Big Geordie Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Been thinking about this for a few days and thought I would throw it open on here. Can you name any clubs which have huge stadia in comparison to the size of the club? A few off the top of my head; Queens Park - Hampden Park (50000+) Amateur Club playing in the home of Scottish football Darlington - The Reyonds Arena (or whatever it is now - 25000) White elephant of a stadium that could well end up causing the death of the club Bari - San Nicola (50000+) Built for Italia 90, but since then has rarely, if ever been full. Any others worth a mention across the globe? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Gateshead play in a stadium built for the Commonwealth games or something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Things Could Get Messi Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 There are numerous club's in Germany with 30k plus stadiums outside the top division including Aachen (32960), Dresden (32,066), Frankfurt (51,500), Dusseldorf (54,400) and 1860 Munich (69,000). In England you can also name Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United in League 1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Queen's Park are a special case. Bari used to be in Serie A for many years. Darlington I'll give you, they built a stadium far too big for their needs. They would have to win promotion to the Premier League to come close to filling it and that's a couple of leagues higher than they've ever been. You could perhaps say Milton Keynes Dons... but then their stadium hasn't actually been finished. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 There are numerous club's in Germany with 30k plus stadiums outside the top division including Aachen (32960), Dresden (32,066), Frankfurt (51,500), Dusseldorf (54,400) and 1860 Munich (69,000).In England you can also name Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United in League 1. Frankfurt and Dusseldorf were in the top division for a long time. 1860 Munich (used to?) ground share with Bayern. You can't really call the Sheffield teams small either, they are just in a bit of a slump the past few years. They'll come back in time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Things Could Get Messi Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 It wasn't clear what exactly the OP meant by the word 'small'. He named Bari which suggested to me he just wanted clubs outside the top division in their country. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevvy Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Queens Park - Hampden Park (50000+) Amateur Club playing in the home of Scottish football That 1 has never made sense to me. How did that even end up happening? Got to be a bit freaky playing in a 50k+ stadium with what's probably just a few hundred people there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjoggi33 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 RB Leipzig, 44.345k. They play in the Regionalliga in Germany which is unplayable in FM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsson#1 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 That 1 has never made sense to me. How did that even end up happening? Got to be a bit freaky playing in a 50k+ stadium with what's probably just a few hundred people there. Because they are Scotland's oldest team. When it was built they were a much bigger team, but because of there strict amateur policy they obviously can't compete at the top level anymore. It's also our national Stadium so the SFA pay to maintain it i imagine which allows them to keep playing in it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Beijing Guo'an FC in China play in the Workers Stadium with 65k+ capacity, and were supposed to play in the Bird's Nest as well, although the stadium is more than half empty most games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 That 1 has never made sense to me. How did that even end up happening? Got to be a bit freaky playing in a 50k+ stadium with what's probably just a few hundred people there.Hampden is no stranger than the English FA having Wembley, I can't think of too many other international grounds outside the UK that does not have a resident club using it as their home stadium. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenS66 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 RB Leipzig, 44.345k. You should add: They play fourth tier (Regionalliga) and have never been higher. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
19052000 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyespor (Istanbul B.B) in the Turkish Super League - they play their games at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium (Capacity 76k) due to being the team of the Istanbul Metropolitan Council and not having a suitable ground of their own. They were only formed in 1990, don't have a natural fanbase in a city with established three larger clubs and a host of established smaller clubs and as a consequence tend to play their home games in front of about 70 odd thousand empty seats! The only exception being when they play one of the big three Istanbul teams at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nine_iron Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Grimsby, I only went to one game, I had to use a megaphone to ask the guy sitting next to me if he was enjoying the game too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chile_paul Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Not stricly in the game, but can be activated in the Editor (as per my game at the minute) the mighty Pyongyang City of North Korea play in a massive 100,000 seater stadium and regularly receive attendances of 1,500!!!! Those crazy North Koreans!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrD Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Grimsby, I only went to one game, I had to use a megaphone to ask the guy sitting next to me if he was enjoying the game too :lol: Made me laugh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 East Bengal along with a few other clubs in India share the 120000 capacity Salt Lake Stadium. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsy1990 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I was gonna say that practically every team in North Korea has a huge stadium, the Kim Il-Sung one springs to mind which is 50,000; I think either April.25 Sports Club or Pyongyang City play there. Not sure if the 100,000 capacity one, used for the mass games, is used for football. Maybe for internationals? RB Leipzig is a good one, anyone know what their average attendance is? I used to play for the reserve side of a semi-pro German club (SC Herford) and they have a stadium that can hold almost 20,000, think quite a few small German clubs have big stadiums. And yes, 1860 Munich still groundshare with Bayern. I'd have thought there would be some examples in Brazil, but I'm not as knowledgeable about their football as North Korea or Germany's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nine_iron Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 :lol: Made me laugh Grimsby is also the only stadium where the odds for winning the half time lucky draw is 50/50 I'll get my coat Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenS66 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 RB Leipzig is a good one, anyone know what their average attendance is? I used to play for the reserve side of a semi-pro German club (SC Herford) and they have a stadium that can hold almost 20,000, think quite a few small German clubs have big stadiums. And yes, 1860 Munich still groundshare with Bayern. Leipzig had an average of over 9000 for the first half of this season. Impressive I'd say. By the way: 1860 still goundshare with Bayern, but Bayern now own the arena completely and should have repaid all the loans in five or six years. Then they're gonna invest in the team big time!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Drundrige Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Frankfurt and Dusseldorf were in the top division for a long time. 1860 Munich (used to?) ground share with Bayern.You can't really call the Sheffield teams small either, they are just in a bit of a slump the past few years. They'll come back in time. I'm playing as Dusseldorf at the moment - started unemployed and got offered the job about 14 games into the season - couldn't believe my luck with the standard and size of the stadium they have! It even has a retractable roof... To be fair, they've been all the way down to the regional divisions in the last couple of years so they're not the force they were 30 or 40 years ago by any means. Not until I get them promoted of course... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Ah, I knew I'd come across this topic in The Guardian before - here it is in all it's glory: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jan/13/stadiums-capacity-town-population-knowledge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggusD Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Bradford League Two with 26000, Telford has 11000 in BSP? (not sure). Las Palmas 30000 in Liga Adelante. Many big stadiums in The Championship. River Plate in Argentina? There are plenty of these in all the big football nations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Started a game with Santo Andre of Brazil Third Division. With a crowd of 1,500 each week, their 18,000 seater stadium was a bit empty. But I got them to the top of Brazil and filled all those seats eventually Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Vila Nova (GO) play in a 50,000 seat stadium & iirc from my FM08 days average attendances were in the low 000's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lower Leagues Rule Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Como in Serie C2, Real Oviedo in Spanish Second Div B both have reasonably large sized stadiums. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nine_iron Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 For my custom Linconshire Database I have noticed many clubs that are down in the lowest leagues in the game having 4k plus stadia, this is leaving with with most clubs getting less than 30% of capacity. In the lowest leagues i have seen clubs get 8% of capacity for 500 capacity stadia. I wonder what is the most people you can get round a pitch and have everyone see, no stadia, just the green grass and one of those stringy rope things they use to keep the parents from intefering with the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Bradford League Two with 26000, Telford has 11000 in BSP? (not sure). Las Palmas 30000 in Liga Adelante. Many big stadiums in The Championship. River Plate in Argentina?There are plenty of these in all the big football nations. Bradford is the fifth biggest city in the country and the team was in the Premier League for a couple of seasons not too long ago. That said, they should be a bigger club than they are. Telford's capacity is more like 6-7000 not 11,000. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 That 1 has never made sense to me. How did that even end up happening? Got to be a bit freaky playing in a 50k+ stadium with what's probably just a few hundred people there. Queen's Park own Hampden. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Bradford is the fifth biggest city in the country No it isn't. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_United_Kingdom_settlements_by_population Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggusD Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Bradford is the fifth biggest city in the country and the team was in the Premier League for a couple of seasons not too long ago. That said, they should be a bigger club than they are.Telford's capacity is more like 6-7000 not 11,000. Maybe it was Hereford I remembered having the biggest stadium in the BS leagues then. Bradford is a small club now - despite being a relatively big club a decade ago. Any club playing in League Two is a small club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott MUFC Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 leeds *runs* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris M Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Bradford League Two with 26000, Telford has 11000 in BSP? (not sure). Las Palmas 30000 in Liga Adelante. Many big stadiums in The Championship. River Plate in Argentina?There are plenty of these in all the big football nations. River Plate may be many things, but a small club isn't one of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocheBag Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Not as crazy as some mentioned here but Paris FC play in France's 3rd division in a 20,000 seat stadium Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Hook Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 No it isn't.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_United_Kingdom_settlements_by_population If you look at metro area sizes, not just the city proper, then it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 As Dr Hook said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broloi Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Gl. Vejle Stadion - 15.000 Ikast Stadion - 15.000 They're both unused. We've got Frederikshavn Stadion here in Denmark. The team (Frederikshavns forenede Idrætsklubber) is currently playing in Danmarksserien (inactive in FM) and the station capacity is 10.000 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BREAL Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Messina with a stadium of 40.200 seats, and they play in the Italian Serie D. River AC in Brazil, they can hold 44.200 and in FM they only play in Campeonato Piauiense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazfmmad Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Only because it includes Leeds...... 24th biggest in Europe with Leeds included. Thats Bradford btw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
x42bn6 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Persija Jakarta play in the 88,000+ Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Indonesia, although they can get around 35,000+ at times when they play derbies (otherwise, attendances are usually around the 5,000-10,000 mark). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
css_matt Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Charlton 27,111 We also got planning permission for approx 45,000 (before we got relegated from the prem), I assume this is recognised in the game if you do well enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nine_iron Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Gl. Vejle Stadion - 15.000Ikast Stadion - 15.000 They're both unused. 0 I think they are both multisport venues, maybe unused for football but other things use them during the year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
selcuk.fenerbahce Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 istanbul büyükşehir belediyespor from turkish super league. municipality owns them so they got no fans no stadium so they play in that olimpic stadium liverpool won their milan CL final. 76.000 capacity. they get like 20-30 home fans every game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giggles Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 If England's 2018 World Cup Bid was successful we would of had a 45k seater stadium. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellz2002 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Charlton27,111 We also got planning permission for approx 45,000 (before we got relegated from the prem), I assume this is recognised in the game if you do well enough. Hardly a small club (although technically Charlton itself is quite small). Capacity totally justifiable when in Prem. Same as both Sheffield teams, stadiums expanded to current size when in prime position. Could say the same about some current Prem teams if they ever drop down to lower leagues. I've always thought Darlo's stadium too big when I saw them on tv highlights when in League 2. Hopefully they'll stave off closure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broloi Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I think they are both multisport venues, maybe unused for football but other things use them during the year. Both are old stations and the clubs decided to built new ones. Vejle BK used to play at Gl. Vejle Stadion, but is now playing at Ny Vejle Stadion - Placed right next to the old one. FC Midtjylland used to play at Ikast Stadion, but are now using SAS Arena. The same goes for Gl. Fredericia Stadion, with a capacity of 10.000 - FC Fredericia wanted a new stadion and the old one is now unused. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
css_matt Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Hardly a small club (although technically Charlton itself is quite small). Capacity totally justifiable when in Prem. Same as both Sheffield teams, stadiums expanded to current size when in prime position. Could say the same about some current Prem teams if they ever drop down to lower leagues.I've always thought Darlo's stadium too big when I saw them on tv highlights when in League 2. Hopefully they'll stave off closure. Ye, thought id mention it though, because this year we are quite an interesting game. - A good footballing team - Stadium that holds 27k but only gets around 17k per game, can be expanded - 2 leagues lower than where we should be - Expected to get promoted, poor financial state Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timma Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Maybe it was Hereford I remembered having the biggest stadium in the BS leagues then. Bradford is a small club now - despite being a relatively big club a decade ago. Any club playing in League Two is a small club. Im pretty sure when we (Hereford) were in the Conference we didn't have the largest ground. In fact Halifax's (who we beat in the playoff final) capacity is about twice the size of Edgar Street. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Any club playing in League Two is a small club. So if Manchester United ended up playing in League Two, would they then become a small club? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggusD Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 So if Manchester United ended up playing in League Two, would they then become a small club? Of course they would. History is full of formerly big, now forgotten clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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