How many Grounds visited ?

[ZR1cliff]

As a matter of interest how many grounds have you people visited. It can be Rugby, football, Cricket, Ice hockey or what ever. It can be League, non league, international or foriegn. Anyone done all the grounds in their particular sport ?

[porkanut]

If memory serves me correctly somewhere around 30 footy grounds, all league apart from the Daggers who were non-league at the time.

Still haven't managed to get to Anfield, Man City or Villa Park. Not being a season ticket holder means tickets for away games are scarce.

Apolgies for moving off thread, I'm not a great fan of modern grounds, hate sitting down & find them souless. I've become a bit fed up with footy due the huge amounts of money invloved. The prices for us punters(tix, food, drinks etc) are ridiculous, so I've decided not make players,agents & dodgy club owners any richer by giving it all a miss this season. Sad I know.

Having said all that would love to do the challenge of getting all footy league grounds within a season

PN

[Puggit]

Watford
Chelsea
Bolton
West Ham
Arsenal (Wembley)
Liverpool
Man Utd
Fulham
Tottenham
Wigan
West Brom
Coventry
Birmingham
Wolves
Reading
Bristol City
Ipswich
Sheff Utd
Sheff Weds
QPR
Norwich
Nottingham Forest
Barnsley
Oldham
Southend
Peterborough
Swindon
Huddersfield
Bristol Rovers
Crewe
Bradford
Chesterfield
Port Vale
Notts County
Grimsby
Bournemouth
Luton
Cambridge Utd
Torquay
Oxford Utd
AFC Telford
Chesham
Bognor Regis

Only 43!

[BigMansZetec]

Most of mine will be premiership and international Rugby:

London Irish
Saracens
London Wasps
Harlequins
Leicester Tigers
Leeds Tykes
Gloucester
Worcester
Twickenham
Murrayfield
Stadio Flaminio (Rome)
Stade de France

Baseball:

Yankee Stadium, New York (Baseball)
Safeco Field, Seattle (Baseball)

[spikeyhead]

I've watched cricket at

Lords
Kennington oval
Edgbaston
Trent Bridge

The ARG in Antigua
The Oval in Barbados

[Diablo SVTT]

Only been to a few, but fairly good ones:

White Hart Lane
Highbury
Emirates
Stadio Olympico (Rome) - Roma fans have some interesting chants
Camp Nou (Barcelona) - 'only' had 65,000 inside that day but was deafening

[ZR1cliff]

LEAGUE GROUNDS

69 League grounds.

AFC Bournemouth (Old Dean Court)
AFC Bournemouth (New Dean Court)
Aldershot
Arsenal (Highbury)
Aston Villa
Barnsley
Birmingham City
Bolton (Burnden Park)
Brentford
Brighton & Hove (Goldstone Ground)
Bristol City
Bristol Rovers (at Twerton Park)
Burnley
Cambridge Utd
Charlton Ath
Chelsea
Chesterfield
Colchester Utd (Layer Road)
Coventry City (Highfield Road)
Crystal Palace
Dagenham & Redbridge
Derby County (Baseball Ground)
Gillingham
Grimsby Town
Huddersfield (Leeds Road)
Hull City (boothferry Park)
Ipswich
Leeds Utd
Leicester City (Filbert Street)
Liverpool
Luton Town
Man Utd
Mansfield Town
Middlesbrough (Ayresome Park)
Millwall (Old Den)
Millwall (New Den)
Norwich
Northampton Town
Notts County
Notts Forest
Oxford (Manor Ground)
Peterborough Utd
Preston NE
Portsmouth
Port Vale
QPR
Reading (Elm Park)
Reading (MadStad)
Sunderland (Roker Park)
Sheff Utd
Sheff Wed
Shrewsbury (Gay Meadow)
Southend
Stoke (Victoria Ground)
Southampton (The Dell)
Swansea City (Vetch Field)
Swindon
Tottenham
Tranmere Rovers
Walsall (Bescot Stadium)
Watford
West Brom
West Ham
Wimbledon (Plough Lane)
Wolves
Wrexham
Wycombe Wanderers
Yeovil (old ground)
Yeovil (new ground)

NON LEAGUE GROUNDS

For non League matches. 62 so far.

AFC Totton
Ashford Town (Midsx)
Alresford Town
Alton Town
Basingstoke Town
Bedford Town
Brading Town
Bemerton Heath Halequins
Bishop Stortford
Bitton AFC
Burnham Town
Bournemouth Poppies
Brockenhurst
Bognor Regis
Braintree Town
Bromley
Cambridge City
Christchurch Town
Corinthian Casuals
Cowes Sports
Dartford
Dorchester Town
Downton
Eastbourne Borough
Eastleigh
Fareham Town
Farnborough Town
Fleet Town
Fisher Athletic
Gosport Borough
Hamble ASSC FC
Hamworthy Utd
Hartley Wintney FC
Havant & Waterlooville
Hayes
Hayling United
Hungerford Town
Holt Utd
Horndean FC
Horsham Town
Laverstock & Ford
Lewes
Lymington Town
Moneyfields
New Milton Town
Newport County
Newport IOW
Poole Town
Romsey Town
Salisbury City
Sutton Utd
Swanage Town FC
Tadley Calleva
Thatcham Town
Thurrock
VTFC
Welling Utd
Welton Rovers
Weston super Mare
Weymouth FC
Wimborne Town
Yeading

OTHERS

Wembley (old)
Wacker Cricket ground (West Australia)

Edited by ZR1cliff on Tuesday 28th April 03:50

Edited by ZR1cliff on Saturday 25th July 19:04

Edited by ZR1cliff on Saturday 25th July 19:05

[Nic Jones]

A mere boy by comparison I be

Football:
Exeter City
Torquay United
Hereford
Woking
Dagenham and Redbridge
Grays Athletic
Stevenage Boro
Cambridge United
Luton Town
Oxford
Manchester United
Reading
Aston Villa
Watford
Wembley (New, twice)

Rugby:
Exeter Chiefs (Old and new ground)
Millenium Stadium
Twickenham

[oxford drinker]

League Grounds:

Arsenal (Highbury & Emirates)
Aston Villa
Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers
Blackpool
Bolton Wanderers (Burnden Park and Reebok)
Brentford
Brighton &HA (Goldstone Ground)
Bristol Rovers
Burnley
Bury
Carlisle United
Chelsea
Cheltenham Town
Chester City (Deva Stadium)
Chesterfield
Crewe Alexandra
Crystal Palace
Darlington (Feethams)
Derby County (Baseball & Pride Pk)
Everton
Fulham
Hartlepool United
Hereford United
Huddersfield Town (Leeds Rd and Galpharm)
Hull City
Liverpool
Macclesfield Town
Manchester City (Maine Road)
Manchester United
Morecambe
Newcastle United
Northampton Town
Nottingham Forest
Notts County
Oldham Athletic
Peterborough United
Plynouth Argyle
Port Vale
Preston North End
Queens Park Rangers
Reading (Elm Park and Madjeski)
Rochdale
Shorpe United (Glanford Pk)
Sheffield Wednesday
Shrewsbury Town (Gay Meadow)
Southampton (St Mary's)
Stockport County
Stoke City (Victoria Gd)
Sunderland (Stadium of Light)
Swindon Town
Tranmere Rovers
Walsall (Bescot)
Watford
West Brom
Wigan Athletic (Springfield Pk)
Wycombe Wanderers

And from the Conference:
Barrow
Cambridge United
Kidderminster Harriers
Mansfield Town
Northwich Victoria
Oxford United
Salisbury City
Torquay United
Wrexham

Plus Stadium of Light, Lisbon

Only 57 league clubs for me, but Middlesbrough, Portsmouth, Tottenham and West Ham to come this season, plus new grounds for Hull, Man City and Stoke!



E(again)TA
Rugby at Murrayfield, Twickenham, Millenium Stadium
plus Henley, Moseley, Blackheath, Cornish Pirates, Plymouth Albion, Launceston, London Welsh, London Scottish, Manchester RFC and a few others I've forgotten.

Edited by oxford drinker on Wednesday 20th August 09:12

[5pen]

Only 16, but a strange mix - I've always lived in the South East and I've somehow been to Walsall and AC Milan, but never to West Ham or Spurs...

League/International
Gillingham
Crystal Palace
Wimbledon (but only at Selhurst)
Arsenal (Highbury & Emirates)
Charlton
Millwall (Old Den)
Chelsea
Bornemouth
Portsmouth
Watford
Walsall
Aston Villa
Everton
Leeds
AC Milan
Wembley
ETA... Millenium Stadium

Non-League
Gravesend & Northfleet (now Ebbsfleet)
Dartford
Maidstone
Tonbridge
Bromley
Erith & Belvedere
Welling
Chatham Town

Cricket (1st class or List A 1-dayers)
Lord's
Kennington Oval
Rose Bowl Southampton
St Lawrence Canterbury
Nevill Tunbridge Wells (played there too)
Mote Maidstone (played there too)
Beckenham
ARG Antigua (played there too)
Kensington Oval Barbados

Edited by 5pen on Wednesday 20th August 09:23

[oxford drinker]

F forgot to include Wembley, too! Been there twice, lost 1-0 twice, so probably trying to forget!

[oxford drinker]

porkanut said:

Apolgies for moving off thread, I'm not a great fan of modern grounds, hate sitting down & find them souless. I've become a bit fed up with footy due the huge amounts of money invloved.

Quite right! Was at the Emirates on Saturday and I've been in noisier cemeteries! Nice looking ground, especially from the approach outside, but a more soulless place you'll struggle to find, and a far cry from the Highbury of old. Plus I still prefer to stand, but it's a rarity nowadays in league football.

[northandy]

Not that many for me.

Middlesbrough (Ayresome Park)
Middlesbrough (Riverside)
Anfield
Old Trafford
Elland Road
St James's Park
Wembley (old)
Reading (not the Majeski)

Anfield was the best, was there to see Liverpool v Leeds about 7 seasons ago, so being a Boro fan was nice to be a neutral.

our first cup final at the old Wembley was a dream.

[CLK-GTR]

Old Trafford
Emirates Stadium
Britannia Stadium [Stoke]
Victoria Ground [old Stoke ground]
Vale Park [Port Vale]
Headingley Stadium [Leeds Rhinos]

[Chip Hazard]

I did all 92 League grounds in sixteen days back in 1998 for charity. A wonderful experience, one which I'll repeat one day...however with all the new grounds springing up, I guess that number has dropped to below eighty by now.

Following a football club that were non-league but are now Football League, I've got many non-league grounds in my collection too. The Facebook application about football grounds lists me as having 131 so that's my total...

[ZR1cliff]

oxford drinker said:

porkanut said:

Apolgies for moving off thread, I'm not a great fan of modern grounds, hate sitting down & find them souless. I've become a bit fed up with footy due the huge amounts of money invloved.

Quite right! Was at the Emirates on Saturday and I've been in noisier cemeteries! Nice looking ground, especially from the approach outside, but a more soulless place you'll struggle to find, and a far cry from the Highbury of old. Plus I still prefer to stand, but it's a rarity nowadays in league football.

Some of the new non league grounds are ok, as they have standing areas, but I know where you're coming from. The new Dartford ground is one of my favourites. A friend took his young son to Aldershot v AFC Bournemouth at the weekend and in comparison with the gate at The Emirates the attendance of four and a half thousand plus would be considered small. Apparently the ground was rocking and the atmosphere electric, which I believe as I've been there when the crowds got going with a similar gate.
Favourite league ground is Hillsborough, it has four big old symetrical stands that still retain the old ground look. Favourite non league ground is Hayes FC (Now Hayes and yeading), it's an old ground with a roofed stand down one side. Most bazzar is Hamble ASSC's ground which has what looks like an extended potting shed down one side, and tea served in china cups, like most small non league grounds.

Hamble's potting shed stand



Hayes & Yeadings old terraced stand.


Dorchester Towns main stand at their newish state of the art ground.



Still plenty of covered terracing at Dorchester



Dartford's new state of the art ground, with terracing behind both goals

[ZR1cliff]

Chip Hazard said:

I did all 92 League grounds in sixteen days back in 1998 for charity. A wonderful experience, one which I'll repeat one day...however with all the new grounds springing up, I guess that number has dropped to below eighty by now.

Following a football club that were non-league but are now Football League, I've got many non-league grounds in my collection too. The Facebook application about football grounds lists me as having 131 so that's my total...

Nice one! The planning must have been involved although no doubt there is now probably a site planner for such a huge task. I've swung the other way, oo er, and gone from the league scene into non league, my ground hopping if the weather stays fine takes me onto a new ground this saturday, the mighty Horndean F.C.

[porkanut]

33 for me, the non league stuff looks interesting will have to try to get a non league game or two this season:
Bescot
Bolton
Bradford
Bramall Lane
Cardiff for championship play off's
Chesterfield
Crewe
Dagenham
Elland Rd
Filbert St
Goodison
Highbury
Highfield Rd
Hillsborough
Loftus Rd
Old Trafford
Peterborough
Plough Lane
Pride Park
Reading
Selhurst
Sincil Bank
St James Park
Stadium of light
The City Ground
The county ground
The Old Den
Upton Park
Walkers
Watford
Wembley
Whitehart Lane
Wigan

cheers
PN

edited as I'd forgotten Cardiff for play off final

Edited by porkanut on Wednesday 20th August 13:59

[ZR1cliff]

porkanut said:

the non league stuff looks interesting will have to try to get a non league game or two this season:

It would be much needed. IMO there is not enough revenue distributed down the leagues. The improved FA Cup prize money will help but the non league scene could do with much more to help bring on the local British talent. We've seen how investment in the Olympic bike scene has paid dividends.

Non league football isn't like it was years ago when it seemed to be full of fat balding hasbeens
Due mainly to the influx of foreign players the home talent has been forced down the leagues, and obviously depending on the teams some quality football can be seen at a much more reasonable price. There are lots of fors and againsts when it comes to league versus non league but by far the most enjoyable part for me is being able to drive my P&J to a relaxed, mostly non segregated, enjoyable atmosphere where I can park easy and enjoy a good honest grass roots game without any play acting or time wasting.

[Chip Hazard]

Having gone the other way, so to speak, I still miss that camaraderie that you still get as a fan of a non-league club. I used to know pretty much every other fan we had when we were getting 2,000 every game. When we won promotion, we gained an extra 4,500 supporters almost overnight, many of which I'd never seen before. Good news for the club though.

As for the 92 in sixteen days tour, great fun. Green Flag did me a route, I booked free accommodation all the way around and had a whale of a time. I'd recommend it as a good way of using a fortnight's holiday...