2016/17 premier league stadiums ranked

Not really sure what the point of this list is, of what sort of criteria it's working with. In fact, the more I think about it the worse it gets.

Are the stadia being judged on what happened their, i.e. the club's history, which seems to be why Old Trafford is 1st. Or is it the fans, which seems to be the reasoning behind Selhurst Park's position. The overriding sentiment seems to be that football is shiiiite now, and everything was better back in the good old proper days, when stadiums had 4 stands, people could get hammered on terraces and chant racist abuse, and it were the most natural thing in the world - no one even batted an eyelid. And then after the match we could all go for a big old fight. Thems were the days.

I hate talksport.

Old Trafford, The Emirates, Middle Eastlands and Standford Bridge should make up the bottom four.

The more consistently a side plays at the highest level the worse the atmosphere seems to get.

The Emirates is the stadium I've been to most (bar Highbury) and the atmosphere is generally awful as is the case with Old Trafford and Standford Bridge. The Etihad is the worst though.

All that said the away fans of United, Arsenal and Chelsea are incredible so it's a simple case of poor stadium management at the home grounds.

I've long advocated a standing area at the Emirates, that's probably the only thing that could turnaround our awful atmosphere successfully...

Stamford Bridge


Plastic flags.


Wtf

comment by Yohan's Kebab Van (U8691)
posted 8 hours, 36 minutes ago
Turf Moor, Anfailed and Goodison ahead of the Emirates.
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You've never been to any of them.

Talkshite living up to expectations. An utter load of crap that is probaby more to do with what club they like than anything. With criteria including facilities, location (and travel appears to be included in that) and capacity as as criteria they have clearly marked us down on those as we have some of the best n the country for them. They clearly dont like the modern design of stadiums, but imo that gives a far better match day experience than the old 4 seperate stands. Particularly when the likes of OT has an upper tier on one stand for away fans.

Another point that they seem to like is the seats being as close to the touchline and I agree wth that, but it only really makes a difference as a fan if you get a seat near the touchline (and some fans I know dont like tosit too close to the pitch). I think they ahve actually got it wrong though. Imo its not how close to the pitch the fans are, but how steep the seating and tiers are. Take Wembley as an example. WHen I have been in the lower tier there is feels like the upper tiers are steeply banked which gives an ampitheatre type feeling to the ground. It will be the same on the pitch. It also helps create atmosphere as acoustics help keep the sound in. The Emirates does not quite match this with the stadium feeling a bit flatter if you know what I mean. Most of the older stadiums have steeper banking of seats and seem to figure highly on talkshites list in relatuon to the club. Maybe thats all they really like.

comment by Broben Hood - I'm a football manager but don't manage anyone (U6374)
posted 3 hours, 4 minutes ago
comment by Yohan's Kebab Van (U8691)
posted 8 hours, 36 minutes ago
Turf Moor, Anfailed and Goodison ahead of the Emirates.
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You've never been to any of them.
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He clearly misses the entire point of the Talksport article

I haven't been to Turf Moor, but have been to the Emirates, Anfield and Goodison. The Emirates is shocking in comparison to the two Liverpool clubs homes. No atmosphere, no songs from the home fans either- all they have is Arsenal Arsenal Arsenal

comment by Clefairy (U17162)
posted 11 hours, 25 minutes ago

I think though it will be ranked in the top 5 when Arsenal finally consistently deliver (trophy wise), thus bringing an atmosphere to boot.
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We don't need success to make the Emirates great. No matter how many trophies we win, the prawn sandwich, corporate day out brigade aren't going to get up and sing.

The only way to improve the atmosphere is to make tickets more accessible to regular fans. Something the club isn't willing to do since it relies so heavily on corporate hospitality.

The Emirates is a writr off for me. It isn't an enjoyable stadium to watch football. Sure it's nice to look at, the pitch is great, the team are our heros, but there's no emotion. There is no feeling to the Emirates and it deserves to be way down the list. Denial of this is complete bias imo.

Ive been to corporate boxes a few times and there are strict behaviour rules. Anything boisterous gets the stewards asking you to calm down, but we gave it a bit.

The biggest problem is there are speakers all round the corporate ring that blurt out white noise of generic cheering. This stops you from being able to hear what any of the crowd are singing so its hard to join in.

comment by I am gooner now (U16927)
posted 3 hours, 55 minutes ago
Ive been to corporate boxes a few times and there are strict behaviour rules. Anything boisterous gets the stewards asking you to calm down, but we gave it a bit.

The biggest problem is there are speakers all round the corporate ring that blurt out white noise of generic cheering. This stops you from being able to hear what any of the crowd are singing so its hard to join in.
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so you pay a fortune and you cant even express your feelings?

comment by I am gooner now (U16927)
posted 5 hours, 10 minutes ago
Ive been to corporate boxes a few times and there are strict behaviour rules. Anything boisterous gets the stewards asking you to calm down, but we gave it a bit.

The biggest problem is there are speakers all round the corporate ring that blurt out white noise of generic cheering. This stops you from being able to hear what any of the crowd are singing so its hard to join in.
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No one is expecting people in the corporate boxes to sing or even watch the game. Even if they were the loudest people in the stadium it wouldn't make a huge difference to the noise.

The issue isn't the corporate boxes it's the fair weather, corporate seats in the actual stands.