Odsal Stadium, Bradford

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  1. fir

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    Wow, what a treasure that place is.

    Been today with work. What an amazing setting for a stadium. No frills just a bowl, but easy to imagine what a sight it would be if full

    Incidentally, the record attendance there –102,569 1954 Challenge Cup Final replay – Halifax vs. Warrington, 5 May 1954.
    World record rugby league attendance, stood until 6 March 1999
     
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    its kinda like

    an NFL type of stadium. In some ways
     
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    Went to World Speedway Final there back in the mid 80's, fantastic setting and atmosphere.
     
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    I think we may have played City there back in the 80s after the fire and before they moved back in. I went to a Bulls vs Trinity game there a few years ago. It's a bowl but nothing like the Valley was before that was redeveloped. The side terrace at the Valley felt as high as our East Stand does now.
     
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    Ive been a few times to watch Cas Tigers. Soulless bowl with no atmosphere. Without doubt the coldest place I have ever watched sport too.
     
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    Didn't Leeds fans set that one on fire too? Sure I've seen footage before, some sick individuals followed them back in the 80s
     
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    I too have been to Cas Tigers. We were doing a bucket collection for our Disability Sport Charity. A Castleford fan, dropped a coin in the collection bucket, and then proceeded to shout at a Castleford player "Go on lad, break his f#ckin neck".
    I kid you not.
     
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    I take it you have never been to Grimsby Town during January ? Or Oldham ?? These two, along with Oakwell are the coldest places I have been to watching the Reds
     
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    Aberdeen in August is probably colder!
     
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    hijacking the thread slightly but oldham away , about 89. we lost 2 nil and wouldn't have scored if we were still playing now. absolutely the coldest ive ever ever been at a football match.
     
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    My parents went to that game, my mum passed out in the crush...unofficial estimates of the crowd are far higher than the official.
     
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    I can believe that. The photos I saw it looked absolutely rammed.
     
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    Don't think we ever played there after the fire. Can certainly remember seeing us playing them at leeds road though...
     
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    Roker Park was bloody cold too.
     
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