Johnnie Lowery of FITB went up to Ceredigion in Wales to visit family, and came back having gone to 5 Welsh grounds. Here is the first one of them, Aberystwyth F.C. Each ground will be posted on a separate blog post. So, Aberystwyth F.C.
I get the feeling this ground would fail its Conference North/South ground grading simply because of the far end bank. Take a look at the many pictures we took and tell us what you think of the ground, in the comments
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| The turnstile upon entry |
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| The sign welcoming you to the ground |
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From behind the far end goal, looking over at the large stand
behind the other goal |
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| The grassy bank next to the turnstile |
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| The turnstile again |
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| Looking across towards the gantry |
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| Opposite the gantry, the main stand |
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| Behind the far end goal, nothing much there |
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| The stand next to the gantry, by the corner |
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| Looking from the pitch towards the near end goal |
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| The main stand again |
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| The two stands on the near side can both be seen in this shot |
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| One of the dugouts |
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| The clubhouse sign |
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| Players' tunnel |
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Another view of the far end goal. Just a grassy bank, not even
terracing there |
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| The seats inside the main stand |
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| Looking over the players' tunnel |
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| Some more seats |
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| And the players' tunnel again |
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| The roof of the stand |
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| A wide shot of the main stand |
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Sitting towards the back, you'd lose sight of the
ball if it went too high! |
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The gantry and the corner stand can both be seen, as well
as the grassy bank on the far end |
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| You can't see the goal from the back of the stand! |
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| The close end of the ground |
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| The far end of the ground |
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| The middle bit |
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| Another slightly zoomed shot of the impressive near end |
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| The stairs to the main stand |
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| Looking back into the main stand |
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| And again |
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| The far end bank |
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| Looking up at the main stand |
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| The gantry |
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| The corner stand |
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| The other dugout |
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A good shot of the far end bank. As you can see, there is
not even basic terracing there |
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| Looking from the corner to where the goal would be |
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| Gantry again |
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| From behind the goal, looking out |
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| The far end bank again |
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| Near end stand behind the goal |
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| From the far end bank, looking across the whole ground |
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| And looking to the other side |
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An advert for a local club. An odd thing to see, almost like
Nottingham Forest advertising Nottingham County F.C. |
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| That grassy bank again |
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| Looking across the ground |
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| Main stand |
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| TV in the gantry, sort of! |
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| Stand behind the goal |
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| Main stands again |
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| At the top of the gantry, looking onto the corner stand |
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| Looking to the far end bank, from the gantry |
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| Main Stand, from the gantry |
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| The stand behind the goal, from the gantry |
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| The clubhouse from further back |
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| Gantry |
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| I don't need to explain this! |
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| Main stand again |
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| Stand behind the goal |
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| From inside the corner stand |
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| The stand behind the goal |
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| Looking across the corner stand |
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| Main stand and the rest of that side |
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| Part of the stand behind the goal |
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| Looking across the area behind the near end goal |
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| Main stand again |
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| Corner stand |
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| And again |
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| Looking out from the stand behind the near goal |
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| Inside the near end stand |
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| Main stand again |
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| The stand behind the near end goal |
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| And again |
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| The gantry |
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| And again |
