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Football's "darkest" outposts

flyingkiwiDKflyingkiwiDK
in General Charlton
Although I have admittedly never been to Turf Moor Burnley always conjures up images of a dark northern outpost of football - a grey and intimidating place with an old school stadium and passionate but slightly unstable fans.

I always thought the same about places like Grimsby so I my question is what would you consider to be footballs "darkest outposts" (whether you have or haven't actually visited them!).

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  • Off_itOff_it
    Barnsley was always pretty grim.
  • J BLOCKJ BLOCK
    carlisle
  • ValleyGaryValleyGary
    I always imagine a cold Tuesday night in November isn't the time you wanna be playing Macclesfield away
  • ChicagoAddickChicagoAddick
    Carlisle is a bloody long way, but we seem to like it up there. Actually I would have thought Scandanavia has some pretty dark outposts.
  • Happy ValleyHappy Valley
    Burnley is not the end of the world, but you can see it from there.
  • flyingkiwiDKflyingkiwiDK
    ChicagoAddick said:

    Carlisle is a bloody long way, but we seem to like it up there. Actually I would have thought Scandanavia has some pretty dark outposts.

    Not so much in Denmark. It's a pretty small country so the distances between grounds is not vast. I suppose that somewhere like Esbjerg (fishing town on the West Coast of Jutland) or Sønderjysk (close to the German border) would be considered Denmark's "darkest" outposts.

    Much more so in Norway and Sweden. I was in Trømso once and that's a pretty long way from anywhere!
  • flyingkiwiDKflyingkiwiDK
    Accrington Stanley is another one. I don't even know where it is!
  • Friend Or DefoeFriend Or Defoe
    ValleyGary said:

    I always imagine a cold Tuesday night in November isn't the time you wanna be playing Macclesfield away

    Macclesfield is actually very middle class!
  • Leroy AmbroseLeroy Ambrose
    Grimsby. Hands down.
  • North Lower NeilNorth Lower Neil
    flyingkiwiDK said:

    Accrington Stanley is another one. I don't even know where it is!

    Who are they?
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  • GoonerhaterGoonerhater
    Rotherham in the 80s dead steel city muddy track to get to the ground ---total kak hole.

    we lost 3 nil !
  • GretnaGreenAddickGretnaGreenAddick
    Hartlepool seems to be freezing whatever time of year you go.
  • CafctekkersCafctekkers
    yeovil in the rain.....
  • seth plumseth plum
    Not so far in distance, but certainly located between the back end of beyond, and the middle of nowhere, and modern concrete everywhere too, but as a dark outpost I still give you Colchester Uniteds new ground.
  • aliwibblealiwibble
    Hull.
  • bloodnutbloodnut
    edited November 2012
    roker park on a tuesday night back in the day sticks in my mind, stuck out like a sore thumb in so many ways, from fashion to obviously the accent, pugged up in a pub near the ground and kept ourselves to ourselves, could feel the stares but just had to ignore it... felt a very long way from home that night but deep down i loved it and felt i was earning my stripes as a lad, happy memories really.

    any northern town back then as a young lad made me feel on edge almost as soon as you step off the train, wouldnt change it though, good times and laughs were had, all in the name of charlton athletic f.c.
  • MikeMike
    flyingkiwiDK said:

    Accrington Stanley is another one. I don't even know where it is!

    Neither did I until it was the stop before burnley!
  • CharltonPeteCharltonPete
    Oldham is the highest football ground in England I imagine very bleak on a December afternoon.
  • AlgarveaddickAlgarveaddick
    Off_it said:

    Barnsley was always pretty grim.

    Always found the people there very friendly though D.

    Not totally northern, but the Victoria ground was a bleak place.
  • AlgarveaddickAlgarveaddick
    CharltonPete said:

    Oldham is the highest football ground in England I imagine very bleak on a December afternoon.

    Even worse on a Tuesday night...
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  • Karim_myBagheriKarim_myBagheri
    The North
  • Clem_SnideClem_Snide
    Scunthorpe.
  • sam3110sam3110
    Middlesboro'
    Scunthorpe
    Morecombe
    GRIM-sby
    Barnsley
    Carlisle
    Plymouth


    And for some reason Peterboro'
  • Karim_myBagheriKarim_myBagheri
    edited November 2012
    Stevenage.

    not really because its a dark place to go, its just one boring town.
  • RedPandaRedPanda
    Carlisle's alright. Long way but easy to get to, and not too bad a place.

    I'm gonna go for Grimsby, awful journey midweek and freezing. I'd imagine somewhere like Morcombe would be horrific as well.
  • SE10SE10
    Peterborough?

    Cracking day out, decent pubs and not far out from London.
  • Fanny FanackapanFanny Fanackapan
    Algarveaddick said:

    CharltonPete said:

    Oldham is the highest football ground in England I imagine very bleak on a December afternoon.

    Even worse on a Tuesday night...
    ...in the fog ! Were you there that evening, Algarve ?

  • AlgarveaddickAlgarveaddick
    Fanny Fanackapan said:

    Algarveaddick said:

    CharltonPete said:

    Oldham is the highest football ground in England I imagine very bleak on a December afternoon.

    Even worse on a Tuesday night...
    ...in the fog ! Were you there that evening, Algarve ?

    Yep...
  • bolloxbolderbolloxbolder
    Goonerhater said:

    Rotherham in the 80s dead steel city muddy track to get to the ground ---total kak hole.

    we lost 3 nil !

    100% this.............. and Burnley
  • paulbaconsarniepaulbaconsarnie
    edited November 2012
    as our train pulled into hartlepool a couple of years ago someone had painted 'it's grim here' on a bridge.

    to be fair, i've been to a lot worse places
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