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[Saughall Robin]

Ah, memories!
Remember going to Kirkby for a night match. What an absolute war zone it seemed to be!
And New Brighton. Only went there the once but I could have sworn it was a banked track around the ground. Was it speedway? (could be my bad memory!). Might have been the same year we beat them at Edgeley Park in the Senior Cup semi final (yes, it was a big deal in those days 😂).
If it was, it was probably late 60s when we overcame Witton in two legged final.

Names to conjure with for player/managers there too with 'Lofty' Lawrenson and 'strolling' Ken Barnes!

[SW]

I must confess I did not like the ground much. Viewing was awful because of the running track. It was like watching ants running around busily at times rather than two football teams. I don't like football pitches where you are miles away from the action. Winsford United I think also springs to mind.

I also recollect the speedway track at The Shay when we lost 3-1 against Halifax Town in the FA Cup First Round back in November 1975.

Supporters of a certain vintage will probably also recall New Brighton's stadium, where the football pitch was surrounded by an athletics track.

Kirkby Town's former ground, Simonswood Lane (where a young John King honed his crunching tackles in the late 1960s/early 1970s), was another example:

What an incredibly desolate photo that is. Did anyone on here ever go there?

[Ballers]

I must confess I did not like the ground much. Viewing was awful because of the running track. It was like watching ants running around busily at times rather than two football teams. I don't like football pitches where you are miles away from the action. Winsford United I think also springs to mind.

I also recollect the speedway track at The Shay when we lost 3-1 against Halifax Town in the FA Cup First Round back in November 1975.

Supporters of a certain vintage will probably also recall New Brighton's stadium, where the football pitch was surrounded by an athletics track.

Kirkby Town's former ground, Simonswood Lane (where a young John King honed his crunching tackles in the late 1960s/early 1970s), was another example:

What an incredibly desolate photo that is. Did anyone on here ever go there?

I believe there was a nightclub underneath that stand? Christ 😬

If my geography is correct then just behind it or at least to the left is Liverpool’s brand new £50m training facility.

[Wilmslow Alty]

What an incredibly desolate photo that is. Did anyone on here ever go there?

Looks a bit better here...

[Paul Cain's Chip Pan]

What an incredibly desolate photo that is. Did anyone on here ever go there?

Looks a bit better here...

I showed these photos to my Dad as he lived in Kirkby many, many years ago. Apparently these two photos are of different places, one being the football ground and the other being Kirkby Sports Stadium, which was apparently involved in some kind of political controversy.

[Wilmslow Alty]

How many banked stadiums with weird stands can one town have?

[cheshire cat]

How many banked stadiums with weird stands can one town have?

Perhaps that is what the controversy was about