All stadiums are at odds with someone, which is why this stadium is named Oddsall, but Odd is…read moredefinitely right, it's an unusual stadium for sure. It's in Bradford, a wonderful city in Yorks. First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - I came here because it's a part of history. It's where Bradford moved after their horrible fire. It's build into the mountain (although not really a mountain) and it's both odd and impressive. It's a little small and run down though, so I can't possibly give it more than a 3 star rating. I was last here in 2011, although I've been to Bradford since then but it wasn't a place I needed to come and see again. I haven't ever seen a sports game here, but I've toured the facilities of course. I've been to most UK & US stadiums, due to lifelong obsessions with travel, sport & especially footy (soccer to Americans). Born & raised in England, I followed Oxford United (hometown team) to stadia all over the country at away games, and later Liverpool (fave team) around. Every stadium review - like all my reviews - are from first-hand personal experience, usually from several visits. In 2011, I was on music tour in the UK, and visited most stadiums for fun in my spare time. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was "stuck" in UK for 3 months, I went to hundreds yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at most, which I'll post later. Also, when back in UK I'll take more pix, and add more stadia! *** return to regular review *** Bradford City once played here during their dark days after the fire. It can fit 27k into it and opened in 1933. Since no soccer is actually played here though I'll reduce it to an average 3.

As a big fan of Rugby League I've spent a fair bit of time here as it is the home of the Bradford…read moreBulls, who are my team, so I can't offer you an entirely un-biased review but here goes. Odsal stadium (or the Grattan Stadium as I think it is currently named ) is a really unusual ground. It is build in to the hillside in a big bowl shape, there is one main grandstand offering seating and the coral stand which is for executive seating and which offers conference/banquetting facilities, the rest of the ground is open to the elements which is the stadiums down side when it's raining, or cold. I've spent many a saturday in pouring/driving rain watching my team and can't say it was comfortable but the ground has real atmosphere. It's much better for fans now that the Bulls play summer rugby as you can imagine. On a sunny afternoon the terraces are the place to be! As for facilities, there are adequate bars scattered round, plenty of snack stops (burgers, icecream and the usual game day food), toilet facilities and of course a gift shop! But of course the Rugby or other sporting event is the main attraction. They also do speedway meets here for any fans of motor sport. For those of you who are season ticket holders or executive seat holders the Coral Stadium offer an excellent 3 course meal pre-match, and you can watch the game from the outside seating or from the bar in the warm through the glass fronted bars. I've had the pleasure of this experience recently as I'm a classical singer and have sang there as part of the pre-match entertainment several times. The staff are very welcoming/helpful and friendly. The entertainments team make sure that there is a full programme to keep people entertained before, during and after the matches. It's a really great family day out!

Sadly another for the poor stadium list. Only 1 stand with some cover so if your there when it's…read moreraining make sure to have an umberella. The stadium feels like it's in a ditch as you have to walk down to it. Not a stadium i'm in any rush to go to again.

I attended the John Smith's Stadium for Manchester City's 0-0 draw with Huddersfield in the FA Cup…read more5th round, it has a record-breaking capacity of 24,139 on my visit, out of a full capacity of 25,000 which as I recall included over 3,000 City fans, with it just being a short trip down the M62 or half an hour on the train from Manchester. The stadium for sponsorship reasons is called the John Smith's Stadium, but when built in 1994 it was known as the Kirklees stadium, a reference to the stadium being in the Kirklees Council area, although owned by Huddersfield Town, Huddersfield Giants in a 40:40 share, with Kirklees Council owning 20%. The stadium is quite small and in a way it feels new, such as the cool arch shaped roof, but in other ways it feels so old, such as going into the ground from the outside and all the concourses being outside, which even older stadiums such as Anfield don't have, instead there are more inside concourses, which obviously makes the ground seem a little colder and it certainly doesn't make you feel like getting chips, pies and co when it is raining etc. The atmosphere at the stadium was average, there wasn't much to shout about from both sides, there were only 3 shots on target for Huddersfield and 5 for Manchester City with no goals from either side. The stewards around the stadium seemed helpful enough, although I was confused and annoyed to have the lid taken off my bottle which I frankly couldn't understand, they didn't search my bag but they found it more important to take the lid of my Iced tea bottle and even come over me and take it off me myself, hence I felt like a child in a school having their phone taken off them, annoyed, confused and untrusted. The stadium seats seemed quite old, and the wheelchair bays were unmarked and it did feel quite squashed at times, most areas of the stadium felt old, which is frustrating considering this stadium is from 1994, albeit it isn't the most modern and new of stadiums, there are much older ones that do a better job, as much as it pains me to say it, for some facilities Anfield, Old Trafford seem to do it better. There were often people standing and getting in the way, which was difficult and although the stewards did move them, when fans were coming in for the second half it did really obstruct the view of the goal, which was hard to see at most times anyway due to the location of my seat and the overall setup of the stadium The view is also quite poor with no raised platforms, which even Hull manage to do. Huddersfield as a Championship team, can't be expected to compete with the Premier League teams, but with the club standing third in the Championship, they still are fighting for promotion and as one of the Championships larger teams this year, they should be doing better but still this is cushioned by the fact they haven't been in the topflight since around the 1970's (Correct me if I'm wrong) The food situation here is alright, the chips were a huge portion, albeit I was angry that they didn't have any pepper which was also confusing and frustrating that they would run out with pepper. The stadium is also quite unusual, on one side it feels like you're in a hill, a forest and on another side, you can see houses and it feels like a town. Overall, this stadium just doesn't impress me and it is a good stadium for a lower division side, which Huddersfield were when it was built, but now with the features mentioned including the open corners, this just isn't a stadium suited to a Premier League team elect?, or even a high flying Championship team, so sadly deserves a single one star.

If an Ironsmith uses Iron and a Wordsmith uses Words, does a Johnsmith use Johns? But Johns use…read moreCall Girls, right? So then I don't get it. This stadium used to be known as the Galpharm Stadium, and I'd love to visit a Galpharm because there'd be a lot of Gals produced there obvs. First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - I was very impressed when the Galpharm first opened, and used to drive by on the M62 and be amazed. Being inside it - and I've only seen one live match here, in 2011 - was absolutely everything I always thought it would be. What a crowd, what a beautiful facility, and what a credit to the city and the team. It might even be the highlight of the whole city of Huddersfield. Definitely it took them to the next level and while they haven't been in the Prem yet, when they get there, the JSS means they'll be ready for it. I was lucky to go on a day when the stadium was nearly full. I have heard it is usually empty. I am hoping when they get to the Prem someday, it will be packed every single game. Definitely one of my fave non-Prem stadiums in the UK. I've been to most UK & US stadiums, due to lifelong obsessions with travel, sport & especially footy (soccer to Americans). Born & raised in England, I followed Oxford United (hometown team) to stadia all over the country at away games, and later Liverpool (fave team) around. Every stadium review - like all my reviews - are from first-hand personal experience, usually from several visits. In 2011, I was on music tour in the UK, and visited most stadiums for fun in my spare time. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was "stuck" in UK for 3 months, I went to hundreds yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at most, which I'll post later. Also, when back in UK I'll take more pix, and add more stadia! *** return to regular review *** It was originally the Alfred McAlpine Stadium, opened in 94 and capacity 24,500. It's one of the most distinctive stadiums in the world because of the steep arched roof on all sides of the ground. It's up in the hills, and right by the M62 motorway. Some top musicians have performed here including Bryan Adams, The Beautiful South, Blue, Bon Jovi, The Eagles, Elton John and R.E.M. Um.. Blue? It's now bright blue and looks absolutely gorgeous so it scores 5.

Where do these Roads Lead? Leeds Road of course!…read more First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - One of the stadiums I visited as a kid when following Oxford around. It was fun to come here, and little did I know it'd be abandoned just a year or two after I did. It's weird to give this old crumbling relic such a high rating, but honestly it was one of the loudest and most intense lower league stadiums I ever remember seeing! The noise of this place almost made me go deaf. I was very surprised they chose to knock it down instead of renovating this palace of football, but I suppose the new one is great. I've been to most UK & US stadiums, due to lifelong obsessions with travel, sport & especially footy (soccer to Americans). Born & raised in England, I followed Oxford United (hometown team) to stadia all over the country at away games, and later Liverpool (fave team) around. Every stadium review - like all my reviews - are from first-hand personal experience, usually from several visits. In 2011, I was on music tour in the UK, and visited most stadiums for fun in my spare time. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was "stuck" in UK for 3 months, I went to hundreds yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at most, which I'll post later. Also, when back in UK I'll take more pix, and add more stadia! *** return to regular review *** It was a wonderful old stadium, built in 1908 and then abandoned in 1994 when Huddersfield moved into their shiny new Galpharm stadium. Manchester United and Bradford City both briefly called it home because their own stadiums were damaged. It was able to hold up to a whopping 67k people. It has now been sadly turned into a retail park but the memories will live on forever.