Adams Park, High Wycombe
Wycombe Wanderers FC vs. Reading FC
Carabao Cup 1st Round
Ah the 1990s. There was so much to appreciate nigh this decade, from Tamagotchis, Pogs as well as the yo-yo to learning to read. It had it all. Stadiums were likewise becoming all-seater (whether that's a adept matter or a bad matter) in addition to new ones were popping upwardly all over the country, quicker than blisters on a chickenpox sufferer.
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| Fans shield their eyes from the shit demo inwards forepart of them. |
Unfortunately, stadiums were likewise popping up inwards the center of nowhere. For example, the one time tardily to achieve Elm Park (RIP) just exterior Reading'sec town heart was replaced by the Madejski Stadium, well exterior the town heart, on pinnacle of a rubbish tip and a complete pain inward the arse to become to.
This was symptomatic of many novel stadiums, forgoing their town heart roots and heading out into the countryside where in that location was more than land to be acquired. An understandable idea, given the crowded nature of England'second town too metropolis centres, certain, just one that completely overlooked mayhap the important betoken of 'how the heck are people meant to become at that place?'.
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| Ample parking inwards a champaign for people who honey to go domicile v hours later on the game finishes. |
Why they tin can drive! Again, overnice thought, merely it'd assist if yous really built a automobile common to back up the increased capacity your new stadium provides. It's a luxury in American stadiums. Large cathedrals for sport surrounded past a vast concrete moat for people to commons their trucks, motorhomes, too rider jets. Their stadiums are normally downtown besides.
But we don't take the infinite. So nosotros're left with a 25,000 capacity stadium built out in the sticks, with enough automobile parking for virtually fifteen people. Wembley is especially stupid. One of the largest stadiums inward the world, alongside a puny picayune multi storey car green of a like size to Wokingham develop station'second. It does have very expert populace transport links, so I guess nosotros tin can cutting it some slack.
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| Away fans. A curious breed. |
All that pales inward significance to putting a stadium in a cul-de-sac at the stop of an industrial estate, inward the centre of nowhere, which is quite possibly the well-nigh stupid thought anyone could ever accept had. Welcome to Adams Park.
On i manus the place, surrounded by sprawling fields as well as tall trees is really pretty picturesque. On the other paw, nobody tin can go at that place, too nobody tin can get out, together with yous accept to spotter Wycombe, or Reading's women.
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| Adams Park under the lights. |
This was my tertiary trip to the stadium, and I was nonetheless grumbling over my feel concluding time. Knowing cars expire the stadium complex at a speed similar to me running round the base paths in a softball game later on my human knee dislocated, I smugly snuck into ane of the role blocks downwardly Lane End Road (past snuck inward, I hateful paid £v). Located correct past the kick the bucket I was looking frontward to a quick escape to home.
Unfortunately, what I hadn't banked on was a) they'd sell every last millimetre of space to anyone who wanted to common, together with b) Accrington Stanley were on the verge of promotion as well as if they won, their fans would nearly likely stick about to celebrate the victory.
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| Rafael holds downwardly 'X' on his PlayStation controller. |
Of class Accrington won too my motorcar was blocked in. And not but that, it was an Accrington fan. For 45 glorious minutes I sat staring at a stationary car blocking my escape dorsum to Berkshire. Never once again.
And of grade past never once again I mean, I'll definitely come up dorsum. This fourth dimension, emboldened by my past experiences, instructed my taxi driver friend not to brand this same fault. There'd "for certain be street parking about somewhere," I said. There wasn't.
Useless information virtually Adams Park
Address: Hillbottom Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 4HJ
Capacity: ix,448
Pitch Type: Grass
Ticket Price: £fifteen (The Lords Stand)
Programme: £two, 32 pages
