Waking up early right as a Tifo video drops, with chill music and Joe's calming voice, while drinking a hot beverage is one of the little pleasures in life.
Football fans around the world enjoy the game, not just because of the 90 mins. But because of the culture, people, history, and drama that goes along with it. Where does all this happen mostly, if not at the grounds itself. Videos like these are priceless Tifo Football!
This is very inspiring, considering I want to become an architect and I really want to design such stadia in Kenya, where sports infrastructure has really been ignored and rejected
My Dad was lucky enough to survive that horror of Hillsborough. Uncomfortable but vital to know the many ways in which the disaster could have been prevented. Great video as always, informative and handled grave subjects with decorum.
A engineering giant his designs are fantastic my clubs ground Ewood park was typical of his desighn before it changed love the old stadiums the new ones are soulless plastic bowls
As an away fan, the old stand where away fans are housed at Goodison is one of my favourite stands and Goodison is one of my favourite away grounds (even though we only win there one in a decade, on average!). I love that old stand with the wooden seats. Even having a pole in the way which means you have to stand forward and look around it, has a certain charm.
As football fans i believe that every football stadium in England. Should have statue of Mr.Lietch. And thanks to Tifo for bringing such underrated football stories.
Thanks for mentioning Fratton Park at the end there. It's one of the few which still looks mostly like Leitch designed it. I often hear Pompey fans talk of their desire for a new stadium, but I think a big part of the club's soul would be lost if we moved.
Interesting so many unsung heroes and characters over the last hundred years that have shaped football to today what it is. Thank you Archibald Leitch.
As I am 55 now, I have experience of visiting the stadiums you have mentioned. In my earlier years I noticed the design's of the mentioned stadiums ... you could notice the design genre ... So Thank You for giving me his name!. ps The World Name, for The World Game is FOOTBALL.
I always remember new to EPL players in the 90-ies and later on years, always mentioning those stadiums and the atmosphere in the interviews they gave. Managers also commented on this atmosphere in their first interviews for their clubs, as one of the reasons they came to coach in England. Sadly, the corporate editions, as flashy and beautiful they might be, lack souls and atmosphere, and I say this as an Arsenal fan ...
Right. As a Boro fan and a proud Middlesbrough man I have to correct you on the pronunciation of Aryresome Park. It’s just air-some park. But LOVE to see our old ground mentioned on a Tifo vid. Did he have a say on the names? If so he did like a park or two didn’t he lol But could you imagine today a stadium collapsing people dying and then the man you bring in to redesign it is the SAME guy who designed the thing that collapsed in the first place? NO WAY would that happen today lol There would be OUTRAGE. Also just randomly; I would LOVE to see a stadium sort of built into a cliff/mountain side. How awesome would that be watching a game from the top of a small mountain. So cool.
Any possibility you could make a video discussing Bayern's youth academy that went from playing a large role in winning the 2014 World Cup to going AWOL since then?
It's interesting to note that Dan Meiss has mentioned about taking some of the design elements by Leitch into Everton's new stadium when that comes along.
Hillsborough tragedy was caused by the modern pens / fencing in the Leppings Lane end, and bad crowd management causing the middle two to become too full. (and the dangerous tunnel below the seating). And Ibrox was the awful "trap door" wooden plank terracing - later added to Roker Park - which was later replaced by filled-in solid earthern banking. Stamford Bridge's achilles heel was the giant 20ft wall at the Fulham Road / "shed" end - still there today, but only as a monument, the only trace of the old 1905 Archibald Leitch stadium. This could have collapsed, but never did.
meh. he didn't do anything that hadn't already been done at American baseball parks for more than a decade. He just happened to corner that particular market niche.
Great video but at 1:40 and elsewhere you keep putting what looks like pictures of Fulhams “rabbit hutch” stand. This was a stand that leitch actually replaced with the Johnny Haynes stand. He didn’t design it....
A lot of lower league grounds must’ve been designed by him as well or someone using his influence as many are still around and very much the same as some of the ones mentioned in this video, just obviously a lot smaller
Been to Ibrox twice in my life. Shit stadium filled with scummy fans. If a pop up job centre and welfare inspector was stationed at the entrance of Ibrox it would have 500 people per game max.
If you want to see a Leitch stadium go to craven cottage, beautiful ground, a shame the renovation they’re currently doing to the riverside my destroy its beauty however
You know and have shown David Goldblatt's book on 3:07 as reading '....a global history of football' so why would you read it as '.....the global history of soccer???'
@@Ese96Agboaye yep no going back at all....but the hilarious thing is bayern and juventus both have stadium named as "allianz"....where is the uniqueness lol
The Ball is Round A Global history of Football, NOT Soccer! The title of the book clearly showed Football and yet you read it out wrongly. WTF?!?! That peeve aside, great video and your content is very enjoyable. Many thanks.
How is Goodison Park not in the title like the only stadium still standing that is original to Leitch's desgin Tifo i thought better than clickbait from you
Was only a matter of time before Mr Leitch got his time in the spotlight on here. Great piece, guys 👌
@@civilservant9528 Why?
Would seriously find the time to watch Tifo vids if they lasted for hours rather than minutes. Great content guys 👍
Then follow their podcast! Both video and audio.
It's Dundee not Dundee Utd that has the Leitch stand. Dens park.
Waking up early right as a Tifo video drops, with chill music and Joe's calming voice, while drinking a hot beverage is one of the little pleasures in life.
agreed, just wish they did longer videos.
I really love that classy jazz that plays at the end of some of these videos.
Football fans around the world enjoy the game, not just because of the 90 mins. But because of the culture, people, history, and drama that goes along with it. Where does all this happen mostly, if not at the grounds itself. Videos like these are priceless Tifo Football!
Leitch originally appeared on The Athletic
This is very inspiring, considering I want to become an architect and I really want to design such stadia in Kenya, where sports infrastructure has really been ignored and rejected
Specimen X Best of luck to you! :)
Good luck
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I finally know who was behind Craven Cottage. Love that stadium.
Epic
The best stadium in London with a rich history imo
More history than White Hart, Emptyhad or Stamford Bridge before 2005.
@@davidtuttle7556 can't take people like you seriously tbh🤦♂️
do you know why it's called craven?
The Scottish influence on the game is something else.
Great to see him getting some well deserved recognition.
Wow. Never really thought about it. Thanks for bringing it to light, Tifo.
My Dad was lucky enough to survive that horror of Hillsborough. Uncomfortable but vital to know the many ways in which the disaster could have been prevented. Great video as always, informative and handled grave subjects with decorum.
The main stand at Starks Park, Kirkcaldy was designed by Leitch, and it’s still in use today
This is a fantastic video. Played it for my mum and dad and they watched and enjoyed it. informative and easy to understand. Thank you.
I like old school British stadiums. Very intimate. So well done to him.
A engineering giant his designs are fantastic my clubs ground Ewood park was typical of his desighn before it changed love the old stadiums the new ones are soulless plastic bowls
Great production quality and I appreciate the thorough research + giving us some direct quotes from the sources, good stuff all around.
The stand at Ibrox is listed building so can't be knocked down.
As an away fan, the old stand where away fans are housed at Goodison is one of my favourite stands and Goodison is one of my favourite away grounds (even though we only win there one in a decade, on average!). I love that old stand with the wooden seats. Even having a pole in the way which means you have to stand forward and look around it, has a certain charm.
Another beautiful video. Tifo I love your videos. I listen to your podcasts every week on Spotify & I love the insight. Keep up the great work.
As football fans i believe that every football stadium in England. Should have statue of Mr.Lietch.
And thanks to Tifo for bringing such underrated football stories.
Thanks for mentioning Fratton Park at the end there. It's one of the few which still looks mostly like Leitch designed it. I often hear Pompey fans talk of their desire for a new stadium, but I think a big part of the club's soul would be lost if we moved.
thompompey32 pup
Great video, almost a documentary!
Good video but small mistake at the end. It is Dundee, not Dundee United, who still have a Leitch built stand.
Interesting so many unsung heroes and characters over the last hundred years that have shaped football to today what it is. Thank you Archibald Leitch.
Excellent highlight of an important but neglected aspect of football. Content like this is why I always come back to Tifo!
He designed the fortress that is fratton park PUP 💙
His grounds have the best atmosphere eg Portsmouth
Wow! Great information and fabulous music to boot.
As I am 55 now, I have experience of visiting the stadiums you have mentioned. In my earlier years I noticed the design's of the mentioned stadiums ... you could notice the design genre ... So Thank You for giving me his name!. ps The World Name, for The World Game is FOOTBALL.
I always remember new to EPL players in the 90-ies and later on years, always mentioning those stadiums and the atmosphere in the interviews they gave. Managers also commented on this atmosphere in their first interviews for their clubs, as one of the reasons they came to coach in England. Sadly, the corporate editions, as flashy and beautiful they might be, lack souls and atmosphere, and I say this as an Arsenal fan ...
@bumdog Ha!
Barnsley FC's Oakwell West Stand was built by Leitch in 1910 and is still there
Right. As a Boro fan and a proud Middlesbrough man I have to correct you on the pronunciation of Aryresome Park. It’s just air-some park. But LOVE to see our old ground mentioned on a Tifo vid. Did he have a say on the names? If so he did like a park or two didn’t he lol But could you imagine today a stadium collapsing people dying and then the man you bring in to redesign it is the SAME guy who designed the thing that collapsed in the first place? NO WAY would that happen today lol There would be OUTRAGE.
Also just randomly; I would LOVE to see a stadium sort of built into a cliff/mountain side. How awesome would that be watching a game from the top of a small mountain. So cool.
Any possibility you could make a video discussing Bayern's youth academy that went from playing a large role in winning the 2014 World Cup to going AWOL since then?
So we can call mr. Leitch the granddaddy of British stadiums. Thank you mr. Leitch.
It's interesting to note that Dan Meiss has mentioned about taking some of the design elements by Leitch into Everton's new stadium when that comes along.
Hillsborough tragedy was caused by the modern pens / fencing in the Leppings Lane end, and bad crowd management causing the middle two to become too full. (and the dangerous tunnel below the seating). And Ibrox was the awful "trap door" wooden plank terracing - later added to Roker Park - which was later replaced by filled-in solid earthern banking. Stamford Bridge's achilles heel was the giant 20ft wall at the Fulham Road / "shed" end - still there today, but only as a monument, the only trace of the old 1905 Archibald Leitch stadium. This could have collapsed, but never did.
Great content
We, as football lovers, owe Leitch our lives and admiration
Nope
3:06 A global history of FOOTBALL
bring back standing areas
doesn't hear 'The Athletic'
(visible confusion)
I dont understand
@@walterclements7968 I do.
@@jackhakken Please explain 😂
@@walterclements7968 they make a lot of videos that are sponsored by the athletic, or some shit like that.
Jack Hakken this explanation originally appeared on The Athletic.
Super interesting as always!
Fascinating, great vid!
Can you make a video on Pep Guardiola,his philosophy & tactics at Barcelona vs City/Barca vs Bayern vs City! I miss his tiki taka&triangle passes👏🏻👍🏻
Definitely has his fans now. Man this one was good! I hope to one of the remaining stadiums soon
Greatest contractor ever... Period
meh. he didn't do anything that hadn't already been done at American baseball parks for more than a decade. He just happened to corner that particular market niche.
Great video but at 1:40 and elsewhere you keep putting what looks like pictures of Fulhams “rabbit hutch” stand. This was a stand that leitch actually replaced with the Johnny Haynes stand. He didn’t design it....
Very interesting video. Was it a Leitch designed stand that burnt down in Bradford in the mid/late 80's?
Amazing video (although you never actually explained what was different about Leitch's Hillsborough design that would have saved lives in 1989).
isn't the main stand at Selhurst Park also a Leitch design?
Ah Roker Park. What a ground. Sadly missed.
@Tifo Football do tactic analysis of Marcelo Gallardo the coach of river plate
Villa Park 💜💙
Archibald Leach was Cary Grant's real name, I spent half the video wondering why the name sounded familiar before I realised
Probably same for Klopp,Liverpool vs Dortmund,Gegenpressing's fading away slightly
A lot of lower league grounds must’ve been designed by him as well or someone using his influence as many are still around and very much the same as some of the ones mentioned in this video, just obviously a lot smaller
Well I think the video mentions that his designs entered a standard manual so they might have simply become heavily copied and miniaturized.
Good sight lines. The standing terraces at Goodison Park were appalling. Far too shallow for good viewing.
Music??
Gotta love that the Scots played a great part in developing English football
AND the modern world also.
The good old days
IYBJS 530 of Roker park
Do a video on Marcelo Gallardo tactics pls
Will you do a video on the Portland Thorns. The supporter culture there is incredible.
Carey Grants real name was Archibald Leitch
3:07 "soccer"??
My ears are bleeding xD
It even says football on the book title!!!!
@@martymcfly5528 exactly!
@@martymcfly5528 The US version is is The Ball is Round a Global History of Soccer.
@@davidmeyer2729 but the book title they have in the video says football
you do realize it was the British who coined the word soccer? Right?
Ibrox Stadium 🇬🇧🏴
Been to Ibrox twice in my life. Shit stadium filled with scummy fans. If a pop up job centre and welfare inspector was stationed at the entrance of Ibrox it would have 500 people per game max.
@@wthwasthat8884
Pish! What stand where you in?
his stadiums are awesome, i hate futuristic ones tbh because they feel too much.
Villa park
JFT96
This was an interesting story. I can see why no one builds stadiums with wood, especially given what happened in 1985.
You're a fuckin genius, aren't you?
Leitch designed Bradford Park Avenue and Bradford City's stadiums. good to know
If you want to see a Leitch stadium go to craven cottage, beautiful ground, a shame the renovation they’re currently doing to the riverside my destroy its beauty however
Fantastic stuff again lads, please please please do a Preston video! ❤
ibrox 🇬🇧🇬🇧🔴⚪️🔵
How do guys make these kind of videos
In detail plz thanks
The ibrox disaster was a old firm game
That’s the one in 1972
*Bramall Lane, not Brammal Lane
You know and have shown David Goldblatt's book on 3:07 as reading '....a global history of football' so why would you read it as '.....the global history of soccer???'
Alison M why does it matter. You can use the words interchangeably
Thank you for The Shelf Mr Leitch
Talk about 1989 tragedy and origin of Manchester United and liverpool hatred
Its *Bramall Lane
What happened to the athletic
Messi begging for 🏆 and received 💩
Great video but bramall Lane has been misspelt
3:07 *football
I hate names like emirates etihad king power amex.....it diminishes english names .....like filbert street highbury
LORD by all means hate them. But these arenas need to be paid for I’m afraid
@ScuffedLiveU That was rumoured to be named "Nike stadium", wasn't it?
Its the modern way, and there's no going back.
@@Ese96Agboaye yep no going back at all....but the hilarious thing is bayern and juventus both have stadium named as "allianz"....where is the uniqueness lol
A96oaye The Bill NIKE-leson Arena.
(I’ll get my coat)
Why was the Valley Parade Fire forgotten?
Because this channel only focuses on shitpool.
Was Valley Parade mentioned as one of his designs?
@@timothystamm3200 yes but not the fire that happened in 1985 which I believe if he designed it means he'd have had something to do with it
The Ball is Round A Global history of Football, NOT Soccer! The title of the book clearly showed Football and yet you read it out wrongly. WTF?!?! That peeve aside, great video and your content is very enjoyable. Many thanks.
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How is Goodison Park not in the title like the only stadium still standing that is original to Leitch's desgin Tifo i thought better than clickbait from you
Ibrox too as his best and most famous Main Stand
Wait a minute ?
This video IS NOT brought out by The Athletic ?
Can you guys stop commenting the athletic? Waste of space 🙄
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Maybe he's not celebrated enough because he was a Scot that shaped English football? We all know the cute rivalry between the two neighbours
Cute rivalry is a bit disparaging to say the least
@@mmw4990 if that's how you wanna look at it, sure
****** Scottish Football. Fix the title.
British
Archonad lich
Very sad video. A man with vision whose vision was systematically undermined.
This wasn't first on the athletic? I'm shocked
Change the title, please!
"Leitch Legacy" could be a good title!
In 2023 goodison park will be demolished
First