Very bored at work, so scanning through a Wiki page listing all the clubs in English football (down to Step 10).... got me thinking as to how many grounds I've actually visited in my years of watching football both with Torquay and my adopted team Tonbridge Angels (Ryman Prem League for those of you who don't look that far down the leagues)...and a few 'one-offs'.
So, here goes: (those in bold visited more than once)
AFC Hornchurch AFC Wimbledon Aldershot
Aveley Barnet(Underhill)
Bath City
Blackpool
Braintree Town
Brentford
Brighton & Hove Albion (Goldstone Ground)
Bristol City Bromley Burgess Hill Town
Cambridge United
Canvey Island
Chelsea
Coventry City (Highfield Road)
Crawley Town Crystal Palace Dagenham & Redbridge Dartford(old and new)
Dawlish Town Dover Athletic
East Thurrock United Eastbourne Borough
Eastleigh Ebbsfleet United
Enfield Town Erith & Belvedere Exeter City Gillingham
Grays Athletic
Hampton & Richmond Borough Hastings United
Hayes & Yeading United
Hemel Hempstead Town
Hereford United
Herne Bay
Histon Horsham
Kingstonian Lewes
Leyton Orient
Lincoln City Maidstone United(at Sittingbourne, Ashford and The Gallagher)
Manchester United
Newport County
Peacehaven & Telscombe Plymouth Argyle
Portsmouth
Queens Park Rangers
Ramsgate
Reading (Elm Park)
Redhill
Shrewsbury Town Sittingbourne
Slough Town Southend United St Albans City
St Leonards (Stamco) Staines Town
Stevenage
Sutton United
Swansea City Tonbridge Angels Torquay United
Tottenham Hotspur Tunbridge Wells
VCD Athletic
Walsall
Walton Casuals
Ware
Welling United
Wembley FC Wembley Stadium(old and new)
Whitehawk (worst ground I have ever had the displeasure of visiting) Woking
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Worcester City
Workington (first ever away game!)
Worthing
Wrexham
Wycombe Wanderers
Surprisingly, never been to Yeovil or Bristol Rovers despite them being 'local' before I moved away from the 'Bay,
Last edited by WestKentGull on 19 Feb 2015, 08:41, edited 1 time in total.
well I have done 25 of those grounds plus a few more. Not sure about one though. slough town. now was it that one with a lot of high white walls making it look like a cross between a gents bog and a prison.
But starting at the southwestern most part of the UK I have done the following. Will use edit to keep adding them as i have flu at the moment and can't cope with doing it all at once.
BTW. These are grounds where I have actually seen a match played. I have visited a lot more without having seen a match which I will list seperatly
Home Park Plymuff.
Plainmoor. Torquay Utd.
St James Park. Exeter.
ladysmead. Tiverton town.
Dean Court. Bournmouth. (yes I know it's renamed but I call it by it's real name)
The Dell. Southampton. (original stadium)
Fratton Park. Portsmouth.
The Raymond McEnhill Stadium. Salisbury City.
The Hand Stadium. Clevedon town.
Ashton Gate. brissle Chity.
The Memorial stadium. Brissle Rovers.
Twerton Azteca. Bath City.(I know it's Twerton Park But fondly remember the nickname Gould gave it in the 90's).
Lodge road. Yate town.
The County Ground. Swindon Town.
Elm Park. Reading
Kingsmeadow. Wimbledon FC
Craven Cottage. Fulham FC
Selhurst Park. Crystal Palace
Priestfield Stadium. Gillingham FC
Colchester stadium. (the old ground who's name now escapes me) Colchester United
Roots Hall. Southend utd
Upton Park. West Ham Utd
Brisbane Road. Orient FC
Higbury. Arsenal FC
White Hart Lane. Tottenham Hotspur FC
Meadow Park. Boreham wood FC
Clarence Park. St Albans City FC
Adams Park. Wycombe Wanderers FC
The Manor Ground. Oxford Utd
The Kassam Stadium . Oxford Utd
The Lawn. Forest green Rovers. (old ground)
The New Lawn. Forest Green Rovers. (new ground)
Meadow Park. Gloucester City FC
Whaddon Road. Cheltenham Town FC
Somerton Park. Newport County
Newport Stadium. Newport AFC
Rodney Parade. Newport County AFC
Ninian Park. Cardiff City
The Vetch Field. Swansea City
Edgar Street. Hereford Utd
Portman road. Ipswich Town FC
Sixfields. Northampton Town
Nene Park. Rushden and Diamonds
The Victoria Ground. Bromesgrove Rovers
St Georges Park. Worcester City FC
Aggbourgh Stadium. kidderminster Harriers FC
Gay Meadow. Shrewsbury Town FC
Greenhaus Meadow. Shrewsbury Town FC
Fellows Park. Walsall FC
Bescot Stadium. Walsall FC
Villa PArk. Aston Villa FC
The City Ground. Birmingham City FC
Higfield Road. Coventry City FC
The Pirrelli Stadium. Burton Albion.
Meadow Lane. Notts County
Pride Park. Derby County FC
The Alexandra Stadium. Crewe Alexandra FC
Scincil Bank. Lincoln City FC
Anfield. Liverpool FC
Old Trafford. Manure
Maine road. Manchester City
Hillsbourgh. Sheffield Wednesday FC
Brammal Lane. Sheffield Utd. FC
Gigg lane Bury FC
Turf Moor. Burnley FC
Burnden PArk. Bolton Wanderers FC
Springfield Park. Wigan Athletic FC
Valley Parade. Bradford City FC
Bootham Crescent. York City FC
The Darlington Arena. Darlington FC
Also visited these English grounds but no match seen.
The Sports ground. Bideford Town.
Goldstone Ground. Brighton and Hove Albion.
Molynuex. Wolverhampton Wanderers
The Hawthorns. West Bromwich Albion
The Victoria Ground. Stoke City
The Brittania Stadium Stoke City
London Road. Peterbourgh utd
The County Ground Nottingham Forest.
Boothferry Park. Hull City
Millmoor. Rotherham utd
New York Stadium. Rotherham Utd
Leeds Road. Huddersfield town FC
Elland road. Leeds Utd
Goodison Park. Everton FC.
Bloomfield Road. Blackpool FC
Ewood Park. Blackburn Rovers FC
Field Mill. Mansfeld Town FC
St James PArk. (yes the real one) Newcastle Utd FC
Roker Park. Sunderland. (worked there in 1985)
Scottish grounds. Matches seen.
East End PArk. Dunfirmline FC
Natal Place. Cowdenbeath (This Stadium is such a dump it should be called anti natal)
New Broomfield.stadium. Airdrie FC
We also Visited The following grounds deliberately to see them Including watching from a high bank a friendly between Celtic and Albion Rovers
Tannadice. Dundee Utd
Dens PArk. Dundee
Starks Park. Raith Rovers
Bayview Stadium. East Fife (Haha what laugh. this is a right hole)
Caledonian Stadium. Inverness Caledonain Thistle FC
Raydale Park. Gretna FC (Before they went bust)
Wow I did it. Not sure if any clubs have been missed out, but I add another ground or so each season.
In total
In all 98 grounds visited.
72 Grounds where I have watched a match. of which 69 were in England.
3 were in Scotland
56 of them in the football league or Premiership (or Division 1)
31 grounds visited where no match was being played. of which 25 were in England.
I just wish I had been able to see a match at gretna before i folded. talk about a short lived club. having been there i cant see how it could have supported a team bigger than Tiverton town. maybe even smaller. the town of gretna itself is a few dozen houses. But the community certainly supporter the team all the shops. what there were of them had flags. bunting and scarves in their windows. shame it was all done on one mans money.
Glostergull wrote:well I have done 25 of those grounds plus a few more. Not sure about one though. slough town. now was it that one with a lot of high white walls making it look like a cross between a gents bog and a prison.
But starting at the southwestern most part of the UK I have done the following. Will use edit to keep adding them as i have flu at the moment and can't cope with doing it all at once.
BTW. These are grounds where I have actually seen a match played. I have visited a lot more without having seen a match which I will list seperatly
Home Park Plymuff.
Plainmoor. Torquay Utd.
St James Park. Exeter.
ladysmead. Tiverton town.
Dean Court. Bournmouth. (yes I know it's renamed but I call it by it's real name)
The Dell. Southampton. (original stadium)
Fratton Park. Portsmouth.
The Raymond McEnhill Stadium. Salisbury City.
The Hand Stadium. Clevedon town.
Ashton Gate. brissle Chity.
The Memorial stadium. Brissle Rovers.
Twerton Azteca. Bath City.(I know it's Twerton Park But fondly remember the nickname Gould gave it in the 90's).
Lodge road. Yate town.
The County Ground. Swindon Town.
Elm Park. Reading
Kingsmeadow. Wimbledon FC
Craven Cottage. Fulham FC
Selhurst Park. Crystal Palace
Priestfield Stadium. Gillingham FC
Colchester stadium. (the old ground who's name now escapes me) Colchester United
Roots Hall. Southend utd
Upton Park. West Ham Utd
Brisbane Road. Orient FC
Higbury. Arsenal FC
White Hart Lane. Tottenham Hotspur FC
Meadow Park. Boreham wood FC
Clarence Park. St Albans City FC
Adams Park. Wycombe Wanderers FC
The Manor Ground. Oxford Utd
The Kassam Stadium . Oxford Utd
The Lawn. Forest green Rovers. (old ground)
The New Lawn. Forest Green Rovers. (new ground)
Meadow Park. Gloucester City FC
Whaddon Road. Cheltenham Town FC
Somerton Park. Newport County
Newport Stadium. Newport AFC
Rodney Parade. Newport County AFC
Ninian Park. Cardiff City
The Vetch Field. Swansea City
Edgar Street. Hereford Utd
Portman road. Ipswich Town FC
Sixfields. Northampton Town
Nene Park. Rushden and Diamonds
The Victoria Ground. Bromesgrove Rovers
St Georges Park. Worcester City FC
Aggbourgh Stadium. kidderminster Harriers FC
Gay Meadow. Shrewsbury Town FC
Greenhaus Meadow. Shrewsbury Town FC
Fellows Park. Walsall FC
Bescot Stadium. Walsall FC
Villa PArk. Aston Villa FC
The City Ground. Birmingham City FC
Higfield Road. Coventry City FC
The Pirrelli Stadium. Burton Albion.
Meadow Lane. Notts County
Pride Park. Derby County FC
The Alexandra Stadium. Crewe Alexandra FC
Scincil Bank. Lincoln City FC
Anfield. Liverpool FC
Old Trafford. Manure
Maine road. Manchester City
Hillsbourgh. Sheffield Wednesday FC
Brammal Lane. Sheffield Utd. FC
Gigg lane Bury FC
Turf Moor. Burnley FC
Burnden PArk. Bolton Wanderers FC
Springfield Park. Wigan Athletic FC
Valley Parade. Bradford City FC
Bootham Crescent. York City FC
The Darlington Arena. Darlington FC
Also visited these English grounds but no match seen.
The Sports ground. Bideford Town.
Goldstone Ground. Brighton and Hove Albion.
Molynuex. Wolverhampton Wanderers
The Hawthorns. West Bromwich Albion
The Victoria Ground. Stoke City
The Brittania Stadium Stoke City
London Road. Peterbourgh utd
The County Ground Nottingham Forest.
Boothferry Park. Hull City
Millmoor. Rotherham utd
New York Stadium. Rotherham Utd
Leeds Road. Huddersfield town FC
Elland road. Leeds Utd
Goodison Park. Everton FC.
Bloomfield Road. Blackpool FC
Ewood Park. Blackburn Rovers FC
Field Mill. Mansfeld Town FC
St James PArk. (yes the real one) Newcastle Utd FC
Roker Park. Sunderland. (worked there in 1985)
Scottish grounds. Matches seen.
East End PArk. Dunfirmline FC
Natal Place. Cowdenbeath (This Stadium is such a dump it should be called anti natal)
New Broomfield.stadium. Airdrie FC
We also Visited The following grounds deliberately to see them Including watching from a high bank a friendly between Celtic and Albion Rovers
Tannadice. Dundee Utd
Dens PArk. Dundee
Starks Park. Raith Rovers
Bayview Stadium. East Fife (Haha what laugh. this is a right hole)
Caledonian Stadium. Inverness Caledonain Thistle FC
Raydale Park. Gretna FC (Before they went bust)
Wow I did it. Not sure if any clubs have been missed out, but I add another ground or so each season.
In total
In all 98 grounds visited.
72 Grounds where I have watched a match. of which 69 were in England.
3 were in Scotland
56 of them in the football league or Premiership (or Division 1)
31 grounds visited where no match was being played. of which 25 were in England.
I just wish I had been able to see a match at gretna before i folded. talk about a short lived club. having been there i cant see how it could have supported a team bigger than Tiverton town. maybe even smaller. the town of gretna itself is a few dozen houses. But the community certainly supporter the team all the shops. what there were of them had flags. bunting and scarves in their windows. shame it was all done on one mans money.
Fair play to you mate. I see you went Springfield in Wigan, was that when fash played(and Martinez ) 0-0. With all that impressive list suprised you didn't go Carlisle to witness the great escape under warnock, lol
lucy6lucy wrote:
Fair play to you mate. I see you went Springfield in Wigan, was that when fash played(and Martinez ) 0-0. With all that impressive list suprised you didn't go Carlisle to witness the great escape under warnock, lol
Some of these matches were not United ones. I watched many teams over the years for various reasons. Not Like Andy of Course. But because I was there at the time of in a position where i could go to Plainmoor. I also followed Rovers for a while when i was unable to get to Plainmoor and the Wigan Match at Springfield park was not that long after they got into the league. I was informed maybe errantley that Wigan had been getting rather large crowds when they got into the league. so armed with my trusty scarf I went up with others to find we were stuck i a huge crowd on Boxing day one year. there must have been close to 20,000 all trying to get into that stadium. there was a small but nevertheless important little point we had missed. it was the rugby ground and we were on the wrong side of Wigan. . we eventually made it to the right side of town only to sit in misery on a wet day watching the most heart wrenchingly awful game I have witnessed in all my time watching the beautiful game. indeed there was nothing beautiful about anything that day except the exit.
The far northern games have more or less eluded me due to cost and distance. One day maybe. one day. Only seen some of the north east grounds due to visiting other people during holiday times. although. Northumbergull did give me a guided tour of Newcastle's St James Park a few months ago. I can't get around as well as i used to so it's gonna be a long and hard road.
One match worth mentioning was a friendly between Red Star Belgrade and Crewe. i was training up there at the time.
