tommo1957

By The Compass

• ↑ Most northerly ground: East End Park home to Dunfermline Athletic
• → Most easterly ground: White Hart Lane home to Tottenham Hotspur
• ↓ Most southerly ground: Elm Park home to Reading
• ← Most westerly ground: Firhill home to Partick Thistle, Queen's Park

About tommo1957

First Game

My first game was at Roker Park, April 28, 1965. I was taken by my grandfather. Everything seemed so huge! The game was a 3 - 0 win against Sheffield Wednesday. The first Sunderland goal and so also the first Sunderland goal I witnessed was scored by Len Ashurst who only scored 4 times in a Sunderland career of over 450 appearances.

Best Game

The best game by far was the 3 - 1 win over Manchester City in the FA Cup 5th round replay in 1973. The atmosphere was quite unbelievable. We could have beaten anyone that night.

Worst Game

That's a difficult one, as I've seen so much rubbish. Could probably pick any home game in the 2005/06 15 point season.

Just for the occasion. Pure theatre.

I know it is a great old ground with a fantastic tradition and history, but it had the least leg room I've ever encountered.

41 Grounds Visited to Watch Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating	# Visits	Mileage	Tot Mileage
1	Ayresome Park	Middlesbrough		1	50	50
2	Belle Vue Park	Consett AFC and Durham City		1	36	36
3	Bootham Crescent	Leeds United U23, Middlesbrough U23 and York City		1	133	133
4	Boothferry Park	Hull City		1	181	181
5	Boundary Park	Oldham Athletic		1	197	197
6	Brunton Park	Carlisle United		1	121	121
7	Burnden Park	Bolton Wanderers		1	204	204
8	Coach Lane Sports Ground	Jesmond, Newcastle Independent Cabrito FC, Newcastle Independent FC and Team Northumbria		1	19	19
9	Craven Cottage	Fulham		1	485	485
10	East End Park	Dunfermline Athletic		1	227	227
11	Elland Road	Leeds United		1	158	158
12	Elm Park	Reading		1	479	479
13	Ewood Park	Blackburn Rovers		1	186	186
14	Feethams	Darlington		1	56	56
15	Firhill	Partick Thistle and Queen's Park		1	263	263
16	Gay Meadow	Shrewsbury Town		1	324	324
17	Goodison Park	Everton Women and Everton		1	241	241
18	Highbury	Arsenal		1	476	476
19	Hillsborough	Sheffield Wednesday		1	208	208
20	Maine Road	Manchester City		1	213	213
21	Meadow Lane	Notts County and Notts County Ladies		1	273	273
22	Meadow Park	Sunderland RCA and Sunderland RCA Reserves		1	7	7
23	Oakwell	Barnsley		1	188	188
24	Old Trafford	Manchester United		1	213	213
25	Old Wembley Stadium	England		1	473	473
26	Roker Park	Sunderland		1	2	2
27	Ryhope Recreation Park	Farringdon Detached FC and Ryhope Colliery Welfare		1	6	6
28	Seaham Town Park	Easington Lane FC, Seaham Red Star and Seaham Red Star Reserves		1	10	10
29	St James' Park	Newcastle United		1	20	20
30	The City Ground	Nottingham Forest		1	274	274
31	The International Stadium	Gateshead and Newcastle United U23		1	17	17
32	The Kassam Stadium	Oxford United		1	442	442
33	The Riverside Stadium	Middlesbrough		1	48	48
34	The Stadium of Light	Sunderland and Sunderland Ladies		1	0	0
35	The Victoria Ground	Stoke City		1	272	272
36	Turf Moor	Burnley		1	170	170
37	Tynecastle	Heart of Midlothian		1	202	202
38	Vicarage Road	Watford and Wealdstone		1	458	458
39	Victoria Park	Hartlepool United		1	34	34
40	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur		1	473	473
41	White Hart Lane	Tottenham Hotspur		1	470	470
Total					8,309	8,309

13 Grounds Visited for Tours/Non-Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating
1	Blue Flames Sports Ground	AFC Killingworth, Newcastle United U23 and West Allotment Celtic	--
2	Croke Park	Republic of Ireland	--
3	Glebe Sports Ground	Whickham	--
4	Roker Park	Sunderland
5	Ryhope Recreation Park	Farringdon Detached FC and Ryhope Colliery Welfare
6	Seaham Town Park	Easington Lane FC, Seaham Red Star and Seaham Red Star Reserves
7	St James' Park	Newcastle United
8	Stamford Bridge	Chelsea	--
9	The Emirates Stadium	Arsenal	--
10	The Liberty Stadium	Swansea City and Wales	--
11	The Stadium of Light	Sunderland and Sunderland Ladies
12	Welfare Park	Horden Community Welfare	--
13	West Terrace	Esh Winning	--

2 Countries Visited to Watch Football