In The Diary Of Anne Frank, Anne Field scared and Anne Field lonely, and these raw and universal emotions are part of what made the book so universally appealing, and also the reason for the name of this stadium. It's a very sympathetic, empathetic stadium.
Or rather it was.
First-Hand Experience: I only came here as a child, but I remember sneaking in without my parents even knowing I was doing it. It was a decent stadium. I was excited because it was named after my favourite stadium in England (Anfield), only not. But I was convinced it was.
I remember being very scared and I remember meeting some other fans outside the gates that asked if I was lost. These were during the days when, on holiday, I'd drag my parents to random stadia during our drives, in any town we went past, and then say that I'd be back in 2 mins and go and "take pictures" which involved me trying to climb or sneak into the place. Which I usually achieved, although not with Annfield, which I only saw from the outside - on two occasions. But you could see the entire inside from outside anyway.
I was a difficult child.
Annfield was open from 1945 until 1993, when it was closed and demolished. But it will live on in infamy with both Stirling Albion fans who called it home, and Liverpool fans, who got it confused with home, but only on paper since it had a closing capacity of only 14k. Their stadium before WWII was Forthbank, destroyed by the Luftwaffe! read more
