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BikinGlynn

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I Hate football!

Really I do! I find it the most over rated, overpaid waste of 90 minuets that man can participate in.
Just thought Id make that clear before we start.

However this place can be measured in metres rather than miles from my house & I had never paid it a visit.
Strange how that happens isn't it? You travel miles to see some places but somewhere u walk / drive past daily simply goes unnoticed as part of "the neighbourhood".
Anyway believing this will not be here much longer & with an early end to work I managed to pay this a visit.

History

Despite my previous comments it was with a prang of pride I read the history of "our" club. Not because of their sporting success (That is quite frankly an appalling string of failure) but rather that they were the first club to wear sponsorship on their shirts & the first club to have their initials in their floodlights, although I found no evidence of the latter!
There are a few names in the history that amazingly I have heard of such as Ron Atkinson & Paul Gascoisgne who were both managers at one time or another, presumably before they went on to get a real job!
On a personal level I worked for many years with 1970's club player Brian Myton, who later played professionally for Middlesborough.
Kettering have been to Wembely twice...and lost on both occasions, and finally gave up their rent on the Rockingham Road grounds in 2011 which is the last time the pitch was used.
The poppies moved to better things & took over the rather plush Rushden & Diamonds ground (Which is now also being demolished incidentally) of course they soon realised there was no way they sustain the costs of this and moved again.
The club now play at nearby Burton Latimer which is little more than a field!

The Explore

I took the unusual step of visiting this on my own, but access is ridiculously easy, having said that I did have a few moments when faced with several seemingly new security cameras.
Anyway I went in at rush hour off the main road & rather than scope who was about & bide my time I opted for the jump in as quick as possible method, but once in spent quite a relaxed hour milling about, trying not to be seen from the neighbouring houses.
Unfortunately the place is completely trashed, with not a window or door in tact, but there was still a few reasonable pictures to be had.

Excuse the grubby marks on lens lol but hope u enjoy!

33323045266_36aff71854_b.jpgIMG_4564 by Glynn Preston, on Flickr

33323002566_1ae56c917f_c.jpgIMG_4556 by Glynn Preston, on Flickr

32520402404_d1c9892c3f_c.jpgIMG_4538 by Glynn Preston, on Flickr

33208166072_7480cdc1c7_b.jpgIMG_4558 by Glynn Preston, on Flickr

33207858852_4f9c10b4ec_b.jpgIMG_4485 by Glynn Preston, on Flickr

33322943596_6f67224f6b_c.jpgIMG_4529 by Glynn Preston, on Flickr

33363129395_e521dac22c_b.jpgIMG_4463 by Glynn Preston, on Flickr

32549064153_f95817506e_b.jpgIMG_4492 by Glynn Preston, on Flickr

33322716976_266bb16536_b.jpgIMG_4488 by Glynn Preston, on Flickr

33363443025_9e2b2be732_b.jpgIMG_4515 by Glynn Preston, on Flickr

33235831521_bc5edd8a03_b.jpgIMG_4520 by Glynn Preston, on Flickr

33207871032_c6fccf5ecb_b.jpgIMG_4491 by Glynn Preston, on Flickr

33208204752_ace8710d08_b.jpgIMG_4567 by Glynn Preston, on Flickr

33235813761_44338c42f4_b.jpgIMG_4504 by Glynn Preston, on Flickr

32980966060_44b3036241_b.jpgIMG_4526 by Glynn Preston, on Flickr

33235915241_0fe204935f_b.jpgIMG_4562 by Glynn Preston, on Flickr

32520390914_e3c01b2215_b.jpgIMG_4536 by Glynn Preston, on Flickr

Few more pics here
https://www.flickr.com/photos/149212758@N08/with/32980966060/
 
I also hate football, but for some reason that seething resentment subsided for a minute while I looked at your photos.

Good job!
 
That's definitely taken a battering in the two years since I was there!
 
Glad I did this report, as predicted this is now being demolished!
Kinda sad but tbh it will be better off gone!
 

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