Turf Moor Stadium

I do like Greek food, but I like Turk Moor. And so, apparently, do the people of Burnley who named their stadium after the concept. Don’t tell any Greeks that though, I do love their food too.
First-​Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium — I’ve only ever seen one game at Turf Moor, and it was a wonderful experience. Some of the loudest fans in the North West of England, and a true gritty British football experience, the way it used to be before money took over the game. The stadium is actually fantastic. The only reason I give it 1 star less is because it’s so cold… there’s no real shelter from the wind whipping through here. It could use some renovation. But I loved being here. It was 2011, the last time I saw a game here, by the way. I’ll be going to see another one, soon, hopefully in 2016.
I’ve been to every significant stadium in UK & US, due to a lifelong obsession with travel, sport & especially footy (soccer to Americans). Born & raised in England, I followed Oxford United (hometown team) to stadia all over the country at away games, and later followed Liverpool (fave team) around. Every stadium review — like all my reviews — are based on first-​hand personal experience, usually from multiple visits. In 2011, I was on music tour in the UK, visiting hundreds of stadiums for fun in my spare time. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was «stuck» in UK for 3 months, I went to most of them yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at many of them, which I will post later. Also, when back in the UK I plan to take more pix, and add more stadia! So watch this space!
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Turf Moor is a historic and amazing stadium with a fierce atmosphere, up in the hills in freezing Burnley, and they get amazing crowds, so why is it not a 5? Well, because the corners are open which means some of the atmosphere is lost. More so than in a lot of other stadiums of this type. It can hold around 22k at the moment but I think that it should be more.
It’s in the East of Burnley and when it remodels to accommodate 28k, hopefully it will then be a 5 star arena. It was actually built way back in 1833 so it’s one of the oldest stadiums still in use anywhere in the world.