GALLERY: Rare and behind-the-scenes photos from Highfield Road
Why why why did we have to leave. By far and away the best ground that has been knocked down for a bowl. Ayresome Park, Filbert Srreet, Roker Park, Vetch Field, Baseball Ground, Ninian Park, Goldstone Ground, The Dell, Springfield Park, Victoria Park, Elm Park, The Den, Burnden Park, Belle Vue, Millmoor, Gay Meadow, Layer Road. All tired and desperately in need of replacing. HR would have been perfectly good now. Greed set this football club back 20 years.
Just curious if this is anyone on the forum, who knows who etc? love to know who owns different parts of the old ground.
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Plenty of grounds on there that didn't need knocking down for a bowl. Some though I agreeGALLERY: Rare and behind-the-scenes photos from Highfield Road
Why why why did we have to leave. By far and away the best ground that has been knocked down for a bowl. Ayresome Park, Filbert Srreet, Roker Park, Vetch Field, Baseball Ground, Ninian Park, Goldstone Ground, The Dell, Springfield Park, Victoria Park, Elm Park, The Den, Burnden Park, Belle Vue, Millmoor, Gay Meadow, Layer Road. All tired and desperately in need of replacing. HR would have been perfectly good now. Greed set this football club back 20 years.
That's the kind of stuff you'd never see for saleI’m in there albeit I’m looking away from the camera for some reason. I went to the auction they held and came away with a few bits & pieces, and I have quite a few bits of rock from the rubble of the East Stand- yes sad I know
looking back through all these comments- seems that the CBS was never really the issue in terms of atmosphere & feel, it was the mess at the club. I did get nostalgic for HR seeing this thread bumped, but I wouldn’t swap the CBS for HR.
There was once talk of building a stadium at Parkside for Cov Rfc. Sure 25k was muted. Think it was Gerry Sugrue who was chairman at the time. They were on about collaborating with the Football Club. A great location that would of beenI know it was major pie in the sky never happening etc but I loved the Butts Park Arena Development Plan.
Obviously the ground would of had to be built in a certain way and probably would have to be clever to have even 25,000 in there but the location would be amazing and did think at the time the whole Ricoh was toxic
That's the kind of stuff you'd never see for sale
This is one of my best mates, I had my season ticket with him and his old man in the terrace. He got in so many pics with that Highfield Road sign, dunno where I'd run off to here.Just curious if this is anyone on the forum, who knows who etc? love to know who owns different parts of the old ground.
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There was once talk of building a stadium at Parkside for Cov Rfc. Sure 25k was muted. Think it was Gerry Sugrue who was chairman at the time. They were on about collaborating with the Football Club. A great location that would of been
People forget that it was half full in our championship days and it was just as toxic. I always prefer grounds within streets, but I do think nostalgia has made people forget the good days at the CBS and the bad at HR.That's a difficult call. We did have some awful atmosphere at HR games too. When we left HR we were on a downward trajectory and might have even been relegated that season, but for the positivity and larger crowds that those final games against Forest and Derby generated. The initial years at the Ricoh also probably helped put off the inevitable for a few years where there was still a level of positivity, but in retrospect we were always heading for relegation at some point. Having gone down to League 1 though, playing in a ground the size of the Ricoh with diminished crowds was a liability, and HR would have been a much better environment to play in, and I suspect we would not have stayed so long in League 1/2 if we had been playing at HR.
I mean I'd never understand anyone that changes support for another teamThis is one of my best mates, I had my season ticket with him and his old man in the terrace. He got in so many pics with that Highfield Road sign, dunno where I'd run off to here.
Don't speak to him about football much now, he abandoned us when we moved to St Andrews, gave his shitty reasons. I thought it was just a convenience thing, follows Spurs and for some reason Rangers (even though he used to like Celtic) to impress his father in law.
He was such a big fan once upon a time it's quite sad really, but needless to say he's not on here but I'll happily call him a massive bellend again if anyone wants me to pass on that message.
No me neither. I did feel he was trying to worm back a conversation about ccfc when I spoke to him recently but I wasn't having itI mean I'd never understand anyone that changes support for another team
There was someone on twitter that did a Highfield road expansion concept, imagine this...I loved Highfield Rd. West Terrace Block 5 season ticket holder for years. LOVED IT! But how much of that nostalgia is based on the proliferation of decent boozers for a few pre-match pints is debatable.
With the exception of Newcastle, the recreational element of the matchday experience was literally second to none. 30 pubs within a 10 minute walk.
However, Highfield Rd would never have reached 26-28k comfortably, and if it had reached anywhere near that with redevelopment, the mass of spectators would have been confined to a much larger Sky Blues Stand as there wasn’t elsewhere around the stadium capable of expansion. Would a new Sky Blues Stand have improved the atmosphere? Probably not. Think East Stand, Elland Rd and the East Stand at Stamford Bridge, for e.g. - vidiprinter result: Capacity 5, Atmosphere nil.
What the CBS offers is, on occasion, a spine-tingling atmosphere that I never ever felt at HR (and I have been in attendance with 35-40k in there in the 70’s and very early 80’s). Other fans have recently commented on our noise at the CBS.
Also, we need 30k now. Not for us old duffers, but for the youngsters to get involved. A 23-25k stadium with limited hospitality would drive ticket prices for the average and younger fan right up.
Sorry, I loved HR, but with diminishing sands of time, my memories of the CBS will be just as visceral and joyous as those from Stoke. Our Stoke, not the oatcake gobblers from the Potteries.
Looks good, but it genuinely has a similar capacity to what Highfield Rd was (Possibly less on the Sky Blue Stand and West End sides, but with the corners more effectively filled in). So, in today’s money, £100-200 million for zero net increase?There was someone on twitter that did a Highfield road expansion concept, imagine this...
I loved Highfield Rd. West Terrace Block 5 season ticket holder for years. LOVED IT!
Highfield Road on very special nights trumps anything at the CBS. West Ham semi springs to mind.I loved Highfield Rd. West Terrace Block 5 season ticket holder for years. LOVED IT! But how much of that nostalgia is based on the proliferation of decent boozers for a few pre-match pints is debatable.
With the exception of Newcastle, the recreational element of the matchday experience was literally second to none. 30 pubs within a 10 minute walk.
However, Highfield Rd would never have reached 26-28k comfortably, and if it had reached anywhere near that with redevelopment, the mass of spectators would have been confined to a much larger Sky Blues Stand as there wasn’t elsewhere around the stadium capable of expansion. Would a new Sky Blues Stand have improved the atmosphere? Probably not. Think of what the East Stand, Elland Rd and the East Stand at Stamford Bridge added, for e.g. - vidiprinter result: Capacity 5, Atmosphere nil.
What the CBS offers is, on occasion, a spine-tingling atmosphere that I never ever felt at HR (and I have been in attendance with 35-40k in there in the 70’s and very early 80’s). Other fans have recently commented on our noise at the CBS.
Also, we need 30k now. Not for us old duffers, but for the youngsters to get involved. A 23-25k stadium with limited hospitality would drive ticket prices for the average and younger fan right up.
Sorry, I loved HR, but with diminishing sands of time, my memories of the CBS will be just as visceral and joyous as those from Stoke. Our Stoke, not the oatcake gobblers from the Potteries.
I was near the back from around ‘91 when they reopened the terrace - Block 5, Row T. Sometimes sat near the front, towards the goal line if the attendance was sparse, which it occasionally was. Memorable games from the seated west terrace? The hammering of high flying Blackburn in the ‘Orange ball’ game and the 5-4 win over Forest. Standing games? West Ham, Arsenal, Derby, Birmingham and Villa, although I was pre-occupied with personal protection as much as the result In those days.Same block where I was, row five / E, I think. Sh*t view, brilliant for giving the other team abuse and asking Sam to do fwd rolls.
Highfield Road on very special nights trumps anything at the CBS. West Ham semi springs to mind.
I was at that game. It was a special evening but the CBS will deliver those, too.Highfield Road on very special nights trumps anything at the CBS. West Ham semi springs to mind.
Oh that'll be why the chopper was out the other night.also a funny day for someone to bump the thread...
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Alvis Retail Park, Rolls Royce Armstrong Siddley, Coventry Buisness Park Canley where Rover used to be. All on train lines and close to the City Centre. All more beneficial for the economy rather than an out of town stadium stuck right next to the M6. It's my dream that one day we move closer to the City CentreShame someone decided to build an out of town shopping centre in town.
Imagine the CBS being where Central Six is. The benefits it would have to the city overall would be excellent.
Still would love for the proposed 25,000 butts park arena stadium to happen. Obviously never would but thought that would be the only city centre spot we could develop realistically these daysAlvis Retail Park, Rolls Royce Armstrong Siddley, Coventry Buisness Park Canley where Rover used to be. All on train lines and close to the City Centre. All more beneficial for the economy rather than an out of town stadium stuck right next to the M6. It's my dream that one day we move closer to the City Centre
Gerry and the Dreamers.There was once talk of building a stadium at Parkside for Cov Rfc. Sure 25k was muted. Think it was Gerry Sugrue who was chairman at the time. They were on about collaborating with the Football Club. A great location that would of been
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