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I am about 10 away from completing the "92 club" by watching a match at every English league club

I was about 15 away 10 years ago but marriage, young kids and then board involvement with a non league club stopped me making much progress. Then came poker.

I play it by the book, when a team moves ground I have to do them again, and promotion/relegation from the Conference changes the goalposts every year

My outstandings are newer clubs like Boston and Yeovil, some far flung parts like Torquay and Darlington's new ground and the new Emirates stadium too.

If you are Scottish, tell me about Scottish league grounds you've been to. English...English grounds.


I've also done Atletico Madrid, Red Star Belgrade (we were in Europe twice as a result of Worhington cup wins), Barcelona and once, though it seems especially stupid now, an entire preseason tour of Norway watching Leciester.

Amazing, ridiculous and true.

Over to you...

Talking about new grounds i was at Coventry's Ricoh stadium in the week, very impressed (the old ground was a dump).
As for the rest i need to think about it, i have supported blues seriously home and away from about 87 till 94, then it got so depressing i rarely bother these days.
So as you can imagine i have been to just about every "small" clubs ground (all 2nd and 3rd division grounds) but very few of the top flight grounds and NONE abroad LOL.

Highbury/Ashburton Grove/Portman Road/Carrow Road/The Valley/St James Park/Old Trafford/Amsterdam Arena/Millenium Stadium

I've not been to many - Highbury, spuds, West Ham, Coventry (old ground), Walsall (for a gig - does that count?), Millenium Stadium, Leeds Utd, Reading (old and new), Ajax & Perth Glory.  I think that's about it.  Covered some miles though with the Glory one!

edit: Wembley!

Even though I've lived here for nearly 3 years now, I am ashamed to admit I haven't been to Darlo's new ground yet.

Tell you what, next time there's a festival at Newcastle, come up and we can go to a game and cross it off the list.

How does that sound?

I watched Leeds from 1986-2002 pretty much every game, recently a few Bradford games.

I figured about 80 grounds in this country and 20 in  Europe.

that's a deal.

Cheers

I'm guessing about 50 under your rules, as a few new grounds have popped up that I've not been to, including the Walkers Stadium!

Random foreign grounds I've been to for football are the Parc Des Princes, Ajax Arena (awesome) and bizarrely, Stenhousemuir!

Firstly  :respect: to those who have been to so many grounds!

My current list of stadiums of note.... (in decending geographical order)

St James' Park
Roker Park
The Riverside
Aysome Park
Ewood Park
JJB
Boothferry Park
Old Trafford
Millenium stadium (watching two league clubs!)
Wembley
San Siro

I never really considered how poor my list was until now. I'll definatly be trying to increase this over the next few years.

Forgot about Wembley! 

Well here goes

Celtic Park
Ibrox
Hampden
Shawfield- Clyde
Firhill
Easter Road
Tynecastle
Pittodrie
Dens park
Tannadice
McDermid park Perth
Rugby park Killmarnock
Boghead park Dunbarton
Broadwood Clyde New
Almondvale Livingston
love street St mirren
Cappielow- Greenock Morton
Broomfield- Old Airdire
Brockville- old Falkirk

In England (watching Celtic)

Anfield
Old Trafford
Goodison
Carrow Road
ST Andrews Birmingham
Ewood park
Old Ayresome park m/boro

Abroad
Mungersdorfer Stadion Cologne
Westfallen Stadion Dortmund
Volks Parkstadion Hamburg
Wankdorf Stadion Berne
Finnair Stadium Helsinki
Stade Gerland Lyon
Parc des Princes Paris
Jose Avalado Lisbon
Stadio Della Alpi Turin
Estadio Olympico Seville


That's about it  :) :)


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Around half of the current English football grounds, i followed norwich home and away very actively in my teenage years. Have to say my passion for it has disappeared for it in recent years, i managed for my first game of the season on Saturday!

Highlight would have to be going to The Millenium Stadium to watch Norwich in the playoff final, lows include going to Whaddon Road (cheltenham) to watch City play in league cup tie which we lost, what was i thinking!

That was a great day  :cheers:
Whatever happened to Darren Carter?

It was a great day, in all honesty we were happy to be there that day, though i would argue to this day we had slightly the better of the game. There was more chance of Norwich U10's winning that penalty shoot out, we missed so many penalties that season.

Darren Carter not a clue, alot of the Norwich players that day disappeared without trace within a year or two.

I watched Charlton at home at Valley/Selhurst park/then back to Valley. 1st time I ever saw them was in Birmingham when they Flucked it past Leeds in extra-time in the first playoffs ever I believe. Aizlewood, Shirtliff, reid, curbs, bolder etc..man that was a good team then for Charlton.

I've been to all the big stadia (funyn word actually) in Europe when I was 16 did the whole big stadia holiday..Wembley, Anfield, Camp Nou etc.

Been to most of the dutch stadia. haven't been to many scottish ones...been to Ibrox and hated it...been to hamden and found it was build for midgets..no legroom and all that stuff.

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name them, date order


I'll help with the first few


1. Fakenham Town
2. Diss Town
3. Norwich City
4. Kings Lynn
5. Mildenhall
6. AFC Sudbury
7. Newmarket Town
8. Ipswich Town
9. Wells Town
10. Costessey Rovers
11. .....

 rotflmfao         nice response mr end

I have been a Liverpool "supporter" sinice i was 6 but the list of grounds is...

Gigg Lane - (Bury 3 Rochdale 3)
Wembley - (Nottingham Forest 3 Luton Town 1)
Old Trafford - (Man U (Too Many) Liverpool (Not enough))
Stamford Bridge (Chelsea v Southampton)((new years day too hung over to remember)
Camp Nou (Barcelona 2 - Numancia 0)
The Valley (Charlton 1 - Man City 0)

Rather sad really.

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

327. I used to visit Footie Grounds for my County.

Spurs
Arse
West ham
Leeds
Sunderland (old ground)
Man City
Liverpool
Burnley
Bradford
Swindon
Ipswich
Colchester
Luton
Wigan
QPR
Accrington
Blackburn
Bury
Watford
Aston Villa
Orient
Wembley
Lansdowne Rd
PSV Eindhoven

been to most non league grounds in the North west from when I was Involved with Colne Dyanamoes ..... the first fully pro club outside the football league and conference ....  heard of them Tighty ?

absolutely, Colne is near Nelson I believe, good run in the FA Cup a few years ago

won the fa trophy, and semi finalists ... never had an FA cup run though.

Alan Kennedy played for them for a while, Paul fletcher who is now Stadium manager at Coventry and previously Bolton was commercial director... Happy days they were.

ok, here goes. I will no doubt miss a few

Scotland

Celtic park :)
Ibrox
Tannadice
Dens Park
Pittodrie
Tynecastle
Easter Road
St Mirren Park
Inverness Caley
Falkirk
Dunfermline
Rugby Park
Fir Park (not a happy place)
Boghead
Forfar
Albion Rovers
Firhill
St Johnstone
Douglas Park (old hamilton accies ground)
Livingston
shawfield
broomfield (old airdrie)
Shyberry Excelsior Stadium !
Cappielow
Somerset Park
Starks Park
Hampden
Gayfield

whew !

England
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Old Trafford
Highbury
Middlesboro
St James Park
White Hart Lane
Barnet :)
Anfield
The Dell
Villa Park
Ewood Park
St Andrews
Old Coventry Ground
Walkers Stadium
Filbert Street
Carrow Road
Elland Road

Europe (nearly finished now...)

Nou Camp
Gottlieb Daimler Stadium (stuttgart)
Celta Vigo
Olympic Stadium Seville
Amsterdam Arena
De Kuip (feyenoord)
Aan de Beatrixstraat (old nac breda stadium)
The Castle (sparta rotterdam)
Stadion Woudestein (Excelsior Rotterdam)
Westfalen (dortmund)
Hamburg


I'm sure I have missed some....

Griffin Park?

Actually no, but i used to do a fair bit of imbibing in the george and dragon, does that count ?

just remembered another one - carlisle united.

No, but the Beehive does.

 rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

Tikay you do make me laugh everytime i see your "county" posts..

Scotland
Celtic Park
Stranraer
Queen of the South
Kilmarnock
Ayr Utd
Greenock Morton
St Mirren
Dumbarton
Partick Thistle
Greyskull
Hampden
Clyde (Broadwood)
Airdrie (Shyberry)
Hamilton Accies
Motherwell
Livingston
Falkirk (Old Ground)
Hearts
Hibs
Dunfermline
Raith Rovers
St Johnstone (Muirton & McDermid Parks)
Dundee
Dundee Utd
Aberdeen
Inverness Caley

England
Coventry (old ground)
Aston Villa
Sheffield Utd
Tranmere
Liverpool
Everton
Man Utd
Newcastle
Plymouth

Ireland
Landsdown Road

France
Bordeaux
Lyon

Belgium
Anderlecht

Germany
Beilefeld
St Pauli
Stuttgart

Spain
Nou Camp
Estadio Olympico Sevilla
Real Betis

Portugal
Porto
Sporting Lisbon (Old Ground)
Estadio Nacional Lisbon


Only 48 that I can remember, and 2 were for gigs & one (Estadio Nacional Lisbon) was a pilgrimage.

Aberdeen
Cove Rangers
Kilmarnock
Stenhousemuir
Hamilton (BB2)

Barcelona

Not much, never was the biggest football fan.

were these Celtic awaydays , as i heard somebody mention that you occasionally went on Celtic tours ?

btw        i also heard you once met Jimmy Tarbuck               :respect:

Feck it just spent ages typing out my list had got through all the Scottish, English, Welsh and halfway through the Irish grounds and I just managed to delete the lot so I'm not typing it out again.

You would think with all those grounds he would have a tale or 2 to tell about his Celtic trips.........

34 current league grounds for me at the mo, also Lokomotiv Moscow's stadium!

Few league of Wales/non league grounds etc etc

My new house is pretty much next door to Ochilview, you can hear the PA announcer from my living room.

mine's quite pathetically low for such an avid supporter

seeing as man City haven't been abroad much in the last 15 years it counts them out.. and never got into the routine of going to away matches when younger...

1) Old Trafford.. to watch an England schoolboys match vs Scotland.. given as a reward for winning the double double in primary school
2) Ewood Park... to watch a testimonial with a Blackburn supporting better half
3) Maine Road... soooo many times I've lost count, didn't miss a game for nearly 10 years ( at the Huddersfield 10-1 for example.. and am on the video as proof!)
4) City Of Manchester Stadium.. not been often to be honest, went for 4 straight home games at the start of Stuart Pearce's reign.. starting with the Liverpool last minute win, ending with Fowler's missed penalty vs Middlesborough and David James up front ( which I called 10 mins before it happened)
5) Wembley.. I must have THE worst record for any fan.. only been twice... Full Members Cup Final vs Chelsea in the late 80s... go 1 up.. Chelsea make it 5-1 with 5 mins to go, and my dad decides its time to go ( I had no reason to stay either lol)... hear cheering walking down Wembley Way a few times.. getting more depressed... of course it ends 5-4 with City nearly sneaking the draw.

Second time being the Playoff final vs Gillingham.. at the time living in London, and couldn't get the time off work.. still went..2-0 going into injury time, so decide I better scarper before it gets too busy. I manage to run and get on the tube without hearing a thing ( I WAS quick in those days), and decide to go for a stiff drink before going to work.

Of course, walk into the pub ( empty) and see City celebrating.. literally sunk to my knees and YELLED

The Home of Football - Upton Park
Wembley (old)
Highbury
White Hart Lane
Stamford Bridge
Loftus Road
The Dell
Home Park
Ashton Gate
The County Ground
The Manor
Highfield Road
The Hawthorns
Anfield
Racecourse Ground

i dread to think how much i have spent following newcastle over the years,this list i only when nufc are playing
ENGLAND;
arsenal(both)
man u
man city(both)
liverpool
pompey
blackburn
chelsea
villa
hammers
wigan
brum
smoggies(both)
mackems(both)
fulham
reading(both)
spurs
bolton(both)
derby(both)
watford
charlton(times 3)
wba
barnsley
coventry
bristol c
stoke
plymouth
wolves
hull
blackpool
ipswich
southampton
crysl palace
sheff u
leicster
norwich
sheff w
qpr
leyton o
southend
carlise
forest
swindon
brighton
hudderfield
leeds
luton
oldham
port vale
millwall
bournmouth
peterbourugh
shrewsbury
rotherham
nott c
brenford
grimsby
stevenage
cambridge
blyth spartens
yeading(ok it was at qpr)
 
wembley/old

EUROPE;
rangers
barcelona
monaco
halmstad
antwerp
millenium
ferenvacos
tallinn
metz
roma
partizan belgrade

REST OF THE WORLD;
dc utd
columbus crew;;;yes i did go to america for pre season friendlies

WITH ENGERRLAND
wembley
frankurt(wc 2006)
bolonga(wc 1990) didnt actually get to see the game as got deported on "the plane of shame"remember that?

FAVORITE(apart from SJP)   elland road,always great atmosphere
LEAST                               liverpool,love the city but ground is terrible since the kop went all seater

yeah, but can you eat a fruit pastille without chewing it?

Played at celtic Park twice. Two 90 minute matches, one in 2003 & then 2004. Broke my wrist in the first one after 15 minutes but refused to come off.

Greatest experience any fan can go through.

ps been to about 15 grounds in england, 15 in scotland, 1 in america and 1 in spain,.......... now where was that place in spain i went to again???????????

yeah, but can you eat a fruit pastille without chewing it?
no but i can drink a bottle of brown ale without it touching the sides



Typing that list ran a lot of emotion through me remembering some of the best times ive ever had and some of the most depressing(losing the league when ahead by miles,two fa cup final loses when we never turned up etc etc etc),but i guess thats the curse of following the team i love.
Football  kinda saddens me at the minute,i cant deny some of the games are fantastic,some of the players are just sublime but i just cant comprehend how much even average players are being bought and sold for and the rediculous money going in there pockets,more money in a season than ill earn in a lifetime.Teams like arsenal not having one british/irish player let alone english and local,and sky-setantas-arttv over saturated coverage just makes kids into glory hunters which kid is going to support brentford and go to griiffen park when its just premiership rammed down your throat day in day out.
sorry rant over
HOWAY THE LADS
col

newcastle fans...................... real fans!!!!

scotland

pittordrie
dens park
tanadise
ibrox
hampden
bourghbriggs

highland leauge

rothes
lossie
kieth
huntly
buckie
forres


england

the dell

Scotland:

Celtic Park
Ibrox
Hampden
Firhill
Fir Park
Rugby Park
Easter Road
Tynecastle
Tannadice
Dens Park
Pittodrie
Almondvale
Kilbowie*
Cappielow
Brockville*
McDairmed Park
Whatever Raith Rovers ground is called

England:

Old Trafford
Ewood Park
Anfield
St James park

Abroad:

Stadio Delle Alpi
San Siro
Nou Camp
Olympic Stadium Seville
Gottlieb Daimler
Stade Gerland

* No longer there

Didn't realise Iron was a follower of Pitlochry, and surprised he hasn't been to see the dandy dons.

been to 45 league grounds, wembley, millennium stdium plus 2 old grounds coventry and doncaster!

this is a decent site www.footballgroundguide.co.uk

Thanks for that link,what a great find.

I see no-one has visited Sincel bank (Lincoln city) or glanford park (Scunthorpe united)  ;whistle; ;whistle; ;whistle;

For a football fan, i've only been to these grounds:

Somerton Park (Old Newport County ground)
Newport Stadium (New Newport County ground)
Ninian Park  (Cardiff City)
Vetch Field (Swansea)
White Hart Lane (Spurs)
Millenium Stadium
Wembley


That really is a shameful list

Hillsborough
Brammall Lane
Ewood Park
Kit Kat Crescent
Goodison Park
Villa Park
Stadium of Light (most impressive)
Old Wembley
Anfield
Millenium Stadium
Belle Vue
Glanford Park
Maine Road
Turf Moor
Riverside Stadium

All to watch Leeds away.

+obv Elland Road, about 1000 times.

Old Trafford 100's of times
The Old Wembley
Millenium Stadium
Nou Camp
Villa Park
Hillsborough
Loftus Road
St Andrews
Stadium of Light
St James' Park
Highbury
Highfield Road

The real Stadium of Light?

The real Stadium of Light?
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Where Jose stepped out in front of the masses?

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 :dontask: I was talking about Lisbon....

Molineux (too many times to remember)
The Gay Meadow (Shrewsbury's old ground, not been to new one yet)
Walsall (old and new grounds)
The Riverside
Anfield
Old Trafford
Hillsborough (many times whilst at Uni)
Wembley
Millenium Stadium
Maine Road
Villa Park
City Ground
Loftus Road
Aggborough (Kidderminsters ground - for a Wolves Reserve game)
The Racecourse ground (Wrexham)
The Bucks Head (Telford's new ground - again for Wolves Reserve games).
The Baseball ground - Derby's old ground (not been to Pride park yet).
The Brittania Stadium - Stoke (for the conference play-off final 2002/2003, friends a Shrewsbury fan!!).

Shamefully for a season ticket holder I very rarely go to away games.

FYP.

Clear jelousy of the failure of Leeds in recent times.

wtf is jelousy?

Right I am bored and thought I'd have another bash at this to pass the time.  I'm being a smart cookie though and putting this on a word doc before posting then that way there is no chance of me deleting it all like i did before.  :)

Scotland

Celtic Park
Easter Road
Ibrox
Tynecastle
Tannadice
Fir Park
Rugby Park
Pittodrie
Brockville (Falkirk’s Old Dump)
Love St
Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
Gayfield
Douglas Park
Dens Park
McDairmaid Park
Cappielow
Firhill
Palmerston Park
Hampden
East End Park
Almondvale
Meadowbank Stadium
Starks Park
Broomfield
Shyberry Excelsior
Somerset Park
Stair Park
Boghead
Cliftonhill
Kilbowie Stadium
Broadwood

England & Wales

Old Trafford
Anfield
Highbury
Stamford Bridge
Ewood Park
White Heart Lane
Vicarage Road
Loftus Road
Carrow Road
Villa Park
St James
Goodison Park
Madjeski
St Andrews
Ayersome Park
Upton Park
Highfield Road
Filbert St
Elland Road
Causeway Stadium
London Road
Wembley
Racecourse Ground
Ninnian Park


Ireland

Solitude
Brandywell
Richmond Park
Dalymount
Tallaght  Stadium
The Showgrounds
Lansdowne Road
Croke Park

Europe

Amsterdam Arena
Phillips Stadium
Arke Stadium
Cologne
Munich Olympic Stadium
Westfalenstadion
Millerntor Stadium
Hamburg
Gottlieb Daimler
Astrid Park (Anderlecht)
Jan Breydel
Bern Stadium
Stade la Maladiere
St Jakob Park
Innsbruck Stadium
San Siro
Stadio Delle Alpi
Nou Camp
Balaídos Stadium
Estadio Mestalla
Parken Stadium
Ronsenberg
Estadio da Luz
Estadio Jose de Alvalade
Estádio das Antas
Estádio do Dragão
El Madrigal
Estádio do Bessa
Stade Gerland
Parc des Princes
Stade Lescure

There are a few more I have missed out that I can’t remember the names of and ones I know I have been to but can’t recall the games, I put that down to drink. 

Dam I aint spending time thinking about all the grounds i went to home and away with Leeds for 13 years. Around 80 in Uk, and 10 abroad.