Winter Sports - Football
Behind the oldest stand, the west or ‘Skircoat’ Stand, there are two other unique features, one of which is responsible for a great deal of workload
Behind the oldest stand, the west or ‘Skircoat’ Stand, there are two other unique features, one of which is responsible for a great deal of Ozzy’s workload. The first, immediately backing onto his shed, is an arch built into the hill, which was constructed during the First World War to transport useful resources. This was never completed, and it remains another surreal memento of unfulfilled plans.
The other is the hill itself. Looming over the Skircoat stand is a line of trees, which are so elevated from the pitch they seem to
each be several hundred feet tall. This hill is not a natural part of the famous ‘dale’ or valley. Rather, it was built for the exact opposite purpose to the tunnel. That is: for whatever reason, it was more practical to construct a main road on higher ground, that cars might pass right over the town. Again, this has a direct effect on Ozzy’s work. When the leaves fall, the stand provides little protection, because the trees are so much higher up.
Naturally too, they are a source of shade. And, where the shade from the trees meets
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the shade from the south stand, there is a serious deficit of natural light. This isn’t helped by the topological situation to which the stadium is constrained. Whilst there are few places around as naturally beautiful as the Yorkshire dales, the nooks that its settlements tend to lie within are shielded from a large portion of helpful UV rays. He said: “In a couple of weeks [late October], the shadow will approach the halfway line from the southern end, and won’t budge until March, maybe February.”
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