Who has the best ground (WorldWide)

[ianrobo1]

yep one of my best pictures, even got the moon in !!!

this one was during the day with the temp being 35C

[RichardCanning]

Gotta love the way people have written off the new Wembley without even having been there. The reason Wembley will be the best ground is because its the place you're most likely to see Villa win things and thats what matters to me!

[WEAREVILLA]

The new Wembley will be spectacular of that I have no doubt. Having visited the Nou Camp for the tour I must say it is awe inspiring even when empty as mentioned above. Might get to a game there this season as my mum and dad have brought a place in Spain.

[irish-villan]

The new Allianz arena is absolutely class.

[eston21]

estadio maracana. one day id like to go there

[Morley_crosses_to_Withe]

I agree with the general sentiment - Nou Camp.

Been there a few times and it is absolutely amazing.

Thought the Bernabeau was incredible as well. Seen a few games there including a CL game and the atmosphere was breathtaking - almost, if not just as good, as the Nou Camp.

[stevenjos]

Ive been the Nou camp and its amazing.

I have an inkling though, that the New Wembley could be amazing.

Should of been built in brum though (spits and swears about cockneys robbing everything)

[mansonAVFC]

estadio maracana. one day id like to go there

I was going to include this but the fact that it is falling to pieces made me think otherwise. But in it's glory days was a fantastic arena and one of the biggest stadiums on the planet.

[NurembergVillan]

For the stadiums I've been to, the Veltins Arena, home of (you guessed it!) Schalke takes some beating. I was there for the 2003 Champions League Final, and it was incredible. A bit modern for my liking but out of all the modern stadiums, was the best for me.

[bickster]

EW, the shadow on the pitch, thats awful

[NurembergVillan]

It was dark when I was there

[TRL]

I havent been to many grounds, except Werder Bremen and Ajax. And Ajax is pretty smooth.

[TOTTI-THE-GOD]

I've also voted for the Nou Camp , went there last Monday and did the tour , its a superb stadium shame the tour was a bit crappy .

Its wasnt like are tour where someone leads you round and tells you interesting things and gives indepth info on are history. On the Barca tour you follow arrows around the ground and they have people standing round every where so that if you want to know some info you have to ask them . But there trophy room is pretty impressive though they charge you 10 euros to have your picture took with the European Cup (robbing buggers) not suprisingly when i was aksed if i wanted my picture took with it i replyed rather cocky "why when i can go to my Villa and have it done for free" oh and of course i was wearing my Villa top at the time ,hehe.

Why has nobody in these other countries heard of the Villa , do people not know what we've achieved in are history ? Bloody foreigners

[Daholteend]

Why has nobody in these other countries heard of the Villa , do people not know what we've achieved in are history ? Bloody foreigners

every time I think of Barcelona I can't help but think of Basil Fawlty smacking Manuel around the head and explaining

"He's from Barcelona you know ;)"

and Manual replying "Meeester Fawwwwlty, Que? !"

Until we have won the Champions League a few times I doubt that any one in Spain will know who we are. I hope by then we will be rid of our awful Hummel Shirts and have signed with a quality equipment supplier.

The consolation is that Chelski fans would get a similar treatment when wearing their shirts abroad. A lot of people would mistake them for Frenchmen ! Oui? !

[Nigel]

Also have to agree with the Nou Camp!

It’s not only the actual stadium but the sense of history primarily coming from the museum and trophy room. I left there with the opinion that if I ever make it as a pro (time is ticking as I am 30 in 4 days, the same day as Juampi turns the same magical number) I would consider Barcelona the greatest team outside villa to play for!

1 thing I noticed which summed up the passion there is that amongst all the grandiose trophys and gold framed pictures in the museum someone had actually scrubbed out the face of Figo with a compass...brilliant!

[villafan306]

Why isn't St Andrews in this poll?

[TOTTI-THE-GOD]

The shocking thing is Barca have won the European cup the same amount of times as the Villa , probably the only thing we have in common

[Nigel]

What are you on about nothing in common...

They have Ronaldinio .....we have Hendrie

[Guest barçachris]

It has everything, a top club team, one of the best cities in the world, great seating (just try the top tier and look at the view), great weather, good set of faans to sit against and just the best out..

Agree with most you say there Ian, but have to disagree on the fans thing. They are, without doubt, the most miserable, ungrateful bunch of whingers you're ever likely to come across. They very rarely get behind the team, and prefer to whistle the odd decision that goes against them, or the misplaced pass in a series of 25 than actually give their side some encouragement. As a consequence the atmosphere is terrible. You can hear a pin drop when they're not booing the ref. I used to go a few times a season, but don't bother now as I only find myself getting wound up by their attitude.

As far as the stadium goes, I'd say the San Siro beats Camp Nou. Inside they are equally as spectacular, but externally the San Siro wins hands down. The 12 (I think) towers and the red iron framed roof of the San Siro are stunningly beautiful, whereas Camp Nou looks more like an NCP Car Park from the outside.

Pictures I've seen of the Allianz Stadium lead me to believe that it would beat all of them when fully illuminated.

[villahero]

i've always thought Loftus Road was quite good