Layer Cake Stadium was mainly a bakery, and is the reason why a lot of people in East Anglia are a little heavier these days than they used to be. First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium — it was 2004 when I came to Layer Road to see an away game for one of my fave teams. Colchester won the game narrowly and I remember thinking it was a nice stadium and had pretty cool fans. It was about half full the day I came here. Unfortunately, it only lasted for 8 more years. I’d like to do a shout out to Jo, the person that brought me to this stadium back then. I’ve been to most UK&US stadiums, due to lifelong obsessions with travel, sport & especially footy(soccer to Americans). Born & raised in England, I followed Oxford United(hometown team) to stadia all over the country at away games, and later Liverpool(fave team) around. Every stadium review — like all my reviews — are from first-hand personal experience, usually from several visits. In 2011, I was on music tour in the UK, and visited most stadiums for fun in my spare time. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was«stuck» in UK for 3 months, I went to hundreds yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at most, which I’ll post later. Also, when back in UK I’ll take more pix, and add more stadia! *** return to regular review *** In actuality it was a cute little stadium where Colchester used to play, before they moved to their new place and said goodbye. The capacity was 6,200 and it was cosy, loud and intimate. A lot of the fans miss it, as do I. It was built in 1910, closed in 2008, and demolished in 2012. All that is left are the memories.
