Football grounds visited

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How many of the current 2015/16 premier league & football league clubs grounds have you been to. Does not have to be to watch Saints!

I will do it later as off to airport to get rid of eldest daughter for the week.

AFC Bournemouth Dean Court
Arsenal Emirates Stadium
Aston Villa Villa Park
Chelsea Stamford Bridge
Crystal Palace Selhurst Park
Everton Goodison Park
Leicester City King Power Stadium
Liverpool Anfield
Manchester City Etihad Stadium
Manchester United Old Trafford
Newcastle United St James’ Park
Norwich City Carrow Road
Southampton St Mary’s Stadium
Stoke City Britannia Stadium
Sunderland Stadium of Light
Swansea City Liberty Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane
Watford Vicarage Road
West Bromwich Albion The Hawthorns
West Ham United Boleyn Ground

Birmingham City St Andrew’s
Blackburn Rovers Ewood Park
Bolton Wanderers Macron Stadium
Brentford Griffin Park
Brighton & Hove Albion The AMEX
Bristol City Ashton Gate
Burnley Turf Moor
Cardiff City Cardiff City Stadium
Charlton Athletic The Valley
Derby County iPro Stadium
Fulham Craven Cottage
Huddersfield Town John Smith’s Stadium
Hull City KC Stadium
Ipswich Town Portman Road
Leeds United Elland Road
Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium
Milton Keynes Dons Stadium:mk
Nottingham Forest City Ground
Preston North End Deepdale
Queens Park Rangers Loftus Road
Reading Madejski Stadium
Rotherham United New York Stadium
Sheffield Wednesday Hillsborough
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Molineux

Barnsley Oakwell
Blackpool Bloomfield Road
Bradford City Valley Parade
Burton Albion Pirelli Stadium
Bury Gigg Lane
Chesterfield Proact Stadium
Colchester United Weston Homes Community Stadium
Coventry City Ricoh Arena
Crewe Alexandra Gresty Road
Doncaster Rovers Keepmoat Stadium
Fleetwood Town Highbury Stadium
Gillingham Priestfield Stadium
Millwall The Den
Oldham Athletic Boundary Park
Peterborough United Abax Stadium
Port Vale Vale Park
Rochdale Spotland Stadium
Scunthorpe United Glanford Park
Sheffield United Bramall Lane
Shrewsbury Town New Meadow
Southend United Roots Hall
Swindon Town County Ground
Walsall Bescot Stadium
Wigan Athletic DW Stadium

Accrington Stanley Crown Ground
AFC Wimbledon Kingsmeadow
Barnet The Hive Stadium
Bristol Rovers Memorial Stadium
Cambridge United Abbey Stadium
Carlisle United Brunton Park
Crawley Town Broadfield Stadium
Dagenham & Redbridge Victoria Road
Exeter City St James Park
Hartlepool United Victoria Park
Leyton Orient Brisbane Road
Luton Town Kenilworth Road
Mansfield Town Field Mill
Morecambe Globe Arena
Newport County Rodney Parade
Northampton Town Sixfields Stadium
Notts County Meadow Lane
Oxford United Kassam Stadium
Plymouth Argyle Home Park
Portsmouth Fratton Park
Stevenage Broadhall Way
Wycombe Wanderers Adams Park
Yeovil Town Huish Park
York City Bootham Crescent

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I don’t think this is thorough enough. Maybe dates and times would help too. :lou_wink_2:

My list is shorter funnily enough. Involved training days / Xmas parties and gigs.

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Does not matter, some I have only been to for gigs… Tell all. Right back to driving!

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I have been to a few. The only ones I bother mentioning are the ones that are no longer there. Plough Lane, Maine Road and Upton Park are the notable aways. Was very lucky to have gone to the Dell when I did. Was close to impossible once the all seater stuff came in.

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Arsenal Emirates Stadium
Aston Villa Villa Park
Chelsea Stamford Bridge
Crystal Palace Selhurst Park
Everton Goodison Park
Manchester City Etihad Stadium
Manchester United Old Trafford
Newcastle United St James’ Park
Norwich City Carrow Road
Southampton St Mary’s Stadium
Sunderland Stadium of Light
Swansea City Liberty Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane
West Bromwich Albion The Hawthorns
West Ham United Boleyn Ground

Brentford Griffin Park
Charlton Athletic The Valley
Queens Park Rangers Loftus Road
Reading Madejski Stadium

Millwall The Den
Wigan Athletic DW Stadium

Pap will remember the last one well :wink:

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I am quite happy with that list. Can only really tick off Swansea for next season for sure.

AFC Bournemouth Dean Court
Arsenal Emirates Stadium
Aston Villa Villa Park
Chelsea Stamford Bridge
Crystal Palace Selhurst Park
Everton Goodison Park
Leicester City King Power Stadium
Liverpool Anfield
Manchester City Etihad Stadium
Manchester United Old TraffordI
Newcastle United St James’ Park
Norwich City Carrow Road
Southampton St Mary’s Stadium
Stoke City Britannia Stadium
Sunderland Stadium of Light
Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane
Watford Vicarage Road
West Bromwich Albion The Hawthorns
West Ham United Boleyn Ground

Birmingham City St Andrew’s
Blackburn Rovers Ewood Park
Bolton Wanderers Macron Stadium
Brentford Griffin Park
Burnley Turf Moor
Charlton Athletic The Valley
Derby County iPro Stadium
Fulham Craven Cottage
Huddersfield Town John Smith’s Stadium
Ipswich Town Portman Road
Leeds United Elland Road
Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium
Milton Keynes Dons Stadium:mk
Nottingham Forest City Ground
Queens Park Rangers Loftus Road
Reading Madejski Stadium
Sheffield Wednesday Hillsborough

Bradford City Valley Parade
Colchester United Weston Homes Community Stadium
Coventry City Ricoh Arena
Doncaster Rovers Keepmoat Stadium
Peterborough United Abax Stadium
Rochdale Spotland Stadium
Scunthorpe United Glanford Park
Swindon Town County Ground
Walsall Bescot Stadium
Wigan Athletic DW Stadium

Cambridge United Abbey Stadium
Carlisle United Brunton Park
Notts County Meadow Lane
Portsmouth Fratton Park
Stevenage Broadhall Way
Wycombe Wanderers Adams Park

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Just about to embark on a 30+ hour trip back to Southampton, so I might add a few to the list and post if I get wifi anywhere, but I thought it would be interesting to start with the grounds I went to that are no longer in use. I may have got some of the names wrong, but the memory isn’t what it should be these days! :slight_smile:

Plough Lane

Roker Park

Ayresome Park?

Eastville

Ninian Park

The Dell (of course)

Highbury

Filbert Street

Maine Road

Somerton Park

Upton Park

Goldstone ground

Boothferry Park

Baseball ground

Highfield Road

Victoria ground

Vetch field

Burnden Park

Elm Park

Manor ground

(old) Wembley counts doesn’t it? :slight_smile:

Stuck in Honkers for 8 hours, but free wifi so, that’s 21 that no longer exist, plus

St Mary’s
Old Trafford Man Utd
White Hart Lane Spurs
Emirates Arsenal
Stamford Bridge Chelsea
Selhurst Park Crystal Palace
Loftus Road QPR
Brisbane road Orient
The den Millwall
Griffin park Brentford
Hillsborough Sheff Wed
Anfield Liverpool
Goodson Park Everton
Vicarage Lane Watford
Villa Park Aston Villa
Hawthorns WBA
St Andrews Birmingham
City Ground Notts Forest
Meadow Lane Notts County
Portman Road Ipswich
Carrow Road Norwich
Molineux Wolves
Craven Cottage Fulham
New Wembley
Ashton Gate Bristol City
Fratton Park
Volksparkstadion Hamburg (v Saints - Keegans first game?)
As an aside, did you know Hamburg fans have their own graveyard which is covered in the turf from the old stadium when it was rebuilt (or so Wikipedia tells me!)

Non-Saints related:
Suncorp Stadium (Brisbane Roar v Celtic, Liverpool and a few other Australian teams)

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Most of those grounds were visited in the good old days on the Clive Foley specials, although Somerton Park was an interesting one as I was doing an IT course in Bristol in 1980 (I think) and a course colleague was a Newport fan and managed to get me in to watch the Welsh Cup Final match they played there against Shrewsbury (no idea how they got to play in the welsh cup!), although I have absolutely no recollection of the match itself.

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I’ve lost track of who plays where nowadays, but here’s the one’s I can remember!! Only Matches involving Saints FC.

Old Grounds

Leicester - Filbert Street

Arsenal - Highbury

Man City - Maine Road

WHU - Upton Park … none of this Boleyn bollocks purlease!!

Stoke City - Victoria

Brighton - Goldstone

Reading - Elm Park

Bolton - Burnden Park

Coventry - Highfield Road

Oxford Utd - Manor Ground

Bristol Rvrs - Eastville

Wimbledon - Plough Lane

Newport County - Somerton Park

Old Wembley

The Dell

Present Grounds (some with old names)

Bomo - Dean Court (is the present ground the old Dean Court?)

Leicester City - Walkers Stadium

Spurs - WHL

Man City - Etihad

Man U - Old Trafford

Liverpool - Anfield Road

Chelsea - Stamford Bridge

Everton - Goodison Park

WBA - The Hawthorns

Cystal Palace - Selhurst Park

Norwich - Carrow Road

Burnley - Turf Moor

Derby - Pride Park

Sheff Weds - Hillsborough

Ipswich - Portman Road

Birmingham City - St Andrews

Preston - Deepdale

Qpr - Loftus Road

Leeds - Elland Road

Wolves - Molyneaux

Notts Forest - City Ground

Bristol City - Ashton Gate

Huddersfield - McAlpine Stdium

Fulham - Craven Cottage

Wigan - DW Stadium

Barnsley - Oakwell

Swindon Town - County Ground

Oldham - Boundary Park

Skatesmuff - Notarf Krap

Leyton Orient - Brisbane Road

Luton - Kenilworth Road

Grimsby - Blundell Park

Tranmere - Prenton Park

Stockport - Edgely Park

Only 3 grounds not watching Southampton

Crewe - Gresty Road, Leigh RMI - Hilton Park (no longer exists) and a stadium in Abu Dhabi to see UAE v Germany in a friendly.

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Some of the old grounds I have visited.

Arsenal - Highbury

Leicester City - Filbert Street

Manchester City - Maine Road

Southampton - The Dell

Sunderland - Roker Park (last game under floodlights)

West Ham United - Upton Park

Brighton & Hove Albion The Goldstone Ground (Brighton 5-5 Orient, sendings off, pitch invasion, missed pens).

Derby County - Baseball Ground

Reading - Elm Park

Colchester United - Layer Road

Coventry City - Highfield Road

Oxford United - Manor Ground

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77 for me, 54 for my lad.

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60 something for me. Plus 15-20 abroad including a crowd of 98,000 for a derby game at the Azteca in Mexico City - full on.

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Ok as I have also been to many of those mentioned, including the “no longer there” list, I am just picking a couple of grounds that have not yet been listed by others:

Sixfields, Northampton

Buckingham Rd, Aylesbury (no longer there)

York Road, Maidenhead (oldest senior ground in continuous use by one club. First game 1871)

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37 of current league grounds plus another 7 where I’ve been to the old ground but not the new (Leicester, Man City, Swansea, Stoke, Middlesbrough, Brighton, Coventry). Have been to six old and new - Saints (obv), Reading, Arse, Sunderland, Bolton, Millwall

A pathetic total given number of years of support - my excuse is that I had young children when we did our trip through the divisions…!

Who’s PLAYED at a league ground though? One for me - Kenilworth Road - Berkshire Department of Employment vs whatever-county-Luton-are-in Department of Employment, 1988 (never mind being a league ground - it was a top division ground then!)

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My dear old grandad (rest his soul) was the one that hot me into to football.

Took me to my first ever match, 1-1 draw at Loftus Road between QPR (His team) & Swindon in '96. Went there a few more times with him, before sadly, his health deteriorated and one time he took a slip down the stairs.

After that, when I’d visit for weekends he took me to see the local team, Maidenhead. Some happy memories at York Road. Nowt really football related. Just me being the soppy prick I am.

Not remotely ashamed to say that, God I miss that man.

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Originally posted by @Sfcsim

How many of the current 2015/16 premier league & football league clubs grounds have you been to. Does not have to be to watch Saints!

I will do it later as off to airport to get rid of eldest daughter for the week.

Arsenal Emirates Stadium
Aston Villa Villa Park
Chelsea Stamford Bridge
Everton Goodison Park
Manchester City Etihad Stadium
Manchester United Old Trafford
Southampton St Mary’s Stadium
Stoke City Britannia Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane
Watford Vicarage Road
West Ham United Boleyn Ground

Bolton Wanderers Macron Stadium
Brentford Griffin Park
Bristol City Ashton Gate
Charlton Athletic The Valley
Fulham Craven Cottage
Huddersfield Town John Smith’s Stadium
Leeds United Elland Road
Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium
Queens Park Rangers Loftus Road

Bradford City Valley Parade
Doncaster Rovers Keepmoat Stadium
Millwall The Den
Shrewsbury Town New Meadow

AFC Wimbledon Kingsmeadow
Barnet The Hive Stadium
Leyton Orient Brisbane Road
Portsmouth Fratton ParkWycombe Wanderers Adams Park

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Brilliant KRG. Not soppy at all, fair play to you.

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Mwah. Haven’t been to that many.

Complete disclosure:-

Arsenal - Emirates
Everton - Goodison ParkLeicester - King Power
Liverpool - Anfield
Manchester City - Maine Road
Manchester United - Old Trafford
Southampton - Dell & St. Marys
Stoke City - Britannia Stadium
West Ham - Boleyn Ground

Blackburn Rovers - Ewood Park
Burnley - Turf Moor
Derby County - Pride Park

Blackpool - Bloomfield Road
Oldham - Boundary Park
Rochdale - Spotland
Walsall - Bescot (Bank’s Stadium)
Wigan - DW Stadium

Wimbledon - Plough Lane

(not FL yet, but also Eastleigh)
Also, Tranmere.

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I give you Dunfermline - and I raise you Cowdenbeath!

In 1980 it had an excuse for a running track that I think may have been used for demolition derbies.

And if you don’t know what that is you missed the best years of World of Sport.

The terracing was just some sort of slag heap, but it had a nice view of the town.

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That’s a lovely story. Used to love going with my father, pretty much the same.

I had a friend who played for Maidenhead in about 1997-2001 Andrew (Andy) Robertson. Used to get a lift to work in Henley with him. Used to go and watch him play quite a lot.

Here he is second from the right on the front row. In 97/98

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