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04-07-2007, 06:59
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Favourite Sporting Venue
Ok so what is your favourite sporting venue and why......
was sat in the stands at the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground....Australia) last saturday night watching All Blacks vs Wallabies Rigby match and couldn't help but be impressed with the changes carried out there....a great "cauldron" and wonderful atmosphere....too bad about the rain other memorable moments of mine include Wembley (haven't been to the new revamped version yet...but great for football) Twickenham, Cardiff Arms Park and Lansdowne Rd (all for Rugby) and Stade de France (Paris) is very impressive too I was at the openning of the Sydney Olympics (was still living there full time then) it was a magic moment and stadium as were visits to the Players Campionship (Golf tournament) at Sawgrass Course in Jacksonville and a baseball match at Yankee Stadium Favourite venue I actually played on was Pebble Beach Golf Course near Carmel in california.......or for pure nostalgia Athletic Park in Wellington (no longer exists but it was the home of many famous All Black victories.....and a one or two losses too...55555) where I played my first representative rugby match as a 14 yo
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04-07-2007, 09:13
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Candlestick Park is the home of some of my happiest sporting memories.
The Rose Bowl for a Super Bowl was special. The old Wembley I must say was a dump, the new one looks great. Stade de France is excellent, but nothing like the atmosphere at Parc Des Princes. I like Murrayfield. I hate Lansdowne Road The Millenium is awesome particularly with the roof closed. Cardiff Arms Park is the Cardiff RFC ground, the stadium where Wales played was actually called the National Stadium. It was never officially known as CAP, but the NS at CAP, if that makes sense. Concord Oval, cos it was where I saw Jones and Buck play together for the only time. SCG MCG - been in, but not for an event, same with Eden Gardens Calcutta. Lords is wonderful. The Orange Bowl Miami, Texas Stadium, Anaheim Stadium...all superb, and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum a dump. but the winner.........The Camp Nou Barcelona incredible place fantastic to see, but under the stands feels like something out of Lord of The Rings. A labyrinth of doom.
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04-07-2007, 09:53
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Can't go past Athletic Park either, high up in the Millard stand, a cold southerly blowing through you. My grandparents lived in Newtown, and the Stands could be seen from their front verandah.
Lang Park (Brisbane) is a great Rugby ground now. You are very close to the action. Telstra in Sydney I beleive is too big. I was there in 2000 for the Bled game, when 109,000 people (half kiwis) were there, but you are a long way from the game.
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04-07-2007, 10:49
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some great ones there schmeen...so you are a Giants fan...5555 agree on Lords....a very special place...been in the press box there and just love it!!!!...great design Concorde Oval????......WTF 55555....watched and played plenty of Rugby there.....ridiculous to think that test matches were actualy played there.....just goes to show how Rugby has grown in Australia in the last 20 years Would love to and definitely will visit Millenium and the new Wembley stadium...and have yet to make it to Murrayfield so that is on my list too never knew that about CAP....always thought it was just called CAP
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04-07-2007, 10:55
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wow.....Athletic park eh Brio....I loved that place....its one of those that gets in yer veins.....and you are certainly right about that southerly....northerly ain't too pleasant either 55555.....I have one of the garden style bench seats from AP in my garden as a reminder.....the Cake Tin is a great venue for the size of this place but can't touch the atmosphere of AP I have a combined membership for the SCG/Sydney Football stadium....but as I am mostly in Wellington these days I only use this a few times a year.....SFS is a geat place to watch Rugby
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04-07-2007, 11:16
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Not the Giants, only ever saw them once......Niners were my team.
I remember asking Riki Ellison who was a Kiwi Linebacker for the Niners in the Montana years if he'd rather be a Niner or an All Black. He grinned and replied "You already know the answer to that mate" Yeah Concord Oval was some test ground. I saw the last tests there before they opened the SFS. Was at the SFS when Australia beat Argentina at soccer in what I think was the opening tournament. I liked that stadium also. That 2000 Bledisloe game I have on DVD, burned and lovingly prepared. The man who scored the winning try in that game was over in Bangkok the other week.
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04-07-2007, 11:31
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I met Jonah, along with most of the team, in Sydney that year. Felt humbled to be around my "heros". I remember in the 80's pub crawling to a game at Athletic Park, and was talking to some blokes who had driven from Te Kuiti for the game. They had tickets for game, but decided to watch it in the Pub a km from the ground. Go figure.
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04-07-2007, 11:52
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Anyone interested the Auckland Provincial team is in Bangkok for pre-NPC training this weekend. They'll be playing against Vajiravudh at their ground near Chitralada Palace.
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04-07-2007, 13:04
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San Siro for me, followed by the MCG.
Hope to get to Maracena Stadium next year to watch a game.
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04-07-2007, 13:39
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croke park on the 3rd sunday in september..all ireland final day with 85k mad shouting supporters !!!!!!!!
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04-07-2007, 14:26
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For Cricket-The Wanderers in Jhb (where you'll often bump into Graeme Pollock at the Pub) and Newlands in Cape Town.
For Rugby-Ellis Park,Loftus Versfeld and Kings Park(The Shark Tank) are all special for South Africans.The RWC victory against the All Blacks at Ellis Park with 80 000 fans makes it a religious place. At the moment all our stadiums are being re-furbished for the Football World Cup and this should lift their standard considerably....bit of a life-line really that 2010.....
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04-07-2007, 15:44
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TWD
I still have a plan to go on the Lions Tour of 2009. I'd love to go to Ellis Park, LV and Kings Park. One of my mates in BKK was at the Lions 2nd Test in 1997, reckoned it was his finest sporting moment.
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04-07-2007, 16:10
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For Football: The old Wembley Stadium and now the Amsterdam ArenA.
For Ice Hockey: The Old Montreal Forum. For F1: Monaco. For Speed skating: Heerenveen Thialf Stadium. For Cycling: The stage to Alp d'Huez during the Tour de France. For Tennis: Wimbledon. For Ski jumping: Holmenkolm in Norway.
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04-07-2007, 16:47
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i went to the aussie tour in 2001...one of the better sporting events i was at.........all the stadia were top class....... i really enjoyed the atmosphere in the gabba in brisbane......small stadium but great atmosphere..... the olympic staduim was brill...as was the one in melbourne.ij...
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04-07-2007, 17:05
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JUST been in the amsterdam arena on sunday for the genesis concert its a fantastic stadium !
celtic park on champions league nights or games versus rangers takes some beating and i am not even a celtic fan the old wembley stadium when us jocks used to take it over 95% every 2 years was hard to forget !
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04-07-2007, 17:39
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Yeah Schmeen,will be one not to be missed.All our stadiums will be totally modernised by then and the atmosphere should be electric. Forgot to mention Sun City for the Million Dollar Golf and Las Vegas for World Series Poker. For Surfing I guess Hawaii would be the best,tho haven't been yet....... Last edited by Thin White Duke : 04-07-2007 at 17:43. Reason: spelling
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04-07-2007, 18:29
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The old MCG
The old Wembley Lords # 1 for me Flemington Ascot Happy Valley SCG St Andrews Golf Course
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04-07-2007, 21:35
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Ascot racecourse in Perth I presume...
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04-07-2007, 21:43
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i doubt it.......55555555..........our mav lived in pommy land for a while.......... ij
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05-07-2007, 00:14
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When I lived in Cardiff, I lived on Westgate Street in the apartments there. My apartment looked out onto Cardiff Arms Park and could watch all the Cardiff games free from my flat!! So thats my fav...
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05-07-2007, 02:06
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1973 was the last time we won it...beaten in the final 94... We got waterford on sunday,in the munster final...I'll be going if i can get a ticket...Might still get up to croker yet 555 Thomond park for munster rugby,Landsdowne rd,Anfield when i was a nipper, Elland rd and the old wembley....
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05-07-2007, 02:50
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I have to agree with that one, Great atmosphere at the old Parc Des Princes,
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05-07-2007, 04:21
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San Siro Milan?? and Nou Camp Barcelona
Funny I go to these two cities for work each year....Milan usually around easter/mid April and Barcelona late August/early Sept.....have been offered to be taken to a Milan game but I am always too busy with shows etc.....and i think Bracelona in August is out of football season.....the people in both cities are very proud of their stadia.....
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