RESIDENTS living in the shadow of a football stadium say it’s super loud and parking can be hell – but they love it.
Lively crowds pack the streets around Torquay United FC’s Plainmoor football stadium in Devon on matchday.
The 6,500 capacity stadium, where The Gulls have played since 1921, is surrounded by residential roads.
But that doesn’t seem to bother next door neighbour Phil Secker, who wouldn’t call himself a fan of the Yellow and Blue outfit.
“I personally don’t find it annoying, it’s just noise. It’s more annoying when you’ve got car alarms going off, people outside your house shouting and screaming at 2 o’clock in the morning – that’s annoying,” he told DevonLive.
“But the crowd singing and shouting and clapping no, that’s not annoying.”
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Sandrina Wood, who has only lived in the area for two years, also said she loves living next to the stadium.
She said: “We do get lots of people walking through here but they’re all jolly and happy. I’ve never experienced a fight or anything, which I thought I might. I just moved here to be with my family.
“People are enjoying themselves and it’s lovely. If I go into the top bedroom I can see them, I can’t see the football but I can see all the people waving in the stands. I’ve never had any trouble and I’ve been here just over two years.”
Another local resident called Mike claimed parking ‘used to be more of a problem years ago’.
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Chairman Clarke Osborne, who owns United through his Toklon Group, has always included a new stadium in long-term plans.
However efforts to find a suitable site have been frustrated to date.
Torquay United were relegated to the National League South after drawing 1-1 against National League champions Wrexham on the last day of the season.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
