Ibrox Stadium

Ibrox Park over the Years Part I

Ibrox Park over the Years Part II

Sitzpläne:
Plan 1
Plan 2
Plan 3
Plan 4

Ibrox Pitch by Night

Sieht geil aus.

Zitat von S-S-B

Wer nutzt eigentlich den Fußballplatz gegenüber vom Haupteingang?

Ich habe mal in letzter Zeit etwas von einer Schule gehört. Aber keine Ahnung ob das stimmt.

Zitat von Rostock_Loyal

hab da auch schon Typen in grün-grauen Trikots herum springen sehen

Dann kann es sich doch nicht um eine Schule gehandelt haben.

Vor zig Jahren hat man da meiner Meinung nach auch mal trainiert, ja.

Ganz aktuell:
So etwas passiert dort heute

Ibrox Stadium - We need a new Outlook

Written by BallochBear
Tuesday, 06 October 2009 00:12

I’ve been watching the Gers for over 50 years and been to uncountable number of OF games over the years and I have admit the atmosphere has deteriorated. IMO this is due to a number of factors. The overzealous policing of fans chants is one, the corporate mob is another but the main issues are the number of fans attending and the stadium itself.

I have been to many stadia around Europe over the years but I have never experienced an atmosphere like that on Friday night for the Schalke04 v Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga match. I was over in Germany with a group of customers for a long weekend and as I would miss the OF game I decided to get my fix elsewhere. Having been at the Schalke04 v Rangers pre-season match last season I thought I would like to back when there was a full house.

So Friday comes, we head to Gelsenkirchen for the game ready to support the home team as my boss supports them and he was authorising my expenses for the trip. We eventually get the car parked and head to the stadium, as we approach it, this futuristic shape appears out of the dark, glass fronted and fully lit, very impressive at night I might add. The pitch is removable and slides out to allow it to get day natural light and rain, how’s that for German engineering? At first it appears fairly quiet but then we realise the roof is closed. Our tickets are for the away support standing area although we were all hoping to support Schalke04.

The atmosphere was simply unbelievable, the roof and steelwork is white, the lights are on, it’s almost daylight inside and the noise simply reverberated around the stadium. The noise was unbelievable, the Schalke fans have their own version of the bouncy and the orchestrated chanting goes on throughout the match. The Frankfurt fans never stopped singing all night despite losing 2-0, they were so loud we could hardly hear the Schalke support despite there being probably 60000+ inside and only 2-3000 Frankfurt fans.

It hurts too admit it but the atmosphere was probably better than even and OF match and the two clubs are not even huge rivals.

So my conclusion for what it’s worth is we need either a rebuilt stadium or a major refurbishment to Ibrox which includes a roof, this will prevent matches being called off due to the weather and reduces the lottery of high winds etc. it vastly improves the atmosphere and will frighten the opponents before the game starts, we need to get the atmosphere back to the way it was when we had huge crowds.

So Mr Johnston, get our act together and move us forward in the new century, I know the economic situation is not good but there are always ways of getting things done if the will is there.

RM

A Fitting Tribute

IN the year marking the 70th anniversary of his death, the man responsible for shaping Ibrox in its early years has been added to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Glasgow-born Archibald Leitch was a Rangers fan all his life and it is fitting that one of his finest, most celebrated works was the current Bill Struth Main Stand at the stadium.

Archibald Leitch Pic

In 1899, as Gers' lease on Ibrox Park came to an end, Leitch presented plans for a new ground to the club and won the contract to build it.

By April 1900, an alternative sporting arena had been constructed and had a capacity of just under 80,000.

There was natural devastation for Leitch when a section of wooden terracing gave way at Ibrox during an international between Scotland and England at Ibrox in 1902.

It was the first of two disasters at the venue - the second occurring during an Old Firm match in 1971 - and 26 fans died that day.

The timber merchant who supplied the terracing was tried but was cleared and Leitch went on to become the world's first specialist football ground designer.

Between 1899 and his death in 1939, Leitch's company developed stadia for over 40 British and Irish football clubs, as well as the English Rugby Union at Twickenham.

Indeed, he was credited for the way he redesigned a new form of terracing after the first Ibrox Disaster that ultimately became the standard at British football grounds.

Leitch was the man behind venues such as Arsenal's old Highbury home and the old Trinity Road stand at Villa Park, a structure controversially demolished in 2000.

Archibald Leitch designed Ibrox and the current main stand is one of his finest worksFollowing the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989, the majority of Leitch stands and terracing have been demolished to make way for all-seater stadia.

Just three structures remain - two at Fulham's Craven Cottage - and if the Londoners move to a new ground as planned the main stand at Ibrox will be the sole Leitch survivor.

"Why we liked him, why he qualified, is because his architectural contribution was considerable," said Dr Philip Carter, publications editor of the ODNB.

"He did as much as anyone to shape the way people enjoyed the modern game of football.

"His contribution to national history is considerable, and he is one of those people who has a worldwide reach."

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