JBFC II Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 10 minutes ago, Redwhitepurple said: New grounds are souless and dull usually. Preferiit if they kept griffin park It’s become very run down and as good as the character is it needed upgrading, hopefully for them to welcome in Premier League football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedsHeadIs Red Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 I used to live not too far from Brentford so was always a dead cert away day for me. The stadium announcer was always on pitch with a microphone and clearly loved the Bees. Classic pub quiz question was which club has a pub on each corner of the ground. The other fascinating fact was that they had the largest advertising hoarding in the UK - KLM on the roof of one of the stands - as the ground is near Heathrow. Quite fond of them tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.G.Red Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, JBFC II said: It’s become very run down and as good as the character is it needed upgrading, hopefully for them to welcome in Premier League football Brentford currently on for automatic promotion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busterrimes Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 2 hours ago, RedM said: Same here, well almost as sadly I never had the Ninian Experience Ah the Ninian Park experience, dodging coal, coins and bottles of piss after the match while held in on the terrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.G.Red Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, E.G.Red said: Brentford currently on for automatic promotion Not now ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 I'm just going to copy my thread starter the day after our last trip to Griffin Park in October, titled: Brentford - Ground, Pubs, Stewards and Fans. All top notch again last night in my experience. Chatty, friendly bar staff and Brentford fans in the pub. Smiley, friendly, helpful stewards outside and inside Griffin Park - the all to often miserable looking stewards who survey us grimly and suspiciously at AG could learn a thing or two. Griffin Park - what a great ground, an absolute pleasure to visit so often over the decades, a traditional away day experience second to none imo. that will be hugely missed. Good luck to Brentford FC in their new ground - looking forward to visiting when the time comes and hopefully they can retain that friendly and welcoming feel as well as at least some of the traditional atmosphere of Griffin Park. Also hoping it is close enough to use the same fantastic pubs and that none of these historic alehouses are in any way threatened by the move. P.S. The lights being switched off in the stands last night when the game was on made a hugely positive difference to the atmosphere - powers that be at AG take note. The policy of leaving them on has completely destroyed the 'special atmosphere of AG under the lights' the club constantly goes on about as far as I'm concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 49 minutes ago, Busterrimes said: Ah the Ninian Park experience, dodging coal, coins and bottles of piss after the match while held in on the terrace. I had that experience elsewhere, well maybe not the Full Ninian, but never at Cardiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted July 22, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 5 hours ago, Red7 said: My favourite ground bar none. Fantastic away day. it's interesting that so many people agree with this. The ground itself is awful, the facilities to buy anything or have a pee are horrendous. Yet so many of us like the place I put it down to two main reasons. The first we often get a favourable result there and secondly (I got feedback from Brentford about this) that from the guy serving in the pub, to the programme seller to the police, to the stewards etc they are all so welcoming and make you feel appreciated. That in itself is a novelty nowadays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 1 hour ago, phantom said: it's interesting that so many people agree with this. The ground itself is awful, the facilities to buy anything or have a pee are horrendous. Yet so many of us like the place I put it down to two main reasons. The first we often get a favourable result there and secondly (I got feedback from Brentford about this) that from the guy serving in the pub, to the programme seller to the police, to the stewards etc they are all so welcoming and make you feel appreciated. That in itself is a novelty nowadays Part of the away end being a terrace is quite desirable too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wild Bunch Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 Have been twice. Great ground. 4-1 win in 97 was a great day. Think Tommy D scored? 92 when we got absolutely hammered. Brian Mitchell had a mare and was getting lots of stick from the City fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red7 Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 8 hours ago, phantom said: it's interesting that so many people agree with this. The ground itself is awful, the facilities to buy anything or have a pee are horrendous. Yet so many of us like the place I put it down to two main reasons. The first we often get a favourable result there and secondly (I got feedback from Brentford about this) that from the guy serving in the pub, to the programme seller to the police, to the stewards etc they are all so welcoming and make you feel appreciated. That in itself is a novelty nowadays The welcoming atmosphere does it for me. And, to be fair, you can get everything you need to buy (drink, food) in one of the pubs by the ground. By the time I get into the ground after a few pints, I'm not too fussed about the state of the bogs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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