Need to visit this staduim

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  1. Barnsley Loyal

    Barnsley Loyal Well-Known Member

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    Barnsley Loyal, Jul 16, 2015
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    To think the Yellow Wall holds 25,000 people....
     
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    On my to do list this year


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    Great idea, but it's a tourist hot spot so you lose the authenticity of German football. It's just full of pissed up Brits thinking it's "cool" to support Dortmund. Not for me.
     
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    I went to Schalke's ground last season, and stood in there kop for last game of season.

    Was a great experience, even considering they didnt sing for the whole first half, in protest of the season.

    The whole day was fantastic, better than any English game I've attended
     
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    I visited Schalke last season too. Great atmosphere and very friendly fans. They were a credit to their club.
     
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    Havent you been ?
     
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    This quote says it all to me
    If I think about the Atmosphere you used to get in the Ponte and the Paddock when I first went in the '70's or the Atmosphere on the Kop at Anfield when l was a student in the early '80's - and even as a student I could afford to go I cant remember how much it was per game but something like £2 I think

    Now compare with this also about Anfield -
    http://www.theanfieldwrap.com/2015/...-john-w-henry-about-liverpool-season-tickets/

    English football has lost its reason for existance and replaced it with money and its very sad
     
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    I've done the stadium tour, not my idea but I went along anyway.

    I'm just repeating the general consensus of most who go over expecting something magical and come home disappointed.
     
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    Must have been at the ground from around 1300 till 2000, for a 1530 kick off. Bars kept open, food kiosks kept open. The supporters bar was still rammed hours after the game.

    The whole atmosphere was better than anything I have seen in 25 years of following football.

    Def cant wait to go back
     
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    Next time you go, if you come out of Gelsenkirchen Hbf and turn right, there's like an abandoned warehouse which has been turned in to a supporters club. We were drinking and playing football in there before the game.
     
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