Britain's BEST STADIUM you've NEVER seen!

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  • Опубліковано 25 жов 2022
  • I visited the home of Cefn Druids in northern Wales! "The Rock" as their football stadium is known has to be the most unique stadium within Britain!!!
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  • @FootyAdventures
    @FootyAdventures  Рік тому +32

    What's cooler... Cefn Druids or Braga???

  • @Tomlear99
    @Tomlear99 Рік тому +29

    Brilliant shoutout to sgorio, they’re unbelievably underrated for coverage of the welsh game, they’re wonderful and need all the praise possible

  • @LukeT390
    @LukeT390 Рік тому +50

    Lovely to see you covering Welsh football! Hope you enjoy our beautiful country! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

    • @cameronmotorbike5117
      @cameronmotorbike5117 Рік тому

      @@M____1878 Wdym?

    • @smith9333
      @smith9333 Рік тому

      Soon be called Pakistan,they are taking over the south , Cardiff,Swansea .

  • @kevingallagher4673
    @kevingallagher4673 Рік тому +7

    That is not only a great looking ground , but so clean too, a lot of pride with the man taking you around , you can see he loved showing you the ground.. love the brick dug outs too ...

  • @mitchhinkle900
    @mitchhinkle900 Рік тому +9

    I was on the Llangollen canal in September! ! Turned around in Trevor, the village just west of Cefn-mawr. I could have walked there! I live in California so doubt I’ll get back. But thanks for showing me something else outstanding about that wonderful area of Wales. Long live lower league football!

    • @robevans2659
      @robevans2659 Рік тому

      Llangollen is my hometown...hope you enjoyed your time here

  • @geoffpoole483
    @geoffpoole483 Рік тому +4

    What a lovely setting for a stadium! Up until the 1930s Norwich City's ground was an old quarry known as the Nest. The club had to move to Carrow Road because the Nest was deemed unsafe. I really enjoy these videos because they show there's far more to football than the PL, Champions League etc.

  • @michaelperdue4540
    @michaelperdue4540 Рік тому +10

    This channel continues to raise the bar, what a video to watch on my lunch break 😂😂😂💪🏻💪🏻

  • @eoghanconnolly6554
    @eoghanconnolly6554 Рік тому +5

    Played here with the Irish U18s v Wales 4 years back. The hospitality from the club was second to none. Serious playing service and the surrounds create a banging atmosphere

  • @AM-wc6fk
    @AM-wc6fk Рік тому +62

    This guy can't stop giving us W vids

  • @paulstarr6316
    @paulstarr6316 Рік тому +7

    Come on Wales,you Welsh need to start shouting out loud about how great Wales is.I'm English(Manchester) but admire how you punch well above your weight.lets just mention Gareth Bale for starters...love from England.

  • @waynehough13
    @waynehough13 Рік тому +8

    loved that you’re starting to cover Welsh teams. I went to an Aberystwyth Town game while on holiday there and it was lovely and welcoming there I’ve followed them ever since

  • @nickwilliams1065
    @nickwilliams1065 Рік тому +2

    Played there as a teen just after it was created from an old scrap yard that was cleared. the old iron bridge was a route to school. They built a tesco store on the old Cefn druids pitch,

  • @RossParker1877
    @RossParker1877 Рік тому +9

    Have a strange urge to go to North Wales 🤣. Superb video as usual Sam

    • @chickensprint
      @chickensprint Рік тому +1

      @@matboyd2444 The bloke didn't even know what a druid is

  • @malcolmclarke3033
    @malcolmclarke3033 Рік тому +1

    Excellent video and the enthusiasm from both you and the club is refreshing. Definitely worth a visit.

  • @kirks1234
    @kirks1234 Рік тому +9

    Great video, and a great ground. Might try and get over from Dublin for a game. If I climb up Howth Head on a clear day, I can see Wales, so no excuses for not going. If the Welsh FA followed the Irish model and switched to a Feb/ Oct season, crowds would increase considerably, and European results would see Welsh clubs knocking on the door of the European group stages because most of their European opponents would still be in pre-season. A quarter of a million, give or take, for getting through every qualifying round, and Shamrock Rovers over here will be getting the best part of five mill for qualifying for the Europa Conference. Good luck to Wales in the World Cup, Ireland has officially adopted you :)

    • @gridone769
      @gridone769 Рік тому

      @The Hanging Torch of Darkness sure can from different parts 😁

    • @eileannach4350
      @eileannach4350 Рік тому +1

      ,,,,,,,,and you can see the Wicklow Mountains from Holyhead Mountain on your way back from the Rock!

    • @123bwlch
      @123bwlch Рік тому +1

      @@eileannach4350 You can see Wicklow Mountains from top of Wyddfa/Snowdon on a clear day.

  • @12cantonas87
    @12cantonas87 Рік тому +8

    I had a workshop here a few years ago it was one of the nicest places I've ever worked. Proper local people doing what they love best. I hope they can get back into the Welsh premium again

  • @harold6863
    @harold6863 Рік тому +11

    Thanks Sam your videos get better and better. What a nice well run little club. It’s nice to see some Welsh grounds as we don’t tend to hear about the teams in the Welsh leagues.

    • @BakedPenguin77
      @BakedPenguin77 Рік тому +4

      can't lie druids are the complete opposite of a well run club

    • @harold6863
      @harold6863 Рік тому +1

      @@BakedPenguin77 you obviously know more than me so I can’t really comment properly, but the Chairman talked it up and it looked a tidy little ground. These videos are so good seeing less popular clubs with long histories.

    • @cameronmotorbike5117
      @cameronmotorbike5117 Рік тому

      @@matboyd2444 ummm.... nice paragraph 😂

  • @tlcrf80mins73
    @tlcrf80mins73 Рік тому +7

    We played a Rugby League game there 5 or 6 years ago against North Wales Crusaders. It's a cracking little ground - and that rock-face is a great feature.

  • @darrenwilson8042
    @darrenwilson8042 Рік тому +2

    I will always remember when they were sponsored by NEWI ( a local college I think ) - Saturday evenings the booming voice of James Alexander Gordon on the radio saying " NEWI Cefn Druids 2 Airbus nilllll " - great memories

  • @Thebigdog_1984
    @Thebigdog_1984 Рік тому +11

    What a great little club, seems to be really well run by a passionate man and i'm sure his staff share that passion, next time i'm able i'll be coming up to watch a game

    • @jepfrsh3695
      @jepfrsh3695 Рік тому +1

      Watched them last year, not very good on pitch atm

  • @LFC-Raven
    @LFC-Raven Рік тому +1

    Great video, how does this channel not have waaay more subs, yet... very enjoyable. Thank you

  • @theabandonedhunter3604
    @theabandonedhunter3604 Рік тому +2

    Wow what a fantastic video and awesome scenery!! Well done mate, I might have to pay that a visit ⚽️

  • @KimRFC55Young
    @KimRFC55Young Рік тому +2

    Another great video and I love ur historical take on these stadiums.

  • @daanwel4987
    @daanwel4987 Рік тому +2

    Stumbled across one of your videos a couple months ago, absolutely love your channel mate. Greetings from the Netherlands (Feyenoord fan)!

  • @davidbarr9343
    @davidbarr9343 Рік тому +4

    Wonderful countryside. Brilliant name for a football club!👏And a really good looking ground.

  • @illusiveedge5223
    @illusiveedge5223 Рік тому

    Glad this snuck into my recommended. Awesome video

  • @bigears5809
    @bigears5809 Рік тому +2

    Love your videos. Right up my street. So well put together. Thank you.

  • @jontalbot1
    @jontalbot1 Рік тому +1

    I have seen it many times. I am an Ipswich fan living near Chester but l have a soft spot for the Druids notwithstanding last years dreadful season. When l go l get the feeling l am the only person who doesn’t know everyone else. But it’s really friendly and a pleasure to visit

  • @depekthegreat359
    @depekthegreat359 Рік тому +9

    Wow!!!This is an extremely so fantastic stadium to visit and they are one of my favourite respective footballing clubs daily and ever in this world and other planets,good friends!!!:-D

  • @jonnymcroberts720
    @jonnymcroberts720 Рік тому +4

    Brilliant video as always Sam! Should definitely try get over and get to the Glentoran vs Larne top of the table clash on Friday night if you can, Get to see the mighty Inver Reds maintain their undefeated start to the league 😉🔴⚪️

  • @martinholroyd7605
    @martinholroyd7605 Рік тому

    Your content just gets better & better Sam 👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @myfootballarchive4299
    @myfootballarchive4299 Рік тому +2

    Great vid as always, should’ve asked him about Cefn Albion 😁

  • @BEATRONIX_CF83
    @BEATRONIX_CF83 Рік тому +2

    Great video as always. You should check out Cardiff City Stadium and the old ninian gates with the Jock Stein memorial and the penalty spot in the housing estate opposite. Or the millenium stadium with the old Cardiff Arms Park still part of the stadium

  • @trevormoir583
    @trevormoir583 Рік тому +1

    Great stadium.Great video as always.

  • @jamesjames9073
    @jamesjames9073 Рік тому +5

    Class video as always

  • @Finlay0902
    @Finlay0902 Рік тому +2

    I’m loving all this content, their is so much interesting stuff out there that you don’t here about

  • @neilh6178
    @neilh6178 Рік тому

    Loved the map, visual help for us 🇨🇦. Great video, helps make a map of my own and places to go and visit.

  • @TheKingArthurYEAH
    @TheKingArthurYEAH Рік тому +1

    Love these small clubs and small stadiums. Great work.

  • @mykyta.kontsevyi
    @mykyta.kontsevyi Рік тому +21

    Thank you for showing this beautiful stadium in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 warm regards from Ukraine 🇺🇦 🤝 🇬🇧

  • @jasongarufi8187
    @jasongarufi8187 Рік тому

    Thanks for another great video Sam

  • @tommyhurst1168
    @tommyhurst1168 Рік тому +2

    Been to watch AFC Liverpool in a pre season friendly game here, I remember seeing graffiti on the rock face and thinking how have they got there to do it!!.
    Enjoyed my trip there and they are a very welcoming club, well worth a visit.

  • @nielsjunker1487
    @nielsjunker1487 Рік тому

    great video as always I really enjoy them big fan from Denmark.

  • @davidowen5295
    @davidowen5295 Рік тому

    Thanks for the video's I live between Wrexham and Cefn hope you enjoyed your visit 👍

  • @Red_Snappa
    @Red_Snappa Рік тому +1

    You're a natural on camera pal, such a nice, friendly & enthusiastic persona - a major TV company should sign you up #SkySports maybe?? Great informative channel (subbed) Cheers

  • @t.a.k.palfrey3882
    @t.a.k.palfrey3882 Рік тому +2

    Great little video, for which many thanks. The channel Sgorio is pronounced with short 'o's, like the o on of, not the o in only. The accent, it being a Welsh word, is on the first o. The place where you are, Cefn, is pronounced as if the f was a v, and literally means The Back or the rear side, presumably referring to the village's inferior geographic position or historic status in comparison with a more important place nearby. Football in Welsh is pêl droed (ball for the foot) btw.

  • @brandonwilliams1625
    @brandonwilliams1625 Рік тому +1

    Me a Welsh was dying when you tried to pronounce sgorio but we'll done for trying 🤣👍

  • @johncanty3833
    @johncanty3833 Рік тому +1

    Great content, wasn't aware of this stadium before.

  • @JHatLpool
    @JHatLpool Рік тому

    A great video, really well made.

  • @icecoffee1361
    @icecoffee1361 Рік тому +1

    Been this stadium with my lad loads when he’s playing football but this stadium 🏟 is amazing when you shout and your voice reflects off the rock face 💙

  • @stecurrell5863
    @stecurrell5863 Рік тому

    Another brilliant video

  • @TheGroundHopper
    @TheGroundHopper Рік тому +2

    Liverpool council used the stone from the quarry in cefn druids to build the city hall

  • @fearlesspromotions759
    @fearlesspromotions759 Рік тому

    Love this! Very different.

  • @davidpalin1790
    @davidpalin1790 Рік тому

    Great video
    Well done 👏

  • @pratikthapa6218
    @pratikthapa6218 Рік тому +3

    What you are doing is amazing and even my dream. Keep going

    • @FootyAdventures
      @FootyAdventures  Рік тому

      Thanks so much for the support. Got loads more to come!!!

  • @adamcran9859
    @adamcran9859 Рік тому

    Fabulous my brother 💙👌🏻⚽

  • @dennisjacobsen842
    @dennisjacobsen842 Рік тому

    You are great mate👍🏻 love from denmark🇩🇰

  • @rfc5561
    @rfc5561 Рік тому

    Very cool mate,Wrexham video coming soon?(edit) just seen u have a Wrexham video love it keep it up mate ❤

  • @richardjones5127
    @richardjones5127 Рік тому +1

    Great vid! Lovely little ground with a great heritage. They are also great at developing talented local kids!
    For info, in Welsh the letter V doesn't exist. The letter F is pronounced as a V and the FF is pronounced as an F.

  • @wp4014
    @wp4014 Рік тому +1

    Been planning to go here groundhopping for ages. Can't wait to go

  • @danfowles8290
    @danfowles8290 Рік тому +1

    My parents live about ½ mile away and I never knew this stadium existed, thank you for the video 😄

  • @Oliver-The-Mighty
    @Oliver-The-Mighty Рік тому +7

    Chairman seems amazing, nice to have someone running a club who cares for the club, place, fans and community

  • @thedrunkenirishman9832
    @thedrunkenirishman9832 Рік тому +1

    Funny timings as my best friend just got a job as head off at Cefn Druids new head off coaching. I'll probably get to see the Stadium in person soon enough

  • @simonmclaren880
    @simonmclaren880 Рік тому

    Off to north wales next Friday, will definitely be giving cefn druids a visit

  • @user-sw2lv3zp6o
    @user-sw2lv3zp6o Рік тому

    What a lovely setting.

  • @garethpotter8922
    @garethpotter8922 Рік тому +2

    Great watching these weird and wonderful football grounds mate be nice if you can get back and see them play keep the videos coming there fantastic

  • @thomasmay6551
    @thomasmay6551 Рік тому +1

    Check out Merthyr Town FC, welsh club playing in the 7th tier of English football, rivalry with Hereford and European history with a win against Atalanta in the European cup in the 80s

  • @Ajd83.
    @Ajd83. Рік тому

    what a tidy ground, loving the rock garden 😉 😜 . . 👍

  • @Divine-foodCoUk
    @Divine-foodCoUk Рік тому +1

    My lad played a friendly there about 4/5 years back. Thought it was a remarkable place then. Thanks for the reminder. It didn't have a 4g pitch back then..

  • @ryanoconnor5612
    @ryanoconnor5612 Рік тому

    The analytics room looked cool!

  • @saraprva4172
    @saraprva4172 Рік тому +1

    Hi Sam, you should check HNK Rijeka in Croatia if you love these type of stadium

  • @obadiahspong2300
    @obadiahspong2300 Рік тому +1

    Have you been to Nanpean Rovers ground in Cornwall. Also very quirky and in a hollow. I went there a couple of times in the 1960s

  • @underdog1072
    @underdog1072 Рік тому

    Never been despite living nearby, will check it out sometime.

  • @elonkaskus2985
    @elonkaskus2985 Рік тому

    Woow amazing Stadium, i love this stadium 😍😍😍

    • @Haiyaaa197
      @Haiyaaa197 6 місяців тому +1

      The club is bankrupt

  • @carlsmith2412
    @carlsmith2412 Рік тому +2

    Cefn is Welsh for back, so the club's name literally translates to "Druids back".
    No idea what relevance that may or may not have to how the club got that name.
    A simpler one along the same lines is a team based in a town near Blackwood in South Wales, called Cefn Fforest, which translates to "Back (of) Forest" because the village is situated (you'll never guess this)..... Behind a forest 😂.

    • @thejimtrain
      @thejimtrain Рік тому

      Cefn Mawr translates to Big Ridge.

  • @energlynblues1563
    @energlynblues1563 Рік тому

    Love the videos, if you get a chance give Merthyr Town a try, supporters run club, amazing history, ex football league and played Atalanta in Europe.

  • @meatballg8655
    @meatballg8655 3 місяці тому

    always weird being a local to these areas and seeing places you take your dog for a walk regularly. start of the video is about 2 minutes down the union canal from pentre heading towards fron. would've parked next to the guy who lives in a ford transit by the water edge

  • @MrSammotube
    @MrSammotube Рік тому

    This was pretty cool.

  • @SuperNinjaUK
    @SuperNinjaUK Рік тому

    Also to add, only cymru premier (welsh top flight) highlights are shown, sometimes but very rarely that tier 2 and women's (including Cardiff, Swansea and wrexham) sides highlights are shown but even then its only 1 match

  • @dimsum9025
    @dimsum9025 Рік тому

    He should be on a major network channel good job👍

  • @andrewjones4616
    @andrewjones4616 Рік тому

    The bridge you went under. To leave the stadium. Leads to a big playing field and my house :)

  • @DS315LUFC
    @DS315LUFC Рік тому +2

    Have you considered Canvey Island's below sea level ground for a visit?

  • @frankpeat
    @frankpeat Рік тому +1

    I am a true Motherwell supporter and I am truly sorry about the reception that you got at Motherwell , I love your videos and the fans at fir park who gave you shit are not true Motherwell fans , thanks for all your great vlogs , good luck and keep your vlogs coming 👍🙏🏼.

  • @reubenlight5821
    @reubenlight5821 Рік тому +1

    You should go to Merthyr Town FC: the unknown 5th welsh team that play in the English pyramid

  • @vaughanrichards7438
    @vaughanrichards7438 Рік тому

    Fideo ffantastig!

  • @craigmcvay1
    @craigmcvay1 Рік тому

    Heaton Stannington, was a quarry back in the day it was filled in and the pitch/ground is now on top of it.

  • @deadmanonleave7503
    @deadmanonleave7503 Рік тому

    Is that Des Williams who used to play for and manage Club 81 and Hartwell in Northants? Made me run through brick walls as a player, great if so!

  • @ScottishCraigB
    @ScottishCraigB Рік тому +1

    are you going to do a video of being at a game at this stadium will be pritty cool

  • @willbee6785
    @willbee6785 Рік тому

    Love it.

  • @glyn6170
    @glyn6170 Рік тому

    Why don't you come to Saltaire, West Yorkshire. We have a stadium here that is ranked among the annuals of footballing history.
    It was here at Salts Sports Association ground (aka The Sewage Works Ground) that the mighty Barnstoneworth United played. Made lagendary by Michael Palin and Terry Jones in their 1979 sports documentary Golden Gordon. The ground is still there, the stand is still there.
    A citadel to football.

  • @fovvy_lover
    @fovvy_lover Рік тому +1

    Beautiful stadium

  • @georgemorley1029
    @georgemorley1029 Рік тому +1

    Wasn’t the reason that druids left no written accounts that their culture was one based around an oral tradition, singing and poems?

  • @michaeldilworth5382
    @michaeldilworth5382 Рік тому

    You should go to Iodine Park, Millhead, Lancs to complete the set!!

  • @steffankeyte679
    @steffankeyte679 Рік тому

    Another welsh club you could cover is Ammanford, Lee Trundle plays for them and they’re in second tier of welsh football

  • @alfieneal873
    @alfieneal873 Рік тому

    Go to the Hollingsworth group stadium at airbus uk Broughton where the runway is just beg the pitch

  • @derickl436
    @derickl436 Рік тому +1

    If I remember right, the Celts never left records because their culture and historical stories were spoken, not written.

  • @Jonas_1907
    @Jonas_1907 Рік тому

    that stadium looks fantastic

  • @JoeR1208
    @JoeR1208 Рік тому

    No team plays there anymore but you have to visit. Fochriw Welfare Ground. Absolute belter of a ground

  • @user-cn3zq2zu2o
    @user-cn3zq2zu2o Рік тому

    That's a cracking clubhouse

  • @jeffhawley2441
    @jeffhawley2441 Рік тому

    In lare March it was announced that wrexham women would be playing games there as they needed to have additional features to play in new division 2023 2024

  • @TheSW6Club
    @TheSW6Club Рік тому +2

    Can you take a trip to Peckham Town FC? They have the smallest non league stand 😂 Also Corinthian Casuals would also be a good one. My local team but lots and lots of history!