Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
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Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
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Atmosphere Was Extremely Poor And The Riverside St
Atmosphere was extremely poor and the Riverside Stadium was half empty. Hardly any noise created by the middlesbrough fans and the ground has no charachter whatsoever. Based practically in the miidle of nowhere with nothing to do before the game i.e pubs etc...
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All Round Good Day Out, Value For Your Money Every
All round good day out, value for your money every time. Fans are the best, really friendly, no smoking, clean and the football can be first class.
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Located On The Site Of The 19th Century Middlehave
Located on the site of the 19th century Middlehaven Docklands area, the purpose built Riverside Stadium was completed on 26th August 1995 and erected in only 32 weeks. The Riverside was actually the first stadium to be designed and constructed to comply with The Taylor Report, but do not be duped into thinking that this development is in any way situated in the heart of major urban regeneration, as wasteland and chemical works envelop the facility. Some improvements have been made in recent times to access, to be fair, but it should still remain an issue of shame to the club and local council authority. Gone are the days of hiking over swampy bogs and rubble, but the pedestrian supporter must still negotiate foul stenched bottle-necked subways to exit the site. Like many other purpose built stadiums, the clubs experience difficulties in relocating the atmosphere from their former premises, The Riverside is no different and unless you are beating title contenders 3-0, the atmosphere can be non-existent. When Middlesbrough FC resided at their Ayresome Park home, the atmosphere was amazing and I would often be compelled to improve my vantage point and climb on to the roof of the Holgate end. I was also known to scale the floodlights too. My brother has been on the roof of the "new Holgate" but I've packed such antics in, as they are now inappropriate in the presence of my young lads, despite my crews best efforts to attempt me to come out of retirement. Up the Boro.
Here, here my friend, your bang on pal, football has nothing but comtempt and disdain for the average Joe. I am reformed nutter who having served a short custodial sentence, completing a banning order similar to yourself and on-going treatment for anger management have become very disillusioned with the "beautiful game". My Saturday afternoons used to revolve around having a few pints in Chaplins, chasing some fans up Linthorpe Road and across Alby Park and watching my beloved Boro. Exorbitant ticket prices with no guarantees of satisfaction or quality mean I have been forced to find another pastime which I feel gives an increased return per pound invested. I have now become a habitual visitor of my local lapdancing club, my £30 offers a far superior return than some crumby football ticket and I still get to meet a few of the lads before the match for a pint but I have put paid to filling up a Porsche or a big massive Land Rover with juice.
I recently visited the Riverside Stadium after an absence of 10 gregorian calender years, which was the result of a banning order from all football stadia in the realms of england and wales.
The club and players i once supported have unfortunatley moved on, and left me in the past. I felt like a stranger in the "new" stadium, like a rabbit caught up in car headlights. I still followed the team in my absence from the stadium but after a while my enthusiasm wained and eventually died. The working class man, paying a few quid to watch his working class hero's wear the red and white of the boro are sadly banished to memory forever which evokes great sadness in me.
Football has lost touch with its life-blood in my opinion - the fans. And instead of trying to win them back, it continues to move further and further at an alarming rate. A typical match day costs up £100 if you include having a burger and take the nipper.
Ten years ago it would of cost me about £30, how much will it cost me in ten years time? I even turned down a shift at work on saturday to go to match, couple that with price of entrance and you have yourself an expensive hobby. And you're still unlikely to be entertained and feel as if you have value for money.
I think the same would be said by the majority of football across the country not just boro fans, now-a-days clubs are plc's and have shareholders who all want to make as large a profit as possible what ever the cost to the humble fan as myself and countless others.
Football has turned its back on me, and unfortunatley i have been forced to turn my back on football.
(i will use my friends season ticket though when he can't get away from work)
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