Really? I love it. Good view of the field, close to the pitch and always a good atmosphere there. Whether it is a play off eliminator or a Challenge Cup round four game against Whitehaven, they manage to make it feel like a big occasion.

Odsal when it was railway sleepers on top of pit waste..If there had been a longish period of dry weather you would come away from the ground blacker than Al Jolson...We looked as if we had just finished a shift at the local colliery.

In the pre Snape era The Willows was a real dump. Volunteers used to go round the edge of the pitch at half time holding out a blanket for people to throw donations in to repair the stands.

In the post Snape era The Willows was a real dump. forgot that I played there once, dropped bloody everything. Another reason to hate it.

Knowsley Rd

hull kr...went there in the 80s when the coach windows got smashed and most got a good hiding thrown in as well..think ive only been there 2 or 3 times and never seen trouble...horrible place

Have to agree with Morriseyisawire Odsal is a dump
As for old grounds Knowsley Rd, always wondered was that mound of grass at the back of the away stand there to hold it up or there attempt on Wimbledon with Longy's lookout!

Agreed. Giz a roof and I'll be happy though, it'd improve the atmosphere a lot (as would banning the brass band).

water sheddings and thrum hall always freezing

Watersheddings horrendous place..I went there a few times and never ever saw half decent weather there and the roof leaked like a waterfall...!

I remember one year we drew Oldham in the cup and the game was postponed about 5 times before it was eventually played..!

Hence the name...

I watched us get beaten there a couple of times.
Roger O'Mahoney ran the show on one occasion so we signed him.
On another Mike Ford did the same so we then signed him!

I'm surprised that Naughton Park hasn't been mentioned.

Proably the only sporting venue in the country where the first thing you would do on getting home after the game would be to put your clothes in the wash and have a shower - remove the stench of The Grannox.

Naughton Park has to be in the running. The wall of the Gents toilet used to intrigue me. It looked like they had filled oil barrels with concrete and piled them on top of each other and there was the all pervasive smell of rotten eggs. It still could not beat the old Willows for grottiness though.

Polytechnics Ground London.
Who of you went there when Wire were pants of a team?