graeme-palmer-1984

By The Compass

• ↑ Most northerly ground: Easter Road home to Hibernian
• → Most easterly ground: Tofik Bakhramov Stadium home to Azerbaijan, Neftci PFK, Qarabag FK
• ↓ Most southerly ground: Estadio Algarve home to Europa FC, Gibraltar, Lincoln Red Imps, Louletano DC, Portugal, SC Farense, St Josephs FC (Gib)
• ← Most westerly ground: Estadio da Luz home to Portugal, SL Benfica, SL Benfica B, SL Benfica Fermino

About graeme-palmer-1984

The Premier League would be a better place if Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest returned. Proper big clubs that bring credible support levels home and away - none of this Fulham lark (200-400 away fans is what they send, then at home its a full stadium of people who don't sing. There's none of that problem when Leeds come to or host us play!)

First Game

League Cup game away at Peterborough. Chris Hughton fielded a lot of reserves and we got beat 2-0. This got me hooked, bizarrely - I became eager to see a win!

Best Game

There's a few:
League Cup win at Stamford Bridge - 4-3 after going behind, taking a 3-1 lead, losing it and then winning in the death of added time with a Shola Ameobi header.
2-0 win at Stamford Bridge with the amazing Cisse goal.
The infamous 4-4 game against Arsenal.

Worst Game

The 6-0 home defeat to Liverpool.

I've deliberately not been obvious and put my own club. At Stamford Bridge you get a good area for the away end. The staff are friendly and helpful. The atmosphere is great, esp with the flags and the run-out tune. The is good banter from the home fans and they are able to take defeat gracefully, while also showing some class and decorum towards away fans when they win.

Its ancient. They sit away fans in the worst stand. Wooden seats. Pillars obstructing many views and often including the goal nets. Very poor tiering, making it nigh on impossible to see the match for a little 5'5" guy like myself. The stewards at the gate aren't very helpful.

Second worst is the Madejski - anyone else tried getting away from there with the bus? They charge a premium price then leave you stranded in the middle of nowhere for a good hour or so. Been there twice, thankfully no rain either time.

159 Grounds Visited to Watch Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating	# Visits	Mileage	Tot Mileage
1	Adams Park	Wycombe Wanderers, Reading U21 and Reading Women		1	467	467
2	Aggborough	Kidderminster Harriers, Wolverhampton Wanderers U23, West Bromwich Albion U21 and Worcester City	--	1	362	362
3	Amex Stadium	Brighton & Hove Albion		1	583	583
4	Anfield	Liverpool, Everton and Wales		1	239	239
5	Ashton Gate	Bristol City		1	496	496
6	Bay Arena	Bayer Leverkusen	--	1	899	899
7	bet365 Stadium (The Britannia Stadium)	Stoke City		1	278	278
8	Blackwell Meadows	Darlington	--	1	65	65
9	Bloomfield Road	Blackpool		1	198	198
10	Blue Flames Sports Ground	AFC Killingworth, Newcastle United U23 and West Allotment Celtic		1	7	7
11	Blundell Park	Grimsby Town		1	232	232
12	Bootham Crescent	Leeds United U23, Middlesbrough U23 and York City		1	145	145
13	Borough Park	Workington AFC and Workington AFC Development		1	160	160
14	Boundary Park	Oldham Athletic		1	201	201
15	Bramall Lane	Sheffield United and Sheffield United Women		1	222	222
16	Brentford Community Stadium	Brentford and Brentford U21		1	494	494
17	Brewery Field	Spennymoor Town and Spennymoor Town Ladies	--	1	37	37
18	Brisbane Road (Breyer Group Stadium)	Leyton Orient and Tottenham Hotspur Women	--	1	490	490
19	Broadhall Way (Lamex Stadium)	Stevenage and Tottenham Hotspur U23		1	442	442
20	Brunton Park	Carlisle United		1	103	103
21	Cardiff City Stadium	Cardiff City and Wales		1	501	501
22	Carrow Road	Norwich City		1	404	404
23	Causeway Lane	Matlock Town and Matlock Town Reserves	--	1	254	254
24	Celtic Park	Celtic	--	1	236	236
25	Community Stadium	Cambridge City	--	1	419	419
26	Craven Cottage	Fulham		1	497	497
27	Cressing Road	Braintree Town, Braintree Town Reserves and Dunmow Town	--	1	465	465
28	Damson Parkway (Autotech Stadium)	Solihull Moors, Birmingham City U21, Birmingham City Women and Solihull Borough	--	1	351	351
29	Dean Court (The Vitality Stadium)	AFC Bournemouth		1	586	586
30	Deepdale	Preston North End		1	187	187
31	DW Stadium	Wigan Athletic		1	214	214
32	Easter Road	Hibernian		1	182	182
33	EBB Stadium	Aldershot Town and Chelsea U23	--	1	520	520
34	Edgeley Park	Stockport County	--	1	222	222
35	Elland Road	Leeds United		1	166	166
36	Estadio Algarve	Gibraltar, Louletano DC, Portugal, Europa FC, Lincoln Red Imps, SC Farense and St Josephs FC (Gib)		1	2,543	2,543
37	Estadio da Luz	Portugal, SL Benfica, SL Benfica B and SL Benfica Fermino	--	1	2,350	2,350
38	Etihad Stadium	Manchester City		1	211	211
39	Ewood Park	Blackburn Rovers		1	186	186
40	Field Mill	Mansfield Town and Mansfield Town Ladies		1	256	256
41	Fratton Park	Portsmouth	--	1	579	579
42	Glanford Park	Scunthorpe United		1	206	206
43	Globe Arena	Morecambe		1	161	161
44	Goodison Park	Everton Women and Everton		1	239	239
45	Gresty Road (The Alexandra Stadium)	Crewe Alexandra		1	269	269
46	Griffin Park	Brentford		1	494	494
47	Hayes Lane (Westminster Waste Stadium)	Bromley, Bromley Ladies, London City Lionesses, Cray Wanderers and Crystal Palace Ladies	--	1	514	514
48	Highbury Stadium	Fleetwood Town	--	1	185	185
49	Hill Dickinson Stadium	Everton	--	1	242	242
50	Hillsborough	Sheffield Wednesday		1	216	216
51	Holker Street	Barrow	--	1	175	175
52	Home Park	Plymouth Argyle		1	668	668
53	Horsfall Stadium	Bradford Park Avenue, Bradford Park Avenue Ladies, Bradford Park Avenue Reserves, Halifax FC women, Albion Sports and Bradford City Women		1	169	169
54	Ibrox	Rangers and Rangers Women		1	243	243
55	Jakemans Community Stadium	Boston United	--	1	308	308
56	JobServe Community Stadium	Colchester United	--	1	470	470
57	Joie Stadium	Manchester City U18, Manchester City U23 and Manchester City Women	--	1	212	212
58	Kenilworth Road	Luton Town	--	1	438	438
59	Leigh Sports Village	Manchester United U23, Manchester United Women, Blackburn Rovers U23 and Leigh Genesis	--	1	218	218
60	LNER Community Stadium	York City	--	1	144	144
61	Loftus Road	Queens Park Rangers, AFC Wimbledon and Fulham		1	493	493
62	London Road	Peterborough United		1	352	352
63	London Stadium (Olympic Stadium)	West Ham United		1	493	493
64	Lotto Park	Anderlecht and Anderlecht II	--	1	755	755
65	Loughborough University Stadium	Derby County U23, Loughborough Foxes Vixens, Loughborough Lightning, Loughborough University and Birmingham City U21	--	1	308	308
66	Mariners Park	South Shields and Sunderland Ladies	--	1	12	12
67	Meadow Lane	Notts County and Notts County Ladies		1	284	284
68	Meadow Park	Arsenal Women, Boreham Wood and Arsenal U23	--	1	471	471
69	Memorial Stadium	Bristol Rovers and Bristol City Women	--	1	489	489
70	Millmoor	Doncaster Rovers Belles and Rotherham United	--	1	215	215
71	Molineux	Wolverhampton Wanderers		1	332	332
72	Moor Lane	Salford City	--	1	209	209
73	Moss Lane	Altrincham, Altrincham Reserves and FC United of Manchester	--	1	227	227
74	Moss Rose	Macclesfield FC, Macclesfield FC Reserves, Macclesfield Town and Stoke City U23		1	243	243
75	New Rowley Park (Premier Plus Stadium)	Cambridge United Ladies, St Neots Town, St Neots Town Reserves and St Neots Town Saints	--	1	395	395
76	New York Stadium	Rotherham United		1	215	215
77	North Street (The Impact Arena)	Alfreton Town, Alfreton Town Reserves, Nottingham Forest U23 and Selston	--	1	261	261
78	Nou Camp	Catalonia and Barcelona	--	1	1,909	1,909
79	Oakwell	Barnsley		1	197	197
80	Old Trafford	Manchester United		1	216	216
81	Parc des Princes	Paris St Germain, France and Paris FC	--	1	909	909
82	Plough Lane	AFC Wimbledon	--	1	504	504
83	Portman Road	Ipswich Town		1	463	463
84	Prenton Park	Liverpool U23, Tranmere Rovers and Liverpool Ladies	--	1	249	249
85	Pride Park	Derby County		1	285	285
86	Priestfield	Gillingham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham Women		1	528	528
87	Richmond Park	St Patrick's Athletic, Dublin City and Shamrock Rovers		1	442	442
88	Roots Hall	Southend United		1	511	511
89	Rugby Park	Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock Ladies and Kilmarnock Reserves		1	243	243
90	San Siro (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)	AC Milan and Inter Milan	--	1	1,616	1,616
91	Select Car Leasing Stadium	Reading and Reading Women		1	494	494
92	Selhurst Park	Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Wimbledon		1	510	510
93	Shielfield Park	Berwick Rangers, Berwick Rangers Reserves and Tweedmouth Rangers		1	113	113
94	Sincil Bank	Lincoln City	--	1	258	258
95	Sixfields	Northampton Town and Coventry City	--	1	383	383
96	SMH Group Stadium	Chesterfield, Sheffield United U21 and Sheffield United Women	--	1	239	239
97	Spotland	Rochdale		1	193	193
98	St Andrew's	Birmingham City, Birmingham City Women and Coventry City		1	346	346
99	St James Park	Exeter City	--	1	608	608
100	St James' Park	Newcastle United		1	0	0
101	St Mary's Stadium	Southampton and Southampton FC Women		1	563	563
102	St Mirren Park (The Simple Digital Arena)	St Mirren and St Mirren Reserves		1	252	252
103	Stade Joseph Marien	Royal Union Saint-Gilloise and Royal Union Saint-Gilloise II	--	1	759	759
104	Stade Velodrome	Marseille and France	--	1	1,736	1,736
105	Stadium MK	Milton Keynes Dons, Milton Keynes Dons Ladies and Milton Keynes Dons Development	--	1	416	416
106	Stamford Bridge	Chelsea		1	497	497
107	Steel Park	Corby Town		1	349	349
108	Stonebridge Road	Ebbsfleet United	--	1	513	513
109	The Abbey Stadium	Cambridge United and Cambridge Regional College	--	1	409	409
110	The Bescot	Aston Villa U23, Aston Villa Women and Walsall		1	334	334
111	The Broadfield Stadium	Brighton & Hove Albion Ladies, Brighton & Hove Albion U23 and Crawley Town		1	549	549
112	The City Ground	Nottingham Forest		1	284	284
113	The County Ground	Swindon Town	--	1	472	472
114	The Coventry Building Society Arena	Coventry City and Coventry United Ladies		1	349	349
115	The Darlington Arena	Darlington United, Darlington and Middlesbrough U23		1	65	65
116	The Emirates Stadium	Arsenal		1	489	489
117	The EnviroVent Stadium	Harrogate Town and Harrogate Town Ladies		1	136	136
118	The Hawthorns	West Bromwich Albion		1	342	342
119	The Hive	Barnet, London Bees and Tottenham Hotspur Women	--	1	479	479
120	The International Stadium	Gateshead and Newcastle United U23		1	4	4
121	The John Smith's Stadium	Huddersfield Town		1	183	183
122	The Kassam Stadium	Oxford United		1	452	452
123	The KCOM Stadium	Hull City		1	198	198
124	The Keepmoat Stadium	Doncaster Rovers and Doncaster Rovers Belles		1	207	207
125	The King Power Stadium	Leicester City and Leicester City Women		1	328	328
126	The Laithwaite Community Stadium	Woking, Hayes & Yeading United and Sheerwater	--	1	515	515
127	The Lamb Ground	Tamworth, Tamworth Academy, Tamworth Ladies, Aston Villa Women and Burton Albion Ladies	--	1	324	324
128	The Liberty Stadium	Swansea City and Wales		1	499	499
129	The Millennium Stadium (Principality Stadium)	Wales		1	500	500
130	The New Lawn	Forest Green Rovers and Gloucester City	--	1	456	456
131	The New Meadow	Shrewsbury Town		1	329	329
132	The Pirelli Stadium	Burton Albion		1	298	298
133	The Racecourse Ground	Wrexham and Wales	--	1	288	288
134	The Riverside Stadium	Middlesbrough		1	64	64
135	The Shay	FC Halifax Town	--	1	175	175
136	The Silverlake Stadium	Eastleigh and Eastleigh Ladies		1	556	556
137	The Stadium of Light	Sunderland and Sunderland Ladies		1	20	20
138	The Valley	Charlton Athletic	--	1	501	501
139	The Walks Stadium	Kings Lynn FC, Kings Lynn Town and Kings Lynn Town Reserves		1	349	349
140	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium	Qarabag FK, Azerbaijan and Neftci PFK	--	1	5,056	5,056
141	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	Tottenham Hotspur		1	483	483
142	Toughsheet Community Stadium	Bolton Wanderers		1	206	206
143	Turf Moor	Burnley		1	171	171
144	Tynecastle	Heart of Midlothian		1	183	183
145	Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion	Bayer Leverkusen II, Bayer Leverkusen U19 and Bayer Leverkusen Women	--	1	899	899
146	Upton Park (Boleyn Ground)	Charlton Athletic and West Ham United		1	495	495
147	UTS Stadium	Dunston UTS	--	1	4	4
148	Vale Park	Port Vale		1	270	270
149	Valley Parade	Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue		1	162	162
150	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	512	512
151	Vicarage Road	Watford and Wealdstone		1	470	470
152	Victoria Road (Chigwell Construction Stadium)	Dagenham & Redbridge, West Ham United U23 and West Ham United Women		1	496	496
153	Villa Park	Aston Villa		1	342	342
154	Welfare Park	Bedlington Terriers		1	22	22
155	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur		1	485	485
156	Westfalenstadion (Signal Iduna Park)	Borussia Dortmund and Germany	--	1	891	891
157	Whaddon Road	Cheltenham Town and Gloucester City	--	1	426	426
158	White Hart Lane	Tottenham Hotspur		1	483	483
159	Woodhorn Lane	Ashington and Ashington Reserves		1	29	29
Total					67,314	44,059

4 Grounds Visited for Tours/Non-Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating
1	Deepdale	Preston North End
2	St James Park	Exeter City	--
3	The Emirates Stadium	Arsenal
4	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur

12 Countries Visited to Watch Football