Aaron S.
Yelp
I published this review on 2nd April 2019 but due to Yelp incorrectly merging the listings by mistake, I've had to re-add this review here!
Located a couple of minutes away across the road from Twickenham Stadium is the Twickenham Stoop Stadium, which is a much smaller rugby stadium and has been home to the Harlequins since 1963, who compete in the Arriva Premiership Rugby.
With a capacity of just 14,800, it is dwarfed by Twickenham across the way which has a capacity of 82,000 and as a whole is a lot more basic as a stadium, being a football fan myself compared to rugby, I'd say this stadium is your typical League 1 / 2 stadium, even compared to League Two (4th highest division in English football) there are six larger stadiums, and in comparison to other rugby sides this doesn't rank too highly either.
There was a statue outside the ground and limited parking which got within touching distance of the pitch, which was quite surprising and different for a stadium, as I visited on a non-event day I can obviously presume that when an event is taking place this would be different.
There were staff at the stadium who seemed friendly enough allowing me to have a look at the Stoop, named after a former player and club Chairman, who seemed friendly enough.
Not an amazing ground by all means with so many stadiums I'm used to seeing in football better, even in the lower divisions of English football in terms of overall facilities and capacity, but they have kind of done well with the limited space they have, I do like the statue and well-maintained pitch.
2*