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romfordkev
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Ebbsfleet FC Oct 21, 2008 18:45:11 GMT

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Post by romfordkev on Oct 21, 2008 18:45:11 GMT

These are the pictures I took LAST SEASON, on our first League encounter at STONEBRIDGE ROAD.
We succumbed to a shocking 2-1 defeat on the day - but we put that right when we returned last saturday!!

For those of you that haven't "had the pleasure" of a visit to this run down, ramshackle toilet of a ground - THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE MISSED!!
For those of you who have "survived the experience" - here's a GRIM REMINDER!!

TURNSTILES TO THE HOME TERRACING

VIEW OF THE MAIN STAND FROM THE UNCOVERED AWAY END

THE "HOME" END

VIEW OF THE "HOME" TERRACING FROM THE AWAY END

THE ANTIQUATED MAIN STAND

CLOSER VIEW OF THE STAND - IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER!!

VIEW OF THE HOME END FROM BESIDE THE FLOODLIGHT PYLON

DIAGONAL VIEW ACROSS THE PITCH

THE TRAVELLING HOARDES OF THE "YELLOW ARMY"

GULLS FANS VIEWED FROM THE OTHER CORNER

BASKING IN THE KENT SUNSHINE!!

AS ALWAYS, A GREAT TORQUAY FOLLOWING

AFTER THE GAME - AN EMPTY STONEBRIDGE ROAD

THE DECREPIT "HOME" END

THE SHODDY HOME TERRACE WITH THE OPEN AWAY SECTION IN THE BACKGROUND

DIAGONAL VIEW OF THE STAND AND VISITORS SECTION

SUNSET ON RUST - THE MAIN STAND IN ALL ITS GLORY!!

AND FINALLY........
THIS PICTURE SUMS UP THE EBBSFLEET EXPERIENCE PERFECTLY -
THE WHOLE GROUND IS SLOWLY ROTTING AND CRUMBLING AWAY.
SO IN KEEPING WITH TRADITION, A NEW SIGN - STREAKED WITH SEAGULL SHIT!!

Dave
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Ebbsfleet FC Oct 21, 2008 18:51:53 GMT

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Post by Dave on Oct 21, 2008 18:51:53 GMT

Thank you My forum Photographer for your excellent pictures once again. I Have not been to this ground and I think Its one that really needs to be seen In the flesh. I say that only because some Of the Pictures makes It look OK In some parts.

Good to see our fans doing what they often do best and that Is give the team such great away support.

bbcgull
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Ebbsfleet FC Oct 21, 2008 19:01:12 GMT

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Post by bbcgull on Oct 21, 2008 19:01:12 GMT

Great pics Kev as always and i can even see myself on one of them!!

Awful ground, awful place.... the first thing i saw when i left the rail station was a 10 year old ish boy come up and say 'you got any fags mate' Nice!!

Im gonna ge t a digital cam so i can take pics... as a hopper myself how do you manage to be allowed to go round the ground before and after the matches. Do you just ask? lol

merse
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Ebbsfleet FC Oct 21, 2008 19:32:36 GMT

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Post by merse on Oct 21, 2008 19:32:36 GMT

Oct 21, 2008 18:51:53 GMT Dave said:

I Have not been to this ground and I think Its one that really needs to be seen In the flesh. I say that only because some Of the Pictures makes It look OK In some parts.

OK in some parts....................like the pitch?

This really is a disgusting dump that should have no place in a full time professional league and reflects no credit whatsoever on the BSP and fully illustrates the lack of self respect the fans and executive of this plastic club have for themselves.

Don't give me that old fooey about "we want to move"................I intend to change my underpants, but I still wipe my arse every time I have a shite!

Last Edit: Oct 21, 2008 19:33:37 GMT by merse

crazyfool
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Ebbsfleet FC Oct 21, 2008 19:38:48 GMT

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Post by crazyfool on Oct 21, 2008 19:38:48 GMT

Cracking pics there. Initially I viewed the post from the bottom up. Spent a good few minutes looking for myself on the terrace before scrolling up and realising this was last year!!

Look forward to seeing more pics on the site from those who take a camera and sneak into different areas of the grounds.

Last Edit: Oct 21, 2008 19:41:10 GMT by crazyfool

Jon
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Ebbsfleet FC Oct 21, 2008 19:42:43 GMT

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Post by Jon on Oct 21, 2008 19:42:43 GMT

It seemed o.k. when I was last there. Mind you, that was 29 years ago!

The frightening thing is how time speeds up as you get older. I remember it said in the Herald that we'd played them 30 years before in the Cup and me thinking that meant that only really old farts would remember that!

What do all these clubs have in common?

Newport County, Aldershot, Chester, Halifax, Hereford, Darlington, Maidstone, Wimbledon

David Graham's Eighth Pint
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Ebbsfleet FC Oct 21, 2008 19:43:56 GMT

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Post by David Graham's Eighth Pint on Oct 21, 2008 19:43:56 GMT

What a wonderful and yet disgusting analogy Merse!

It is in a horrible place and it is a horrible little ground, but don't you love it?!

BBCG, similar to your cigarette story; as me, my brother and my friend (incidentally a MyFootballClub member) left the away end, some "yoofs" waited until we were about 15 yards away before shouting "JAMMY C***S!"

We turned around and laughed at them, safe in the knowledge that:
a) they were wrong as we completely outplayed them;
and b) one day they'll mouth off to the wrong people and get their comeuppance.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that before the game, I went up to two stewards stood by the big red door in the first picture. They had their back turned to me and I went up behind them and exclaimed: "Excuse me lads." They turned around and.... well, you can guess the rest.

Last Edit: Oct 21, 2008 19:46:25 GMT by David Graham's Eighth Pint