Quote Originally Posted by DoddingtonPie View Post
Missing old football grounds is akin to missing the slum housing of St Anns and Sneinton. I miss neither.

The Den was a schithole and hell on earth - likewise the Baseball Ground. Old Roker Park was a decent ground but like everything else, was unprofitable and in need of huge amounts of money to update.
Football used to be a predominantly working class sport. Most of the paying public were working class people. Then Sky and the Prawn Sandwich Brigade came along and money was the main driver behind football.

It is a much more spectator friendly game nowadays, but some of the atmosphere, in my opinion, has been lost. However, we've had to pay for it, financially.