dontcallmeroger

By The Compass

• ↑ Most northerly ground: Pittodrie home to Aberdeen
• → Most easterly ground: Parc des Princes home to France, Paris FC, Paris St Germain
• ↓ Most southerly ground: Parc des Princes home to France, Paris FC, Paris St Germain
• ← Most westerly ground: Windsor Park home to Linfield, Northern Ireland

About dontcallmeroger

First Game

Leeds United 2 v Derby County 0 - League Cup, 27 Sep 1971

This was the first game I went to that mattered - I'd already been a few times to Bradford Park Avenue and Bradford City, but only ever wanted to go to Leeds. This game was a 'birthday treat'. I can't remember whether or not the match was any good - I couldn't believe my dad had finally taken me to Elland Road. I spent the evening mesmerised by the white shirts, dazzling under the floodlights, with Terry Cooper sprinting up and down the wing. Two typical goals from Peter Lorimer, both from free kicks, won it for Leeds

Best Game

Leeds United 2 v Barcleona 1 - European Cup Semi-Final 1st Leg, 9 Apr 1975

Queued for tickets from the early hours of the morning a couple of weeks before the game. On the day I went straight to Elland Road from school. The ground was rammed to the gunnels. It wasn't the best game but the atmosphere was electric. Barcelona, with Johan Cruyff and Johan Neeskens at the peak of their powers, were never really in the game

Worst Game

Leeds United 0 v Watford 3 - Championship Play-Off Final, 21 May 2006

Terrible journey to the Millennium Stadium by train, arriving 45 minutes before kick-off in heavy drizzle. Arriving wet in the ground, the roof was closed, making it very steamy and noisy, yet this didn't generate a great atmosphere - the singing just sounded like a racket. Leeds never turned up. After the match, ours was the last train out of Cardiff...which took seven hours to get back to Leeds

Fantastic atmosphere, plenty of room, great lines of sight.

I have been to Celtic Park for friendly games with Leeds a couple of times - the first of which was in front of an almost capacity crowd, which Leeds won 2-1. Outside the ground fans from both teams mingled freely and without problems. Once inside, some idiots from Leeds started singing sectarian songs, which didn't exactly endear them to the natives

My last visit was in 1978 so it may have changed. If not, little elevation from the terracing, cold and unwelcoming. At least we won, 3-0

133 Grounds Visited to Watch Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating	# Visits	Mileage	Tot Mileage
1	Adams Park	Wycombe Wanderers, Reading U21 and Reading Women	--	1	304	304
2	Amex Stadium	Brighton & Hove Albion	--	1	422	422
3	Anfield	Liverpool, Everton and Wales	--	1	124	124
4	Ashton Gate	Bristol City	--	1	335	335
5	Balmoral Stadium	Aberdeen FC Women, Cove Rangers and Cove Rangers WFC	--	1	463	463
6	bet365 Stadium (The Britannia Stadium)	Stoke City	--	1	120	120
7	Bloomfield Road	Blackpool	--	1	121	121
8	Blundell Park	Grimsby Town	--	1	128	128
9	Bootham Crescent	Leeds United U23, Middlesbrough U23 and York City	--	1	47	47
10	Boundary Park	Oldham Athletic	--	1	55	55
11	Bramall Lane	Sheffield United and Sheffield United Women	--	1	57	57
12	Brentford Community Stadium	Brentford and Brentford U21	--	1	334	334
13	Brisbane Road (Breyer Group Stadium)	Leyton Orient and Tottenham Hotspur Women	--	1	333	333
14	Broadhall Way (Lamex Stadium)	Stevenage and Tottenham Hotspur U23	--	1	285	285
15	Brunton Park	Carlisle United		1	189	189
16	Burnden Park	Bolton Wanderers	--	1	75	75
17	Cardiff City Stadium	Cardiff City and Wales	--	1	347	347
18	Carrow Road	Norwich City	--	1	287	287
19	Causeway Lane	Matlock Town and Matlock Town Reserves	--	1	89	89
20	Celtic Park	Celtic	--	1	355	355
21	Craven Cottage	Fulham	--	1	338	338
22	Dean Court (The Vitality Stadium)	AFC Bournemouth	--	1	421	421
23	Deepdale	Preston North End	--	1	91	91
24	Dransfield Stadium	Hull City U21, North Ferriby FC, North Ferriby United and Hull City Ladies	--	1	88	88
25	DW Stadium	Wigan Athletic	--	1	94	94
26	Easter Road	Hibernian	--	1	327	327
27	Edgeley Park	Stockport County	--	1	71	71
28	Elland Road	Leeds United		1	0	0
29	Etihad Stadium	Manchester City	--	1	66	66
30	Ewood Park	Blackburn Rovers	--	1	75	75
31	Field Mill	Mansfield Town and Mansfield Town Ladies	--	1	94	94
32	Fir Park	Motherwell	--	1	337	337
33	Fratton Park	Portsmouth	--	1	414	414
34	Gigg Lane	Bury FC, Bury FC Women and FC United of Manchester	--	1	65	65
35	Glanford Park	Scunthorpe United	--	1	76	76
36	Globe Arena	Morecambe	--	1	112	112
37	Goodison Park	Everton Women and Everton	--	1	124	124
38	Gresty Road (The Alexandra Stadium)	Crewe Alexandra	--	1	119	119
39	Griffin Park	Brentford	--	1	334	334
40	Hampden Park	Scotland and Queen's Park	--	1	354	354
41	Hayes Lane (Westminster Waste Stadium)	Bromley, Bromley Ladies, London City Lionesses, Cray Wanderers and Crystal Palace Ladies	--	1	356	356
42	Highbury	Arsenal		1	331	331
43	Highbury Stadium	Fleetwood Town	--	1	120	120
44	Hill Dickinson Stadium	Everton	--	1	127	127
45	Hillsborough	Sheffield Wednesday	--	1	51	51
46	Holker Street	Barrow	--	1	143	143
47	Home Park	Plymouth Argyle	--	1	517	517
48	Ibrox	Rangers and Rangers Women	--	1	360	360
49	JobServe Community Stadium	Colchester United	--	1	329	329
50	Kenilworth Road	Luton Town	--	1	278	278
51	Kingsmeadow (Cherry Red Records Stadium)	Chelsea Ladies, Chelsea U23, AFC Wimbledon, AFC Wimbledon Ladies and Kingstonian	--	1	345	345
52	Leeds Road	Bradford City and Huddersfield Town	--	1	23	23
53	Loftus Road	Queens Park Rangers, AFC Wimbledon and Fulham	--	1	333	333
54	London Road	Peterborough United	--	1	201	201
55	London Stadium (Olympic Stadium)	West Ham United	--	1	336	336
56	Maine Road	Manchester City	--	1	71	71
57	Meadow Lane	Notts County and Notts County Ladies		1	121	121
58	Memorial Stadium	Bristol Rovers and Bristol City Women	--	1	328	328
59	Molineux	Wolverhampton Wanderers	--	1	170	170
60	Moor Lane	Salford City	--	1	68	68
61	Nethermoor Park	Guiseley, Guiseley AFC Vixens, Bradford City Women and Leeds United U23	--	1	18	18
62	New York Stadium	Rotherham United	--	1	51	51
63	Oakwell	Barnsley	--	1	32	32
64	Old Trafford	Manchester United		1	73	73
65	Old Wembley Stadium	England	--	1	326	326
66	Palmerston Park	Heston Rovers, Queen Of The South and Queen of the South Reserves	--	1	243	243
67	Parc des Princes	Paris St Germain, France and Paris FC		1	758	758
68	Park Avenue	Bradford Park Avenue	--	1	16	16
69	Pittodrie	Aberdeen	--	1	469	469
70	Plough Lane	AFC Wimbledon	--	1	344	344
71	Portman Road	Ipswich Town	--	1	329	329
72	Prenton Park	Liverpool U23, Tranmere Rovers and Liverpool Ladies	--	1	132	132
73	Pride Park	Derby County	--	1	120	120
74	Priestfield	Gillingham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham Women	--	1	376	376
75	Rodney Parade	Newport County	--	1	325	325
76	Rugby Park	Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock Ladies and Kilmarnock Reserves	--	1	345	345
77	Select Car Leasing Stadium	Reading and Reading Women	--	1	329	329
78	Selhurst Park	Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Wimbledon	--	1	352	352
79	Sincil Bank	Lincoln City		1	115	115
80	Sixfields	Northampton Town and Coventry City	--	1	220	220
81	SMH Group Stadium	Chesterfield, Sheffield United U21 and Sheffield United Women	--	1	73	73
82	Spotland	Rochdale	--	1	54	54
83	St Andrew's	Birmingham City, Birmingham City Women and Coventry City	--	1	182	182
84	St James Park	Exeter City	--	1	452	452
85	St James' Park	Newcastle United	--	1	166	166
86	St Mary's Stadium	Southampton and Southampton FC Women	--	1	397	397
87	Stadium MK	Milton Keynes Dons, Milton Keynes Dons Ladies and Milton Keynes Dons Development	--	1	254	254
88	Stair Park	Stranraer and Stranraer Reserves	--	1	318	318
89	Stamford Bridge	Chelsea	--	1	338	338
90	Tannadice	Dundee United	--	1	389	389
91	The Abbey Stadium	Cambridge United and Cambridge Regional College	--	1	260	260
92	The Bescot	Aston Villa U23, Aston Villa Women and Walsall	--	1	171	171
93	The Broadfield Stadium	Brighton & Hove Albion Ladies, Brighton & Hove Albion U23 and Crawley Town	--	1	388	388
94	The City Ground	Nottingham Forest	--	1	121	121
95	The County Ground	Swindon Town	--	1	306	306
96	The Coventry Building Society Arena	Coventry City and Coventry United Ladies	--	1	184	184
97	The Crown Ground	Accrington Stanley and Burnley Women	--	1	65	65
98	The Den	Millwall and London City Lionesses	--	1	341	341
99	The Emirates Stadium	Arsenal		1	331	331
100	The EnviroVent Stadium	Harrogate Town and Harrogate Town Ladies	--	1	30	30
101	The Hawthorns	West Bromwich Albion	--	1	178	178
102	The Hive	Barnet, London Bees and Tottenham Hotspur Women	--	1	319	319
103	The International Stadium	Gateshead and Newcastle United U23	--	1	164	164
104	The John Smith's Stadium	Huddersfield Town	--	1	23	23
105	The Kassam Stadium	Oxford United	--	1	286	286
106	The KCOM Stadium	Hull City	--	1	99	99
107	The Keepmoat Stadium	Doncaster Rovers and Doncaster Rovers Belles	--	1	53	53
108	The King Power Stadium	Leicester City and Leicester City Women	--	1	164	164
109	The Liberty Stadium	Swansea City and Wales	--	1	355	355
110	The Millennium Stadium (Principality Stadium)	Wales		1	345	345
111	The New Lawn	Forest Green Rovers and Gloucester City	--	1	293	293
112	The New Meadow	Shrewsbury Town	--	1	179	179
113	The Pirelli Stadium	Burton Albion	--	1	132	132
114	The Racecourse Ground	Wrexham and Wales	--	1	155	155
115	The Riverside Stadium	Middlesbrough	--	1	114	114
116	The Shay	FC Halifax Town	--	1	25	25
117	The Stadium of Light	Sunderland and Sunderland Ladies		1	158	158
118	The Valley	Charlton Athletic	--	1	344	344
119	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	Tottenham Hotspur	--	1	326	326
120	Toughsheet Community Stadium	Bolton Wanderers		1	83	83
121	Turf Moor	Burnley		1	54	54
122	Tynecastle	Heart of Midlothian	--	1	327	327
123	Underhill	Barnet and London Bees	--	1	316	316
124	Upton Park (Boleyn Ground)	Charlton Athletic and West Ham United	--	1	338	338
125	Vale Park	Port Vale	--	1	113	113
126	Valley Parade	Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue	--	1	16	16
127	VBS Stadium	Crystal Palace Ladies, Sutton United, Sutton United U18, Sutton United Women, Sutton United Women U21, AFC Wimbledon Ladies, Sutton Common Rovers and Tamil Eelam	--	1	352	352
128	Vicarage Road	Watford and Wealdstone	--	1	310	310
129	Victoria Park	Hartlepool United		1	129	129
130	Villa Park	Aston Villa	--	1	177	177
131	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur	--	1	326	326
132	Whaddon Road	Cheltenham Town and Gloucester City	--	1	262	262
133	Windsor Park	Linfield and Northern Ireland	--	1	371	371
Total					29,357	26,503

5 Grounds Visited for Tours/Non-Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating
1	Igraliste Batarija	HNK Trogir	--
2	Nou Camp	Catalonia and Barcelona	--
3	Poljud	Hajduk Split	--
4	Porta Elisa	Lucchese	--
5	Ta Qali Stadium	Birkirkara, Malta, Msida St Joseph and Naxxar Lions

5 Countries Visited to Watch Football