Talk:Pittodrie Stadium
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[edit] The 'first' all-seated stadium
OK, I kind of expected this, and I do hope we don't get into any back-and-forth about it. Pittodrie was, in fact, one of the first, not the first. The word 'planned' is deliberate - the all-seated idea had been planned for some time, and was deliberately introduced. However, it was introduced close to a year after Clydebank had done it. The reason I make the distinction using the word 'planned' is that Clydebank were forced into their situation by an unexpected promotion - I've detailed all this on the All-seater stadium article.
I've used the Inglis book, as noted, as my source, although I do have a secondary source - my own experiences. I was there, and I can confirm that we were not the first. I'm pretty sure that really patient digging in the archives of the Press and Journal would turn up some corroboration for this, but I am as certain as it is possible to be that Pittodrie was not the first in Britain.
Incidentally, Inglis himself seems a little confused by the timing. I'm pretty sure (I don't have the bok to hand) that he does state somewhere that Pittodrie was the first. However, he does give a conclusive chronology in both the Pittodrie section and the New Kilbowie section which identifies Clydebank's ground as the first.
If it's any consolation (and any further honour to the memory of Chris Anderson - there's an article long overdue for creation), Pittodrie was intended to be the first all-seater, and was (if you accept the caveats) the first all-seated and all-covered ground in Britain. Watty1962 04:52, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
I've also read somewhere that Pittodrie was the first all seated and all-covered ground in the UK, which is not right as the stands by the South Stand weren't covered, but I agree that it wasn't the first all-seated ground in Britain. Certainly the best, though, in my own opinion :) Swaddon1903 08:49, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
