The Hive

Hive you ever really loved a woman? It doesn’t matter, because that’s a Bryan Adams song and he’s a Chelsea fan. (booooo). A Canadian Chelsea fan, at that.
First-​Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium — I had to go and visit a ground called The Hive. That’s just so damn cool for a team named The Bees. I love this little stadium! So much atmosphere! I’ve been here 4 or 5 times now and every time is a real treat. My fave thing about this place are the fans. And the bright colors. I was here in the 00s twice and then again in 2014 to see a home game, which Barnet won handily. I have pictures of it somewhere.
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!
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The stadium of Barnet needs work, but it’s got soul and it’s got history and it’s got a cool name and it has its own website, so it’s already on the right track. It’s inside Canons Park. I’m going to give it a 5 like the team that plays here. This stadium opened in July 2013, it’s about as state-​of-​the-​art as you can get for a non league team.
The Hive has a capacity of 5,100 and is in North London.