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I went to Athletic Park a few times but unfortunately never watched a game from the top of the Millard Stand.
My first footy stadium was the Showgrounds Oval in PN. It was basically a speedway track with a grandstand for farmers, MRFU Officials and some local businesspeople.
It's just ridiculous that the biggest city in the country has such shit stadia. Their CBD area is slowly improving (it used to be a dirty mess you'd never willingly visit) and a stadium down there would vastly improve the experience. But as we know, bureaucracy is where it goes to die.
Hahaha that is insane. That is placing such a massive amount of faith in such an exposed structure. I remember for some Tests they actually blocked that stand off in high winds, due to the danger.
Yeah, and with kids the grassed areas are so much more manageable. They can move around, especially if it isn't a full house, and have much more fun. I've taken my kids to a couple of seated stadiums and God bless them I love them, but it's so stressful when they need to go to the toilet, need more food, get bored, start kicking chairs in front of them etc. I get why stadiums go to the reliability of seating but there's still absolutely a place for grass embankment. In cricket they are the pinnacle, even the old concrete 'pew' type seats on the Eden Park terraces were better. But you know, 'advancement' and all that
Haha I remember that night well !! 0-2 to start the year and B Stewart had a blinder
That was the Roosters in 2007, 31-all from memory? Unless that's another game. He scored 2 v the Roosters and was a beast that day, but never really repeated it. Actually, you probably mean the 2004 game at Brooky in his debut year. Geez, looking at the Manly side in that game, a lot of battlers in that outfit. They still finished 13th to our 14th, though.
These days the B-Line from Wynyard drops you at the front door of Brookvale.
Awful place to watch rugby in, especially with Palmy's weather. Also, not was ... is.
Was most definitely Brookie but I don’t recall the year. Could’ve been 04, was definitely some time thereabouts.
The memories. Twelve-all with the Boks escaping with a late 'phantom' drop-goal. I wasn't there, I was in Palmy instead. SA had their first real test of the tour, a confrontation with the national champions, Manawatu.Awful place to watch rugby in, especially with Palmy's weather. Also, not was ... is.
Thankfully I've only been going there since the Poo were shit so haven't seen my beloved Magpies lose there too often.
I can't remember the first game I went to at McLean Park but I can remember a game I didn't go to, Springboks v Maori in 1981. I was supposed to be going to the game with my Dad and Grandad, but they did't take me due to all the protests and violence. Apparently I threw a hissy fit (and rightly so) and didn't even watch the game on TV. My Dad got hit in the head with a tomato walking to the game.
I've just got back from travelling through the Penrith, Mt Druitt, Rooty Hill, St Marys area by train. You see it at its worst. First things first, the public schools look dire, barren, woefully underfunded.
The SFS was such an egearious example of people with money and influence getting their way.
Smashing Pumpkins and Soundgarden? I was there
