NickG Posted 27 March, 2011 Share Posted 27 March, 2011 (edited) There was a discussion on the radio about the relative merits of old, new Wembley and Cardiff. Suddenly thought how lucky I have been to see a team the size of saints play finals at all three locations. I wonder how many other clubs' fans can say the same as us? Edited 27 March, 2011 by Saint_clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickG Posted 27 March, 2011 Author Share Posted 27 March, 2011 Lesson - never answer phone half way through writing thread title!!! mods - can you please re-word it to make sense!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawillwill Posted 27 March, 2011 Share Posted 27 March, 2011 We ave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 27 March, 2011 Share Posted 27 March, 2011 it might be 4 this season, Play off final at Old Trafford, lets hope not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintmatt Posted 27 March, 2011 Share Posted 27 March, 2011 Ted Bates trophy final at St Mary's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickG Posted 27 March, 2011 Author Share Posted 27 March, 2011 how many clubs have been in finals are those three locations in last 40 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junction 9 Posted 27 March, 2011 Share Posted 27 March, 2011 Who else thinks Cardiff is miles better than the new Wembley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrasri Posted 28 March, 2011 Share Posted 28 March, 2011 Me - FWIW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 28 March, 2011 Share Posted 28 March, 2011 Who else thinks Cardiff is miles better than the new Wembley? New Wembley is a disgrace, once they were knocking down the whole lot, it was not Wembley. Should have moved it to a better location, terrible terrible place. Cardiff was 50 times better pre match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambosa75 Posted 28 March, 2011 Share Posted 28 March, 2011 Have to agree Cardiff was so much better in terms of where in the city it was located etc... I like Wembley though. For a stadium that can accomodate so many people I still think it feels pretty intimate and small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted 28 March, 2011 Share Posted 28 March, 2011 Teams that have played finals at all three? Chelsea, arsenal, millwall, man Utd, saints, brum(?) .... Any more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 28 March, 2011 Share Posted 28 March, 2011 Simply cannot beat the real Wembley for that tingle down the spine though. Much like the Dell experience, it hit you as soon as you saw the floodlights from a distance and when you stood there looking up at the twin towers it was almost spiritual. New Wembley's alright but really has no emotional vavavoom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Balls Posted 29 March, 2011 Share Posted 29 March, 2011 New Wembley is nice. But thats it. Nice toilets, nice refreshment areas, nice leg room, nice view. But it's no good for football. No atmosphere. It's been built with the family/customer in mind rather than the fan. Cardiff is 10 times better even before they close the roof. The thing I hate most with a passion is the semi final being played there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(not THE) Kevin Moore Posted 29 March, 2011 Share Posted 29 March, 2011 New Wembley, the Stadium is stunning and a brilliant venue... New Wembley (much like Old Wembley really) for matchday experience is not a patch on Cardiff, it's the arse end of nowhere, horrible area, difficult to get to. Cardiff you roll (literally) off the train and then crawl the pubs until you get to the stadium, amazing day out!! I've seen: Saints v Forest - ZDS cup final - (old) Wembley Saints v Arsenal - FA Cup final - Cardiff Saints v Carlisle - JPT final - (new) Wembley (a win at the third time of asking!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 29 March, 2011 Share Posted 29 March, 2011 Who else thinks Cardiff is miles better than the new Wembley? Having been back there for the first time in about 3 years on Saturday... absolutely. The Millennium Stadium is a much better stadium for fans' proximity to the action as there's no massive area between the pitch and the stands, you don't get a vast swathe of empty corporate boxes all the time, the transport links are about as bad as Wembley (the queue outside the train station for up to 2 hours afterwards is a tad annoying) but with Cardiff at least you have an option to disappear off around the city to get something decent to eat or an un-rammed pub for a beer, rather than have to pile into a Wembley kebab shop in lieu of anywhere decent. Both have rubbish toilet facilities, I walked 3 blocks away to get to a loo with a short queue on Saturday, but then at the JPT Final we were borrowing a mate's crutches to use the disabled toilet, the wait was so long. Wembley's still Wembley of course, but it's always been popular for its status not its facilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junction 9 Posted 29 March, 2011 Share Posted 29 March, 2011 New Wembley, the Stadium is stunning and a brilliant venue... New Wembley (much like Old Wembley really) for matchday experience is not a patch on Cardiff, it's the arse end of nowhere, horrible area, difficult to get to. Cardiff you roll (literally) off the train and then crawl the pubs until you get to the stadium, amazing day out!! I've seen: Saints v Forest - ZDS cup final - (old) Wembley Saints v Arsenal - FA Cup final - Cardiff Saints v Carlisle - JPT final - (new) Wembley (a win at the third time of asking!!) I was lucky enough to be at these three as well. Cardiff was the only one that truely sticks in the memory as amazing day to be a Saints fan. Maybe the importance of the competition played a part, in fact Villa park for the semi was pretty special as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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