I heard from someone who worked on the construction of the Southend Park stand - that there was a 6 foot drop from one end of the stand to the other.
Have heard this before as well. It does seem a significant elevation but considering the pitch would be around 102 metres in length with this alleged elevation of 3 metres from one end to the other, I don't think the angle of elevation, even with the pitch rising by 3 metres over its entire length, would necessarily be as perceptible to the human eye as you might think. How does one work out the angle of elevation here?:
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I heard from someone who worked on the construction of the Southend Park stand - that there was a 6 foot drop from one end of the stand to the other.
I remember reading before that the Centre of the pitch at Croker is a metre higher than the four corners for drainage.
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Supposedly, taking a corner from the bottom side of the pitch, beside the away supporters, standing upright, you are looking directly at the bottom of the corner flag at the other corner of the field, or something to that effect.
I'd well believe it's a good bit above sea level too. The Foyle itself is still pretty high up in Derry. For instance, travelling from Muff to Derry, you can see most of the city up on top of a hill, the Brandywell itself being on the side of the hill essentially. I'd well believe that it's fairly high up.
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The City of Derry airport is at an altitude of 7 metres, but then that's a bit outside the city as well. According to this, the average elevation of the city itself is 24 metres. Not sure how reliable that site would be, mind.
This amused me:
"Ker Dherow" appears to be a specific name for the city in Polish. Never heard of that one before.Alternative Names
Alternative names for Derry, United Kingdom include: Derri,Derry,Derry / Londonderry,Derry City,Dhoire,Doire,Doire Choluim Chille,Ker Dherow,LDY,Londonderry,dry,rondonderi,Дерри,דרי,ロン ドンデリー
And "rondonderi"? That must be how the local Asian community refer to the city then...
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