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| Football fan builds own stand in Barnoldswick back garden | |
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| A football fan from east Lancashire has taken the terraces experience to a new level by building his own stand in his garden. | A football fan from east Lancashire has taken the terraces experience to a new level by building his own stand in his garden. |
| Ian Nutter, who lives alongside Barnoldswick Town FC's Silentnight stadium, said he built it to stop his nine grandsons "hanging over the fence" to watch their matches. | Ian Nutter, who lives alongside Barnoldswick Town FC's Silentnight stadium, said he built it to stop his nine grandsons "hanging over the fence" to watch their matches. |
| The steel structure, clad in timber with a glass front and six seats, also has lighting and heating. | The steel structure, clad in timber with a glass front and six seats, also has lighting and heating. |
| The 65-year-old architectural engineer said he "has a good idea of how to build a stand" after fabricating executive stands for Manchester United eight years ago. | The 65-year-old architectural engineer said he "has a good idea of how to build a stand" after fabricating executive stands for Manchester United eight years ago. |
| Mr Nutter calls the stand his "happy place" | Mr Nutter calls the stand his "happy place" |
| "I thought I'd better build something for the grandsons to watch safely," he said, as "there's a 15ft drop on the other side of the fence". | "I thought I'd better build something for the grandsons to watch safely," he said, as "there's a 15ft drop on the other side of the fence". |
| "Being a metal worker I decided to make a stadium that could be my happy place." | "Being a metal worker I decided to make a stadium that could be my happy place." |
| While he does enjoy watching Barnoldswick's games, he is "a lifelong Clarets fan" since attending his first Burnley match in 1973. | While he does enjoy watching Barnoldswick's games, he is "a lifelong Clarets fan" since attending his first Burnley match in 1973. |
| He has even learned how to make pork pies to enjoy while watching the football, though it took a while to perfect a recipe. | He has even learned how to make pork pies to enjoy while watching the football, though it took a while to perfect a recipe. |
| The steel structure, clad in timber with a glass front and six seats, also has lighting and heating | The steel structure, clad in timber with a glass front and six seats, also has lighting and heating |
| "For three years it was a complete disaster trying to read Jamie Oliver magazines," he said, "and I eventually went to a butcher in Foulridge who showed me how to make a proper pork pie. | "For three years it was a complete disaster trying to read Jamie Oliver magazines," he said, "and I eventually went to a butcher in Foulridge who showed me how to make a proper pork pie. |
| "I've also been over to the beer shed at Barnoldswick Town with a few friends of mine and we've had a thoroughly good night on some proper ale." | "I've also been over to the beer shed at Barnoldswick Town with a few friends of mine and we've had a thoroughly good night on some proper ale." |
| But he is happiest being in his own private stand with the family, when "we all pile in and I enjoy it thoroughly". | But he is happiest being in his own private stand with the family, when "we all pile in and I enjoy it thoroughly". |
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