Whaddon Road – Abbey Business Stadium

Whaddon man whaddon man whaddon man whaddon mighty good man whaddon mighty mighty good man.
So sang En Vogue, referring to how awesome the hunks are that watch footy games in this stadium. Er, not.
First-​Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium — my family lives about 40 mins from this stadium, down the road in Oxford. My brother got married about 20 mins from here, too. I really like it actually.
I saw Oxford play here maybe 10 years ago, and then I saw Cheltenham play someone else here in 2014. I have to say I was more impressed the second time. They’ve done nice things with it, it’s all enclosed, it’s loud, the fans are nice. I appreciated the game and the positive changes. Two teams play here and it still manages to have great grass. I respect this place a lot. 4 stars.
I’ve been to most UK & US stadiums, due to lifelong obsessions 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 Liverpool (fave team) around. Every stadium review — like all my reviews — are from first-​hand personal experience, usually from several visits. In 2011, I was on music tour in the UK, and visited most stadiums for fun in my spare time. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was «stuck» in UK for 3 months, I went to hundreds yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at most, which I’ll post later. Also, when back in UK I’ll take more pix, and add more stadia!
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It’s a shared ground with Cheltenham Town being the home team, and Gloucester, whose stadium was flooded for like, decades, sharing it.
Though it was built in 1927, what’s really nice about it is that it has 4 stands all enclosed, so even though I’m totally indifferent to both of the teams playing in it, it’s one of the better stadiums in the lower leagues. Only 7k people but a really good atmosphere.