Northampton Town's Sixfields

Northampton Town's Sixfields was build by the same company who built the Imps' CO-OP Stand, and it shows in one of the blandest and most uncharacteristic grounds in the country. The one thing that this ground has going for it is that it's in the middle of a retail park.

How to describe Northampton Town's Sixfields? A few words pop to mind, mainly the word, bland. I had never really wanted to visit Northampton but unfortunatly they were relegated and we didn't go up meaning a trip to Sixfields was inevitable. Infact, I'm not going to beat around the bush, I hate this ground, there is not one ground that I hate visiting as much as this ground, it is so incredibly bland, quiet and mind numbling crap that I'd rather travel to watch Lincoln play in the Shetland Islands knowing that we'd lose 5-0.

There are some good things about Northampton though is that it's in the middle of a retail park, meaning that there is plenty to do around the ground, including restaurants, a cinema and various other little things.

The other good thing about Sixfields is that not only is Northampton on the M1 and really easy to get to, the ground itself is on the outskirts of the town and therefore it is one of the easier grounds in the country to get to.

That's where the positive part of this review stops.

The ground itself, incase you hadn't guessed is very bland, it was made by the same people who re-made Sincil Bank so you'd expect a similar design and you'd be right. If you imagine City's CO-OP stand with the lettering taken out and all seats turned purple, and then surround it with stands of similar size to City's Mundy Stand but take the exec boxes out and turn the seats people, you will have Sixfields. There also a bunch of local cheapskates who sit on the hill behind the stand behind the opposite goal watching the game through the gaps, that really pisses me off.

Stewards at the ground were easily heavy handed and out of control, they threw fans out for joining in with the "STAND UP IF YOU LOVE THE IMPS" chant because apparantly it would start.......from what I've seen, Northampton fans lack the passion to be able to get annoyed enough by a group of opposition fans giving their love for their club. They also tried to chuck other for trying to "create a better atmosphere than the Northampton fans" which wasn't that hard because they were very quiet, even at 1-0 up.

THE WEST STAND

The atmosphere at Sixfields is a joke for a supposed "vocal" club. I've heard more noise at a "Monks Appreciation for Silence" meeting. There are few grounds where you are likely to get less of an atmosphere than Sixfields and the only time I've ever heard them sing, is for about 2 minutes after they took the lead in the first visit there. 

Infact, the stewards were acting the same way as some fans in the top left hand side of the Northampton end, like complete and utter twats. There was a single Northampton fan in a shirt from 1996 or something like that (and this was on all occasions that I've visited Sixfields) and he didn't actually watch the match at any point, he just kept trying to taunt the away fans.

I know I haven't said much on this ground because there is nothing more to say. I have to visit this ground once more but I sincerely hope I never have to again after this because I have never had an afternoon at a more boring and bland ground and club. There is no change in hell that I will ever visit this ground for a game that didn't involve Lincoln.