[blackburnblue]

CLUB: ARSENAL
GROUND NAME: HIGHBURY
WHAT MATCH HAD BEEN PLAYED: ARSENAL V BLACKBURN ROVERS
SCORE: 1-0
TIMES VISITED: 1

WHATS THE GROUND LIKE?
The ground is extremely old, and you see this as you walk to your turnstiles in the clock end, as you have to walk between a walkway between two Victorian houses in a terrace. Three sides of the ground are very old, and look Victorian, it's a very traditional ground, however the North stand is quite new and is modern. All stands are roofed.

IS IT A MODERN GROUND, NEW, OLD?
Does it look aged ? The ground is very aged all bar the north stand.

COMFORT
The view is quite poor as the stand is very low down, there isn't much leg room either.

STEWARDING/POLICING?
The stewarding must have been good, because I cant remember them, although I was hardly going to stand all game on row 6 

CATERING
I didn't try anything

PUBS
Didn't visit a pub

DIRECTIONS
We went by coach, the coaches parked about a 5 minute walk away

WAS IT AN HOSTILE PLACE TO VISIT?
Not for us Blackburn fans it wasnt

TICKET PRICES
£31 , three years ago, it is now £35 for adults and £17.50 for juniors.

WOULD YOU LIKE THE REVIST THE GROUND?
Yes, it's a shame it is to be converted to apartments when Arsenal move

OVERALL WHAT DO YOU RATE THE GROUND
7/10

[nico21horia]

How Easy Was It To Find?
Got of at Arsenal Station then its basicly right infront of you.

9/10

Car Parking. Was It near? Was It Free?
don't know didnt go by car but doubt you would get a car down there its packed.

/10

Comfort (seating, leg room, does it have a roof etc)?
Seats where ok, view wasnt the best as we right in the corner.
3/10

Catering (Quality, price, queues)
Didnt buy food there but the queues looked massive as it was such a small area.
2/10

Pubs, Things To Do Nearby. Is There Much To Do For The Early Arriver At The Site Of The Ground? The pubs are all packed with gooners so we just went straight into the stadium.

6/10

Would you go again to this stadium? No its crap to be honest, it was like bein at a match in the 1960's the stadium is so out of date.

2/10

Overall. Out Of 10, What Do You Feel The Ground Deserves?

5/10

[ccfc_mat]

Club & Ground Name: arsenal highbury(the library)
What the match been played: arsenal vs cardiff city fa cup 3rd round
Date of the Match: 7th january 2006

How Easy Was It To Find? quite hard , going into the away end felt like walking into someones house

3/10

Car Parking. Was It near? Was It Free? the buses parked on a road not far from the ground

?/10

Comfort (seating, leg room, does it have a roof etc)? no roof , don't know about leg room the cardiff fans stood

5/10

Catering (Quality, price, queues) nice food but a complete rip off £1.90 for a bottle of coke :errrrrr:

5/10

Pubs, Things To Do Nearby. Is There Much To Do For The Early Arriver At The Site Of The Ground? plenty of pubs around and places to get food and all close to to the ground

10/10

Would you go again to this stadium? yeah definately but unlikey since its being knocked down :P

7/10

Overall. Out Of 10, What Do You Feel The Ground Deserves? not a bad ground but definately not the best ,still better than ninian park,the home fans were rubbish though which i was suprised about

7/10

This post has been edited by ccfc_mat: 14 January 2006 - 08:53 PM

[The Wanderer]

Club & Ground Name: arsenal, highbury
What the match been played: arsenal vs wolves, fa cup 4th round
Date of the Match: 28th january 2005

How Easy Was It To Find? not bad, short walk from where coaches parked up.
7/10

Car Parking. Was It near? Was It Free? Went with wolves travel or w/e. Coaches parked just down the road from the ground.
7/10


Comfort (seating, leg room, does it have a roof etc)? Werent under cover but didnt rain so we were orite. Stood whole game so don't know bout leg room or seating.
5/10

Catering (Quality, price, queues) Food was nice but pricey.
5/10

Pubs, Things To Do Nearby. Is There Much To Do For The Early Arriver At The Site Of The Ground?
Pubs were all over the place, lots of stands seeling scarfs, hats, shirts n stuff. All close to the ground.
10/10

Would you go again to this stadium? WEll its bein knocked down so i doubt i will lol but i wouldnt anyway, wasnt really as good as i expected it to be considering the level of the club.

Overall. Out Of 10, What Do You Feel The Ground Deserves? It was ok but i imagine the new stadium to be much better.
6/10

[cole09mcfc]

You guys have summed it up pretty well, just like to add that there fans are the most welcoming of all the away grounds I have been to, unlike at White Hart Lane where I think it is most unpleasant.

[vaz]

What the match been played: Arse vs Norwich
Date of the Match: April 05

How Easy Was It To Find?
Went on coach, and they parked right outside the ground so..

/10

Car Parking. Was It near? Was It Free?

/10

Comfort (seating, leg room, does it have a roof etc)?
$hit. Had some moaning twats behind us telling us to sit down every two minutes, which I did, and could hardly see what was going on at the other end since I was about 10 rows back.

4/10

Catering (Quality, price, queues)
Got a hot dog in there, was fookin' lovely. If a bit expensive.

5/10

Pubs, Things To Do Nearby. Is There Much To Do For The Early Arriver At The Site Of The Ground?

/10

Would you go again to this stadium?
If I had decent tickets yes.

7/10

Overall. Out Of 10, What Do You Feel The Ground Deserves?

Bit $hit.

6/10

[Lorik_Cana]

Club & Ground Name: The Highbury Libary Arsenal
What the match been played: Arsenal VS Sunderland
Date of the Match: November 05

How Easy Was It To Find? i was with my mate who has already been there i would have been clueless without him

3/10

Car Parking. Was It near? Was It Free?

4/10 we parked outside the new stadium

Comfort (seating, leg room, does it have a roof etc)? the legroom is awful and when people stand up in front of you, you can't see

1/10

Catering (Quality, price, queues) a bit expensive

3/10

Pubs, Things To Do Nearby. Is There Much To Do For The Early Arriver At The Site Of The Ground? a lot of away fans pubs

9/10

Atmosphere From Home Fans, How Condusive Was The Away End To Creating A Good Atmosphere The name the Highbury Libary doesn't get that name for no reason and as usual the sunderland fans make the atmosphere

0/10 for the arsenal crowd

Would you go again to this stadium? That's not going to possible
0/10

Overall. Out Of 10, What Do You Feel The Ground Deserves?

6/10 the tradition of highbury is great

[Lord Funkicus of Tit-Town]

Not having a go here but for a majorly historic stadium you're an ungratefull lot ain't ya? What do you want from 1930, sofa's and 3ft of leg room?

[nico21horia]

Its not ungratefull its after paying all that money you want to be able to have a good seat.

[Lord Funkicus of Tit-Town]

Would you call the Natural History Museum a waste of time because "the furniture's quite old"

You may pay a lot for premiership games, and where Highbury didn't offer comfort it offered surroundings no ground can rival anywhere in England.

[vaz]

Meh, if I was a few rows back and able to stand it'd get a much higher rating from me. :P

[Lord Funkicus of Tit-Town]

fair enough i suppose the idea IS to review your own trip, not write an in depth analysis of the stadium