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Created 2 July 2012

Muirton Park, former home of St Johnstone FC, Perth can be seen in the top right quarter of this photo if you zoom in. Now the site of an Asda.

JoeJoe
Sunday 16th of April 2017 04:14:53 PM
The site of Saints previous home, the Recreation Ground at Craigie Haugh (1885-1924), is also visible, between the railway line and the prison in the left centre of the photo.

gBr
Tuesday 30th of December 2014 11:21:50 PM
Could you indicate please the location of McDiarmid Park?



Many thaNKS

jcmunro
Sunday 16th of April 2017 04:14:53 PM

BruceR
Wednesday 8th of March 2017 05:43:22 PM
I think it is Carntyne dog track and I don't believe football was ever played there

cell
Friday 14th of December 2012 05:36:08 PM
Definitely Carntyne greyhound stadium, briefly used for speedway. I believe it was used at one time by a local junior club.

gBr
Tuesday 30th of December 2014 10:48:26 PM
Yup, it certainly is.

navaho56
Wednesday 8th of March 2017 05:43:22 PM

cell
Thursday 23rd of February 2017 07:42:32 AM
Second Ibrox .. circa 1910

navaho56
Wednesday 22nd of February 2017 05:48:24 PM
Burnbank, Rangers played here in season 1875-76. It was also used as a drill ground for The First Lanarkshire Volunteer Rifles (pic)

navaho56
Thursday 23rd of February 2017 07:13:00 AM
Rangers beginnings 1873 ~ Fleshers' Haugh (pic. shown is from the 1920s)

navaho56
Thursday 23rd of February 2017 07:42:32 AM
"The Oval" home to Glentoran F.C. in Belfast, Northern Ireland.



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Billy Turner
Tuesday 31st of January 2017 06:58:20 PM

Paulie
Wednesday 25th of January 2017 10:10:46 AM
Soon to be no more, alas 2017

navaho56
Wednesday 25th of January 2017 10:10:46 AM
Chelmsford City Football Club ground on New Writtle Street

Billy Turner
Tuesday 23rd of February 2016 01:22:44 AM
The Nest was the home ground of Norwich City Football Club between 1908 and 1935. The club then relocated to Carrow Road, which was the last new top flight football ground to be built until the 1990s.

Mattle
Monday 26th of January 2015 03:10:37 PM
Hull City (1946), Port Vale (1950) and Southend United (1955) might take exception to that !

gBr
Tuesday 30th of December 2014 10:30:39 PM
First of the "new wave" of League grounds was Scunthorpe's Glanford Park in 1988.

gerry-r
Friday 2nd of January 2015 12:06:54 AM
I specifically said 'top flight' - Scunthorpe, Hull, Port Vale and Southend all remained outside the old First Division between the 1930s and 1990s.

Mattle
Tuesday 6th of January 2015 03:57:36 PM
You said top flight but didn't define it. These photos only go up to 1953, and Carrow Road wasn't a First Division ground until 1972. By your own definition it wasn't top flight when built.

gBr
Saturday 17th of January 2015 08:51:04 AM
Alright then, just to clarify: it was newest ground to be used for games in the old First Division and from 1992 the Premier League during the period between 1935 and 1995, when Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium opened. Will that do you?

Mattle
Monday 26th of January 2015 03:10:37 PM

SheerFortitude
Tuesday 6th of January 2015 12:51:47 AM
But still Swansea Town when this was taken !

gerry-r
Tuesday 6th of January 2015 12:51:47 AM

cell
Thursday 1st of January 2015 09:01:59 PM
Brand new in 1923.

gBr
Thursday 1st of January 2015 09:01:59 PM
Charlton Athletic Football Ground (The Valley).Charlton won the FA Cup in 1947 beating Burnley. Charlton were the losing finalists the previous year. The ball burst on both occasions.

rednevac
Tuesday 30th of December 2014 10:59:00 PM
And just a corner of the old Greyhound stadium halfway down the right margin.

gBr
Tuesday 30th of December 2014 10:59:00 PM

cell
Tuesday 30th of December 2014 10:55:08 PM
Not quite original home, Clyde played north of the river at Barrowfield 1877-1898.

gBr
Tuesday 30th of December 2014 10:55:08 PM

Paulie
Tuesday 30th of December 2014 10:51:42 PM
Ninian Park 1921 the good old days.

Paulie
Tuesday 4th of September 2012 08:11:46 PM
Even then the Canton stand was offset from the pitch. Anyone know why ?

gBr
Tuesday 30th of December 2014 10:51:42 PM

kevin_s
Tuesday 30th of December 2014 10:44:47 PM
Home to QPR from 1907–1917, they took their main stand with them and rebuilt at their new Loftus Road ground. Also used for one international Rugby League match.

Dom McKenzie
Tuesday 15th of January 2013 01:31:24 AM
Ground built by Great Western Railway, note original Park Royal station alongside. The grandstand loiter moved to Loftus Road stood along this touchline. Capacity claimed as 60,000. Rangers forced out February 1915 when the military requisitioned ground. What would the club give for a site like this today ?

gBr
Tuesday 30th of December 2014 10:44:47 PM

Joe
Thursday 13th of November 2014 08:42:46 AM
A photograph with Ibrox Stadium at the top states it was taken on 28th December 1928 can be seen here http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/spw020641



The problem with the date is that it appears that the Main Stand has not yet been built at the stadium, this is wrong because it was completed by that time and was indeed officially opened on 1st January 1929.



I have included another aerial picture dated 12th December 1938 which shows the main stand structure as it is today, see here http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/spw056856



I've included a picture of both together (zoomed in) for you to see what I mean, the wrongly dated one is at the top with the 1938 photo below it.



Could this mean many of the photographs found on Britain From Above are wrongly dated like the one I've discovered? How do I report this inaccuracy?

Billy Turner
Wednesday 29th of October 2014 08:48:41 PM

Mattle
Tuesday 22nd of July 2014 11:13:28 AM
The Drill Field, home ground of Northwich Victoria from 1875 to 2002. Until it disappeared, it was claimed to be the oldest football ground in the world on which football had been continuously played.

Mattle
Friday 4th of July 2014 10:42:47 PM

Mattle
Friday 4th of July 2014 10:28:47 PM
Dens Park (Dundee FC) and Tannadice Park (Dundee Utd) - the two closest league grounds in British football.

Mattle
Thursday 3rd of July 2014 10:06:24 AM
Hampden Park (Scottish national stadium and home of Queen's Park FC), and Cathkin Park (former home of Third Lanark AC, dissolved in 1967).

Mattle
Thursday 3rd of July 2014 10:01:04 AM

Mattle
Monday 30th of June 2014 04:09:03 PM
York Street ground, home of Boston United FC. In 1930 a predecessor club, Boston FC played there, and the ground was known then as Shodfriars Lane.

Mattle
Monday 30th of June 2014 03:54:07 PM
The Victoria Ground was Stockton Football Club's home from 1889 until 1975. The Club had mixed fortunes in various leagues in this period but were winners of the FA Amateur Cup in the 1898-99, 1902-03 and 1911-12.

Fantasma
Wednesday 4th of June 2014 12:03:25 AM

Fantasma
Tuesday 22nd of April 2014 08:47:22 PM
Feethams - home of Darlington FC from 1883 to 2003 when they moved to the new Darlington Arena on the outskirts of town.

Fantasma
Wednesday 5th of March 2014 08:19:19 AM

SheerFortitude
Wednesday 15th of January 2014 10:49:35 AM

trevor
Sunday 22nd of December 2013 10:14:03 PM
Loftus Road Stadium

christhewino
Friday 22nd of November 2013 02:44:07 PM

SheerFortitude
Friday 5th of July 2013 02:44:03 PM

kevin_s
Sunday 30th of June 2013 11:47:22 PM

kevin_s
Saturday 29th of June 2013 11:46:54 AM

kevin_s
Saturday 29th of June 2013 11:21:27 AM
prescot cables founded in 1884 now the only football club in knowsley,merseyside.

trevor
Friday 28th of June 2013 09:53:56 PM

kevin_s
Friday 28th of June 2013 09:15:46 PM

kevin_s
Monday 24th of June 2013 11:10:31 PM

cell
Saturday 22nd of June 2013 03:53:25 PM

SheerFortitude
Thursday 9th of May 2013 02:06:36 PM
Edgar Street, Hereford United FC since 1924

SheerFortitude
Tuesday 7th of May 2013 01:49:51 PM

SheerFortitude
Tuesday 7th of May 2013 01:43:41 PM
Hosted the FA cup finals from 1895 to 1914. In 1905 the owners wanted a professional club to play at venue so a new Crystal Palace FC was formed. They were forced to leave by the military, in 1915, and now play at nearby Selhurst Park.

Paulie
Tuesday 7th of May 2013 01:56:00 AM

Paulie
Tuesday 7th of May 2013 01:13:21 AM

kevin_s
Monday 6th of May 2013 01:25:25 PM
The county ground, owned by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, was shared with Northampton Town FC until 1994 when the football club relocated to Sixfields Stadium on the west side of town.

David Parry
Monday 6th of May 2013 01:25:25 PM
Notts County Meadow Lane - Nottingham Forest City Ground



On the banks of the river trent three hundred yards apart.

The two grounds are the closest professional football stadiums in England.

Paulie
Monday 6th of May 2013 01:18:03 AM

Paulie
Monday 6th of May 2013 12:18:58 AM

cell
Sunday 5th of May 2013 05:50:21 PM

cell
Sunday 5th of May 2013 04:51:13 PM
Does anyone have any idea which junior club(s) may have played on the pitch/sheep grazing plot seen in SPW060068, 069, 070, and 071? Maitland Thistle? (Mid-Craigie Housing estate Dundee) My grandparents moved into the estate. (After the war I think). At some point my Granda was a trainer for this club. In the photos their home is not yet built.

BM
Tuesday 16th of April 2013 08:36:06 AM

cell
Sunday 31st of March 2013 05:04:43 PM

cell
Sunday 17th of March 2013 04:04:55 PM
East Stirlingshire FC, Firs Park, in 2008 the club vacated this site, its home for 87 years.



Falkirk FC, Brockville also visible

cell
Wednesday 13th of March 2013 04:43:20 PM

cell
Wednesday 13th of March 2013 12:47:18 PM
Blantyre Celtic and Blantyre Victoria football grounds in Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Jimmy 'Jinky' Johnstone and Jock Stein played for these clubs respectively.

Joe
Saturday 23rd of February 2013 09:28:53 PM

SheerFortitude
Wednesday 20th of February 2013 09:55:12 AM

SheerFortitude
Tuesday 19th of February 2013 03:01:51 PM

Paulie
Tuesday 15th of January 2013 01:35:34 AM
Main Stand was originally at Park Royal Stadium.. Rangers brought it with them when they moved here!

Dom McKenzie
Tuesday 15th of January 2013 01:35:34 AM
The Goldstone ground , original home of Brighton and Hove Albion 1931.

roy
Tuesday 8th of January 2013 09:32:07 PM
The Goldstone ground , original home of Brighton and Hove Albion 1921.

roy
Tuesday 8th of January 2013 09:28:21 PM
West Ham Stadium, home of Thames AFC from 1928 to 1932.

kevin_s
Saturday 29th of December 2012 10:26:36 PM
Is Thames AFC the same as Thames Iron works F.C as a book i've got states that Thames wound up in June 1900 and relaunched a month later playing at Memorial Ground,Canning Town until 1904 when they moved to the Boleyn Ground.Wonder if another Thames played there from '28 to '34?

BrewerRamfan
Wednesday 4th of July 2012 12:28:34 AM
Thames Ironworks became West Ham United (thus their nicknames of 'The Hammers' or 'The Iron' pertaining to their historical connection to iron-working). Thames Association were a short-lived attempt to make use of this stadium which was great in extent than Wembley! They got into Division 3 South but soon foundered. There was NO connection between the two clubs other than the work Thames which is quite common in London!!!

The stadium later became known as the Custom House Stadium and West Ham Hammers Speedway team raced there. It was pulled down some time again and is now a housing estate. I visted it and drove round it earlier this year (2012).

There is a better history of this venue in Simon Inglis' the Football Grounds of Britain/Great Britain books.

Dom McKenzie
Tuesday 20th of November 2012 12:30:10 AM
I'm afraid this is not The Memorial Grounds; it is Custom House - they are not the same places. The Custom House Stadium, as already remarked, has long since gone and is now a housing estate with road names which echo famous speedway riders. The Memorial Grounds was the original home of Thames Ironworks FC. It still exists as a sports arena (look here: http://maps.google.co.uk/) in which you will also be able to discern the faint outline of a cycle and motorcycle track (it was concrete and not a speedway) around the outside of the ground itself. The stands are all gone however. It is adjacent to the East London Cemetary.



So this photo should be re-titled as Custom House Stadium.

haflinger121
Saturday 29th of December 2012 10:26:36 PM
West Bromwich Albion

Highest attendance in '31-32 was Nov 14 v Aston Villa 59,674

The Throstles won 3-0

SheerFortitude
Monday 24th of December 2012 12:01:02 AM

cell
Saturday 22nd of December 2012 02:05:36 PM

cell
Saturday 22nd of December 2012 01:34:57 PM

kevin_s
Sunday 16th of December 2012 10:54:26 PM

kevin_s
Sunday 16th of December 2012 04:29:46 PM

kevin_s
Saturday 15th of December 2012 10:41:04 AM

kevin_s
Friday 14th of December 2012 11:46:04 PM

cell
Friday 14th of December 2012 05:31:42 PM
Dulwich Hamlet Football Club, Champion Hill.



Their first ground at Champion Hill, they played there from 1912 to 1931. To the right of the ground can be seen the site of the new ground opened in 1931, it appears to be in the very early stages of being developed.

kevin_s
Friday 14th of December 2012 03:00:00 PM

BruceR
Friday 14th of December 2012 09:32:52 AM
A better view of the City ground on the banks of the River

Trent,home to Nottingham Forest since 1898. Three hundred

yards away on the opposite side of the Trent was Meadow Lane

home of Notts county. The two grounds are the closest professional football stadiums in England.

Paulie
Thursday 13th of December 2012 09:46:56 PM
Belle Vue was the home of Doncaster Rovers from 1922 to 2006.

The ground was affectionately called by fans as 'Old Belle Vue' or OBV.

Paulie
Thursday 13th of December 2012 09:24:41 PM

Paulie
Thursday 6th of December 2012 03:39:36 PM
The Baseball Ground permanent home of the Rams 1895-1997 as they had played twice there in 1892 as a clash with horse racing at the Racecourse Ground meant that they were to seek a better option,although the Racecourse or the County Ground had held five F.A.Cup semis and a Final replay,matches were often windswept affairs, so players preferred the new ground.

BrewerRamfan
Tuesday 20th of November 2012 12:32:51 AM
It was a Baseball Ground! Derby County twice won the English Baseball Championship!!

Dom McKenzie
Tuesday 20th of November 2012 12:32:51 AM
Arsenal Highbury 1929.

FA Cup Semi Final Aston Villa V Portsmouth

Paulie
Friday 26th of October 2012 10:08:03 PM

Paulie
Friday 26th of October 2012 09:57:05 PM

Fantasma
Friday 19th of October 2012 09:12:36 PM

Fantasma
Friday 19th of October 2012 09:10:45 PM

Paulie
Thursday 11th of October 2012 09:15:45 PM
Not a league ground but It has hosted an individual club's league matches on two occasions.....In 1930 when Leyton Orient F.C played two home Third Division South games there!

Tony Quinlan
Thursday 27th of September 2012 10:19:43 AM
Orient won both games and didn't return until the 1999 play-off final against Scunthorpe when they lost 0-1. Have any other clubs remained unbeaten at Wembley for nearly 70 years?

Richard Hare
Thursday 27th of September 2012 10:19:43 AM

Paulie
Tuesday 4th of September 2012 08:55:12 PM
Gods little acre. Aston Villa V Liverpool 1907.

Paulie
Tuesday 4th of September 2012 08:55:12 PM

Paulie
Tuesday 4th of September 2012 08:18:16 PM
Stamford Bridge 1947, two lads get passed down to the front

Paulie
Tuesday 4th of September 2012 08:18:16 PM
This is a double for Leicester City! Their old ground, Filbert Street, and the site used for their new ground are both shown.

Fantasma
Monday 3rd of September 2012 10:23:27 PM

Paulie
Tuesday 28th of August 2012 11:43:26 PM
It says 1928 in the description. Great pic.

David Hendry
Tuesday 28th of August 2012 11:43:26 PM

cell
Wednesday 8th of August 2012 04:32:59 PM
3 Glasgow junior football grounds located by peasy23

New Springfield Park, home of the now defunct Strathclyde Juniors FC.

New Barrowfield Park, home of the now defunct Bridgeton Waverley FC.

Helenslea Park, home of the now defunct Parkhead Juniors FC.

cell
Friday 27th of July 2012 01:18:18 PM

cell
Friday 27th of July 2012 12:41:16 PM

Paulie
Wednesday 18th of July 2012 09:49:54 PM
St James Park Newcastle 1930.

Paulie
Monday 2nd of July 2012 07:19:52 PM
St James Park Newcastle 1927.

Paulie
Wednesday 18th of July 2012 09:49:54 PM

Paulie
Wednesday 18th of July 2012 01:33:56 PM

Paulie
Tuesday 17th of July 2012 08:47:27 PM

Paulie
Tuesday 17th of July 2012 08:43:45 PM

Paulie
Thursday 12th of July 2012 01:15:01 PM

Paulie
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 07:39:52 PM

Paulie
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 07:07:23 PM

JoeJoe
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:53:29 AM
The grounds of both Dundee's senior clubs are visible close together on the same street near the top left. Dundee FC's distinctive "curved" stand can be seen and to the north of it is United's undeveloped Tannadice Park.

JoeJoe
Wednesday 11th of July 2012 10:49:01 AM
Norwich City Football Club, The Nest 1921, damaged negative so you can only make part of it out.

kevin_s
Tuesday 10th of July 2012 06:42:16 PM

kevin_s
Monday 9th of July 2012 09:40:10 PM

Paulie
Monday 9th of July 2012 08:04:19 PM

Paulie
Monday 9th of July 2012 08:03:08 PM

kevin_s
Monday 9th of July 2012 06:37:57 PM

Paulie
Saturday 7th of July 2012 10:20:52 PM

kevin_s
Saturday 7th of July 2012 08:41:29 PM
Wolverton Town FC, Wolverton Park 1928. Note the banked cycle track.

kevin_s
Saturday 7th of July 2012 04:45:41 PM

Paulie
Saturday 7th of July 2012 04:11:41 PM

kevin_s
Friday 6th of July 2012 10:50:29 PM

Paulie
Friday 6th of July 2012 10:25:26 AM

kevin_s
Thursday 5th of July 2012 11:22:47 PM

kevin_s
Thursday 5th of July 2012 10:57:40 PM
Ipswich Town FC, Portman Road ground during their Southern Amateur League days, note that the football ground is three sided as cricket was also played there at this time.

kevin_s
Wednesday 4th of July 2012 01:31:38 PM
Thanks Paulie, yes just found out that they played at Roots Hall when they were founded in 1906 and moved to Kursaal in 1920 then moved to Southend Stadium in 1934 and back to Roots Hall in 1955.Thanx for the good idea of this group.Soz(sorry) for cluttering it up with views of the Baseball Ground,Derby but they have got a slight difference with year and stands etc, and i miss the place as compared to Pride Park there's no comparison,We used to be so loud in that small ground now there's nearly twice the capacity and sometimes im sure a tumbleweed will roll by,it's dead,unless we're playing Forest!

BrewerRamfan
Wednesday 4th of July 2012 01:20:26 AM

Paulie
Wednesday 4th of July 2012 12:50:07 AM
Hi Paulie, just a quick note to see if you know if this is Roots Hall as I can't seem yo make out Shakespeare Drive (which is where an ex girlfriend of mine's Dad lives and when i visited you could just make out the pitch from the back bedroom window),and when i went last year with Burton Albion you accessed the away terracing from Victoria Avenue into a big open area used for car and coach parking,that in this picture looks like where the funfair is situated but it is just there's no Shakespeare Drive? I had heard that Utd played At Roots hall before the war and during it was turned into an allotment but can't find out where they played during this period, unless they folded during the war?

BrewerRamfan
Tuesday 3rd of July 2012 11:22:04 PM
BrewerRamFan I think they've had three different grounds.

They moved to Roots Hall in the 1950s,this was taken at The Kursaal which was/is an amusement park.

Paulie
Wednesday 4th of July 2012 12:50:07 AM
Derby County's Baseball Ground in 1921 before Osmaston End stand,which has been built by the 1928 views.

BrewerRamfan
Wednesday 4th of July 2012 12:11:00 AM
Derby County F.C. another view but more clearer of the B.B.G.

BrewerRamfan
Tuesday 3rd of July 2012 11:37:59 PM

Pots64
Tuesday 3rd of July 2012 07:28:17 PM

Paulie
Tuesday 3rd of July 2012 07:14:08 PM

Paulie
Monday 2nd of July 2012 11:27:03 PM

Paulie
Monday 2nd of July 2012 11:04:12 PM

Paulie
Monday 2nd of July 2012 08:18:36 PM