SKY HIGH VIEWS OF THE VICTORIA GROUND

"EVER WONDERED WHAT STOKE CITY LOOKED LIKE THROUGH THE EYES OF A BIRD?

AN ARIEL VIEW LOOKING DOWN IN THE DIRECTION FROM ROUGHLY THE BUTLER STREET STAND AND STOKE END STAND.

THE BOOTHEN STAND PADDOCK CAN BE SEEN TO THE TOP OF THE PICTURE AS WELL AS THE PLAYERS TUNNEL, WHILST THE BOTTOM SECTION OF THE HUGE TERRACE THAT MADE UP THE BOOTHEN END CAN ALSO BE SEEN.

AN ALMOST REVERSE VIEW OF THE PICTURE FOUND ABOVE, THIS TIME LOOKING FROM THE CORNER DIRECTLY OPPOSITE, THE CORNER OF THE BOOTHEN STAND AND BOOTHEN END.

THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE VICTORIA GROUND CAN BE SEEN ON THE BOOTHEN STAND WITH ITS ATTRACTIVE CREAM BRICKWORK MINGLING IN WITH THE TERRACED HOUSES THAT SURROUNDED THE GROUND

ANOTHER VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE BOOTHEN END ROOF SIMILAR TO THE ONE FOUND ABOVE.. THIS TIME TO THE LEFT OF THE PICTURE THE BUTLER STREET PADDOCK IS VISIBLE. SIMILAR  PADDOCK AREA CAN BE FOUND ON THE OPPOSITE TOUCHLINE.

A SIMILAR VIEW TO ONE FOUND EARLIER, ONLY WITH THE BUTLER STREET STAND APPEARING AT A DIFFERENT ANGLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PICTURE. THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE BUTLER STREET STAND CAN ALSO ME SEEN AT THE CENTRE OF THE STAND, THIS WENT TO PROVIDING ACCESS FOR VISITORS WHO WOULD BE USING THE DIRECTORS BOXES FOUND IN THE STAND. ALSO IN VIEW IS PARK OF THE INFAMOUS BUTLER STREET CAR PARK, A MUD BATH ON RAINY DAYS!

THIS TIME THE VIEW IS TAKEN FROM BEHIND THE ROOF OF THE STOKE END STAND THAT USED TO OCCUPY AWAY SUPPORTERS, FOUND ON THIS CORNER SHOWN BETWEEN THE STOKE END STAND AND THE BOOTHEN STAND WOULD ALSO BE THE CLUB SHOP AND AN AREA WHERE VISITING TELEVISION STATIONS WOULD SET  UP WHEN EVER THERE WAS A LIVE MATCH ON THE BOX. THE BOOTHEN STAND (RIGHT) STRETCHES ON UP THE ROAD EVENTUALLY LEADING YOU TO THE BOOTHEN END....