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Highfield Road Or The Ricoh ? (1 Viewer)

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  • Start date Aug 20, 2018
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Otis

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #106
Grendel said:
The difference is in bigger games there was far more atmosphere and intensity - even with 15,000 in the Ricoh is like a grave yard
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Untrue.

We have had some fantastic atmospheres up there with less than 15,000.

Think one game there was just under 12,000 and it was a brilliant atmosphere. Really noisy.
 

SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #107
Otis said:
Untrue.

We have had some fantastic atmospheres up there with less than 15,000.

Think one game there was just under 12,000 and it was a brilliant atmosphere. Really noisy.
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Preston JPT
 
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Otis

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #108
SlowerThanPlatt said:
Preston JPT
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Yeah, that's right. That was a fantastic atmosphere that night.
 

Grendel

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #109
Otis said:
Untrue.

We have had some fantastic atmospheres up there with less than 15,000.

Think one game there was just under 12,000 and it was a brilliant atmosphere. Really noisy.
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Oh yeah and we had to close 3/4 of the ground which we never did at Highfield Road.

I hate the place. As I say it’s also looking like a dump as well.
 

ajsccfc

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #110
That one was the last minute comeback win right? One of my favourite games in the time we've been there.
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #111
ajsccfc said:
That one was the last minute comeback win right? One of my favourite games in the time we've been there.
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It's in my top 3 definitely, it was brilliant.
 

SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #112
Was a great game. PNE keeper Simonsen was injured in added time iirc they had already used all 3 subs and we scored 2 after that


The roar after our second and third goal sounds like 30,000
 
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ajsccfc

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #113
There was the Dann equaliser against Newcastle that I'd have up there with best moments, but I'm struggling to remember many games that would top that Preston one. I have to be forgetting a few crackers
 
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Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #114
Grendel said:
Oh yeah and we had to close 3/4 of the ground which we never did at Highfield Road.

I hate the place. As I say it’s also looking like a dump as well.
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It has always had the unfinished look especially on the walk up to the ground
 

Otis

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #115
Terry Gibson's perm said:
It has always had the unfinished look especially on the walk up to the ground
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Yep. Was always convinced they were going to do something there, or stick some structure there of some kind. Don't know why they just left it like that.
 

Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #116
SlowerThanPlatt said:
Was a great game. PNE keeper Simonsen was injured in added time iirc they had already used all 3 subs and we scored 2 after that


The roar after our second and third goal sounds like 30,000
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There is a collectors item a Stuart Beavon goal he must have got as many against us at the Ricoh as he did for is
 

SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #117
ajsccfc said:
There was the Dann equaliser against Newcastle that I'd have up there with best moments, but I'm struggling to remember many games that would top that Preston one. I have to be forgetting a few crackers
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Wolves 08/09 I think when Westwood saved Sylvain Ebanks-Blakes’ last minute pen
 

Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #118
Otis said:
Yep. Was always convinced they were going to do something there, or stick some structure there of some kind. Don't know why they just left it like that.
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For facilities the Ricoh is better as is the seating, but it never really became our home it was always somewhere we played. I am sure they could have redeveloped HR but would that have allowed our board at the time to feather their own nests so successfully?
 

ajsccfc

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #119
SlowerThanPlatt said:
Wolves 08/09 I think when Westwood saved Sylvain Ebanks-Blakes’ last minute pen
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That's a good shout. Stoke in the FA Cup last season is another that springs to mind
 

SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #120
 

Nick

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #121
ajsccfc said:
There was the Dann equaliser against Newcastle that I'd have up there with best moments, but I'm struggling to remember many games that would top that Preston one. I have to be forgetting a few crackers
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I think those 2 are most remembered. The Preston keeper trying his best to slow the game down made it better.

Didn't Owen then tear us a new one in extra time for Newcastle?

Not as good as Preston though as I think I did nearly wet myself, a couple of good ones against Peterborough where Noble became Messi.
 

ajsccfc

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #122
I remember it was two seasons in a row we went into half-time 2-0 down to Peterborough and beat them 3-2 full time, imagine being an away fan who came both times. One of them Jim O'Brien came on and seemed to give the kick up the arse we needed, cracking stuff.
 

olderskyblue

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #123
Grendel said:
The difference is in bigger games there was far more atmosphere and intensity - even with 15,000 in the Ricoh is like a grave yard
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We haven't had many of those "bigger" games at the Ricoh though, but when we have, the atmosphere has been great.

Some games with small crowds have had a poor atmosphere, but others have been terrific. Which game was it when everyone was in the Tesco stand, and it made the atmosphere much better, even though it was a small crowd?

There have been many many games at HR where the atmosphere has been non existent.
 
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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #124
ajsccfc said:
I remember it was two seasons in a row we went into half-time 2-0 down to Peterborough and beat them 3-2 full time, imagine being an away fan who came both times. One of them Jim O'Brien came on and seemed to give the kick up the arse we needed, cracking stuff.
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He marine being a season ticket holder who missed both:emoji_sob:
 

SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #125
Thought the Crewe and Chelsea sell outs were pretty poor atmospheres.

Gillingham and Leeds were good though
 
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Skyblueweeman

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #126
Grendel said:
When you are going to a football match how are conference halls, concert halls and a hotel of any significance whatsoever?
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I get yours (and FPs point of view) but in terms of what stadiums mean to clubs nowadays, and the ability to make non-matchday revenues, they're very significant.

In terms of yours or my matchday experience, very little.

In terms of a clubs facility and how it can add to the money pot, very.

Although I concede our specific situation kind of nullifies my point but you get my drift. Stadiums are no longer just about matchday experiences....they're about all year round usage..not just 20-30 days a year.
 
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Otis

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #127
olderskyblue said:
We haven't had many of those "bigger" games at the Ricoh though, but when we have, the atmosphere has been great.

Some games with small crowds have had a poor atmosphere, but others have been terrific. Which game was it when everyone was in the Tesco stand, and it made the atmosphere much better, even though it was a small crowd?

There have been many many games at HR where the atmosphere has been non existent.
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Yep. Absolutely spot-on and so many years at the Ricoh have been where we were in a permanent spiral of decline.

If that had been HR and the same scenario the atmosphere would have been bloody awful every week and very toxic too.
 
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Gazolba

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #128
Otis said:
HR was soulless a lot more than not.

Some awful atmospheres at HR over many years.

If you could look back at the forums from back then fans were always moaning about the poor atmosphere there.
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Back when I went to HR, you couldn't look at the forums because there was no internet!
 

shmmeee

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #129
Gazolba said:
Back when I went to HR, you couldn't look at the forums because there was no internet!
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You've not been to HR since the 60s!?
 
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Gazolba

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #130
shmmeee said:
You've not been to HR since the 60s!?
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There was no internet in the 70's, unless you mean BBSs.
 

Nick

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  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #131



Original internet GIFs
 

CovKid73

Member
  • Aug 21, 2018
  • #132
I'd probably have a bit more affection for the Ricoh if it was actually 'ours' - that said it has been bouncing numerous times.
HR was great (but not all the time) seen plenty of games with zero atmosphere. Don't half miss the Barras though - just the tonic after 2hrs on the M1.
 
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