Footy Fans will LOVE what I've Built in Cities Skylines!

[@MrMortull]

St. Giles' Common is MAHOOSIVE! With its two main entry points, two sets of "service catchment areas" and the football pitch in the middle, don't you think the local authority and the community itself would view it as effectively being two separate estates? Having a "St. Giles' East" and "St. Giles' West" would be fun, I think... and you just know the residents would have a dumb, low-level rivalry! "Don't wanna go past the footie pitch bruv, them sods over by the new junction are a right bunch. Think they're so great just 'cos they got the only library in town."

[@sss-cu2oy]

W idea

[@milton1969able]

Mate I'm from St Giles West and TBH the left siders can count to 12 on their hands if you know what I mean. Have you never heard of the St Giles derby? It's like the MIlan derby... only smaller.

[@ellnic]

No mate, I grew up around a place pretty much like this in boro but larger and i can tell you, we didn't think of any side as separate and we considered everyone near from the same area. Ayresome Park if anyone is wondering.

[@andrewmay9927]

@@milton1969able sounds like the grounds could be as close as Dundee/Dundee united. Similar situation if you know what I mean

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

😂

[@cracksha23]

There HAS to be a pub near that football ground. The citizens need a pint after the match!

[@tommyluckhurst7367]

And before

[@blechtic]

How are you supposed to get any fights if everyone's not sloshed?

[@hungrydevil8075]

Yeah I'm surprised there is no pubs or racetracks in this game

[@paulmalbs7112]

And burger vans. Dont forget the burger vans!

[@chrispajak5924]

Don't forget a chippy

[@DisappointedButNotSurprised8]

I like the working-class vibe that this city gives; it’s a nice change from more modern style cities.

[@JF-yk5mz]

Some pubs around the stadium and some parking by the swimming pool would be nice.

[@TechyMantis]

For the train station you could have it on the other side of the motorway from the football ground and have pedestrian bridges over the motorway.

[@danonck]

Great idea! I thought he'd bring the tracks near the stadium and since the highway is sunken it felt like no biggie. But that idea is even better.

[@fgp0016]

Love how you got so immersed in what you were doing that you completely forgot about the train station. Great video as always!

[@nikitasobolev7759]

Congratulations, you managed to build Old Trafford! A football stadium in the middle of a whole bunch of terraced housing and general residential stuff. I remember living nearby and pretty much being there every game even though I'm not a fan because we could hear every goal and we got football crowds right down our street!

[@hungrydevil8075]

Yeah I remember looking on google maps years ago seeing exactly the same thing

[@tyronepowers76]

Biffa…answering the question “How I learned about more about British Culture than I ever did in school” for the last 2 years. Love the content!

[@26khunter]

I’d love to see you add some classic British playgrounds (recs) to the residential areas. Perhaps some concrete based for the built up places and more fieldy ones for the village and sprawling estates. I’m loving this series! 👍🏻

[@John-gv9iz]

I like the way you adjusted the hights of the houses to conform to the rise of the terrain when you built the football pitch. I wonder if you could do that more often so that the undulating terrain could be better reflected in the buildings that sit upon it and you don't have to do quite as much terrain leveling. This way the buildings and landscape can can appear more harmonious and natural.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

It's nice but boy is it time consuming!

[@harlequinems]

Heya Biffa, thought as a suggestion for your football team you could call them Tot-tea-nham Hotspoon 😁

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

🤣

[@nikolajerkovic1590]

That means they will never win no trophy don’t do it Biffa 😂

[@georgerubypoppy1063]

Or Cheltea?

[@danonck]

Topspur, what's that?

[@TCHICKENDC]

Or Teaverpool

[@laurasmallwood4074]

I once drove a city bus route from Bath in Somerset to Aztec West in North Bristol some 21 miles. Some "local" bus routes in England are truly insane.

[@TalesOfWar]

There used to be a bus that went from Bolton to Stockport via Bury up here in Greater Manchester which is around 27 miles. Routes like that used to be far more common before they privatised the busses.

[@edwardmiessner6502]

For much of the United States, 21 miles long IS considered local! (I'm looking at *you,* Miami-Dade)

[@stalfithrildi5366]

A friend of mine used to drive the 11 in Brum. 27 miles all round the entire outer ring road.

[@doppelplusungutmensch1141]

What was insane about that bus route?

[@NethDugan]

There's one that goes from Street to Bristol Bus Station. That is a massive journey according to Google. 29 miles one way. Pretty buses though and nice view out of the top deck over the mendips.

[@londontoffee]

Lovely episode! The football ground definitely needs a couple of pubs and chippies nearby, and probably a little police station too.

[@GavHTFC]

To build up the Englishness I'd say you need a stadium in every major town you build, and one of them should even have 2 - Blightea Rovers v FC United of Blightea, even the small village you did in the last video should have a pitch!

[@bescotdude9121]

Manchester United and their cross city rivals Manchester city

[@NotThomas5]

You definitely need a stately home and lands/gardens as a park à la national trust for people to walk their dogs maybe the odd country pub for a pie lunch!

[@lemongrass4769]

i genuinely love the little quirks in the editing so much, they bring me a lot of joy :D

[@dantrumphour3068]

Did I miss something or did you forget about the train station you wanted to put in there?

[@jamieparslow-williams7567]

Was thinking the same...

[@KindredBrujah]

Haha! Very good point! He obviously got carried away. Easy done.

[@andrewmay9927]

Because the game crashed I think

[@thanasisgkionis174]

You forgot the most important building next to the football ground. The pub for all the pre and post match drinks.

[@Peregrine101]

I remember the old Arsenal stadium had a fish and chips right across the road from one of the gates. The tables and chairs were that bad that you couldn't or shouldn't move too much around in or around them, but the food was great.

[@mjarbar3204]

Deffo looking great, the only thing I would add in would be a couple of corner shops/newsagents at a couple of the road intersections within the housing area and a greasy spoon type cafe by the football stadium - got to have a pie and a cup of tea at match half time!

[@MrSquark]

That big residential area needs more corner shops and pubs, maybe a community centre/club building.

[@FoxDren]

but how do you force all the pubs to be closed?

[@TheGregcellent]

As a spurs fan, TotTEAnham Hotcups As a generic lower league team, Kettleridge Rovers

[@safriwildan6506]

ManTEAster CiTEA

[@lolman533]

Chelstea

[@lilbaz8073]

As a spurs fan you should know there is no s on the end of hotcup!

[@MrMortull]

I love Kettleridge Rovers. Kettleridge actually sounds like a real place. :- I

[@lolman533]

@@lilbaz8073 I was always confused why it's pronounced "Totnam" and not "To-Ten-Ham"

[@jhettopfer8879]

At some point, you just have to add large estates that some rich lords owns as well as a castle/place of some past royal

[@lejezza2492]

Lacking a dodgy Wetherspoon or Sizzler, a dozen Indian takeaways/chipy, a religious building, and the do-it-all newsagents. Other than that pretty accurate

[@TheQuornstar]

Loving this series, it's great to see a UK build for a change.

[@jacobsecor5015]

26:00 - you set it to vanilla (base game) rather than to the default option for that school. Not sure what the vanilla size is for that but I'm guessing it's not the 566. Poor thornaby HS lol

[@DaedalusYoung]

I don't think he clicked Save & Apply, so it wouldn't have changed it.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

^

[@kudaa8969]

I'm currently playing through a vanilla city and the traffic management is torture. These vids give me the strength to continue pushing and complete my city before i run back into the comforting arms of the mods

[@soberhippie]

What is needed for such a terrain are those kind of British houses with the ground floor half-submerged into the ground, with a kind of a trench around the windows, a small flight of stairs to the first floor and to the ground floor. Being a wretched foreigner, I don't know what they're called.

[@philwatson5132]

I love that you just happened to pick a high school (KCI) that I went to briefly in the real world. It gave me a little nostalgia.

[@thesteelrodent1796]

CPP: "Respect the topography." Biffa: "I like it flat." car parks don't have to be flat. It's quite common that they're slightly sloped or even on an incline. Actually they usually are sloped to help drain the water. Of course "slightly sloped" in cities skylines looks ridiculous, but perfectly flat isn't natural either. Also when you put in railroad, if you use "old fashioned" stations you need to consider that the rails probably were there before everything else, so you should have a path between the buildings for the tracks to make it look right - so it looks like the town was built around the tracks, like most places naturally did

[@emilymarielewis92]

Loving this series! I think future terraced houses should change direction more and be smaller areas. As in a block that goes horizontal and then the next one is vertical and offset slightly with some more commercial dotted around.

[@tigonologdring9189]

Wonder why the "London" buses all look like they've been through a massive sandstorm (or been left at the scrappy's for 15 years)... the addition of the footie ground is good, kinda like Maine Road of old (but a bit smaller). That thing about the parking and it being banned on match day? That was when _everyone_ parked in the street! With a dozen double-deckers at the end of the road alongside the school, waiting for the crowd to come out after the game. Things have changed a bit these days I guess...

[@WavyB1]

This is literally how Fratton Park stadium in Portsmouth is. the streets with houses leading up to the entrance

[@WavyB1]

i used to be able to see the stadium light from my kitchen window. see masses of fans storm past singing songs.

[@WavyB1]

the alleyway and everything

[@jackwilson9312]

12:00 it’s a cuppa tea and a good old watch of biffa

[@TangerineUnicornDesign]

Nice build! Reminds me of where I used to live in Twickenham, just round the corner from the stadium. Having been living away from the UK for the last 20 years or so, this series is making me all kinds of nostalgic!

[@Aeroductile1]

as a blue i feel obliged to suggest manchester citea. teachester? manchaister? it's a work in progress lmao loving this series so far! cant wait to see what comes next

[@chiyomyom]

I cannot thank you enough Biffa for your entertaining content. I've been suffering from a high fever for the past two days (covid sucks...) which was accompanied by occasional nausea. Focusing on your voice and the video helped soothe it immensely. Thank you!

[@rosscoe28]

6:14 "There's a truck in my Living Room!!!!" Biffa - "Yeah, that's OK"

[@Sakuraid]

Hyped! thanks for the video and thanks for realising the industry lane issue! As soon as the video starts you show the personal vehicles take the roundabout under the highway like they should! That issue just bugged me that much in the previous Blightea-on-the-Wold video.

[@FigitTheDigit]

What you'd find in my area, is that for these huge housing areas, there would be one or 2 mini-presincts, where there would be a corner shop and mini markets for grocery's and such. would be a nice touch to this estate area

[@Cpl.Punishment]

I think Biffa, you might need some red-brick commercial, a small shopping center with shops lining the ouside and a large clock forming a commercial focussed town mainstreet by St.Giles' would feel quite appropriate near the schools and library, possibly serving as the center around which Thornaby township formed I'd actually suggest moving the schools to fit it in beside the library and park, and have the schools opposite each other on this new mini town center. It would also be an idea to put in a police station, and if you can find the asset, I'm horrified by this brittish town that somehow doesn't have a post office or four!! Always remember, cities naturally are formed from multiple towns, and will have multiple "main streets".

[@eyetok_alot]

back to doing it the old way, i love it

[@MetroTitanD78]

The complement other people's comments about adding some shops to the new area you've created a couple of gaps when you angled the last section of houses and you could easily fit a couple of small shops in plus a pub is needed to complete the look. A community centre/Hall close or next to the school would also be a good thing to have.

[@dereksmith6126]

Surprised that the secondary school doesn't have sports fields. Especially football and rugby.

[@stalfithrildi5366]

Got sold off when the school Academised and the CEO wanted a yacht

[@minotaursgamezone]

As a Brit I can confirm that the highway, ahem, motorway! is realistic. They are sometimes sunk into the ground and can see rock like the game puts in if u look left or right

[@yellowbird8690]

That gap between the houses and the pool should have been shops. The people in that area has a hell of a long way to walk to get their morning papers.

[@campidor]

It definitely needs pubs and take away places. Also an Aldi or Lidl would make sense as they're everywhere these days.

[@SiqueScarface]

Soccer is also British English. When in 1863, the Football Association was founded and adopted the Cambridge Rules, people said, they were playing "Association Football", differently than for instance "Gaelic Football", "Rugby Football" or "Canadian Football". And because "Association Football" was too long, they shortened it to "Soc", or as the fashion of the time was, to "Soccer".

[@ashlyy1341]

you learn something new every day !

[@DaedalusYoung]

They still like to shorten it nowadays by calling it footie.

[@Leon-zc4ef]

In terms of road planning, the first set of houses you pasted should have been rotated 180 degrees so either side of the football pitch you had a short street. Whoever was in charge of planning would of either mirrored the houses either side of the stadium or in the case of the stadium being built after the housing development, it would have replaced what have been a longer street. Think of the UK areas which have been regenerated in this way. Also, in advance of your ore industry, please remember to include some terraced bungalows. All mining towns in the North have dedicated streets like this reserved for miners widows.

[@NikPinski]

The free space behind the school definitely should be another football pitch for the kiddies!

[@billyyeet805]

I would love to see you make an US themed city, but overall this has to be one of my favorite series on your channel.🙂

[@PeacockEarings]

Turning the park behind the library into an actual park will help increase the land value around it.

[@steaveg]

Side note, before I started watching EPL, I had never heard the term "pitch" in a way that means "playing surface"/"field." In summary, "football pitch" = "soccer field." Love your content.

[@RGW1982]

To get the realistic vibe you could demolish some houses and put the railway on arches. A lot of times the Victorian housing estates predated the railway and the wealthy railway owners just bulldozed the slums out the way. One thing that is definitely missing from the estate is fish and chip shops (complete with bad puns)

[@daud1740]

Love a classic ground amongst the terraces!

[@stephenhumphries353]

Some English phrases to use:- "Jigory pokery", " Bim Bam Bosch", "Fanickety", "job's a goodin", and "Just bodge it"

[@blechtic]

I could be wrong here but I do like how the bus lines go from the schools to left to do a little loop where there aren't any stops.

[@davidbne30]

Should have put a pub on every corner of the ground like Brentford used to have before they moved.

[@hannelarsen4918]

The placement of the stadium reminds me of Anfield 🙂

[@madwelshbiker3710]

for the authentic look, chippies and other food outlets by the football ground

[@RhodriLloydEvans]

I'm assuming the team will be playing at the national league level so Blighty Spartans after Blyth Spartans. You should put a pub next to the stadium for all the fans to congregate before and after the match.

[@Joopyter724]

Hmmm yes "congregate" haha

[@homietclown]

And a police station nearby for the inevitable riots.

[@jamie5667]

hey biffa, loving the videos, this is the first of this series I’m seeing:) unsure if you’ve got it, but I’d love to see a little industrial park? with a tescos, greggs, charity shop, maybe even a Starbucks that’s popped up in the middle of the carpark ahah if those custom assets exist. could even get a lil co-op in ur housing estate

[@KindredBrujah]

That's all commercial, to be fair.

[@shinyshoes101]

There is a little commercial park with an asda and a few other shops - almost one of the first things that was laid out!

[@vickirothe3761]

The camera work at the beginning caused a bit of nausea, but the rest of the build was super. Always enjoy videos!

[@stevelknievel4183]

Given your love of all things tea related, is one of the stands at the football club called 'The Cup' (as opposed to The Kop}?

[@markusojala2132]

I think you should add small supermarket near the new residental area and also put bunch of pubs around the stadium so people can pre-game

[@sherrisville]

Looking good Biffa. Would love to see a first person bus ride round the estate.

[@orinbeard3693]

Top vid! I think with the schools there should be a big playing field with2-3 football pitches. Most of the schools around my area have at least 1 or rugby field Brilliant series

[@ewenlau727]

RIP the people who reserved a house in the construction area and never could come live to Blightea of the World because Biffa likes this zone.

[@BeinDraug]

Absolutely need a pub by the footy field. Also i may just be dumb here but could i suggest doing some videos on how to use some of your preferred mods like Move It ect

[@lorddarlo6194]

With a Big Sky Dish and Sky Sports Banner plus a Police Station, maybe multiple pubs Brentford's old ground had a Pub on every corner. Maybe some Chippys, Kebab Shops, Pizza Shops and in general Petrol Stations.

[@LiqdPT]

10:13 the village is screaming for water over there!

[@andrewyoung3299]

Blightea FC at Old Teafford makes perfect sense. Just my suggestion for the name of the stadium. Based off of Old Trafford in Manchester of course

[@chrisbrookes1167]

Proper old school football ground. Reminds me of going to Premiership games at Highfield Road and Filbert Street in the 90s.

[@mileschalker2226]

100% need a canal by the village

[@idno4856]

Hi Biffa really enjoyed this build. Usually the times when I have problems getting my words out is when I am overly tired. I know you recovered from covid recently, but hope you've been taking care of yourself and resting.

[@eternalsunshineofthespotlessme]

I'm Canadian and I don't know why you've gotten so many comments about St. Giles Common not being British. That is exactly what I picture when I think of British housing!

[@PhattSpicer]

Love the victorian terrace houses. Very similar to where I live. I reckon some areas of Blightea could do with allotments! And the football club needs a terrible burger van!

[@JacksonOwex]

WAIT! A Football stadium that doesn't have noise?! That can't be a UK one then that's GOT to be Canadian, they're the only ones I can imagine are nice enough to not be CRAZY loud as there team is winning!

[@TheOnlyShadowWarrior]

A village cricket green would be class.. With a pub attached

[@amypeggs9606]

Definitely need a pub and a chippy in that slot by the pitch.

[@lornavantilburg4622]

As always enjoyment and inspiration are boundless with you Biffa. But from a mother's point of view: your estates are great but too far to go and get milk and bread. And the children would demand going into town after school or a game, for a snack. So I would suggest some UK village shops added by the sauna, by the school and one by the stadium. I like the shops by Starshall and Sparks.

[@hungrydevil8075]

Nice work biffa. Good to see right hand drive too

[@pippen1001]

@biffa add a small practice pitch next to the game pitch, you cant practice on your main field all the time.

[@ashlyy1341]

for the too high/too low terraced house issue, i'd just imagine they have fire escape-style steps up to the the front doors - i've seen places hilly enough where this has been the case

[@harlequinems]

Yeah quite a few main roads in my town have steps in their front garden that take you 20ft up just to get to the front door!

[@stalfithrildi5366]

Loads of this around Hillsborough in Sheffield. The stadium in the vid is in a better state of repair, tho.

[@stevieinselby]

On a steep hill, you really need to go for the individual 1-width terraced houses rather than the blocks of 4, and then you can adjust the height of each of them individually for a more realistic level.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

I only have 24 hours in each day and a life to live!!!! 😂

[@harlequinems]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines That's cowards talk! We demand perfection and daily vids! 😜

[@GermanNightmare1976]

I believe you do have the option of giving your schools a custom population. You were fiddling with the levers on the right but directly underneath the picture there's a custom population field into which you could enter a number. Might make things a bit easier for you next time? Cheers, Biffa!

[@joesanchez979]

I love British history it's my favorite history 😄

[@protagonist9794]

Im a football fan 😊. An Arsenal one , which you might not be happy about lol 😆.

[@rhodridavies9426]

That green space next to the high school to me should be playing fields, with a rugby/football pitch and running lanes for the inevitable sports days! ;-P

[@stuartmosley]

Could do with blocks of garages between the terraced houses. You know, for the kids to play football and learn about smoking.

[@ReySkywalker2]

6:30 Those houses suddenly became bungalows apparently.

[@chelseyjacqueline5445]

Biffa, I am now sponsoring the second round-about leading into the wave retail park. The junction on the round-about is set up wrong! Entering into the new-ish area, you don't have the 'enter the junction even if there is a vehicle already there' on for the round-about! And I will be commenting this on every Blightea video until it is fixed.

[@jasonarthurs3885]

Build is really starting to take shape; it exudes character. Well done.

[@jimmyandrews3963]

16:05 - “Our high school is rammed”. Yep, that’s as British as it gets.

[@joesanchez979]

Especially Richard the Lionheart 🇬🇧🇺🇲

[@PerfectAlibi1]

2:45 Wait... Biffa used to live in Texas?! 😮

[@MetroTitanD78]

With the schools I would add a tiny bit of concrete to increase the playground area and if there's any playground/sports decals on the workshop then maybe adding one or two would look good. With regards to the train station location I think it would look better on the otherside of the motorway and you could extend or create another area from it.

[@andydapebble]

Surely it was Luton, I love the Kenny and it looks almost identical to this ground 😂

[@Davefacestation]

Just wanted to say Biffa, I always appreciate you making the time to put in disabled parking spaces.

[@stevieinselby]

Even if they are always the wrong way round!

[@l3v1ckUK]

The only way to be more British would be to have a cricket ground in your new village.

[@ClareFlack]

Cambridge United has what I would call a small pitch. My brother is a big fan and took me one year when i was young.

[@GBLecci]

I don't know if I can live with the fact that Biffa misaligned the houses split by the football field... LOL

[@samholo1917]

I pity the lovely people who want to use that pool in the winter in Britain... I sure hope it's heated when it's outdoors!