Problem with Catalans ground is after the game the Bus service stops and its a fair old walk back to the .

Odsal (Bradford) - The only ground in Yorkshire where the pitch is at sea level.

Stade Gilbert Brutus (Catalans) - Used to love it, although the view didn't help from the away end with the fencing. But what are they doing to it now? At one end there's a swimming pool and they look like they're doing the same at the other.

Racecourse (Cru) - Bit small in the concourse, otherwise it suits its purpose.

The Jungle (Cas) - One of my favourite away grounds in Yorkshire. Theres something about it that reminds me of Wilderspool. Bit of nostalgia whenever I go there, and I love the name of the pubs down Wheldon Road.

Headingly (Leeds) - Love it. Good atmosphere, even at the away end without a roof when its raining.

Galpharm (Hudds) - No atmosphere, too big for the club. A real let down, otherwise good facilities.

KC Stadium (Hull FC) - Can't complain. Good facilities, nice surroundings and a bookies in the concourse.

New Craven Park (Hull KR) - Poor away end, whichever end your at. At one you can't see and at the other it feels the temporary stand is about to give way. Hardly any decent toilet facilities and food.

The Stoop (Quins) - Other than overpriced food, its a nice friendly stadium.

DW Stadium (Wigan) - My favourite away ground. Always an atmosphere whenever we go. Good facilities etc, although the stand is a bit steep the further up you get.

The Willows (Salford) - Warm beer, and it feels like your climbing Mount Everest up the terracing.

Hearwell Stadium (Wakey) - Can't wait to see the back of it.

Batley.

odsal (bradford) - =#0000FFHorrible place, no roof ,no atmosphere , moaning home fans who run to the stewards every 5 mins..........4/10



stade gilbert brutus (catalans) - =#0000FFonly been once and was in the side stand,cracking atmosphere with the locals,close to the action and a holiday away too.........7/10




the racecourse (cru) - N/A



the jungle (cas) - =#0000FF2nd favourite away trip.....proper rugby ground ,friendly home fans, good atmosphere,good day out ............8/10



headingley (leeds) - =#0000FFterrible view from behind the posts of the far end of the field,awful noise from the trumpets ..traditional ground though.....7/10



galpharm (hudds) Home Ground ...with LOTS of parking in and around the stadium !!!!!!!



kc stadium (hull fc) - =#0000FFanother good away day, nice ground , good banter with the locals and always seems to be a good game over there......8/10


new craven park (hull kr) - =#0000FFcrap ground, strange locals.....5/10


the stoop (quins) =#0000FFgood day out, nice ground, always a good laugh with the Quins fans,good bunch of people like going there - 8/10


halliwell jones (wire) - =#0000FFby far the best away trip of the season, brilliant day out , nice ground, easy to get to superb welcoming home fans and the railway club !! 10/10


dw stadium (wigan) - =#0000FFnice ground, stewards need to calm down a bit though, good banter with the home fans too 8/10

the willows (salford) - =#0000FFanother favourite away trip of mine, god awful ground though but a decent atmosphere. easy to get to and from 7/10



belle vue (wakey) - =#0000FFabsolutely awful place............everything about it is, needs demolishing ! but we always win there so it gets 1 for that !!.......1/10

Favourites

Stade des Minimes, Toulouse. Great atmosphere with the brass band playing. The most amazing half time hotdogs I've ever had. Even the journey to the ground on the driverless Toulouse Metro was something to behold. Shame it was £5 a pint.

Mount Pleasent, Batley. Nice big area around the back of the main stand for fans to have a beer together. I love the quirkyness the massive slope gives the place, like the stand that has half a dozen more rows at the halfway line than at the top of the hill.

Least Favourites

Halliwell Jones, Warrington. Looks like it was picked out of an IKEA catalogue, just boring, identikit and soulless, ran out of beer when I was there last which is unforgiveable.

Catalogue Stadium, Br*dford. A big hole with terracing in the bigger hole that is Odsal which is in the even bigger hole that is Br*dford.

whats your favourite away grounds. describe them all then rate them out of 10.

odsal (bradford) - Good for parking, good atmosphere 7/10

stade gilbert brutus (catalans) - Not been

the racecourse (cru) - Not been

the jungle (cas) Great atmosphere, good banter with the home fans 8/10

headingly (leeds) Great atmosphere, been rained on a few times though 9/10

galpharm (hudds) Good atmosphere, shame there aren't more home fans after the achievements of their team 7/10

kc stadium (hull fc) Great atmosphere, fantastic if we win (obviously) 8/10

new craven park (hull kr) Home - great for us, needs improving north and south stands for home/away fans

saints - Had good (not many) and bad times here, sad to see the traditional grounds go hope the new stadium (looks good) will keep the same atmosphere 7/10

the stoop (quins) Not been

halliwell jones (wire) Great for the play off final in 2006, great ground still 9/10

dw stadium (wigan) Love it! Good parking. Great view. Always take a few and sing our heads off 9/10

the willows (salford) Old ground close to the pitch, another old traditional ground still enjoy going 6/10

belle vue (wakey) my least favorite for atmosphere and view but again still enjoy going 5/10

I actually preferred the ground at Blagnac rather than Minimes, though that might be to do with the novelty of watching a game on some decking above a flowerbed

Associating Warrington with Ikea? Er...actually, you're right.

The beer problem happens fairly frequently, but then it's also happened to us both times I've been to Salford and on my one trips to Knowsley Road.

- =#FF0000dump (3/10)



I have rated on the basis of I don't give a toss if there are baby changing facilities, carpets in the bog, al a carte restaraunts or any other fancy gimmick, I rate on whether I enjoy WATCHING rugby in them. Cas for me has always been my favourite place to go for away games and I will mourn the day they move to a 'clinic'

odsal (bradford) -
Complete shiit-tip. No atmosphere and far too big for what it's needed for. The council ought to rent it out for landfill, and use the cash to build a new ground.

stade gilbert brutus (catalans) -
Never been. But I don't like it because it's French, and too far away.

the racecourse (cru) -
Not bad, actually, and close to the town centre, so handy for the post match booze up, for which Wrexham comes very highly recommended, particularly if you're a single bloke.

the jungle (cas)
Never been, for some reason. Not sure why. Never got around to it.

headingly (leeds)
Marvellous ground. Good selection of pubs round the ground, the food and beer aren't all that bad. Corporate facilities are good as well, and the on site hotel is fabulous, and not only for the eight free cans of ale that were left for me, compliments of the management.

galpharm (hudds)
Can't stand the place. A nothing stadium in a nothing town, ocupied by two nothing teams. Boring.

kc stadium (hull fc)
Great ground, but the pies are rubbish. You can't half tell the council own it - it's full of rules and regs, and the staff are over-zealous as hell, as evidenced by the jobsworth who refused entry to a long-established RLFANS user for being drunk, by giving him some politically correct diatribe about him being a risk to not only himself, but other stadium users. Conversely, at the DW, the steward would simply say "eff off, yer p155ed, yer not comin in". Very pretty blue lighting around where the roof meets the rear wall.

new craven park (hull kr)
Clearly a shoe-string effort that looks a lot older than it is. Built in 1987 I believe, but looks about the same age as the Willows. In 1987 it was perfectly possible, for instance, to build a cantilever stand, yet they chose to support the roof using steel uprights IN FRONT OF the seats!

the stoop (quins)
Never been.

halliwell jones (wire)
Smashing. Little. Ground. The two pint pots are inspired; even the women like them - one particuularly dim specimen near me was particularly excited as she shouted to her husband "ooooo! Look at the SIZE of them pints!"

dw stadium (wigan)
Better than people - Wiganers included - give it credit for. Sort the pies out, and reinstate some terracing when Latics get relegated, and it will be as damn near perfect as you'll get.

the willows (salford)
I really like it, in a 'going back in time' sort of way. Awful burgers.

belle vue (wakey)
Like the Willows, and a conspicuous-by-its-absence Knowsley Hole, you get a damn good atmosphere despite the lack of facilities.

Don't think thats very fair. Have you had a balti pie yet

The RFL should read this thread, it's quite evident people don't actually care about new stadiums as long as you can watch the game and have a pint

Headingley. Love the area, old fashioned stadium mixed with new, good atmosphere.

The Crumbling Terrace is probably the worst accommodation on offer to visiting fans anywhere in Super League (bar KR's option of some scaffolding or some crumbling terracing in the next county, where you can't even see the pitch from)

Fully agree with this - appalling view on the West Terrace IMO - can barely see the corners. Parking is pretty rubbish too. Inexplicably though Leeds v FC is the first game I look for when fixtures are released.

Except for the huge fairground area next to it that can park thousands of cars, as well as the actual stadium car park itself.

Other than that, no. You can't park anywhere near the ground

So that's two he's got wrong so far then …

Hey... I went there once.

We were told the best place to park was on the outskirts of the city (think it might have been on a tescos carpark... certainly a supermarket if it wasn't tescos)

There was a shuttle bus that ran backwards and forwards to the ground. If I remember correctly there was a bus station opposite the car park.

Heaps of others were doing the same thing.

I do remember seeing a carpark close to the ground but it was pretty full... and didnt look that big anyway.

Huddersfield.

Again... only went there once.

Followed signs to the carpark.

On arrival... big sign blocking the entrance saying permit holders only... or staff only.. or something. I wasn't driving and didnt really pay much attention. Fat carpark attendant was turning everyone around. We followed car in front... ended up parking down some side road near the ground... might have been some industrial estate thing.. it was pretty derelict looking.


There may well have been other carparks... I have no idea.

on that basis, if ever coming to salford, park anywhere off the M25 and walk, happy to meet you on arrival.

Salford.....


It's not going to happen.

I'm off to the USA tomorrow night... back in the UK midway through November.. then about 5 weeks until I go home to Oz for Christmas. Those 5 weeks in London will be spent packing, drinking, packing...and maybe a bit of work thrown in


Consider my touring around the UK done and done

odsal (bradford) Cold and you need good eyes 5/10


stade gilbert brutus (catalans) - not visited



the racecourse (cru) - Not the best 5/10



the jungle (cas) - Can't help but like visting the old ground 8/10


headingley (leeds) - Always seems to rain and parkings poor but still don't mind visiting 7/10


galpharm (hudds) nice ground but way too big 7/10


kc stadium (hull fc) - superb ground and my fave 9/10

new craven park (hull kr) - Horrible place to visit 3/10

the stoop (quins) Good fans and a decent set up 7/10

halliwell jones (wire) - I like to stadium and atmosphere 7/10

dw stadium (wigan) - Pushes the KC close, great view 8/10

the willows (salford) - Don't mind visiting the Willows, good viewing and decent fans 7/10


belle vue (wakey) - Old and worn out, passed the sell by date but love the place to bits 11/10

your right about that but it was quick walking back into the town centre, might had been to me been ed up lol