Ian38018 Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 [size=4]Hi Folks.[/size] [size=4]I made a first ever visit to Pride Park during the week - a few observations have been posted here:[/size] [size=4][url=http://ian38018.blogspot.com/2011/09/derby-county-pride-park.html]http://ian38018.blogspot.com/2011/09/derby-county-pride-park.html[/size] [size=4]should anyone be interested.[/size] [size=4]Ian[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derby_Dave Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Good read. Mate, if you want to see a soft penalty decision take a look at the one Coventry got against us the other week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p.shilton Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Hello mate, sounds like you kind of enjoyed yourself! Always nice to read a neutrals views of pride park and of the matches as a football fan sees them. Don't be a stranger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2tups Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Glad to see you had a good night out. Escaping the West Mids is always a bonus, even if you have been in Kelty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Nicely written fella, Barnsley synonymous with distressing children and it was a great sound Tuesday 'http://www.dcfcfans.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Good stuff, Ian. You chose a good match for your first Derby match. I actually just got home an hour ago after spending eight days in Derby and I must say that I was very pleased with how we played and fans were awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Enjoyed reading that fella. Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 That was a good read - the sentence where you put in about child cruelty just from watching Barnsley made me laugh. Having been dragged along to Oakwell every week years ago by my brothers and watching the sometimes woeful displays, I can relate to that. Mind you, we've been subject to the same at PP sometimes! If I had to compare Oakwell to PP stadium though, Oakwell has below par facilities and you can no doubt tell it's the typical mining town club - small, grimey and plonked right in the middle of a load of equally old and battered terraced pit houses - but somehow it manages to keep it's spirit from years gone by. A bit like the BBG if you will, something would be missing if it ever got tore down and a replacement built in the middle of what you say - a load of car showrooms and not much else. PP is certainly a lot more difficult to leave than Oakwell is but to me (and I know a lot of other Derby fans would disagree with me here because of the popularity of the BBG - that I think PP stands proud where it is and I get an excited buzz whenever I'm approaching it. My father in law, who has been a supporter of Derby since Moses was a lad, doesn't like the stadium at all, he says it can never compare to the BBG and although I never went there, I can understand that because if Oakwell went, Barnsley wouldn't be the same either. Thanks for posting your article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 great read Ian...cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VulcanRam Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Wow, from the away end in that panoramic shot at the bottom PPS looks very impressive. Thanks for posting, a good read and as others have said it's always interesting to hear a neutral's assessment. Were you allowed to simply pitch up and pay on the gate to get into the away end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archram Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Great read, thanks. Always good to read an article with humour that isn't either cruel or biased! I love the Pearson one 'not yet grown into his looks'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian38018 Posted October 1, 2011 Author Share Posted October 1, 2011 Thanks for all your feedback. One does occasionally wonder, when penning my doggrel, if anyone one there ever reads the stuff. As much as I enjoyed my trip to Pride Park, I cannot see another one coming along in the foreseeable future. If you look at the list of links on the LHS of my blog, there are a lot of English grounds missing..................and time is most definitely not on my side. To answer one question: I did just pitch up on the evening and bought a ticket for the away end................in stark contrast to my experience at Crewe a couple of years back. [url=http://ian38018.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-05-30T19%3A02%3A00%2B01%3A00&max-results=1]'>http://ian38018.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-05-30T19%3A02%3A00%2B01%3A00&max-results=1]http://ian38018.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-05-30T19%3A02%3A00%2B01%3A00&max-results=1 ..........and with regard to Steven Pearson's looks, well maybe I can be accused of pot calling kettle here. Steven himself would no doubt point out the fact that only one of us ended up marrying a former Miss Scotland. Anyway Folks, thanks for visiting the blog, and all the best for the rest of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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