Old Trafford, Anfield, Roker Park: The Man Who Built British Football

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    If you’ve watched British football at any point in the last century, you’ve seen the designs and engineering of a Scot named Archibald Leitch. The man who crafted the look and feel of British football in its infancy died without any real fanfare in 1939, but his legacy remains in the memories, legends, and the carnage of the terraces of British football.
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  • @jackmiller-johnston8689
    @jackmiller-johnston8689 Pƙed 4 lety +162

    Was only a matter of time before Mr Leitch got his time in the spotlight on here. Great piece, guys 👌

  • @Red__Law
    @Red__Law Pƙed 4 lety +283

    Would seriously find the time to watch Tifo vids if they lasted for hours rather than minutes. Great content guys 👍

    • @niespeludo
      @niespeludo Pƙed 4 lety +5

      Then follow their podcast! Both video and audio.

    • @georgegreig8054
      @georgegreig8054 Pƙed 4 lety

      It's Dundee not Dundee Utd that has the Leitch stand. Dens park.

  • @YoElementalGPU
    @YoElementalGPU Pƙed 4 lety +67

    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.

  • @astro_not7
    @astro_not7 Pƙed 4 lety +131

    Leitch originally appeared on The Athletic

  • @SpecimenKE
    @SpecimenKE Pƙed 4 lety +77

    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

  • @dv4manu
    @dv4manu Pƙed 4 lety +130

    I finally know who was behind Craven Cottage. Love that stadium.

    • @louisotieno4712
      @louisotieno4712 Pƙed 4 lety

      Epic

    • @benh9863
      @benh9863 Pƙed 4 lety

      The best stadium in London with a rich history imo

    • @davidtuttle7556
      @davidtuttle7556 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      More history than White Hart, Emptyhad or Stamford Bridge before 2005.

    • @sz1159
      @sz1159 Pƙed 4 lety +4

      @@davidtuttle7556 can't take people like you seriously tbhđŸ€Šâ€â™‚ïž

    • @GigglyWalrus
      @GigglyWalrus Pƙed 4 lety

      do you know why it's called craven?

  • @ibrahimsaninet
    @ibrahimsaninet Pƙed 4 lety +5

    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!

  • @wall-e7179
    @wall-e7179 Pƙed 4 lety +36

    The Scottish influence on the game is something else.

  • @roddg6568
    @roddg6568 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    I really love that classy jazz that plays at the end of some of these videos.

  • @Jamie-kv9eg
    @Jamie-kv9eg Pƙed 4 lety +25

    Great to see him getting some well deserved recognition.

  • @parth2302.
    @parth2302. Pƙed 4 lety +56

    Wow. Never really thought about it. Thanks for bringing it to light, Tifo.

  • @stevenclark6209
    @stevenclark6209 Pƙed 4 lety +57

    The stand at Ibrox is listed building so can't be knocked down.

  • @EW-gp9fb
    @EW-gp9fb Pƙed 4 lety +9

    The main stand at Starks Park, Kirkcaldy was designed by Leitch, and it’s still in use today

  • @MartieD
    @MartieD Pƙed 4 lety +7

    I like old school British stadiums. Very intimate. So well done to him.

  • @virgilvansnipe
    @virgilvansnipe Pƙed 4 lety +2

    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.

  • @adamisAswsomeish
    @adamisAswsomeish Pƙed 2 lety

    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.

  • @bhopcsgo7172
    @bhopcsgo7172 Pƙed 4 lety +2

    Great production quality and I appreciate the thorough research + giving us some direct quotes from the sources, good stuff all around.

  • @RubyMarkLindMilly
    @RubyMarkLindMilly Pƙed 4 lety +2

    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

  • @reginomics23
    @reginomics23 Pƙed 4 lety +2

    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.

  • @MartinParnham
    @MartinParnham Pƙed 3 lety

    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.

  • @vaskoyorgov968
    @vaskoyorgov968 Pƙed 4 lety

    Excellent highlight of an important but neglected aspect of football. Content like this is why I always come back to Tifo!

  • @herzschlagerhoht5637
    @herzschlagerhoht5637 Pƙed 4 lety +3

    Great video, almost a documentary!

  • @tabrezlovesu
    @tabrezlovesu Pƙed 4 lety

    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.

  • @JW-be8wf
    @JW-be8wf Pƙed 4 lety

    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.

  • @bradleymatthews4329
    @bradleymatthews4329 Pƙed 4 lety +3

    He designed the fortress that is fratton park PUP 💙

  • @tomblanden3504
    @tomblanden3504 Pƙed 4 lety +10

    His grounds have the best atmosphere eg Portsmouth

  • @harryeggo
    @harryeggo Pƙed 4 lety +2

    Good video but small mistake at the end. It is Dundee, not Dundee United, who still have a Leitch built stand.

  • @williamfitch1408
    @williamfitch1408 Pƙed 4 lety

    Wow! Great information and fabulous music to boot.

  • @thompompey32
    @thompompey32 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    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.

  • @darthhideous9084
    @darthhideous9084 Pƙed 4 lety +5

    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?

  • @jonteau7722
    @jonteau7722 Pƙed 4 lety

    Great content

  • @4darrenmoore
    @4darrenmoore Pƙed 3 lety

    Barnsley FC's Oakwell West Stand was built by Leitch in 1910 and is still there

  • @merseydave1
    @merseydave1 Pƙed 4 lety

    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.

  • @Calmaressurgebat
    @Calmaressurgebat Pƙed 4 lety +2

    Super interesting as always!

  • @nstg3028
    @nstg3028 Pƙed 4 lety +8

    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 ...

  • @arsenaldailytransfernews
    @arsenaldailytransfernews Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Fascinating, great vid!

  • @michealflaithbheartaigh4139

    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.

  • @no_one_of_that_name_here
    @no_one_of_that_name_here Pƙed 4 lety +3

    3:06 A global history of FOOTBALL

  • @timotheusn.h.nakashona1001
    @timotheusn.h.nakashona1001 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    So we can call mr. Leitch the granddaddy of British stadiums. Thank you mr. Leitch.

  • @rooneye
    @rooneye Pƙed 4 lety

    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.

  • @francishuddy9462
    @francishuddy9462 Pƙed 3 lety

    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.

  • @axe8039
    @axe8039 Pƙed 4 lety

    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 passesđŸ‘đŸ»đŸ‘đŸ»

  • @tman4534
    @tman4534 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Definitely has his fans now. Man this one was good! I hope to one of the remaining stadiums soon

  • @benberry8399
    @benberry8399 Pƙed 4 lety +24

    doesn't hear 'The Athletic'
    (visible confusion)

    • @walterclements7968
      @walterclements7968 Pƙed 4 lety

      I dont understand

    • @jackhakken
      @jackhakken Pƙed 4 lety

      @@walterclements7968 I do.

    • @walterclements7968
      @walterclements7968 Pƙed 4 lety

      @@jackhakken Please explain 😂

    • @jackhakken
      @jackhakken Pƙed 4 lety +1

      @@walterclements7968 they make a lot of videos that are sponsored by the athletic, or some shit like that.

    • @user-jw3us7dy6f
      @user-jw3us7dy6f Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Jack Hakken this explanation originally appeared on The Athletic.

  • @oofman2153
    @oofman2153 Pƙed 4 lety +2

    bring back standing areas

  • @sbellaharris
    @sbellaharris Pƙed 4 lety

    Will you do a video on the Portland Thorns. The supporter culture there is incredible.

  • @Leftfield71
    @Leftfield71 Pƙed 4 lety

    Very interesting video. Was it a Leitch designed stand that burnt down in Bradford in the mid/late 80's?

  • @fbg_dudas3008
    @fbg_dudas3008 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    @Tifo Football do tactic analysis of Marcelo Gallardo the coach of river plate

  • @killercd7682
    @killercd7682 Pƙed 4 lety

    Amazing video (although you never actually explained what was different about Leitch's Hillsborough design that would have saved lives in 1989).

  • @mets137781
    @mets137781 Pƙed 4 lety

    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....

  • @RD-pt4is
    @RD-pt4is Pƙed 4 lety

    Do a video on Marcelo Gallardo tactics pls

  • @johnburns4017
    @johnburns4017 Pƙed 2 lety

    Good sight lines. The standing terraces at Goodison Park were appalling. Far too shallow for good viewing.

  • @bohemiangrowve3316
    @bohemiangrowve3316 Pƙed 4 lety +2

    We, as football lovers, owe Leitch our lives and admiration

  • @axe8039
    @axe8039 Pƙed 4 lety

    Probably same for Klopp,Liverpool vs Dortmund,Gegenpressing's fading away slightly

  • @kiansweeney3847
    @kiansweeney3847 Pƙed 4 lety

    Fantastic stuff again lads, please please please do a Preston video! ❀

  • @josephfoulger9628
    @josephfoulger9628 Pƙed 7 dny

    isn't the main stand at Selhurst Park also a Leitch design?

  • @SeanConway99
    @SeanConway99 Pƙed 4 lety

    Leitch designed Bradford Park Avenue and Bradford City's stadiums. good to know

  • @holnrew
    @holnrew Pƙed 4 lety

    Archibald Leach was Cary Grant's real name, I spent half the video wondering why the name sounded familiar before I realised

  • @deetour-indigo
    @deetour-indigo Pƙed 4 lety

    Greatest contractor ever... Period

    • @herrdoktorknowitall
      @herrdoktorknowitall Pƙed 4 lety

      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.

  • @edwinhesketh9720
    @edwinhesketh9720 Pƙed 4 lety +2

    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

    • @timothystamm3200
      @timothystamm3200 Pƙed 4 lety

      Well I think the video mentions that his designs entered a standard manual so they might have simply become heavily copied and miniaturized.

  • @iybjs5308
    @iybjs5308 Pƙed 4 lety

    The good old days

  • @davidandrews8963
    @davidandrews8963 Pƙed 3 lety

    Carey Grants real name was Archibald Leitch

  • @avfc-herbalist
    @avfc-herbalist Pƙed 4 lety +3

    Villa Park 💜💙

  • @theochua2810
    @theochua2810 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Gotta love that the Scots played a great part in developing English football

  • @jorg7228
    @jorg7228 Pƙed 3 lety

    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

  • @ussukandeh420
    @ussukandeh420 Pƙed 4 lety +3

    Villa park

  • @64Ahmed
    @64Ahmed Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Music??

  • @FiqDzeko
    @FiqDzeko Pƙed 4 lety +11

    JFT96

  • @sig2407
    @sig2407 Pƙed 4 lety

    his stadiums are awesome, i hate futuristic ones tbh because they feel too much.

  • @105wonky8
    @105wonky8 Pƙed 4 lety

    👍

  • @realist5501
    @realist5501 Pƙed 4 lety

    How do guys make these kind of videos
    In detail plz thanks

  • @Ese96Agoaye
    @Ese96Agoaye Pƙed 4 lety +1

    This was an interesting story. I can see why no one builds stadiums with wood, especially given what happened in 1985.

  • @scotlandboy3107
    @scotlandboy3107 Pƙed 4 lety +2

    Ibrox Stadium 🇬🇧🏮󠁧󠁱󠁳󠁣󠁮󠁿

    • @wthwasthat8884
      @wthwasthat8884 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      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.

    • @roddy2body
      @roddy2body Pƙed 4 lety

      @@wthwasthat8884
      Pish! What stand where you in?

  • @benmeehan5117
    @benmeehan5117 Pƙed 4 lety

    The ibrox disaster was a old firm game

  • @abbaszaidi8371
    @abbaszaidi8371 Pƙed 4 lety

    Thank you for The Shelf Mr Leitch

  • @zbstepps765
    @zbstepps765 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    ibrox 🇬🇧🇬🇧🔮âšȘïžđŸ””

  • @leatherworkstation
    @leatherworkstation Pƙed 4 lety +1

    *Bramall Lane, not Brammal Lane

  • @palyanuchya
    @palyanuchya Pƙed 4 lety +21

    3:07 "soccer"??
    My ears are bleeding xD

    • @martymcfly5528
      @martymcfly5528 Pƙed 4 lety +5

      It even says football on the book title!!!!

    • @palyanuchya
      @palyanuchya Pƙed 4 lety +2

      @@martymcfly5528 exactly!

    • @davidmeyer2729
      @davidmeyer2729 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      @@martymcfly5528 The US version is is The Ball is Round a Global History of Soccer.

    • @martymcfly5528
      @martymcfly5528 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      @@davidmeyer2729 but the book title they have in the video says football

    • @herrdoktorknowitall
      @herrdoktorknowitall Pƙed 4 lety +1

      you do realize it was the British who coined the word soccer? Right?

  • @tommychinn3089
    @tommychinn3089 Pƙed 4 lety

    Its *Bramall Lane

  • @dysplasiagiraffe4845
    @dysplasiagiraffe4845 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Great video but bramall Lane has been misspelt

  • @ezigunner6739
    @ezigunner6739 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Talk about 1989 tragedy and origin of Manchester United and liverpool hatred

  • @alisonm3700
    @alisonm3700 Pƙed 4 lety

    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???'

    • @chalmuns8571
      @chalmuns8571 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      Alison M why does it matter. You can use the words interchangeably

  • @billybobobenner
    @billybobobenner Pƙed 4 lety

    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.

  • @bens4602
    @bens4602 Pƙed 4 lety

    Why was the Valley Parade Fire forgotten?

    • @civilservant9528
      @civilservant9528 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      Because this channel only focuses on shitpool.

    • @timothystamm3200
      @timothystamm3200 Pƙed 4 lety

      Was Valley Parade mentioned as one of his designs?

    • @bens4602
      @bens4602 Pƙed 4 lety

      @@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

  • @chidubemezugwu
    @chidubemezugwu Pƙed 4 lety +8

    What happened to the athletic

    • @TheAbinn
      @TheAbinn Pƙed 4 lety

      Messi begging for 🏆 and received đŸ’©

  • @LORD-kg4sl
    @LORD-kg4sl Pƙed 4 lety +8

    I hate names like emirates etihad king power amex.....it diminishes english names .....like filbert street highbury

    • @abbaszaidi8371
      @abbaszaidi8371 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      LORD by all means hate them. But these arenas need to be paid for I’m afraid

    • @Ese96Agoaye
      @Ese96Agoaye Pƙed 4 lety

      @ScuffedLiveU That was rumoured to be named "Nike stadium", wasn't it?

    • @Ese96Agoaye
      @Ese96Agoaye Pƙed 4 lety

      Its the modern way, and there's no going back.

    • @LORD-kg4sl
      @LORD-kg4sl Pƙed 4 lety +1

      @@Ese96Agoaye 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

    • @abbaszaidi8371
      @abbaszaidi8371 Pƙed 4 lety

      A96oaye The Bill NIKE-leson Arena.
      (I’ll get my coat)

  • @realchestro2986
    @realchestro2986 Pƙed 4 lety

    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

    • @mmw4990
      @mmw4990 Pƙed 4 lety

      Cute rivalry is a bit disparaging to say the least

    • @realchestro2986
      @realchestro2986 Pƙed 4 lety

      @@mmw4990 if that's how you wanna look at it, sure

  • @yogsblogs
    @yogsblogs Pƙed 4 lety +1

    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

  • @LORD-kg4sl
    @LORD-kg4sl Pƙed 4 lety +3

    3:07 *football

  • @MrReddevilking
    @MrReddevilking Pƙed 4 lety

    This video was brought to you by the Athletic

  • @chunkz1187
    @chunkz1187 Pƙed 4 lety

    First

  • @33m3c
    @33m3c Pƙed 4 lety +1

    ****** Scottish Football. Fix the title.

  • @sbsquad7652
    @sbsquad7652 Pƙed 4 lety

    Archonad lich

  • @Harisankar-ce2vd
    @Harisankar-ce2vd Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Wait a minute ?
    This video IS NOT brought out by The Athletic ?

  • @spoonhanz
    @spoonhanz Pƙed 4 lety

    This wasn't first on the athletic? I'm shocked

  • @mhoppy6639
    @mhoppy6639 Pƙed 2 lety

    Very sad video. A man with vision whose vision was systematically undermined.

  • @MechaMeister
    @MechaMeister Pƙed 4 lety +5

    Can you guys stop commenting the athletic? Waste of space 🙄

    • @spoonhanz
      @spoonhanz Pƙed 4 lety +1

      This comment first appeared on the athletic

  • @ljtheman7875
    @ljtheman7875 Pƙed 3 lety

    In 2023 goodison park will be demolished

  • @AlexAlex-zw5fc
    @AlexAlex-zw5fc Pƙed 4 lety

    Change the title, please!
    "Leitch Legacy" could be a good title!

  • @alexmuvua1312
    @alexmuvua1312 Pƙed 4 lety

    👎