[theo_luddite]

Some fond memories of the old ground in my youth, but it was well past it's use by date by the time we moved out. Not so fond memories of the restricted views, getting caught against crush barriers on the way out and the ankle deep swamps in around the loos. Had we stayed much longer, in a ground that once held over 60,000 in the 1930's, we'd have been down to a legal safe limit below 10,000.

Building new next door to the old (or as near as practical) means the journey to/from the ground has barely changed other than the last few yards. Had it been built across town somewhere else then I might not have been so keen. The only downside to me is the corners not being filled in. For the first go at a new stadium of it's size in the EFL since Noah sailed past, cursing the rain, it wasn't a bad effort.