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By The Compass

• ↑ Most northerly ground: Princess Royal Park home to Deveronvale
• → Most easterly ground: Upton Park (Boleyn Ground) home to Charlton Athletic, West Ham United
• ↓ Most southerly ground: Kingsmeadow (Cherry Red Records Stadium) home to AFC Wimbledon, AFC Wimbledon Ladies, Chelsea Ladies, Kingstonian
• ← Most westerly ground: Ravenscraig Stadium home to Greenock Juniors, Port Glasgow Juniors

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First Game

My Dad says it was St Mirren v Dundee United at Love Street, but my first memory (not necessarily my first game!) was of green shirts - so probably Hibs (we never went to Old Firm games because their fans often brought trouble, so it couldn't have been Celtic).

Best Game

Tricky one - beating Hearts 6-2 in 1985 (I think) was a cracker. Beating Slavia Prague, with seven Czech internationals in the side) was also incredible. Both First Division Championship wins were memorable, too (especially the Raith Rovers game), while the 2016-17 relegation escape was wonderful.

Worst Game

Easier - St. Mirren v Dundee Utd in the Premier League, circa 1990. Finished 1-1, but both goals were scored in the first three minutes. Rest of the game was abysmal. Other bad game was League Cup Final, 2010 - not because of the result, but because we played Rangers off the park but couldn't score. When they went down to nine men, we didn't really know how to make use of the extra space, and the sendings-off galvanised Rangers. They scored a breakaway goal with about six minutes left to play. I could have taken being thrashed by Rangers, but to lose in the way we did after such possession was very galling.

It's probably not the best, but after it was redeveloped, it was visually very impressive and sticks in my memory for that reason

When I was last at Cappielow, it was falling to bits. Large sections of the ground were uninhabitable, and the sense of rot and decay was palpable. It was a shame - Morton fans deserved better.

40 Grounds Visited to Watch Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating	# Visits	Mileage	Tot Mileage
1	Boghead Park	Dumbarton	--	1	16	16
2	Brig O' Lea Stadium	Neilston	--	1	10	10
3	Cappielow Park	Greenock Morton, Greenock Morton Ladies and Greenock Morton Reserves	--	1	25	25
4	Celtic Park	Celtic	--	1	18	18
5	Christie Park	Huntly and Huntly FC Women	--	1	254	254
6	Craven Cottage	Fulham	--	1	696	696
7	Dens Park	Dundee	--	1	142	142
8	Douglas Park	Hamilton Academical	--	1	32	32
9	East End Park	Dunfermline Athletic	--	1	83	83
10	Easter Road	Hibernian	--	1	100	100
11	Fir Park	Motherwell	--	1	37	37
12	Firhill	Partick Thistle and Queen's Park	--	1	14	14
13	Hampden Park	Queen's Park and Scotland		1	15	15
14	Ibrox	Rangers	--	1	10	10
15	Kingsmeadow (Cherry Red Records Stadium)	Chelsea Ladies, AFC Wimbledon, AFC Wimbledon Ladies and Kingstonian	--	1	702	702
16	Kynoch Park	Keith	--	1	260	260
17	Loftus Road	Queens Park Rangers	--	1	692	692
18	Love Street	St Mirren	--	1	1	1
19	Murrayfield	Heart of Midlothian	--	1	94	94
20	Newlandsfield Park	Pollok	--	1	13	13
21	Ochilview Park	Stenhousemuir, Stenhousemuir Community AFC, Stenhousemuir LFC, Stirling University EOS, Syngenta, East Stirlingshire and Queen's Park	--	1	55	55
22	Old Trafford	Manchester United	--	1	372	372
23	Princess Royal Park	Deveronvale	--	1	290	290
24	Ravenscraig Stadium	Greenock Juniors and Port Glasgow Juniors	--	1	31	31
25	Recreation Park	Alloa Athletic, Alloa Athletic Reserves, Open Goal Broomhill FC Reserves and Broomhill FC	--	1	63	63
26	Rugby Park	Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock Ladies and Kilmarnock Reserves	--	1	34	34
27	Somerset Park	Ayr United and Ayr United Development LFC	--	1	54	54
28	St James' Park	Newcastle United	--	1	252	252
29	St Mirren Park (The Simple Digital Arena)	St Mirren and St Mirren Reserves	--	1	0	0
30	Stamford Bridge	Chelsea	--	1	697	697
31	Tannadice	Dundee United	--	1	143	143
32	The Broadwood Stadium	Cumbernauld Colts, Glasgow City, Rangers Women, Broomhill FC and Clyde	--	1	34	34
33	The Emirates Stadium	Arsenal	--	1	691	691
34	The Falkirk Stadium	East Stirlingshire, East Stirlingshire Reserves, Falkirk, Falkirk Community AFC, Falkirk Women and Stirling University FC	--	1	58	58
35	The Forthbank Stadium	Stirling Albion and Stirling University FC	--	1	55	55
36	The Silverlands	Buxton and Buxton Reserves	--	1	412	412
37	Tony Macaroni Arena	Hibernian Ladies, Livingston, Livingston Reserves and Livingston WFC	--	1	72	72
38	Upton Park (Boleyn Ground)	Charlton Athletic and West Ham United	--	1	700	700
39	Vicarage Road	Watford and Wealdstone	--	1	668	668
40	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur	--	1	684	684
Total					8,579	8,579

3 Grounds Visited for Tours/Non-Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating
1	Celtic Park	Celtic	--
2	Hampden Park	Queen's Park and Scotland
3	Moatside	AFC Wimbledon Development, Frenches Athletic, Merstham, Surrey, Epsom & Ewell and Walton Casuals	--

2 Countries Visited to Watch Football