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Welcome . . .
3 Editorial & Contents
Main Stand
The regular starters
Cover Story: Leitch
4
13 League News
19 Non-League News
The Editorial . . .
Whenever I am asked how old this magazine is I only have to
think of the current age of my daughter. As it was when she
was just three weeks old that the Groundtastic editorial team
were on hands and knees in my old house folding and stapling
the very first issue. The fact that later this year she starts Junior
School reinforces that we have now been going for quite a
considerable amount of time! Seven years, twenty-eight editions, three League guides and a smattering of other publications and products and we are still going strong. Enclosed with
this edition most of you will find a re-subscription form that will
cover the next 6 magazines over the next 18 months. There
has been a slight increase in the cover price but those that
subscribe can enjoy a reduction of 25p per issue. There is also
a survey form on which we hope to discover some vital information from you. We will use this information to mould the
magazine for the next few years and therefore hope you can
find the time to return it.
As the 2001-02 season nears its end there are both exciting
and sad times ahead on the stadium front. Arsenal's plans for a
new stadium at Ashburton Grove seem to have cleared all the
major hurdles and we can expect building work to commence
in the not too distant future. The downside of course is the loss
of Highbury, a classic English football ground, and my personal
all-time favourite stadium. Feethams is another stadium that
will be sorely missed from the League ranks as resident club
Darlington look forward to life in their new 25,000-seat stadium
in the town. Not so many tears may be shed for Leicester's
Filbert Street as this cramped venue is no longer fit for the top
flight. We're still unsure about some of the non-league venues
that may or may not disappear during the close season. If it
goes, Tooting & Mitcham's Sandy Lane will be a huge loss and
the latest in a long line of classic London grounds to be demolished in the last decade. All of the aforementioned grounds will
be covered in Groundtastic at some point, but we recommend
you visit all whilst there's still time.
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CONTENTS
Enjoy the last few weeks of this truncated season. It'll soon be
time to strain your eyes trying to identify all those new stadiums
at the 2002 World Cup!
Floodlights
GT28 features
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26
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36
39
42
48
Ards’ Castlereagh Pk.
Filbert Street
The new Leicester
Deepdale Museum
Lost Stands; Hants.
World Cup Venues
Old Trafford
Scots Rail Journeys
North Warwickshire
North Stand
Scotland
50 Scots Scene
Club Shop
Wallets out
52 Bookshelf
West Stand
Wales and Ireland
55 N. Ireland Windfall
56 Emerald Isle
57 Cymru Column
Estadio
Overseas Stadia
60 Euro News
The Paddock
Old favourites
66 Run Aground
68 Venue Master
Exit
Just before you go . . .
WSC Top
5 Generalis
Football
Website
2002
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