I have to say, that having followed Charlton away for 35 years, there are many worse places than Burnley (what I saw of it). We went into a decent boozer, with decent fans & there was no hint of any trouble in the slightest.
For England, steering clear of the northern sterotypes Gillingham and Crawley do fairly good impersonations of hellholes.
Blackpool is decent shout too, complete zombie of a town, still shuffling around groaning and consuming desparate holiday makers not realising that it died years ago.
I remember going on the Junior Reds coach to Port Vale in the early 90's, we played against their junior counterparts in the morning on the playing fields directly behind Vale Park......seriously it was one of the bleakest scenes you could imagine.
Saying that though, subsequent visits to Port Vale have been alright.
So my winners would be M'Boro (just a horrible town), Stockport (ditto) and does anyone really honestly like going to Birmingham?!
For me it has to be Ayresome Park Middlebrough ,what that guy from Brazil thought of it i have no idea.Bleak town,run down pubs,and the locals well frightening to say the least. As for some on here saying Grimsby for me one of my favorite trips always look forward to that one.
For me it has to be Ayresome Park Middlebrough ,what that guy from Brazil thought of it i have no idea.Bleak town,run down pubs,and the locals well frightening to say the least. As for some on here saying Grimsby for me one of my favorite trips always look forward to that one.
For me it has to be Ayresome Park Middlebrough ,what that guy from Brazil thought of it i have no idea.Bleak town,run down pubs,and the locals well frightening to say the least.
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Never played at Ayresome Park, only at the Riverside.
Grimsby was and still is one of my favorite away games, first went there in 1993 just after cup game at Leeds,travelled by train instead of coach.Able to have a drink or two on the train.Sunny day in Feb the beach at Cleethorpes ,the pubs on and near the station real ale,whole end behind the goal and only the dedicated fans in attendance.Overall agood day out but we did go down 1-0 that day. Ayresome Park had no change made to it since world cup back in 1966,stuck in corner of ground,outside toilets with hole in the roof ,one main street ,shit pubs and industry that had seen better days everywhere,as for the locals.
Grimsby was and still is one of my favorite away games, first went there in 1993 just after cup game at Leeds,travelled by train instead of coach.Able to have a drink or two on the train.Sunny day in Feb the beach at Cleethorpes ,the pubs on and near the station real ale,whole end behind the goal and only the dedicated fans in attendance.Overall agood day out but we did go down 1-0 that day. Ayresome Park had no change made to it since world cup back in 1966,stuck in corner of ground,outside toilets with hole in the roof ,one main street ,shit pubs and industry that had seen better days everywhere,as for the locals.
Spot on mate. Was at that game cos Grimsby's quite local for me so been there a few times in the 90s. Was the Italian fella playing for them that day? Forgot his name, Benito something? And remember the sex shop on the main row of shops? Never went in tho. I really enjoyed our games there and as you say, only for the diehards. Got chased in Middlesbrough last time we played at Ayresome.Shit myself I'll admit. And we lost 1-0. Good times.
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Hull, Stockport, Boro etc seem far worse.
Burnden Park was too...I used to walk past it every week for about 9 years....lovely people if you knew them though.
As for Macclesfield, which sounds like a horrible Northern outpost, Carlos Tevez lives there according to the leaked payslip.
For England, steering clear of the northern sterotypes Gillingham and Crawley do fairly good impersonations of hellholes.
Blackpool is decent shout too, complete zombie of a town, still shuffling around groaning and consuming desparate holiday makers not realising that it died years ago.
Saying that though, subsequent visits to Port Vale have been alright.
So my winners would be M'Boro (just a horrible town), Stockport (ditto) and does anyone really honestly like going to Birmingham?!
If you have done those you have earnt your stripes.
Had a great evening there a couple of years back and a nice walk along the seafront in the morning.
Even made a special trip to see the Andy Capp statue. Mind you, that was shite.
As for some on here saying Grimsby for me one of my favorite trips always look forward to that one.
Never played at Ayresome Park, only at the Riverside.
Ayresome Park had no change made to it since world cup back in 1966,stuck in corner of ground,outside toilets with hole in the roof ,one main street ,shit pubs and industry that had seen better days everywhere,as for the locals.
Got chased in Middlesbrough last time we played at Ayresome.Shit myself I'll admit. And we lost 1-0. Good times.
Cleethorpes also has great fish and chips when you have finished your beer.
"They really hated us" she said.