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"NINIAN PARK WAS 8TH WORST GROUND IN BRITAIN"!!!

Thu May 23, 2013 10:00 am

Just read an article from the observer 2009 and a survey carried out rated ninian as no8 in the countries worst football grounds.cardiff's spiritual home witnessed bob marley playing there,real Madrid beaten there,the pope visiting and jock stein dying there.Ninian they said was prehistoric and was grey and depressing even in the middle of summer and whoever visited this place-never got a friendly welcome! However the survey said that it was one of the few places that could still produce a monstrous atmosphere and real hostility.2 famous quotes RIO FERDINAND 2003-"I don't mind returning to eland road with man utd,you seem to forget ive played at ninian park"!! MICK MCCARTHY(ahead of wolves f.a cup visit)-"I'm delighted to be going there,we will bring plenty of fans and Cardiff will make lots of noise like they always do.There will be a special atmosphere there like there always is,you must relish going to these type of places" Gosh I miss that place"HAIL NINIAN PARK"on it's day it was unbeatable!!!!!

Re: "NINIAN PARK WAS 8TH WORST GROUND IN BRITAIN"!!!

Thu May 23, 2013 10:05 am

Yeah, it was a great ground but it was dying a slow and painful death. If we were still there now we wouldn't be in the Premier League.

Re: "NINIAN PARK WAS 8TH WORST GROUND IN BRITAIN"!!!

Thu May 23, 2013 10:50 am

Great ground, fond memories, but like the city of cardiff in general, we had to move on if we wanted to keep up. We now have a first class club to support that's befitting of the top rated city it represents. Doubt we would have got that if we were still playing at ninian park... Unless it had a massive overhaul I guess

Re: "NINIAN PARK WAS 8TH WORST GROUND IN BRITAIN"!!!

Thu May 23, 2013 10:53 am

sir ninian wrote:Just read an article from the observer 2009 and a survey carried out rated ninian as no8 in the countries worst football grounds.cardiff's spiritual home witnessed bob marley playing there,real Madrid beaten there,the pope visiting and jock stein dying there.Ninian they said was prehistoric and was grey and depressing even in the middle of summer and whoever visited this place-never got a friendly welcome! However the survey said that it was one of the few places that could still produce a monstrous atmosphere and real hostility.2 famous quotes RIO FERDINAND 2003-"I don't mind returning to eland road with man utd,you seem to forget ive played at ninian park"!! MICK MCCARTHY(ahead of wolves f.a cup visit)-"I'm delighted to be going there,we will bring plenty of fans and Cardiff will make lots of noise like they always do.There will be a special atmosphere there like there always is,you must relish going to these type of places" Gosh I miss that place"HAIL NINIAN PARK"on it's day it was unbeatable!!!!!



Miss the place, It's a shame more efforts weren't made to expand the existing it on situ.

Re: "NINIAN PARK WAS 8TH WORST GROUND IN BRITAIN"!!!

Thu May 23, 2013 2:18 pm

What was the worst ground?

Re: "NINIAN PARK WAS 8TH WORST GROUND IN BRITAIN"!!!

Thu May 23, 2013 3:05 pm

murphy wrote:What was the worst ground?


Priestfield, Gillingham

Re: "NINIAN PARK WAS 8TH WORST GROUND IN BRITAIN"!!!

Thu May 23, 2013 3:20 pm

murphy wrote:What was the worst ground?

the top 3 worst grounds were 1st-gillingham 2nd-luton town 3rd-rotherham.It also said that Cardiff hate the English badly and Swansea even more(so there isn't many people left)!!

Re: "NINIAN PARK WAS 8TH WORST GROUND IN BRITAIN"!!!

Thu May 23, 2013 4:37 pm

Which team did bob Marley play for?

Re: "NINIAN PARK WAS 8TH WORST GROUND IN BRITAIN"!!!

Thu May 23, 2013 5:09 pm

Understandable.

Only thing I don't like about the CCS is the location, I know it's close to the city and that, easy access but the surrounding area is a shit hole. Say we built it in Cardiff Bay, how nice would the whole area look on a whole. Would be one of the best waterfronts in Britain :ayatollah:

Re: "NINIAN PARK WAS 8TH WORST GROUND IN BRITAIN"!!!

Thu May 23, 2013 7:37 pm

Ninian park must've been easily one of the worst grounds in the football league, it was a shithole, but there was no better ground on match days.

Re: "NINIAN PARK WAS 8TH WORST GROUND IN BRITAIN"!!!

Thu May 23, 2013 7:53 pm

It was awful but it was my home and I loved it.

Re: "NINIAN PARK WAS 8TH WORST GROUND IN BRITAIN"!!!

Thu May 23, 2013 8:23 pm

8th worst?? Not so sure about that... :shock:

No.1 for most intimidating for a 'big' game though (according to a poll of Leeds Utd supporters!) :lol: :ayatollah:

Re: "NINIAN PARK WAS 8TH WORST GROUND IN BRITAIN"!!!

Thu May 23, 2013 8:57 pm

Probably one of them rare grounds that was seen as kind of a "rite of passage" for visiting supporters. A place where you earned yor stripes