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Post by jonw on Mar 24, 2020 23:05:23 GMT
By a very quick totting up, I make it that various Iron teams have played matches on 25 of the current football grounds used by the 92 Premier League and English Football League Clubs.
The figure includes two current Premier League grounds.
How many can you name? How many have you seen Iron on?
The answers will be posted on here at the weekend.
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Post by Stuart R on Mar 26, 2020 11:02:48 GMT
I've seen Braintree play at 19 teams that are now in football league:
Millwall
Luton
Oxford United
Fleetwood
Bristol Rovers
Lincoln
Shrewsbury (old ground)
Afc Wimbledon
Tranmere
Cheltenham
Salford
Forest Green
Grimsby
Newport (2 grounds)
Cambridge
Leyton Orient
Mansfield
Macclesfield
Stevenage
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Post by jonw on Mar 26, 2020 21:16:26 GMT
CURRENT grounds, Stuart......
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Manorism
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Post by Manorism on Mar 26, 2020 22:41:47 GMT
Southend United will be on the list. The Iron last played at Roots Hall in 1996 in a replay of the Essex Senior Cup semi-final.
With the original tie at Cressing Road having ended in a 1-1 draw, the replay took place in Southend on 1st April in front of a crowd of 200. Shane Bailey scored the only goal of the game as The Iron won 1-0.
Southend's first team at the time were members of Division One (now the EFL Championship).
The final took place on 22nd April at Victoria Road, Dagenham, where The Iron won 2-1 against Billericay Town.
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Post by Manorism on Mar 27, 2020 0:34:14 GMT
I'll start the "current Premier League grounds" answers rolling in with my suggestion of Carrow Road v Norwich City 'A' in the 1950s...
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Post by jonw on Mar 27, 2020 22:03:30 GMT
Our three 'away' games v Norwich City 'A' between 1952-53 and 1954-55 were all played at Cressing Road i.e. we played them 6 times in Braintree in 3 seasons.
The same arrangement existed for all of our fixtures against other 'A' teams. The 'A' team only used Carrow Road for matches against other Football League clubs, and they were generally played on midweek afternoons.
In 1956 Norwich's A team moved to Boundary Park, a greyhound stadium that staged floodlit football matches as long ago as 1953 (3 years before Carrow Road). By that time we had left the ECL, so never played there.
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Post by Manorism on Mar 28, 2020 1:05:57 GMT
Interesting. Were Norwich playing at Trowse by the time of our ECL games in the 1970s? Here's another one for the list... Portman Road in the 1927 F.A. Amateur Cup v Ipswich Town! In the thread about matches against teams from the current 92, gedrick has already given Vicarage Road, Watford, as one of the two current Premier League grounds played at. Added to those given by Stuart, I think we are now up to 21 out of the 25... |
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Post by jonw on Mar 28, 2020 20:33:14 GMT
Multiple appearances (and wins....always) at Portman Road, and I'll give you Carrow Road too, although it was for an Eastern Junior Cup tie in 1990-91.
I missed one of my list, so we are looking at 26. Four more to get.
Re Trowse, that was Norwich's training ground and was used by their 'A' team in the Eastern Counties League. We played there five times from 1970-71 to 1974-75. It had no stand and wasn't even railed off, but it did boast the floodlights that had formerly been at Boundary Park (the greyhound track in Norwich, not Oldham's ground).
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Post by jonw on Mar 29, 2020 13:09:36 GMT
Tom Woodley isn't currently registered on the Forum (why not sign up, Tom?), but has emailed me to offer Exeter City. We went there in the F.A. Cup in 2004.
Three to go.
Answers later tonight.
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Post by Manorism on Mar 29, 2020 15:30:59 GMT
My memory triggered by Tom W's response, I will add Crawley Town in the 2005 FA Cup.
Subject to the rules, we might be getting closer to completion with something a bit more obscure in the form of the National League Trust U11s tournament - but I will hand that one back to you, JW!
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Post by jonw on Mar 29, 2020 17:15:47 GMT
Definitely no Under 11's involved! The last two grounds involved were for Iron 1st team games.
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Post by Daniel Btfc Turner on Mar 29, 2020 21:02:35 GMT
Here are my Answers
The New Den
Kenilworth Road
Gay Meadow (Demolished)
Broadhall Way
Blundell Park
The New Lawn
Kingsmeadow
Abbey Stadium
Brisbane Road
Memorial Stadium
Whaddon Road
Moor Lane
Roots Hall
Moss rose
Rodney Parade
Mill Field
Prenton Park
Kassam Stadium
Sincil Bank
Highbury Stadium (Fleetwood)
Crawley Town
St James Park (Exeter)
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Post by jonw on Mar 29, 2020 21:56:33 GMT
Still the last two to find!
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Post by jonw on Mar 29, 2020 22:49:25 GMT
The final two answers are Gillingham and Peterborough United.
We played Gillingham Reserves at Priestfield in the Eastern Counties League in both 1952-53 (lost 2-1, attendance 3,000) and 1953-54 (lost 3-1, attendance 1,500).
Peterborough United Reserves spent a season in the ECL in 1972-73, which was when we played them at London Road (won 4-3).
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