[Bullseye]

Re: Congratulations from a FaX fan.... : Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:14 pm  

I'll be dusting off the good beer guide. I know Fax is decent for ale. Not sure about the area where Sheff play at all, but Sheffield city centre is good.

This might not be so bad after all.

Re: Congratulations from a FaX fan.... : Wed Jul 23, 2014 8:09 pm  

charlie caroli wrote:

A small price to pay for Charlies knowledge and Wisdom .Charlie knows .

That third person thing is gonna get old, really quickly

Re: Congratulations from a FaX fan.... : Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:24 am  

roofaldo2 wrote:

That third person thing is gonna get old, really quickly

You would think. As a Fax fan we are still waiting.

To be fair to Charlie we havnt always seen eye to eye but its clear he does know his rugby even if he can talk a bit of sheet at times.

[Bulliac]

Re: Congratulations from a FaX fan.... : Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:33 am  

Bullseye wrote:

I'll be dusting off the good beer guide. I know Fax is decent for ale. Not sure about the area where Sheff play at all, but Sheffield city centre is good.

This might not be so bad after all.

Back in the day, when I made many, many vists to Owlerton watching speedway, I always went through Hudds and via Pensitone, so it's quite northerly in relation to the centre, not far from Hillsborough, [just after, when coming in from the north?] IIRC. There is / was little terracing and the view is likely to be less good than Don Valley, I'd guess. Owlerton was brilliant for watching speedway, not sure sure for rugby though, as I say, I haven't been there for yonks - guess I'll find out!!

Re: Congratulations from a FaX fan.... : Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:53 am  

Bulliac wrote:

Back in the day, when I made many, many vists to Owlerton watching speedway, I always went through Hudds and via Pensitone, so it's quite northerly in relation to the centre, not far from Hillsborough, [just after, when coming in from the north?] IIRC. There is / was little terracing and the view is likely to be less good than Don Valley, I'd guess. Owlerton was brilliant for watching speedway, not sure sure for rugby though, as I say, I haven't been there for yonks - guess I'll find out!!

Well funnily enough - being a closet Eagles fan - and not wanting to see another thrashing at Odsal - we watched Eagles V Featherstone in May this year...

Difficult to find the right words really, once inside it felt like it was 1972. Its primarily a dog track and nothing else.
I felt sorry for Sheffield, being forced into playing here - its going to be difficult for them.

There is no terracing - its a concrete slope so you just jostle for a view with your feet pointing down at an angle.

Toilet and food facilities are OK and the Eagles do try to make it welcoming - I would think if Bulls build up a decent away following - there could be a few laughs ahead - packed onto the sloping concrete.

Re: Congratulations from a FaX fan.... : Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:12 am  

Errol Stock wrote:

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There is no terracing - its a concrete slope so you just jostle for a view with your feet pointing down at an angle.

Toilet and food facilities are OK and the Eagles do try to make it welcoming - I would think if Bulls build up a decent away following - there could be a few laughs ahead - packed onto the sloping concrete.

It won't be a problem. We plan to get a load of our big lads to stand in a bunch, then the pitch will lift up on a slope but the concrete will be level

Re: Congratulations from a FaX fan.... : Thu Jul 24, 2014 12:15 pm  

Ive been to some bad places for watching rugby and and the Owlerton is not helped by the main terrace been lower than the pitch and I can safely say that it is the worst place I have been in regards to view for watching the game.

If it were my team I would have serious thoughts about not watching them play there its that bad.

Re: Congratulations from a FaX fan.... : Thu Jul 24, 2014 12:50 pm  

We played there many moons ago, can't remember if it was Cup or league and was most likely 'the Northern'. The ground wasn't great but I do remember they had a guy playing who only had one arm. His one was better than plenty with two!

[Bulliac]

Re: Congratulations from a FaX fan.... : Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:28 pm  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

Ive been to some bad places for watching rugby and and the Owlerton is not helped by the main terrace been lower than the pitch and I can safely say that it is the worst place I have been in regards to view for watching the game.

If it were my team I would have serious thoughts about not watching them play there its that bad.

London used to play at a place called Barnet Copthall a good few years back, which was basically an athletics track, but with little in the way of terracing. That too was more or less flat around the ground; they sound depressingly similar.

Re: Congratulations from a FaX fan.... : Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:56 pm  

Fax played at Scholars in last few years,it was a rare miss for me.
I can't remember an outcry about the ground at the time.Any fax
fans go ?