the-cragheadian

By The Compass

• ↑ Most northerly ground: Pittodrie home to Aberdeen
• → Most easterly ground: Gelredome home to Vitesse Arnhem
• ↓ Most southerly ground: St Mary's Stadium home to Southampton, Southampton FC Women
• ← Most westerly ground: Stair Park home to Stranraer, Stranraer Reserves

About the-cragheadian

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First Game

Sunderland v Liverpool Easter it was 0-0 and I got taken home at halftime as it was snowing. I remember the toilet was a piece of clay pipe.

Best Game

Newcastle 1 Sunderland 2 August 1999. Newly promoted the Sunderland squad cost less than Fergusson and Shearer who were both on the bench. Torrential rain and no roof. Derby given 3,000 tickets the week before Sunderland 800. Newcastle score before Quinn and Phillips win it for Sunderland but not before Kevin Ball hits his own crossbar from the halfway line.

Worst Game

Wembley ‘98 Sunderland 4 Charlton 4. Many chances to win for both sides great game but crushed at the end. Possibly the best thing that could have happened winning the league with 100+ points the next year but it felt like the big chance missed.

Loved my first visit to Crewe in 97-98 with both the away fans and Crewe fans from the main stand leaving from the same exit and mingling on the way out. Seemed so nice compared to most grounds with heavy segregation.

Temporary stand which has seen better days, no roof, access via a back street. Driving 400 miles first didn’t help!

175 Grounds Visited to Watch Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating	# Visits	Mileage	Tot Mileage
1	Alfred Davis Ground	Marlow and Marlow United		1	464	464
2	Anfield	Liverpool, Everton and Wales	--	3	241	723
3	Ashton Gate	Bristol City	--	1	491	491
4	Bedford Terrace	Billingham Town, Billingham Town Reserves, Middlesbrough Women and Yarm & Eaglescliffe	--	1	44	44
5	Belle View Stadium	Consett AFC and Consett AFC Reserves	--	1	36	36
6	Belle Vue Park	Consett AFC and Durham City	--	50	36	1,800
7	bet365 Stadium (The Britannia Stadium)	Stoke City	--	1	274	274
8	Billy Hardy Complex	Hylton Colliery Welfare		1	5	5
9	Birtley Sports Complex	Birtley Hanlon, Birtley Town and Thomas Wilson	--	1	16	16
10	Birtley Welfare	A1 Allerdene and Birtley Town Development	--	1	15	15
11	Blackwell Meadows	Darlington	--	1	58	58
12	Bloomfield Road	Blackpool	--	1	203	203
13	Blundell Park	Grimsby Town	--	1	215	215
14	Bootham Crescent	Leeds United U23, Middlesbrough U23 and York City	--	1	133	133
15	Bramall Lane	Sheffield United and Sheffield United Women	--	3	213	639
16	Broadhall Way (Lamex Stadium)	Stevenage and Tottenham Hotspur U23	--	1	429	429
17	Brunton Park	Carlisle United	--	2	121	242
18	Cantilever Park	Warrington Town and Warrington Town Reserves	--	1	233	233
19	Cardiff City Stadium	Cardiff City and Wales	--	1	499	499
20	Carrow Road	Norwich City	--	1	386	386
21	Celtic Park	Celtic	--	1	256	256
22	Cherrywood Road (Easy As HGV Stadium)	Farnborough, Farnborough Reserves, Lightwater United, Badshot Lea and Reading Women	--	1	501	501
23	Craik Park	Morpeth FC, Morpeth Town and Morpeth Town Reserves	--	1	42	42
24	Craven Cottage	Fulham	--	2	485	970
25	Croft Park	Blyth Spartans and Blyth Spartans Reserves	--	1	30	30
26	Darlington Road	West Auckland Town, West Auckland Town Reserves and Bishop Auckland	--	1	47	47
27	Dean Bank	Ferryhill Athletic	--	1	35	35
28	Dean Street	Shildon AFC and Bishop Auckland	--	1	44	44
29	Deepdale	Preston North End	--	1	189	189
30	Derwent Park	Annfield Plain	--	4	29	116
31	DW Stadium	Wigan Athletic	--	3	215	645
32	East Palmersville Sports Pavillion	Forest Hall Celtic and West Allotment Celtic	--	1	20	20
33	Easter Road	Hibernian	--	1	201	201
34	Edgeley Park	Stockport County	--	1	219	219
35	Elland Road	Leeds United	--	2	158	316
36	Eslington Park	Gateshead Redheugh 1957 FC and Saltwell SC	--	1	20	20
37	Essity Park	Newcastle University, Prudhoe Town, Prudhoe Town Women, Prudhoe Youth Club Seniors and Newcastle University A	--	5	36	180
38	Ewood Park	Blackburn Rovers	--	2	186	372
39	Feethams	Darlington	--	1	56	56
40	Field Mill	Mansfield Town and Mansfield Town Ladies	--	2	246	492
41	Filbert Street	Leicester City	--	1	317	317
42	Ford Quarry Complex	Sunderland West End, Sunderland West End Reserves, Chester-le-Street United, Silksworth Colliery Welfare and Washington FC	--	1	4	4
43	Gelredome	Vitesse Arnhem	--	1	724	724
44	Gigg Lane	Bury FC, Bury FC Women and FC United of Manchester	--	3	198	594
45	Glanford Park	Scunthorpe United	--	1	192	192
46	Glebe Sports Ground	Whickham	--	1	24	24
47	Globe Arena	Morecambe	--	1	167	167
48	Goodison Park	Everton	--	3	241	723
49	Gresty Road (The Alexandra Stadium)	Crewe Alexandra	--	2	266	532
50	Grounsell Park	Heaton Stannington and Heaton Stannington A	--	1	20	20
51	Hall Lane	Willington AFC and Durham City	--	1	37	37
52	Hebburn Sports & Social Ground	Hebburn Town, Hebburn Town Reserves and Sunderland Ladies	--	1	13	13
53	Heritage Park	Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland Ladies, Middlesbrough U23 and Darlington	--	1	45	45
54	Highbury	Arsenal	--	3	476	1,428
55	Highbury Stadium	Fleetwood Town	--	1	191	191
56	Highfield Road	Coventry City	--	1	346	346
57	Hillheads Park	Whitley Bay and Whitley Bay Reserves	--	1	17	17
58	Hillsborough	Sheffield Wednesday	--	1	208	208
59	Holker Street	Barrow	--	1	184	184
60	Ibrox	Rangers	--	1	263	263
61	Ironworks Road	Tow Law Town	--	2	41	82
62	JobServe Community Stadium	Colchester United	--	1	454	454
63	Johan Cruyff Arena (Amsterdam Arena)	Ajax and Netherlands	--	3	631	1,893
64	Kenilworth Road	Luton Town	--	1	426	426
65	King George V Recreation Ground	Arnold Town	--	1	265	265
66	Kingsley Park	Ryton & Crawcrook Albion and Ryton & Crawcrook Albion Tynedale Ladies	--	1	33	33
67	Kingsway	Bishop Auckland	--	1	42	42
68	Leyburn Grove	Durham City, Sunderland Hall Farm Glasshus, Sunderland TC Plastics and Farringdon Detached FC	--	1	12	12
69	Lintz Welfare	Burnopfield Sun Inn FC	--	1	28	28
70	LNER Community Stadium	York City	--	1	131	131
71	Loftus Road	Queens Park Rangers	--	2	480	960
72	London Road	Peterborough United	--	2	338	676
73	Love Lane	Petersfield Town and AFC Petersfield	--	1	541	541
74	Maine Road	Manchester City	--	2	213	426
75	Mariners Park	South Shields and Sunderland Ladies	--	1	11	11
76	Meadow Lane	Notts County and Notts County Ladies	--	1	273	273
77	Meadow Park	Sunderland RCA and Sunderland RCA Reserves	--	1	7	7
78	Memorial Stadium	Bristol Rovers and Bristol City Women	--	1	484	484
79	Millfield Ground	Crook Town	--	1	40	40
80	Millmoor	Rotherham United	--	1	205	205
81	Molineux	Wolverhampton Wanderers	--	2	327	654
82	Moor Park	Chester-le-Street Ladies and Chester-le-Street Town	--	1	19	19
83	Moore Lane Park	Newton Aycliffe	--	1	43	43
84	New Douglas Park	Clyde, Hamilton Academical, Hamilton Academical Reserves and Hamilton Academical Women	--	1	241	241
85	New Ferens Park	Durham Corinthians, Durham Corinthians Reserves, Boro Rangers, Durham City, Durham Women and Washington FC	--	15	21	315
86	New York Stadium	Rotherham United	--	1	205	205
87	Nissan Sports Complex	Sunderland Nissan, Washington United, Sunderland West End and Washington FC	--	1	7	7
88	Northern Area Playing Fields	Washington FC	--	1	11	11
89	NU Academy	Newcastle United U18	--	1	18	18
90	Oakwell	Barnsley	--	2	188	376
91	Old Trafford	Manchester United	--	2	213	426
92	Old Wembley Stadium	England	--	3	473	1,419
93	Pittodrie	Aberdeen	--	1	315	315
94	Portland Park	Ashington	--	1	41	41
95	Portman Road	Ipswich Town	--	1	447	447
96	Prenton Park	Liverpool Ladies, Liverpool U23 and Tranmere Rovers	--	4	251	1,004
97	Pride Park	Derby County	--	1	276	276
98	Priestfield	Gillingham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham Women	--	1	514	514
99	PTS Stadium	Billingham Synthonia	--	1	44	44
100	Ralph Gardner Park	North Shields		1	14	14
101	Rat Verlegh Stadion	NAC Breda	--	1	684	684
102	Riverside Sports Pavilion	Chester-le-Street United and Chester-le-Street United PV	--	2	16	32
103	Roker Park	Sunderland	--	75	2	150
104	Sam Smith's Park	Newcastle Benfield	--	1	17	17
105	Scotswood Sports Centre	Newcastle Blue Star and Newcastle Blue Star Reserves	--	1	26	26
106	Seaham Town Park	Seaham Red Star and Seaham Red Star Reserves	--	1	10	10
107	Sedgefield Community College	Wynyard Village	--	1	36	36
108	Select Car Leasing Stadium	Reading and Reading Women	--	1	484	484
109	Selhurst Park	Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Wimbledon	--	2	498	996
110	Shielfield Park	Berwick Rangers, Berwick Rangers Reserves and Tweedmouth Rangers	--	1	127	127
111	Sincil Bank	Lincoln City	--	2	244	488
112	Sixfields	Northampton Town and Coventry City	--	1	372	372
113	Snows Stadium	AFC Totton and Southampton FC Women	--	1	550	550
114	South Moor Greenland CP	South Moor AFC	--	1	26	26
115	South Newsham Playing Fields	Blyth AFC, Blyth Town, Blyth Town Ladies and Blyth Town U23	--	1	28	28
116	Spotland	Rochdale	--	2	190	380
117	St Andrew's	Birmingham City, Birmingham City Women and Coventry City	--	1	339	339
118	St James' Park	Newcastle United	--	3	20	60
119	St Mary's Stadium	Southampton and Southampton FC Women	--	1	554	554
120	Stade Julien Denis	Calais Racing Union	--	1	612	612
121	Stair Park	Stranraer and Stranraer Reserves	--	1	288	288
122	Stamford Bridge	Chelsea	--	2	485	970
123	Station Road	Shotton Colliery and Shotton Comrades	--	1	20	20
124	The Abbey Stadium	Cambridge United and Cambridge Regional College	--	1	394	394
125	The Bescot	Aston Villa U23, Aston Villa Women and Walsall	--	1	328	328
126	The Calvert Stadium	Northallerton Town and Northallerton Town Reserves	--	1	81	81
127	The City Ground	Nottingham Forest	--	1	274	274
128	The County Ground	Swindon Town	--	1	464	464
129	The Coventry Building Society Arena	Coventry City and Coventry United Ladies	--	1	341	341
130	The Crown Ground	Accrington Stanley and Burnley Women	--	1	177	177
131	The Darlington Arena	Darlington United, Darlington and Middlesbrough U23	--	3	57	171
132	The Dell	Southampton	--	2	553	1,106
133	The Den	Millwall and London City Lionesses	--	1	487	487
134	The EnviroVent Stadium	Harrogate Town and Harrogate Town Ladies	--	1	128	128
135	The Graham Sports Centre	Durham Cestria, Durham United and Durham Women	--	2	24	48
136	The Hawthorns	West Bromwich Albion	--	2	336	672
137	The Hetton Centre (Eppleton Colliery Welfare)	Sunderland Ladies, Sunderland U23 and Sunderland U18	--	1	14	14
138	The International Stadium	Gateshead and Newcastle United U23	--	1	17	17
139	The John Smith's Stadium	Huddersfield Town	--	2	177	354
140	The Kassam Stadium	Oxford United	--	1	442	442
141	The KCOM Stadium	Hull City	--	2	181	362
142	The Keepmoat Stadium	Doncaster Rovers and Doncaster Rovers Belles	--	1	195	195
143	The King Power Stadium	Leicester City and Leicester City Women	--	1	318	318
144	The Manor Ground	Oxford United	--	1	436	436
145	The New Lawn	Forest Green Rovers and Gloucester City	--	1	450	450
146	The New Meadow	Shrewsbury Town	--	1	327	327
147	The Pirelli Stadium	Burton Albion	--	1	290	290
148	The Riverside Stadium	Middlesbrough	--	1	48	48
149	The Rock (Cheaper Insurance Direct Ground)	Broomhill FC, Dumbarton and Rangers B	--	1	286	286
150	The Silverlake Stadium	Eastleigh and Eastleigh Ladies	--	1	548	548
151	The Stadium of Light	Sunderland and Sunderland Ladies	--	201	0	0
152	The Valley	Charlton Athletic	--	1	488	488
153	Thornhill Park (Wisloe Road)	Slimbridge and Slimbridge Reserves	--	1	448	448
154	Top Field	Hitchin Town		1	419	419
155	Toughsheet Community Stadium	Bolton Wanderers	--	1	206	206
156	Turf Moor	Burnley	--	2	170	340
157	Turnbull Ground	Whitby Town	--	1	84	84
158	Upton Park (Boleyn Ground)	Charlton Athletic and West Ham United	--	2	482	964
159	UTS Stadium	Dunston UTS	--	2	22	44
160	Vale Park	Port Vale	--	2	266	532
161	Valley Parade	Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue	--	4	156	624
162	Vicarage Road	Watford and Wealdstone	--	1	458	458
163	Victoria Park	Hartlepool United	--	2	34	68
164	Villa Park	Aston Villa	--	2	335	670
165	Villa Park	Grange Villa FC	--	1	21	21
166	Webbswood Stadium	Swindon Supermarine, Swindon Supermarine Development, Swindon Supermarine Women and New College Swindon	--	1	458	458
167	Welfare Ground	Brandon United	--	1	29	29
168	Welfare Park	Bedlington Terriers	--	1	34	34
169	Welfare Park	Easington Colliery	--	1	19	19
170	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur	--	1	473	473
171	West Terrace	Esh Winning	--	1	34	34
172	Whaddon Road	Cheltenham Town and Gloucester City	--	1	419	419
173	White Hart Lane	Tottenham Hotspur	--	2	470	940
174	Woodhorn Lane	Ashington and Ashington Reserves	--	1	40	40
175	York Road	Maidenhead United, Maidenhead United Ladies and Hayes & Yeading United	--	1	472	472
Total					38,421	47,525

3 Grounds Visited for Tours/Non-Football

12 on the Wish List

4 Countries Visited to Watch Football