Grounds

The other day I was thinking about how football grounds have improved over the last 10/15 years, which made me wonder how many stadiums I’ve actually visited over the years.

So, behold my list of visited grounds. I’ve included stadiums that no longer exist (such as the beautiful Plough Lane), and only clubs that are currently in the Premiership or Football League…

Premiership

Arsenal – Highbury
Birmingham City – St Andrews
Charlton Athletic – The Valley
Chelsea – Stamford Bridge
Liverpool – Anfield
Middlesbrough – Ayresome Park
Newcastle United – St James Park
Portsmouth – Fratton Park
Tottenham Hotspur – White Hart Lane
West Bromwich Albion – The Hawthorns
West Ham United – Upton Park

Football League Championship

Brighton & Hove Albion – The Goldstone Ground
Coventry City – Highfield Road
Crystal Palace – Selhurst Park
Derby County – Baseball Ground, Pride Park
Ipswich Town – Portman Road
Leicester City – Filbert Street, Walkers Stadium
Luton Town – Kenilworth Road
Millwall – The Den
QPR – Loftus Road
Reading – Madejski Stadium
Sheffield United – Bramall Lane
Sheffield Wednesday – Hillsborough
Southampton – The Dell
Stoke City – Old Ground (can’t remember it’s name)
Watford – Vicarage Road
Wolves – Molineux

Football League One

Barnsley – Oakwell
Bournemouth – Dean Court
Bristol City – Ashton Gate
MK Dons – Plough Lane, Hockey Stadium
Nottingham Forest – City Ground
Oldham Athletic – Boundary Park
Southend United – Roots Hall
Tranmere Rovers – Prenton Park

Football League Two

Grimsby Town – Blundell Park
Northampton Town – Sixfields
Notts County – Meadow Lane
Oxford United – Manor Ground
Peterborough United – London Road

Grand Total – 43 grounds so a long way to go until I’ve visited every club in the Premiership and Football League, but I’ll get there!

PS the mighty Park beat Potton 3-1 yesterday. More on that tomorrow!

On The Road To Damascus

I’ve not posted anything for a while, mainly because I wasn’t sure what to write. When I started out I wasn’t sure what exactly to write about, so I figured I’d just write about whatever came into my head. The problem with that though is that there’s so much random stuff swimming around there that there just isn’t enough direction.

So with that in mind I’ve come to a decision. If there’s one thing I know about it’s football. I play for and am Club Secretary/Treasurer/Webmaster of Russell Park United in the Bedford & District Football League, and support the mighty Norwich City. I’ve got more than enough to write about regularly on those two topics, plus the rest of the football world, so that’s that.

Brace yourselves world…