stevehermon

By The Compass

• ↑ Most northerly ground: Tannadice home to Dundee United
• → Most easterly ground: Stelios Kyriakides Stadium home to AE Paphos, Akritas Chloraka, Karmiotissa Pano Polemidia, Paphos FC
• ↓ Most southerly ground: Inter&Co Stadium home to Orlando City, Orlando City B, Orlando Pride, Orlando Pride II, USA
• ← Most westerly ground: Inter&Co Stadium home to Orlando City, Orlando City B, Orlando Pride, Orlando Pride II, USA

About stevehermon

First Game

My first experience of football was non league games watching Stourbridge and Dudley Town. My 1st Football League game was the 1987 Division 4 Play Off Final between Wolves and Aldershot at Molineux, which Wolves lost!

Best Game

It has to be Wolves v Sheffield United in the 2003 Play Off Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. Great day and great memory as Wolves won 3-0 to secure promotion to Premier League. Special mentions go to Wolves v Sheffield Wednesday in FA Cup 4th round replay 1995 (Wolves won on pens), Wolves v Newcastle in FA Cup 3rd Rnd (3-2 win in 2003), Wolves v Man United (1-0 win in 2004), Wolves v Leicester (4-3 win 2003) and Wolves v Blackburn (3-2 loss in 2011 but survived on final day).

As a commentator, I would include commentating at Anfield, St. James’s Park, Old Trafford and covering Europa and Conference League matches in Portugal, France and the Netherlands, as career highlights.

Worst Game

Unfortunately it was Walsall v Dagengham in a FA Cup 2nd round replay on a cold Tuesday night in December, 2011. It was 0-0 after extra time and Walsall lost on penalties.

I don't like its location but it's a fantastic stadium. I've been lucky enough to go to numerous Cup and play-off finals. Special mentions for The Etihad, Principality Stadium and Stadium MK, although the latter lacks an atmosphere. I've not been to The Emirates or Tottenham Hotspur Stadium yet. Lille's Stade Pierre Mauroy is also a fantastic stadium.

I won't pick a non-league ground as that's unfair given their resources and I think there's something about basic facilities and terracing that adds to the non-league atmosphere. A ground that should do better is Peterborough's London Road. It needs a revamp!

173 Grounds Visited to Watch Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating	# Visits	Mileage	Tot Mileage
1	Adams Park	Wycombe Wanderers, Reading U21 and Reading Women		1	174	174
2	AFAS Stadion	AZ Alkmaar and AZ Alkmaar II	--	1	577	577
3	Aggborough	Kidderminster Harriers, Wolverhampton Wanderers U23, West Bromwich Albion U21 and Worcester City		1	30	30
4	Alexander Stadium	West Bromwich Albion Ladies and West Bromwich Albion U21	--	1	21	21
5	Amex Stadium	Brighton & Hove Albion	--	1	296	296
6	Anfield	Liverpool, Everton and Wales		1	135	135
7	Ashton Gate	Bristol City		1	164	164
8	Aspray Arena	Dudley Town, Sporting Khalsa, Sporting Khalsa Ladies and Willenhall Town		1	5	5
9	bet365 Stadium (The Britannia Stadium)	Stoke City		1	55	55
10	Bloomfield Road	Blackpool		1	184	184
11	Blundell Park	Grimsby Town		1	220	220
12	Borough Park	Workington AFC and Workington AFC Development		1	307	307
13	Boundary Park	Oldham Athletic		1	133	133
14	Bramall Lane	Sheffield United and Sheffield United Women		1	121	121
15	Brentford Community Stadium	Brentford and Brentford U21	--	1	218	218
16	Brisbane Road (Breyer Group Stadium)	Leyton Orient and Tottenham Hotspur Women		1	229	229
17	Broadhall Way (Lamex Stadium)	Stevenage and Tottenham Hotspur U23	--	1	190	190
18	Brunton Park	Carlisle United		1	325	325
19	Burnden Park	Bolton Wanderers		1	137	137
20	Cardiff City Stadium	Cardiff City and Wales	--	1	179	179
21	Carrow Road	Norwich City		1	289	289
22	Crabble Ground	Dover Athletic and Margate	--	1	354	354
23	Craven Cottage	Fulham		1	224	224
24	Dales Lane	Pelsall Villa, Rushall Olympic, Rushall Olympic U21 and Walsall Ladies	--	1	15	15
25	Damson Parkway (Autotech Stadium)	Solihull Moors, Birmingham City U21, Birmingham City Women and Solihull Borough	--	1	38	38
26	De Adelaarshorst	Go Ahead Eagles	--	1	701	701
27	De Kuip	Feyenoord and Netherlands		1	571	571
28	Dean Court (The Vitality Stadium)	AFC Bournemouth		1	258	258
29	Dean Street	Shildon AFC and Bishop Auckland	--	1	285	285
30	Deepdale	Preston North End		1	170	170
31	DW Stadium	Wigan Athletic		1	139	139
32	EBB Stadium	Aldershot Town and Chelsea U23	--	1	219	219
33	Edgar Street	Hereford FC and Hereford United		1	88	88
34	Edgeley Park	Stockport County		1	112	112
35	Elland Road	Leeds United		1	170	170
36	Elm Park	Reading		1	184	184
37	Enclosed Ground	AFC Southwick and Whitehawk	--	1	300	300
38	Estadio Algarve	Gibraltar, Louletano DC, Portugal, Europa FC, Lincoln Red Imps, SC Farense and St Josephs FC (Gib)	--	1	2,216	2,216
39	Etihad Stadium	Manchester City		1	124	124
40	Ewood Park	Blackburn Rovers		1	160	160
41	Feethams	Darlington		1	271	271
42	Field Mill	Mansfield Town and Mansfield Town Ladies		1	108	108
43	Fir Park	Motherwell		1	465	465
44	Fratton Park	Portsmouth		1	264	264
45	Fritz-Walter-Stadion	1. FC Kaiserslautern and 1. FC Kaiserslautern II		1	964	964
46	Garden Walk Stadium	AFC Somers, Gornal Athletic, Gornal Athletic Reserves and OJM Birmingham FC		1	10	10
47	Gigg Lane	Bury FC, Bury FC Women and FC United of Manchester		1	138	138
48	Glanford Park	Scunthorpe United		1	182	182
49	Goodison Park	Everton Women and Everton		1	136	136
50	Gresty Road (The Alexandra Stadium)	Crewe Alexandra		1	73	73
51	Griffin Park	Brentford		1	218	218
52	Groupama Arena	Ferencvaros and Hungary	--	1	2,003	2,003
53	Haig Avenue (Merseyrail Community Stadium)	Everton U23, Southport and Everton Women		1	161	161
54	Hampden Park	Scotland and Queen's Park		1	479	479
55	Hayes Lane (Westminster Waste Stadium)	Bromley, Bromley Ladies, London City Lionesses, Cray Wanderers and Crystal Palace Ladies	--	1	247	247
56	Highbury	Arsenal		1	224	224
57	Highbury Stadium	Fleetwood Town		1	198	198
58	Hillsborough	Sheffield Wednesday		1	125	125
59	Hilton Park	Leigh Genesis		1	130	130
60	Home Park	Plymouth Argyle		1	350	350
61	Huish Park	Yeovil Town and Bridgwater United Women		1	231	231
62	Inter&Co Stadium	Orlando City, Orlando Pride, Orlando Pride II, Orlando City B and USA	--	1	8,483	8,483
63	Jan Breydel Stadion	Cercle Brugge, Club Brugge and Club NXT	--	1	492	492
64	JobServe Community Stadium	Colchester United		1	272	272
65	Johan Cruyff Arena (Amsterdam Arena)	Ajax and Netherlands		1	597	597
66	Kenilworth Road	Luton Town		1	174	174
67	Keys Park	Hednesford Town, Hednesford Town Ladies and West Bromwich Albion U21	--	1	19	19
68	King Baudouin Stadium (Heysel Stadium)	Belgium		1	600	600
69	Loftus Road	Queens Park Rangers, AFC Wimbledon and Fulham		1	220	220
70	London Road	Peterborough United		1	159	159
71	London Stadium (Olympic Stadium)	West Ham United	--	1	231	231
72	Marston Road	Stafford Rangers and Northwich Victoria		1	32	32
73	Maurice Dufrasne Stadion	Standard Liege and Standard Liege II		1	713	713
74	Meadow Lane	Notts County and Notts County Ladies		1	96	96
75	Memorial Stadium	Bristol Rovers and Bristol City Women		1	157	157
76	Mestalla	Spain and Valencia CF		1	1,820	1,820
77	Molineux	Wolverhampton Wanderers		1	0	0
78	Moor Lane	Salford City	--	1	128	128
79	Municipal de Braga	Sporting Braga	--	1	1,634	1,634
80	Nene Park	Rushden & Diamonds		1	134	134
81	New Manor Ground	Ilkeston Town, Ilkeston Town Ladies, Ilkeston Town U23, Notts County Development, Notts County U18 and Notts County Women First		1	88	88
82	New York Stadium	Rotherham United		1	132	132
83	North Street (The Impact Arena)	Alfreton Town, Alfreton Town Reserves, Nottingham Forest U23 and Selston	--	1	94	94
84	Oakwell	Barnsley		1	144	144
85	Old Trafford	Manchester United		1	121	121
86	Old Wembley Stadium	England		1	213	213
87	Philips-stadion	Netherlands, PSV Eindhoven and PSV Eindhoven II		1	665	665
88	Portman Road	Ipswich Town	--	1	286	286
89	Prenton Park	Liverpool U23, Tranmere Rovers and Liverpool Ladies		1	132	132
90	Pride Park	Derby County		1	73	73
91	Priestfield	Gillingham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham Women		1	283	283
92	Raydale Park	Gretna 2008		1	342	342
93	RB Arena	RB Leipzig and BSG Chemie Leipzig	--	1	1,243	1,243
94	Roazhon Park	Stade Rennes		1	621	621
95	Rockingham Road	Kettering Town		1	121	121
96	Rodney Parade	Newport County	--	1	156	156
97	Roots Hall	Southend United		1	280	280
98	Round Oak Stadium	Dudley Town	--	1	14	14
99	Saltergate	Chesterfield		1	107	107
100	San Siro (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)	AC Milan and Inter Milan	--	1	1,413	1,413
101	Seaview	Crusaders, Crusaders Newtownabbey Strikers, Lisburn Distillery and Newington	--	1	419	419
102	Select Car Leasing Stadium	Reading and Reading Women		1	189	189
103	Selhurst Park	Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Wimbledon		1	240	240
104	Sixfields	Northampton Town and Coventry City		1	112	112
105	SMH Group Stadium	Chesterfield, Sheffield United U21 and Sheffield United Women	--	1	109	109
106	Spotland	Rochdale		1	142	142
107	St Andrew's	Birmingham City, Birmingham City Women and Coventry City		1	27	27
108	St George's Lane	Evesham United and Worcester City		1	54	54
109	St Jakob-Park	FC Basel	--	1	1,110	1,110
110	St James Park	Exeter City		1	283	283
111	St James' Park	Newcastle United		1	332	332
112	St Mary's Stadium	Southampton and Southampton FC Women		1	241	241
113	Stade Chaban-Delmas	Bordeaux		1	1,082	1,082
114	Stade de la Mosson	Montpellier and Montpellier Feminine		1	1,354	1,354
115	Stade Pierre Mauroy	Lille	--	1	528	528
116	Stadium MK	Milton Keynes Dons, Milton Keynes Dons Ladies and Milton Keynes Dons Development		1	143	143
117	Stadium Municipal	Toulouse		1	1,287	1,287
118	Stamford Bridge	Chelsea		1	225	225
119	Station View	Harrogate Railway Athletic, Harrogate Railway Athletic Ladies and Harrogate Railway Athletic Reserves		1	202	202
120	Stelios Kyriakides Stadium	AE Paphos, Akritas Chloraka, Paphos FC and Karmiotissa Pano Polemidia		1	4,179	4,179
121	Stonebridge Road	Ebbsfleet United	--	1	261	261
122	Tameside Stadium	Burnley U21, Curzon Ashton and FC United of Manchester	--	1	125	125
123	Tannadice	Dundee United		1	541	541
124	The Bannister Prentice Stadium	Garforth Town and Leeds United LFC		1	179	179
125	The Beeches	Bartley Green, Tividale, Smethwick Rangers FC and Wrens Nest	--	1	13	13
126	The Bescot	Aston Villa U23, Aston Villa Women and Walsall		1	12	12
127	The City Ground	Nottingham Forest		1	96	96
128	The County Ground	Swindon Town		1	145	145
129	The Coventry Building Society Arena	Coventry City and Coventry United Ladies		1	57	57
130	The Crown Ground	Accrington Stanley and Burnley Women		1	164	164
131	The Darlington Arena	Darlington United, Darlington and Middlesbrough U23		1	270	270
132	The Den	Millwall and London City Lionesses		1	234	234
133	The Grove	Brierley Hill & Withymoor, Halesowen Town, Halesowen Town U21 and Causeway United		1	20	20
134	The Hawthorns	West Bromwich Albion		1	18	18
135	The Hive	Barnet, London Bees and Tottenham Hotspur Women	--	1	207	207
136	The International Stadium	Gateshead and Newcastle United U23	--	1	331	331
137	The John Smith's Stadium	Huddersfield Town		1	150	150
138	The Kassam Stadium	Oxford United	--	1	144	144
139	The KCOM Stadium	Hull City	--	1	216	216
140	The Keepmoat Stadium	Doncaster Rovers and Doncaster Rovers Belles		1	153	153
141	The King Power Stadium	Leicester City and Leicester City Women		1	83	83
142	The Lamb Ground	Tamworth, Tamworth Academy, Tamworth Ladies, Aston Villa Women and Burton Albion Ladies		1	37	37
143	The Liberty Stadium	Swansea City and Wales		1	201	201
144	The Manor Ground	Oxford United		1	138	138
145	The Millennium Stadium (Principality Stadium)	Wales		1	178	178
146	The New Bucks Head	AFC Telford United, Wolverhampton Wanderers Women and Wolverhampton Wanderers U23		1	34	34
147	The New Lawn	Forest Green Rovers and Gloucester City	--	1	124	124
148	The New Meadow	Shrewsbury Town		1	54	54
149	The Pirelli Stadium	Burton Albion	--	1	53	53
150	The Racecourse Ground	Wrexham and Wales		1	97	97
151	The Riverside Stadium	Middlesbrough	--	1	285	285
152	The Scholars Ground	Chasetown, Chasetown Reserves and Chasetown U21	--	1	19	19
153	The Stadium of Light	Sunderland and Sunderland Ladies		1	327	327
154	The Valley	Charlton Athletic		1	239	239
155	The Withdean Stadium	AFC Varndeanians, Brighton Electricity, Withdean 2000 and Brighton & Hove Albion		1	294	294
156	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	Tottenham Hotspur	--	1	222	222
157	Toughsheet Community Stadium	Bolton Wanderers		1	141	141
158	Turf Moor	Burnley		1	166	166
159	Twerton Park	Bath City, Team Bath, Bristol City Women and Bristol Rovers		1	169	169
160	Vale Park	Port Vale		1	64	64
161	Valley Parade	Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue		1	171	171
162	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	235	235
163	Vicarage Road	Watford and Wealdstone		1	196	196
164	Victoria Park	Hartlepool United		1	300	300
165	Victoria Road (Chigwell Construction Stadium)	Dagenham & Redbridge, West Ham United U23 and West Ham United Women		1	242	242
166	Villa Park	Aston Villa		1	24	24
167	Vodafone Park	Besiktas	--	1	3,312	3,312
168	Walshes Meadow	Stourport Swifts and Droitwich Spa FC		1	37	37
169	War Memorial Athletic Ground	Causeway United, Stourbridge, Stourbridge FC Women and Stourbridge Standard		1	18	18
170	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur		1	213	213
171	Whaddon Road	Cheltenham Town and Gloucester City		1	95	95
172	White Hart Lane	Tottenham Hotspur		1	222	222
173	World Group Stadium	Penrith FC		1	291	291
Total					63,658	56,081

5 Grounds Visited for Tours/Non-Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating
1	Bootham Crescent	Leeds United U23, Middlesbrough U23 and York City
2	MetLife Stadium	USA	--
3	Stourbridge Road	Lye Town, Lye Town Ladies and OJM Birmingham FC	--
4	The Dell Stadium	Gornal Colts, Gornal Colts Reserves, Gornal Youth U21, Oldswinford FC, PS Olympic FC, Sedgley & Gornal United Women and Dudley Town
5	The New Meadow	Shrewsbury Town

16 Countries Visited to Watch Football