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can we have one like this please mr fitton :) (if only!)   sampadoria fc - stadio liugi ferraris

http://mugugno.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/img_0344.jpg

http://m.blog.hu/ns/nst/image/benito/Luigi_Ferraris_Genova.jpg

http://www.pianoregolatoresociale.comune.genova.it/servlets/resources?resourceId=590656

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/italy/liguria/genova_ferraris1.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1378/972545410_90ea28c0a6.jpg

http://www.genoaclubamsterdam.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/amarassi.jpg

This is pretty nice too... Just been built in London...

http://cache.wists.com/thumbnails/9/30/930b18ed7037747cfd71cf4956bd21d7-orig

not bad.  funny shape though, obviously built for monster trucks!

I thought this was about cheerleaders...

Nice stadiums though.

I agree. But we have to keep the ladies toilets exactly the same.

Isn't the ground development effort at Gillingham based on the Genoa stadium?

Sampdoria and Genoa both share this ground right?

What's the capacity?

36536

Samp were thinking about moving out.

It is very much Genoa's ground. They are the club of the establishment.

*Shudder*
A hole in the ground that you have to crouch over to use isn't what i'd want.

Ideally we'd have nice clean fresh smelling loos with hand driers that work and Molton and Brown hand wash.I'm not too fussy really.

OMG that would be amazin!

As far as re-vamped old stadiums go, I like the look of Deepdale - a level of uniformity, with the new stands built closer to the pitch (it seems) than any of the new stadiums dare to. A good example of incremental reconstruction, which, with our attendances, we could do without too much disruption. Only one major negative - no terracing.

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/united_kingdom/england/north_west/preston_deepdale.shtml

http://www.pnefc.net/page/Deepdale/0,,10362~1080099,00.html

First link, second picture in the foreground looks mighty like a terrace to me.

That's because the pic is pre-rebuild. The terrace was part of the side of the ground that was last to be redeveloped and was closed, I think, for some years even prior to redevelopment.

Perhaps if I read both links I would have know that.

I like stadiums where the rooves of the stands meet in the corners if that makes sense. Makes for a mush better atmosphere and feels like a more enclosed space. Deepdale and Genoa are both good examples of this.

Southamptons is quality also.....Stoke also holds in the atmosphere.

I loved Stoke's ground as well.  Worst atmosphere I've ever been in was Wigan in Division Two (obviously now league 1) three seasons in a row.  0-0, 1-0 defeat and 2-0 defeat.  270 mins and not one sound from the 42 home fans.  Awful. 

I'm quite a big fan of having separate stands, even if it's just one. The whole "bowl" thing just seems overdone and bland. If we were to build a new ground, I'd want it to have some sort of distinct feature to make it stand out from the rest, instead of looking the same as Derby, Soton, Reading, Middlesborough, Leicester and all the rest

That's why I like Villa Park. Traditional and great.

I'd like a slightly better version of Loftus Road.

Good shout. I've only been once and was sat right at the top of the Holt End, but even from there you can't deny it has character

Agreed. Cant beat that intimacy with the game.

Nothing worse than something like the scum has got, miles from the pitch!

Went to the Giuseppe Meazze / San Siro last week to watch Inter v Siena. Stunning ground and experience. Despite being very near the top row of the top tier, the view of the pitch was excellent. Fab design for a big capacity club stadium.

It was great confusing the locals by wearing my old black and blue striped Town away kit.

I went to the San Siro about 9 years ago to see Inter. Cost me about £7 to get in....It was when Seedorf was playing for them. They were playing Reggiana (sp) who I think had been promoted the previous season. Finished 1-1. The best bit was after the game there were about 400 Inter fans waiting and chanting outside the players entrance....we thought they were after autographs and photos...turns out they wanted to vent their anger at only drawing with Reggiana.  ???