mbumford

By The Compass

• ↑ Most northerly ground: Hillheads Park home to Whitley Bay, Whitley Bay Reserves
• → Most easterly ground: Generali Arena home to Czech Republic, Sparta Prague
• ↓ Most southerly ground: Estadio da Luz home to Portugal, SL Benfica, SL Benfica B, SL Benfica Fermino
• ← Most westerly ground: Estadio da Luz home to Portugal, SL Benfica, SL Benfica B, SL Benfica Fermino

About mbumford

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First Game

Bayern Munich v ????? 1976
Old Trafford 1978

Before I was too young to remember (thankfully) my father took me to Swindon. I have not forgiven him since I found out!

Best Game

Oxford 4 - 3 Ipswich
Oxford 5 - 0 Swindon
Oxford 3 - 0 QPR - Milk Cup Final
England 4 - 2 Croatia 2004
Eastbourne United 3 - 5 Poole Town aet FA Vase

Worst Game

Oxford 1 - 7 Birmingham
Bristol City 0 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday (in the snow on an open terrace)

Cat 1 Seats, England 4 - 2 Croatia and was with Hev Euro 2004!

Away end is a decaying crumbling wreck. Toilets a discrace.

226 Grounds Visited to Watch Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating	# Visits	Mileage	Tot Mileage
1	Adams Park	Wycombe Wanderers, Reading U23 and Reading Women	--	1	37	37
2	Aggborough	Kidderminster Harriers, Wolverhampton Wanderers U23, West Bromwich Albion U23 and Worcester City	--	1	127	127
3	Allianz Arena	Bayern Munich, Germany and TSV 1860 Munich	--	1	1,237	1,237
4	Alrebury Park	Alresford Town and Southampton Womens FC	--	1	87	87
5	Anfield	Liverpool, Everton and Wales	--	1	279	279
6	Armadillo Stadium	Arlesey Athletic, Arlesey Town, Baldock Town and Arlesey Town U23	--	1	90	90
7	Ashton Gate	Bristol City	--	1	127	127
8	Avenue Stadium	Dorchester Sports, Dorchester Town, AFC Bournemouth and Bridgwater United Women	--	1	177	177
9	Badgers Hill (The SpecialEffect Stadium)	Frome Town, Frome Town Ladies and Frome Town Sports	--	1	116	116
10	Barnetts Field	Sturminster Newton United and Sturminster Newton United Reserves	--	1	143	143
11	Bashley Road	Bashley	--	1	136	136
12	Bass Sports Ground	Alton	--	1	80	80
13	Beatrice Avenue	East Cowes Victoria, East Cowes Victoria Reserves and Newport (IoW)	--	1	134	134
14	Blanchard Wells Stadium	AFC Portchester	--	1	121	121
15	Bloomfield Road	Blackpool	--	1	327	327
16	Bootham Crescent	Leeds United U23, Middlesbrough U23 and York City	--	1	311	311
17	Bremhill View	Bremhill View, Calne Town and Calne Town Reserves	--	1	78	78
18	Bridge Road (The Glassworld Stadium)	Cambridge City Development, Histon, Histon Ladies, Histon Reserves and Cambridge City	--	1	134	134
19	Broadhall Way (Lamex Stadium)	Stevenage and Tottenham Hotspur U23	--	1	90	90
20	Bulpit Lane	Hungerford Town and Hungerford Town Swifts	--	1	50	50
21	Camp and Satherley Stadium	Portland United, Portland United Reserves, Portland United Youth Panthers and Portland United Youth Panthers Reserves	--	1	193	193
22	Cams Alder Stadium	Fareham Town	--	1	120	120
23	Chapel Gate	Bournemouth Sports, Bournemouth Sports Ladies, Bournemouth Sports Lions, Bournemouth Sports Phoenix and Bournemouth Sports Reserves	--	1	141	141
24	Cherrywood Road (Easy As HGV Stadium)	Farnborough, Farnborough Reserves, Lightwater United, Badshot Lea and Reading Women	--	1	68	68
25	Church Road	Hayes & Yeading United	--	1	73	73
26	Clarence Park	St Albans City, St Albans City Reserves, St Albans City Women, Watford U23 and Maccabi London Lions	--	1	76	76
27	Cockrams	Shaftesbury and Shaftesbury Reserves	--	1	130	130
28	Cody Sports & Social Club	Farnborough North End and Hartland Athletic	--	1	70	70
29	Cossham Street	Mangotsfield Sports, Mangotsfield United and Bristol City Women	--	1	114	114
30	Court Place Farm	Long Crendon, Oxford City, Oxford City Dev, Oxford City Nomads, Oxford City Women and Oxford United Women	--	1	8	8
31	Craven Cottage	Fulham	--	1	91	91
32	Creasey Park	AFC Dunstable, AFC Dunstable Women and Dunstable Town	--	1	62	62
33	Days Park	Swanage Town and Herston and Swanage Town and Herston Reserves	--	1	165	165
34	Dean Court (The Vitality Stadium)	AFC Bournemouth	--	1	146	146
35	Eastville	Bristol Rovers	--	1	121	121
36	EBB Stadium	Aldershot Town and Chelsea U23	--	1	76	76
37	Elland Road	Leeds United	--	1	286	286
38	Elm Park	Reading	--	1	40	40
39	Enclosed Ground	AFC Southwick and Whitehawk	--	1	157	157
40	Estadio da Luz	Portugal, SL Benfica, SL Benfica B and SL Benfica Fermino	--	1	1,950	1,950
41	Estadio Olimpico de Montjuic (Lluis Companys)	Barcelona, Andorra, Catalonia and Espanyol	--	1	1,465	1,465
42	Eynsham Hall Park	North Leigh, North Leigh Reserves and North Leigh United	--	1	23	23
43	Fairfax Park	Bridgwater United, Bridgwater United Reserves and Bridgwater United Women	--	1	173	173
44	Fawcetts Field	New Milton Eagles, New Milton Town and New Milton Town Ladies	--	1	140	140
45	Fellows Park	Walsall	--	1	136	136
46	Field Mill	Mansfield Town and Mansfield Town Ladies	--	1	196	196
47	Folland Park	Folland Sports	--	1	118	118
48	Fratton Park	Portsmouth	--	1	128	128
49	Gang Warily Recreation Centre	Blackfield & Langley and Southampton Womens FC	--	1	124	124
50	Generali Arena	Czech Republic and Sparta Prague	--	1	1,377	1,377
51	Generali Sportpark	SpVgg Unterhaching and SpVgg Unterhaching II	--	1	1,245	1,245
52	Glanford Park	Scunthorpe United	--	1	262	262
53	Griffin Park	Brentford	--	1	84	84
54	Grigg Lane	Brockenhurst	--	1	128	128
55	Hardenhuish Park	Chippenham Park FC and Chippenham Town	--	1	86	86
56	Hardings Lane	Gillingham Town	--	1	131	131
57	Hartsdown Park	Canterbury City, Margate, Margate U23 and Thanet United	--	1	227	227
58	Hayling College	Hayling United	--	1	129	129
59	Highbury	Arsenal	--	1	97	97
60	Highfield Road	Coventry City	--	1	99	99
61	Hillheads Park	Whitley Bay and Whitley Bay Reserves	--	1	459	459
62	Hillsborough	Sheffield Wednesday	--	1	236	236
63	Holloways Park	Beaconsfield Town, Windsor FC, Penn & Tylers Green and Slough Town	--	1	52	52
64	Home Park	Plymouth Argyle	--	1	315	315
65	Huish Park	Yeovil Town and Bridgwater United Women	--	1	165	165
66	Hurn Bridge Sports Club	Christchurch	--	1	141	141
67	Imber Court Sports Club	Fulham U23, Metropolitan Police and Chelsea Ladies	--	1	86	86
68	Ironmould Lane	Brislington, Brislington Ladies and Brislington Reserves	--	1	120	120
69	Johan Cruyff Arena (Amsterdam Arena)	Ajax and Netherlands	--	1	529	529
70	Kayte Lane	Bishops Cleeve and Bishops Cleeve Development	--	1	79	79
71	Kenilworth Road	Luton Town	--	1	70	70
72	Kennels Lane	Fleet Spurs and Fleet Spurs A	--	1	69	69
73	Kingsley Road	Bideford AFC and Bideford AFC Ladies	--	1	276	276
74	Kingsmeadow (Cherry Red Records Stadium)	Chelsea Ladies, AFC Wimbledon, AFC Wimbledon Ladies and Kingstonian	--	1	90	90
75	Knights Lane	FC Stratford, Stratford Town, Stratford Town Reserves and Birmingham City Women	--	1	77	77
76	Ladysmead	Tiverton Town and Tiverton Town Reserves	--	1	227	227
77	Latimer Park	Burton Park Wanderers, Kettering Town and Kettering Town Women	--	1	100	100
78	Leeds Road	Bradford City and Huddersfield Town	--	1	272	272
79	Lodge Road	Bristol Rovers Development, Bristol Rovers U18, Frampton Rangers Ladies, Yate Town, Yate Town Reserves and Bristol City Women	--	1	108	108
80	Loftus Road	Queens Park Rangers	--	1	89	89
81	Long Lane	Ringwood Town and Ringwood Town Development	--	1	132	132
82	Love Lane	Petersfield Town and AFC Petersfield	--	1	101	101
83	Magna Road	Hamworthy Recreation and Hamworthy Recreation Reserves	--	1	144	144
84	Meadow Lane	Notts County and Notts County Ladies	--	1	170	170
85	Meadow Stadium	Didcot Town and Didcot Town Development	--	1	14	14
86	Meadowbank	Shortwood United and Shortwood United Reserves	--	1	88	88
87	Melbourne Stadium	Chelmsford City and Chelmsford City Reserves	--	1	142	142
88	Memorial Stadium	Bristol Rovers and Bristol City Women	--	1	122	122
89	Merley Park	Merley Cobham Sports and Merley Cobham Sports Reserves		1	145	145
90	Mill Road	Barnstaple & Pilton Academicals, Barnstaple Town and Barnstaple Town Reserves	--	1	262	262
91	Millmoor	Rotherham United	--	1	237	237
92	Molineux	Wolverhampton Wanderers	--	1	144	144
93	Moneyfields Sports Ground	Moneyfields, Moneyfields Reserves, Moneyfields Women and Portsmouth FC Women	--	1	125	125
94	Neckarstadion (Mercedes-Benz Arena)	VfB Stuttgart	--	1	1,006	1,006
95	Nene Park	Rushden & Diamonds	--	1	99	99
96	New Cuthbury	Wimborne Town and Wimborne Town Reserves	--	1	143	143
97	New Gerard Buxton Sports Ground	Intel FC, Royal Wootton Bassett Town, Royal Wootton Bassett Town Ladies and Royal Wootton Bassett Town Reserves	--	1	63	63
98	New Rowley Park (Premier Plus Stadium)	Cambridge United Ladies, St Neots Town, St Neots Town Reserves and St Neots Town Saints	--	1	109	109
99	New York Stadium	Rotherham United	--	1	237	237
100	Ninian Park	Cardiff City and Wales	--	1	174	174
101	Oakwell	Barnsley	--	1	255	255
102	Old Rowley Park	St Neots Town and St Neots Town Saints	--	1	108	108
103	Old Trafford	Manchester United	--	1	258	258
104	Olympiastadion	Turkgucu Munchen, Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 Munich	--	1	1,233	1,233
105	Olympiastadion Berlin	Germany and Hertha Berlin	--	1	1,229	1,229
106	Park View Road	Erith & Belvedere, Welling United and Welling United Women	--	1	119	119
107	Penydarren Park	Merthyr Town	--	1	186	186
108	Peter Henry Ground	Brading Town	--	1	143	143
109	Plain Ham	Larkhall Athletic and Larkhall Athletic Ladies	--	1	107	107
110	Plough Lane (old)	Wimbledon	--	1	96	96
111	Potterne Park	AFC Bournemouth CST Ladies and Verwood Town	--	1	131	131
112	Pride Park	Derby County	--	1	167	167
113	Priestfield	Gillingham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham Women	--	1	159	159
114	Princes Park	Dartford, Dartford Women, London City Lionesses, Thamesmead Town, Charlton Athletic Women, Greenwich Borough and Millwall U23	--	1	129	129
115	Priory Lane	Eastbourne Borough and Langney Wanderers	--	1	183	183
116	Priory Park	Bodmin Town and Cornwall	--	1	350	350
117	Privett Park (Aerial Direct Stadium)	Gosport Borough	--	1	127	127
118	Purbeck Sports Centre	Wareham Rangers and Wareham Rangers Reserves	--	1	163	163
119	Raymond McEnhill Stadium	Salisbury, Salisbury City and Salisbury Development	--	1	98	98
120	Reading Road	Eversley & California, Eversley & California Ladies and Eversley & California Reserves	--	1	59	59
121	Ribbesford Meadow	Bewdley Town and Bewdley Town Women	--	1	129	129
122	Rodney Parade	Newport County	--	1	154	154
123	Rookery Hill	Basildon Town, East Thurrock United and Romford	--	1	146	146
124	Roots Hall	Southend United	--	1	165	165
125	Select Car Leasing Stadium	Reading and Reading Women	--	1	45	45
126	Selhurst Park	Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Wimbledon	--	1	106	106
127	Silver Street	Bravehearts and Willand Rovers	--	1	219	219
128	Sincil Bank	Lincoln City	--	1	215	215
129	Sixfields	Northampton Town and Coventry City	--	1	75	75
130	SkyEx Community Stadium	Hayes & Yeading United	--	1	75	75
131	Snows Stadium	AFC Totton and Southampton FC Women	--	1	111	111
132	Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion	Kickers Offenbach	--	1	900	900
133	Spencer Stadium	Banbury United and Banbury United Development	--	1	48	48
134	St Andrew's	Birmingham City, Birmingham City Women and Coventry City	--	1	119	119
135	St Georges Park IOW	Isle of Wight, Newport (IoW) and Newport (IoW) A	--	1	141	141
136	St James Park	Exeter City	--	1	242	242
137	St James' Park	Newcastle United	--	1	452	452
138	St Mary's Stadium	Southampton and Southampton FC Women	--	1	113	113
139	St Marys Field	Bridport, Bridport A and Bridport Reserves	--	1	192	192
140	Stade de France	France	--	1	498	498
141	Stadium:MK	Milton Keynes Dons, Milton Keynes Dons Ladies and Milton Keynes Dons Development	--	1	57	57
142	Stamford Bridge	Chelsea	--	1	93	93
143	Steel Park	Corby Town	--	1	117	117
144	Tatnam Ground	Poole Town	--	1	152	152
145	Thames Road (The Aspect Arena)	Concord Rangers	--	1	156	156
146	The 1878 Stadium	Burnham FC, Burnham FC Reserves, Chalvey Sports, Southall and Wargrave FC	--	1	53	53
147	The Abbey	Hamble Club	--	1	118	118
148	The Bescot	Aston Villa U23, Aston Villa Women and Walsall	--	1	135	135
149	The Beveree Stadium	Hampton & Richmond Borough and Chelsea Ladies	--	1	84	84
150	The Bob Lucas Stadium	Weymouth and Weymouth Reserves	--	1	188	188
151	The Broadfield Stadium	Brighton & Hove Albion Ladies, Brighton & Hove Albion U23 and Crawley Town	--	1	122	122
152	The Bypass Ground	Romsey Town and Southampton Womens FC	--	1	104	104
153	The Carlsberg Stadium	Biggleswade Town and Biggleswade FC	--	1	94	94
154	The Causeway Ground	Cinderford Town and Cinderford Town Reserves	--	1	111	111
155	The City Ground	Nottingham Forest	--	1	169	169
156	The Clubhouse	Bemerton Heath Harlequins	--	1	103	103
157	The Corinium Stadium	Cheltenham Town Ladies, Cirencester Town, Cirencester Town Development and Gloucester City	--	1	63	63
158	The County Ground	Swindon Town	--	1	53	53
159	The County Ground	Northampton Town	--	1	79	79
160	The County Ground	Hamworthy United, Hamworthy United Reserves and Poole Town Ladies	--	1	155	155
161	The Coventry Building Society Arena	Coventry City and Coventry United Ladies	--	1	104	104
162	The Cuthbury	Wimborne Town	--	1	144	144
163	The Dell	Southampton	--	1	112	112
164	The Dell	Laverstock & Ford and Laverstock & Ford Ladies	--	1	101	101
165	The Deva Stadium	Chester City and Chester FC	--	1	250	250
166	The Elms Recreation Ground	Highworth Town, Highworth Town Development and Highworth Town Reserves	--	1	45	45
167	The Goldstone Ground	Brighton & Hove Albion	--	1	151	151
168	The Grove	Brierley Hill & Withymoor, Halesowen Town, Halesowen Town U21 and Causeway United	--	1	125	125
169	The Hand Stadium	Clevedon Town, Bristol City Women, Clevedon United and Wrington Redhill FC	--	1	146	146
170	The Hawthorns	West Bromwich Albion	--	1	127	127
171	The Kassam Stadium	Oxford United	--	1	0	0
172	The Keepmoat Stadium	Doncaster Rovers and Doncaster Rovers Belles	--	1	248	248
173	The Laithwaite Community Stadium	Woking, Hayes & Yeading United and Sheerwater	--	1	80	80
174	The Mackoy Stadium	Sholing, Southampton Saints Ladies and Sholing	--	1	114	114
175	The Manor Ground	Oxford United	--	1	6	6
176	The Meadow	Aylesbury United, Chesham United, Chesham United Ladies and Chesham United Development	--	1	51	51
177	The Memorial Ground	Farnham Town	--	1	78	78
178	The Millennium Stadium (Principality Stadium)	Wales	--	1	173	173
179	The New Lawn	Forest Green Rovers and Gloucester City	--	1	88	88
180	The New Windmill	Leamington and Leamington Lions Ladies	--	1	77	77
181	The Northcourt	Abingdon United, Abingdon United Development, Abingdon United Women, Oxford United U18 and Oxford United Women	--	1	8	8
182	The Old Dean Court	AFC Bournemouth	--	1	146	146
183	The Optima Stadium	Weston-Super-Mare and Bristol City U21	--	1	159	159
184	The Oval	Eastbourne United Association, Eastbourne United Association Reserves, Langney Wanderers and Little Common	--	1	184	184
185	The Oval Ground	Bedworth United, Bedworth United Ladies, Bedworth United U21, Woodlands WMC and Coventry United Ladies	--	1	107	107
186	The Pilot Field	Hastings United, Hastings United U23 and Hastings United Women	--	1	194	194
187	The Recreation Ground	Blandford United, Blandford United A and Blandford United Reserves	--	1	144	144
188	The Silverlake Stadium	Eastleigh and Eastleigh Ladies	--	1	107	107
189	The Simplyhealth City Ground	Winchester City, Winchester City Flyers, Basingstoke Town and Portsmouth FC Women	--	1	90	90
190	The Spiers & Hartwell Jubilee Stadium	Evesham United, Evesham United Development, Evesham United Reserves and Gloucester City	--	1	81	81
191	The Sports Ground	Lymington Town	--	1	136	136
192	The Stadium	Poole Town	--	1	153	153
193	The Stadium of Light	Sunderland and Sunderland Ladies	--	1	442	442
194	The Valley	Charlton Athletic	--	1	111	111
195	The Valley Stadium	Birmingham United, Redditch United, Redditch United Reserves, Redditch United U21, Redditch United Women, Birmingham City Women, Feckenham and Redditch Borough	--	1	103	103
196	The Walks Stadium	Kings Lynn FC, Kings Lynn Town and Kings Lynn Town Reserves	--	1	198	198
197	The Warren	Bedfont Town, Wealdstone and Yeading	--	1	75	75
198	Top Field	Hitchin Town	--	1	85	85
199	Treyew Road	Truro City and Truro City Reserves	--	1	391	391
200	Twerton Park	Bath City, Team Bath, Bristol City Women and Bristol Rovers	--	1	112	112
201	Upton Park (Boleyn Ground)	Charlton Athletic and West Ham United	--	1	110	110
202	Valley Parade	Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue	--	1	292	292
203	Vauxhall Road	Apsley Argyle First, Hemel Hempstead Town and Maccabi London Lions	--	1	66	66
204	Veltins-Arena	Schalke 04	--	1	710	710
205	Vetch Field	Swansea City and Wales	--	1	235	235
206	Vicarage Road	Watford and Wealdstone	--	1	70	70
207	Victoria Park	Bournemouth FC	--	1	146	146
208	Villa Park	Aston Villa	--	1	124	124
209	Viridor Stadium	Taunton Town and Bridgwater United Women	--	1	189	189
210	Wallingford Sports Park	Thame United	--	1	17	17
211	Walshes Meadow	Droitwich Spa and Stourport Swifts	--	1	125	125
212	War Memorial Athletic Ground	Causeway United, Stourbridge and Stourbridge FC Women	--	1	131	131
213	Waterside Park	AFC Aldermaston, Thatcham Town and Thatcham Town Development	--	1	45	45
214	Webbswood Stadium	Swindon Supermarine, Swindon Supermarine Development, Swindon Supermarine Women and New College Swindon	--	1	47	47
215	Wellands Road	Lyndhurst	--	1	120	120
216	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur	--	1	83	83
217	Westleigh Park	Clanfield FC, Havant & Waterlooville and Portsmouth FC Women	--	1	119	119
218	Westwood Park	Cowes Sports and Cowes Sports Reserves	--	1	133	133
219	Westwood Road	Cambridge City, Cambridge City, St Ives Town and St Ives Town Ladies	--	1	128	128
220	Weymouth Street	Warminster Town and Warminster Town Ladies	--	1	110	110
221	Whaddon Road	Cheltenham Town and Gloucester City	--	1	77	77
222	Wheatsheaf Park	Brentford B, Staines Town and Chelsea Ladies	--	1	73	73
223	Winterfield Road	Meadow Rangers FC, Paulton Rovers and Paulton Rovers Ladies	--	1	125	125
224	Woodside Park (R&D Advisors Stadium)	Bishop's Stortford and Enfield FC	--	1	122	122
225	York Road	Maidenhead United, Maidenhead United Ladies and Hayes & Yeading United	--	1	50	50
226	York Street (The Jakemans Stadium)	Railway Athletic and Boston United	--	1	201	201
Total					42,098	42,353

7 Grounds Visited for Tours/Non-Football

11 Countries Visited to Watch Football