)
In conjunction with the local council.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8sI0afN9sHc/TcRsxQCiTjI/AAAAAAAACd8/HR5beJHrN4c/s400/DSCF9884.jpg)
To the right is the local bowling club.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-eZ-yePYwszs/TcRsrgvRpxI/AAAAAAAACd0/KXcX5HsHtro/s400/DSCF9882.jpg)
And beyond that is the cricket club.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3YIHemzAhKQ/TcRsgcOWmaI/AAAAAAAACdc/EeK41F7oN8E/s400/DSCF9877.jpg)
The football ground is behind the scoreboard. The open gate next to it was how I fortunately gained access. Note the small plaque to the left of the metal doors on the scoreboard.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_6hIFUfiLfc/TcRsirCOOPI/AAAAAAAACeM/RUufdgUBX-M/s400/DSCF9878.jpg)
It relates to the clock.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xcNVOMJH1os/TcRseAAKxWI/AAAAAAAACdU/Csu9AFXIWbM/s400/DSCF9876.jpg)
And now we've got the neighbouring sports out of the way it's time to see the football ground! Or 'The Warehouse Systems Stadium' to give it the sponsored title!
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5oC4GQtso8g/TcRskgu6MJI/AAAAAAAACdk/-9M0HsrNDR8/s400/DSCF9879.jpg)
League sponsors board on display outside, I pesume this is the players' entrance?
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J0PdClAjF34/TcRsoxw_hzI/AAAAAAAACeQ/Zt3GjOY9ny4/s400/DSCF9881.jpg)
As I mentioned earlier, I got into the ground though here.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Q3hkxeePjmU/TcRpqBelcUI/AAAAAAAACY0/QjIDc3qVFNM/s400/DSCF9803.jpg)
Further along the outer perimeter is this disused entrance.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wEVQNfX1Xfs/TcRpnxQ_UAI/AAAAAAAACYw/fZSsf9YOTck/s400/DSCF9802.jpg)
So going back to the gate I got in, just past it, on the left, are the turnstiles. It is from here we shall begin.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-M_eHIDPEV_g/TcRpr6L5fgI/AAAAAAAADNc/2fRvdzx1NZ0/s400/DSCF9804.jpg)
A smart board, neatly painted in club colours show the prices.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-rXLEXzEYmeM/TcRpt2JxuCI/AAAAAAAACY8/YqIYnYWRq0Q/s400/DSCF9805.jpg)
The ground is narrow on this side, just a couple of steps, & there is the tea bar here too.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gXiftIlSDpo/TcRp2eeFb-I/AAAAAAAACZQ/IbuCG3jG9EE/s400/DSCF9809.jpg)
Another turnstile in the corner.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uzrEObq6yN8/TcRpwRodIzI/AAAAAAAACZA/0DZNjxoQL84/s400/DSCF9806.jpg)
From this corner we look over the pitch, the main stand on the far side.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J0v8mxtCpWU/TcRp0pfUjmI/AAAAAAAACZM/zpXJqIFohXQ/s400/DSCF9808.jpg)
A similar shot, but right at the corner.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-lorSAiKtGi8/TcRp7gb6zUI/AAAAAAAACZY/r9q6jw0syWM/s400/DSCF9811.jpg)
Turning behind the goal we are immediately at the players tunnel.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rlb8rR04bE4/TcRp4r-XFII/AAAAAAAACZU/qq12TzTVgrs/s400/DSCF9810.jpg)
Here we see the tunnel & changing rooms from just on the pitch.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-UmZi4HzYrL8/TcRp-OSbdJI/AAAAAAAACZc/oVFrka0l8_8/s400/DSCF9812.jpg)
Past them is the clubhouse.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d6YU4hyEgJk/TcRqCY9x-mI/AAAAAAAACZk/Rn8rELmeIH8/s400/DSCF9814.jpg)
From over the other side of the pitch wall we can spot the covered terracing past the clubhouse.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-d0vFJWjjYaI/TcRqANvDUOI/AAAAAAAACZg/jggJG7K8_7I/s400/DSCF9813.jpg)
The bar is named after Peter Eaton, who played for the club in the 1970s & '80s, making over 800 appearances.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GitgQ1_SLF4/TcRqELnRDLI/AAAAAAAACZo/gJEUNX7Qjp8/s400/DSCF9815.jpg)
There is a patio area past the bar, & a gantried area, I'm not sure what that is.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4KlLvv2RuLg/TcRqHMgjPMI/AAAAAAAACZs/kdnxRcuTXpw/s400/DSCF9816.jpg)
Clambering up there we turn right, back to the clubhouse.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-p8ZRcjhmv0c/TcRqTmxeXlI/AAAAAAAACZ8/rLqApD0nOKg/s400/DSCF9820.jpg)
Still facing that way, we look along the open side, for our first decent view of it, with the cricket club behind.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3iZmYV5RMEY/TcRqWhAB_lI/AAAAAAAACaA/4iuXcTXaWJU/s400/DSCF9821.jpg)
Straight down the pitch.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-E7721muctFE/TcRqZbx4rbI/AAAAAAAACaE/oviu0K57dMI/s400/DSCF9822.jpg)
With the main stand to the left.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M-ySyq84aHk/TcRqbxizjwI/AAAAAAAACaI/qwUXHC4wNyg/s400/DSCF9823.jpg)
Looking over the roof of the covered terrace at this end we can see that this ground is right on the edge of town, fields beyond it.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Vg2gQBzO36s/TcRqe3ldHVI/AAAAAAAACaM/GJjVfw3s37Q/s400/DSCF9824.jpg)
Back down on firm ground we turn back to the bar. See the white door...
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-nGpjIAsjv8k/TcRqL5TmKWI/AAAAAAAACZ0/bnLWfotXlxw/s400/DSCF9818.jpg)
It has the club crest in the glass.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-YYJPsk3LOjQ/TcRqhojxj_I/AAAAAAAACeE/dY5fye8ZlTk/s400/DSCF9827.jpg)
Moving onward we reach the covered terrace, unusually set back from the pitch, with a lot of hard standing between the roofed area & the playing surface.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-2ttQAi9ENC0/TcRqJR1T8AI/AAAAAAAACZw/dbi7wramwHM/s400/DSCF9817.jpg)
Here we look along the steps under the covered enclosure.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DPk_-60fCtA/TcRqkg34NwI/AAAAAAAACaU/ZD8hugLiyoI/s400/DSCF9830.jpg)
Now we're behind the goal, to the right we see the open side, & the dugouts.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9meGm0nGNAQ/TcRqoFcLFQI/AAAAAAAACaY/fo-6Y6pxkEg/s400/DSCF9831.jpg)
Through the net we eye the stand.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jgIR9DCVH-M/TcRqrxItaGI/AAAAAAAACac/h-qK-_JvEFg/s400/DSCF9832.jpg)
A few steps left we now look at it without the old onion bag in the way.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-14UHyJzym54/TcRqu9tIn4I/AAAAAAAACak/SVEcKPfgky8/s400/DSCF9833.jpg)
Open standing to the corner, past the covered terrace.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-atAprIuVZdo/TcRqxQMjCII/AAAAAAAACao/YQUk7i1d-Vs/s400/DSCF9834.jpg)
Almost at the corner we glance back.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-o5Q_9kiAWl4/TcRq2c8q9MI/AAAAAAAACaw/wLYfZMRbLSU/s400/DSCF9836.jpg)
Presumably this is the way in, with a storage area, for the groundsman.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KOllOL-jvOk/TcRqz7vbmWI/AAAAAAAACas/ZkbiUqSg1D4/s400/DSCF9835.jpg)
At the second corner.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vrBlUHbXKSY/TcRq5lvEPyI/AAAAAAAACa4/RNHgoSNQ8N0/s400/DSCF9837.jpg)
Down the side now, open, to the stand.. Hard standing, just one shallow step forms the terrace.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-EZJVy8YlqX4/TcRq7ewXJ4I/AAAAAAAACa8/J4NekhRYjEA/s400/DSCF9838.jpg)
Some old benches at the back increase the' seating'. The stand itself looks quite narrow.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Fy1pb1S2uX0/TcRq-JmmCDI/AAAAAAAACbA/QvyO3QYq0ZM/s400/DSCF9839.jpg)
A path past it runs at the back of it.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_KUAtPbkNmo/TcRrAvK_O5I/AAAAAAAACeI/EeHs1__WxKc/s400/DSCF9840.jpg)
Here we see the seating, from just on the pitch. There is a press box at this end of it.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Vv5gXPb91R8/TcRrCvvsrKI/AAAAAAAACbI/VrGzzxGd2Fg/s400/DSCF9841.jpg)
League sponsors sign prominent.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-DUY1SetMWuY/TcRrFIkwFKI/AAAAAAAACbM/AHOMFFSd8nQ/s400/DSCF9842.jpg)
From this part of the ground we look back to the clubhouse end.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-YsPDrQm8_oM/TcRrHDEJ3LI/AAAAAAAACbQ/FSwmw-4Oqi8/s400/DSCF9843.jpg)
Now we're in the stand, Three rows of plastic seating.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Ikr4Wk1Tpxg/TcRrYWxvTHI/AAAAAAAACbs/OCV8hwyOq-4/s400/DSCF9851.jpg)
The other end of it.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-mV4so4ZW3yw/TcRrbfXKQCI/AAAAAAAACbw/n4XiruWx6jY/s400/DSCF9852.jpg)
Looking into it from the other side.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-fEu9gRYly4o/TcRrdplf7LI/AAAAAAAACb0/382StmguWc8/s400/DSCF9853.jpg)
Pitchside once more.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5POtArBqFlI/TcRrV7P05aI/AAAAAAAACbo/5WTfNrOybQM/s400/DSCF9850.jpg)
Moving on it's more open hard standing.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Khl88eSXpCw/TcRrgLuh8nI/AAAAAAAACb4/gmlieLfFgOk/s400/DSCF9854.jpg)
A step to form a shallow terrace toward the next corner.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-I1s3TaVkdaw/TcRrjGm5xaI/AAAAAAAACb8/5-Jrq2k8mUE/s400/DSCF9855.jpg)
in the corner is a 'traditional' open roofed urinal!
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-AqIolxk1VrQ/TcRrmU2c5eI/AAAAAAAADNg/N-BGBt5XjRY/s400/DSCF9856.jpg)
From outside the toilet we see back along the side.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-s_IM-54tueU/TcRrtjQfVpI/AAAAAAAACcQ/2Z_JjC-mTMY/s400/DSCF9859.jpg)
The third 'corner flag' picture.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-GCeVQhVeKXI/TcRrry7IWUI/AAAAAAAACcM/RmT7oFJlyfI/s400/DSCF9858.jpg)
Now we're going to walk behind the lower goal. Flat, but 'stepped' upwards.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O2XHAx6_GLg/TcRrpC6evQI/AAAAAAAACcI/pI3Pr-X9iXA/s400/DSCF9857.jpg)
There appears to be a new step of terrace being built here, it looks very new.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3eQZz3cTBoM/TcRryCr4FpI/AAAAAAAACcU/MTtRn4rUu7M/s400/DSCF9860.jpg)
Never heard of this one before, presumably started as a weekly?
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-QmwAdX90n8c/TcRrUHnYZAI/AAAAAAAACbk/W3Rm4Ck1-3w/s400/DSCF9849.jpg)
Strolling onward, a small bit of cover directly behind the goal.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-PFaFDdXx9a8/TcRr1MQltNI/AAAAAAAACcY/u763J2OTwOQ/s400/DSCF9861.jpg)
Here we are, three metal steps.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-tjWoj80xeGw/TcRr4OLD6FI/AAAAAAAACcc/HhgPQYWDcBw/s400/DSCF9862.jpg)
Under it we see the main stand, to our right now.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-CvbYc4umjd0/TcRr6qLBx_I/AAAAAAAACcg/I9yHTr6B6lk/s400/DSCF9863.jpg)
And the open dugout one to the left.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ZQlP57OWCJk/TcRr8hDj7aI/AAAAAAAACck/ESRJ5VGWb-g/s400/DSCF9864.jpg)
The cover, from on the pitch.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9KSRxs3FxbQ/TcRrRYaGAcI/AAAAAAAACbg/CvzDwmahbGc/s400/DSCF9847.jpg)
Past the roof it's open hard standing once more, to the final corner.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hZIu8H0S5-c/TcRsCHwdTAI/AAAAAAAACcs/vgXr2Dg4ATs/s400/DSCF9866.jpg)
From the corner you notice the gradient of this end much more.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-WmReZmAiX-Q/TcRsEqfFJcI/AAAAAAAACcw/ouDZighkvgU/s400/DSCF9867.jpg)
The last corner shot.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dBgCWCdNOfo/TcRsGp6sncI/AAAAAAAACc0/xBLj-C8eXJA/s400/DSCF9868.jpg)
Two steps of terrace run along the side.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wC9L6uhPZNw/TcRsJ3rxvzI/AAAAAAAACc4/I0alZFSMj3s/s400/DSCF9869.jpg)
The old entrance, now a fire exit, which we saw before we came into the ground. Dugouts just past it.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-uLveROkY7VM/TcRsMXfjRwI/AAAAAAAACc8/ahfZMXBHJEs/s400/DSCF9870.jpg)
You won't see much from behind them! not your usual ones either, as they are both together, built into the same structure.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-DjO11GezdM4/TcRsS66JVrI/AAAAAAAACdE/dWBTirDMR9k/s400/DSCF9872.jpg)
From this side we look over to the main stand.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-J8rWrYL6EEs/TcRsO4E03CI/AAAAAAAACdA/Nxk3KpeyS-Y/s400/DSCF9871.jpg)
The dugouts, from in front of them.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CxUtc3GZ65g/TcRrJWhFCiI/AAAAAAAACbU/inhb4_KZo38/s400/DSCF9844.jpg)
A little closer to them.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zGtAz4AfzMA/TcRrO3EVUXI/AAAAAAAACbc/XCSqDVmdL2o/s400/DSCF9846.jpg)
A nice 'homely' touch, with a box for the substitution boards.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-46E00zpoDkc/TcRrMbrpQRI/AAAAAAAACbY/XgENmHQSSbw/s400/DSCF9845.jpg)
Past the dugouts, back on the spectator side, we head toward where we began our tour.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-woT9QrRYlgk/TcRsVkYHwEI/AAAAAAAACdI/2q1ZfP_UlOk/s400/DSCF9873.jpg)
Here we are, almost at the corner.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-emrIcNVE1pw/TcRsYxMHvnI/AAAAAAAACdM/sSRnOh_zGgU/s400/DSCF9874.jpg)
The turnstiles where we started.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FQucOAciSBs/TcRsbImMpMI/AAAAAAAACdQ/S_LwXJLlHP8/s400/DSCF9875.jpg)
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wuGmIlQgjrg/TcRsm_Wli0I/AAAAAAAACdo/2seq8Trj0lA/s400/DSCF9880.jpg)
2 comments:
The best ground in the north
Veery nice blog you have here
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