8th Worst Stadium in the Country (1 Viewer)

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All 92 Football League grounds ranked from worst to best

OLIVER HOLT: I've completed the journey of a lifetime and I am ranking all 92 English Football League grounds for Mail Sport - find out who comes out on top and where your team ranks.

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What do we think?

"When it was called the Ricoh Arena, I had no interest in visiting what is now the Coventry Building Society Arena because it felt like a symbol of the callous way in which fans of the club were being treated by SISU, the hedge fund that owned it at the time.

But SISU sold up in the end and I went along last season and saw Coventry dismantle Wayne Rooney’s Birmingham City and then, in the press room beneath the stadium, watched as my colleague Neil Moxley got into a decent old-fashioned row with Rooney about his stewardship of the Blues.

The atmosphere inside the ground was lively enough, partly because the game was a derby of sorts, but it is a soulless, deracinated kind of stadium abutting the M6.

It is football in an urban wasteland but it is football, nonetheless, and Doug King, the new owner has brought with him the promise of better times ahead."

 

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[pusbccfc]

Putting Millwall as the worst because they banned the Daily Mail Utter rag.

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

What utter shite. Considering some the grounds in the leagues below us and in this league

 

[napolimp]

CBS is a great modern ground, with a brilliant atmosphere, it's just in a s**t location. Nothing beats walking up to a stadium from town with the masses.

 

[shmmeee]

“The atmosphere inside the ground was lively enough… but it is a soulless, deracinated kind of stadium”

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

CBS is a great modern ground, with a brilliant atmosphere, it's just in a s**t location. Nothing beats walking up to a stadium from town with the masses.

It’s a shame no development has happened either around the stadium. I know it was mentioned on here Dhillions were looking at the recycling centre but nothing seems to have come off it

 

[Bad Boy]

One person's opinion.

So what.

 

[clint van damme]

From someone who writes for the worst newspaper in the country.

 

[David O'Day]

Oliver Holt is a clown, why anyone would care what he thinks. It's clickbait nonsesne anyway

And banning The Mail is the only decent thing Millwall has ever done.

 

[GC1976]

Daily Mail Special. Rubbish online content, terrible reporting and controversial just for the clicks. CBS not perfect but no way a bad place for sport ! Reporter is living in a nostalgia era with a dose of dementia.

 

[Travs]

If it was anybody else's stadium we'd be calling it a typical new-build bowl. Ranking similarly with Southampton, Leicester, Derby, Hull, etc.

Thats what it is.

My opinion would put it worse than Leicester and Derby due to the location.

(obviously thats not bringing the evident uplift in matchday atmosphere into it)

 

[napolimp]

It’s a shame no development has happened either around the stadium. I know it was mentioned on here Dhillions were looking at the recycling centre but nothing seems to have come off it

There's literally nothing you can do there, unless you build a proper van village at Arena (or like you said), and seriously improved transport links.

 

[Nick]

Slow news day for them?

 

[Colin Steins Smile]

"Daily Mail Special. Rubbish online content, terrible reporting and controversial just for the clicks. CBS not perfect but no way a bad place for sport ! Reporter is living in a nostalgia era with a dose of dementia".

Your last sentence sums up the readership of that rag. Owned by Lord Rothermere a French citizen and the company registered outside the UK for tax.

 

[Potbellypig]

Don't agree with 8th, but it must be a pretty shit away day. Miles from City Centre pubs, no trains (well not really), I imagine walking around to Dhillons isn't very appealing to most away fans, casino probably fine if you've not got kids.

 

[pusbccfc]

Oliver Holt is a clown, why anyone would care what he thinks. It's clickbait nonsesne anyway

And banning The Mail is the only decent thing Millwall has ever done.

He's abysmal on TalkSport on Sunday mornings.

Put him on in the car a few months back and he nearly sent me to sleep. Does not have a voice for the radio.

 

[pusbccfc]

If it was anybody else's stadium we'd be calling it a typical new-build bowl. Ranking similarly with Southampton, Leicester, Derby, Hull, etc.

Thats what it is.

My opinion would put it worse than Leicester and Derby due to the location.

(obviously thats not bringing the evident uplift in matchday atmosphere into it)

Location is better for Derby, Southampton and Leicester but in my opinion ours is the best of those bowls built between 95 and 2010.

It's clearly steaper and more imposing. The stands are taller due to the significantly lower capacity in the West Stand.

I stood at the back at Southampton away last season and it feels comparable to sitting 2/3rds up at the CBS.

A lot of people like Mr Holt have views of the stadium which haven't changed since the marked improvements in the past 3 years.

 

[pusbccfc]

It’s a shame no development has happened either around the stadium. I know it was mentioned on here Dhillions were looking at the recycling centre but nothing seems to have come off it

I'm pretty sure people have said on here in the past that the land is contaminated?

Otherwise, it's bonkers that it's never been developed with the lack of space in and around Coventry for building housing.

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

I'm pretty sure people have said on here in the past that the land is contaminated?

Otherwise, it's bonkers that it's never been developed with the lack of space in and around Coventry for building housing.

Think it’s contaminated but could be wrong but would that mean commercial development can’t take place? I remember when wasps took over and the council kept going on about site redevelopment

 

[pusbccfc]

Think it’s contaminated but could be wrong but would that mean commercial development can’t take place? I remember when wasps took over and the council kept going on about site redevelopment

Whatever happened to Car Park C being built on?

I thought a hotel chain had signed up?

 

[TomRad85]

Location is better for Derby, Southampton and Leicester but in my opinion ours is the best of those bowls built between 95 and 2010.

It's clearly steaper and more imposing. The stands are taller due to the significantly lower capacity in the West Stand.

I stood at the back at Southampton away last season and it feels comparable to sitting 2/3rds up at the CBS.

A lot of people like Mr Holt have views of the stadium which haven't changed since the marked improvements in the past 3 years.

Agreed, ours is a more impressive structure than all 3 of those you mention and while i get the appeal of the old grounds, for every Villa Park there are multiple shit pits (St Andrews.)
Ultimately stadium experiences live and die by their atmosphere, its why many hated our stadium as we basically moved into it at a time our fan base was depressed and it was only getting worse. Atm its far from that and one of the best grounds and also match day experiences in the league

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

Whatever happened to Car Park C being built on?

I thought a hotel chain had signed up?

When Wasps went bust so did the plan as I assume Frasers didn’t want to proceed

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Whatever happened to Car Park C being built on?

I thought a hotel chain had signed up?

Yeah that's just what we need, less parking spaces.

 

[Grendel]

Whatever happened to Car Park C being built on?

I thought a hotel chain had signed up?

Richardson never submitted any actual plans - just more Wasps nonsense

 

[Kneeza]

We should take heed of someone from the Daily Blackshirt?
Fuck off.

 

[wingy]

Think it’s contaminated but could be wrong but would that mean commercial development can’t take place? I remember when wasps took over and the council kept going on about site redevelopment

Not sure, assume it's not suitable for dwellings but commercial activity would be allowed?

 

[nightowl1883]

Forget about stadium and which ground is the best, it’s the supporters that make the difference, the CBS is the most depressing place when there is only 5000 fans and now it’s electric when WLADITT come one. The stadium is just a building the fans are the soul and heart beat of the club.

 

[blunted]

When the Ricoh opened it felt crap. Think it has improved in leaps and bounds especially since King (who I have criticised regularly) took over.
Think 12:30 kick offs don't help the atmosphere. Possibly less time to get pissed.
Fans and Managers of other clubs have commented on the great atmosphere at the CBS.

 

[letsallsingtogether]

I love it easy to get to and get home I can do it in 20 to 25 minutes and I live the other side of town in Finham, and pick up my Brother from Radford.
Used to take me 20 minutes to walk to Highfield road when I was younger and went for a drink in town first.
Then 3/4 of an hour to walk back into town and get the bus to Coundon.

If we were still at Highfield road the whole area would be a no parking Zone and would take an age to get there and back on local transport.

Might be a nightmare for the last 2 games though as they are closing the A46 so everyone will be coming through Finham.

 

[letsallsingtogether]

We should take heed of someone from the Daily Blackshirt?
Fuck off.

Should that read from any mainstream rag, they all peddle their own shit!

 

[Ashdown]

We were chatting to a Burnley supporter and his Dad and 9 year old daughter. The lad had flown from Brittany with his kid for the match and was staying in town for 2 nights. Has been to Cov before and loves it. Was happy to be in CV1 for most of the day , just getting on a bus / Uber down to CV6 for the match.

 

[Bad Boy]

Think it’s contaminated but could be wrong but would that mean commercial development can’t take place? I remember when wasps took over and the council kept going on about site redevelopment

Car park C is located on the site of what was Three Spires Junction railway sidings, I think it's unlikely that piece of land is contaminated.

The stadium is sited on what was contaminated land, it took an immense amount of money and time to clean it up before construction began. I seem to recall most of the finance came from the football club for that part of the project??

 

[Sick Boy]

The match day experience is much better than what it used to be for home fans but from an away fan perspective, I can understand why it'd be pretty shit.

 

[CovValleyBoy]

Oliver Holt is a shocker of a bloke.
Wouldn't believe a word he writes.

I Wouldn't look at his list of grounds, but if he has Preston above City it speaks volumes.

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

Car park C is located on the site of what was Three Spires Junction railway sidings, I think it's unlikely that piece of land is contaminated.

The stadium is sited on what was contaminated land, it took an immense amount of money and time to clean it up before construction began. I seem to recall most of the finance came from the football club for that part of the project??

Yeah that’s why the club ran out of funding but could be wrong