Not that it matters one iota, but . . .
as far as I can see the name "Grand old Lady" was first used in reference to Goodison Park in the 90s in 'The Independent'
I have seen enough of Tim to see he has qualities to become a very good player. Discipline is lacking but that will come. I have high hopes for him. The swap with Dobbin (more or less) was a good piece of business PSR wise and player wise.
A season under Moyes will tell us a lot.
Reckon his head was wrecked by Dyche.
Will he get game time under Moyes if he gets the mids he wants?
Could be a back up to Charlie at 10
I think The Millenium/Principality Stadium does it better than most. The Bernabeu also feels fairly intimate for an 80k stadium. Overlapping tiers and increased ratio safe-standing could still do it for those big capacity stadia.
Apparently it's generally agreed by architects that 60k is the biggest size an all seater stadium can reach before it impacts on quality. Above that and you have to compromise on aspects like closeness to the pitch, comfort, legroom, and viewing...
Juventus is a bit of an outlier in some respects. It was planned when their gates had fallen through the floor and Italian footy attendances generally had been falling for years. At 41k construction costs were quite reasonable and they knew that...