hesgotnohair Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 What a great little stadium. Great atmosphere, fans close to the action.Loved it when we were there in the playoffs. Been to most grounds, and this one is the one that stands out. Lets build our new groung like that!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fittonhillbilly Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 What a great little stadium. Great atmosphere, fans close to the action.Loved it when we were there in the playoffs. Been to most grounds, and this one is the one that stands out. Lets build our new groung like that!! Spot on there, great ground, lots of character, i'd love a ground like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankly Mr Shankly Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 What a great little stadium. Great atmosphere, fans close to the action.Loved it when we were there in the playoffs. Been to most grounds, and this one is the one that stands out. Lets build our new groung like that!! Yes. But with 2 tiers all round and 6 rows in each tier! Actually, I'd love a ground like Loftus road. Not enough new grounds keep the atmosphere in and turn it into a couldron, but an enclosed box with steep sides would be brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetman Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Totally agree. One of my fave grounds, the noise in the playoff game was superb. In fact, since that game I have had a soft spot for QPR, just out of admiration of the atmosphere they created. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofcecere Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 It's always been one of my favourites, as has been posted it's always been a cracking atmosphere there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukka Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 100% agree. Have said that for years. One of my favourites. The play off game. The 2-1 win earlier in the season and the 1-1 all had great atomopsheres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wozz_oafc Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 My favourite ground 100% agree would love a little ground like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsLee Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Love the stadium. wouldnt mind latics have one like that. Make loads of noise in that place!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 My favourite stadium and would love it, just love it, if we had one like that. The old Baseball Ground was similar, but was not repeated at Pride Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lags Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 How many seats is it? 12,000 by chance or more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corporal_Jones Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 How many seats is it? 12,000 by chance or more? perhaps we could have a mini-Loftus Road for lickle Oldham? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoafc Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 What a great little stadium. Great atmosphere, fans close to the action.Loved it when we were there in the playoffs. Been to most grounds, and this one is the one that stands out. Lets build our new groung like that!! I much prefer the enclosed grounds,keeps the atmosphere and noise in and are much more intimidating i think, I dislike the ones where it looks like four separate stands have just been plonked down and the wind comes whistling in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lags Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 (edited) I much prefer the enclosed grounds,keeps the atmosphere and noise in and are much more intimidating i think, I dislike the ones where it looks like four separate stands have just been plonked down and the wind comes whistling in. Aka Colchester's lego stands, that rise, oh lets see 20 foot in the air!. But wait............. we've 2000 more seats 22 feet in the air. EDIT: OK they rise 30 feet up but you get my drift. Edited July 23, 2009 by Lags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosa Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I much prefer the enclosed grounds,keeps the atmosphere and noise in and are much more intimidating i think, I dislike the ones where it looks like four separate stands have just been plonked down and the wind comes whistling in. Yeah but they also keep the heat in, so we'd lose the unique character of being the coldest ground in Britain (can't remember which magazine voted us that years ago, 2nd was either Inverness or Aberdeen ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Yeah but they also keep the heat in, so we'd lose the unique character of being the coldest ground in Britain (can't remember which magazine voted us that years ago, 2nd was either Inverness or Aberdeen ). We're losing that title with moving much nearer sea level in the Failsworth part of Oldham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 always loved going to loftus road always a cracking atmosphere especialy when oooooooooooh roger gets a first half hattrick ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafckev Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Yeah Loftus Road is a belting ground. I think if we got a ground like that one compared to the boring Colchester/Shrewsbury, a lot more fan's would be behind the move. Please if someones listening at Oldham - Don't build a ground similar to Colchester! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKI1234 Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 perhaps we could have a mini-Loftus Road for lickle Oldham? What a great idea - have you emailed Alan Hardy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy_Fent Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 never been to Loftus Road, but it's certainly a ground with character, what would we do have 1 tier all the way around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec1954 Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 never been to Loftus Road, but it's certainly a ground with character, what would we do have 1 tier all the way around? My brother in law is a season ticket holder at QPR and I went once to watch them play Everton in the Premier. He hates the ground layout. He feels that QPR missed out when other grounds refurbished themsevles and managed to get loans from Football Trusts. To me it is an in-between ground, half way from the old fashioned grounds and the ordinary new ones. I saw nothing that attracted me to it as a ground with character. If we emulated that design it would be a backward step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoafc Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 My brother in law is a season ticket holder at QPR and I went once to watch them play Everton in the Premier. He hates the ground layout. He feels that QPR missed out when other grounds refurbished themsevles and managed to get loans from Football Trusts. To me it is an in-between ground, half way from the old fashioned grounds and the ordinary new ones. I saw nothing that attracted me to it as a ground with character. If we emulated that design it would be a backward step. I think it's the proximity of the fans that helps create a good atmosphere, compared to some new stadiums that have the fans ( especially behind the goals) too far away. We want to create a good intimidating atmosphere to make us hard to beat and play against, you never know we might get some decisions in our favour then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corporal_Jones Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 I think it's the proximity of the fans that helps create a good atmosphere, compared to some new stadiums that have the fans ( especially behind the goals) too far away. We want to create a good intimidating atmosphere to make us hard to beat and play against, you never know we might get some decisions in our favour then! The only thing that'll make us hard to beat and play against is a good team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoafc Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 The only thing that'll make us hard to beat and play against is a good team. Granted, but we as fans are part of the team ( or should be ) and we can add our contribution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankly Mr Shankly Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 My brother in law is a season ticket holder at QPR and I went once to watch them play Everton in the Premier. He hates the ground layout. He feels that QPR missed out when other grounds refurbished themsevles and managed to get loans from Football Trusts. To me it is an in-between ground, half way from the old fashioned grounds and the ordinary new ones. I saw nothing that attracted me to it as a ground with character. If we emulated that design it would be a backward step. They do have a few seats which have the words "Diabolical View" printed on the tickets. I'd love for someone to take a picture sat in one of the said seats. I think with regards to Loftus Road, it's such an enclosed ground that when it is full, in a powder keg match which is what the play-off game was, then it generates an atmosphere that makes hair stand on end. Steep stands and a closeness to the pitch would do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danoafc Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Aka Colchester's lego stands, that rise, oh lets see 20 foot in the air!. But wait............. we've 2000 more seats 22 feet in the air. EDIT: OK they rise 30 feet up but you get my drift. What about if we end up with a Colchester-esque stadium but we make the stands longer so that there are no open cormers? Like deepdale where each individual stand butts up to the floodlight pylon. The only obvious disadvatage with this design is that you waste the space in the corners, unless we can build some kind of 'facility' into those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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