Which grounds in the UK have you been to?

Not for a few years though unfortunately (by then there'll probably be another 10-20 new grounds needed). Until I get working again I've only just got enough to do home games without worrying about travelling to away games.

 

Bleedin hell, you've just made me look at the Conference as well .... York, Wxm, Grimsby, Kidderminster I've been toloads of them as well.

Will have to count up how many.

 

Mainly yes. We just use pants as a short version of underpants.

If you think about it the americans are probably right on this one though, you can't have underpants if you don't have pants for them to be worn underneath.

 

Good to know mate,
1. Glad somewhere else as such **** weather, hopefully they'll invent some cure for SAD quicker than we can.
2. Closer to what? Ireland? America?
3. It's cheaper generally because it's shi t
4. Kid's really don't know how to enjoy themselves nowadays, we use to play on railway lines, far more exciting than McD's car park!
5. People are just grateful that you havent tried robbing or raping them
6. Our spiders are cool but nothing on what the ozzies have! trust me thier spider fukcing chase you around! ours generally run away in a ******ed fashion.
7. Yep you're defo Swedish LOL, do you wear TOM's with this get up?
8. Agreed, we've managed to concentrate the neanderthal gene very well.

 

2: Everything! Nah, but Stoke is central enough. Aint got that far to anything really.
3: Well. You haven't got anything I eat to breakfast in Sweden really (besides toast) so you have made me skip that meal :O
4: They are cool fellas though, arnt they? Equally as cool as the blokes I see standing at the bus station with their mean ass looking dogs.
5: Probably.
6: Trust me. They are not the ones running when they do their cow killing attack jump against me.
7: Haha, no idea what that means, but nu, probably not.
8: You have indeed. You can tell that's it's an "island" really..... You have my condolences.

 

Thought it was nice, can you type them phonetically for him now?

 

wembley old/new
2 Old Trafford 75,811[2] Manchester United Premier League 1
3 Emirates Stadium 60,361[2] Arsenal Premier League 2 Also known as Ashburton Grove.
4 St James' Park 52,409[2] Newcastle United Premier League 3
5 Stadium of Light 48,707[2] Sunderland Premier League 4
6 Etihad Stadium 47,405[2] Manchester City Premier League 5 Also known as Eastlands and CoMS, formerly City of Manchester Stadium 2002-2011.
7 Anfield 45,276[2] Liverpool Premier League 6
8 Villa Park 42,786[2] Aston Villa Premier League 7
9 Stamford Bridge 42,449 [2] Chelsea Premier League 8
10 Goodison Park 40,157[2] Everton Premier League 9
11 Hillsborough Stadium 39,812[3] Sheffield Wednesday League One 1
12 Elland Road 39,460 [4] Leeds United Championship 1
13 White Hart Lane 36,230[2] Tottenham Hotspur Premier League 10
14 The Boleyn Ground 35,303[5] West Ham United Championship 2 Also known as Upton Park
15 Riverside Stadium 34,998[6] Middlesbrough Championship 3
16 Pride Park Stadium 33,502[7] Derby County Championship 4
17 St Mary's Stadium 32,689[8] Southampton Championship 5
18 Bramall Lane 32,609[9] Sheffield United League One 2
19 Ricoh Arena 32,604[10] Coventry City Championship 6
20 King Power Stadium 32,312[11] Leicester City Championship 7 Formerly known as the Walkers Stadium
21 Ewood Park 31,154[2] Blackburn Rovers Premier League 11
22 City Ground 30,576[12] Nottingham Forest Championship 8
23 Portman Road 30,311[13] Ipswich Town Championship 9
24 St Andrew's 29,409[14] Birmingham City Championship 10
25 Reebok Stadium 28,100[2] Bolton Wanderers Premier League 12
26 Britannia Stadium 27,740[2] Stoke City Premier League 13
27 The Valley 27,111[15] Charlton Athletic League One 3
28 Carrow Road 27,010 [2] Norwich City Premier League 14
NA Cardiff City Stadium 26,828[16] Cardiff City Championship 11 Stadium shared with Cardiff Blues of rugby union's RaboDirect Pro12.
29 The Hawthorns 26,360[2] West Bromwich Albion Premier League 15
30 Selhurst Park 26,225[17] Crystal Palace Championship 12
31 KC Stadium 25,404[18] Hull City Championship 13 Shared with Hull Rugby League Club in Super League.
32 Valley Parade 25,136[19] Bradford City League Two 1
33 DW Stadium 25,133[2] Wigan Athletic Premier League 16 Shared with Wigan Warriors Rugby League Club in Super League.
34 Craven Cottage 25, 700[2] Fulham Premier League 17
35 Galpharm Stadium 24,554[20] Huddersfield Town League One 4 Shared with Huddersfield Giants of rugby league's Super League.
36 Molineux 24,259[2] Wolverhampton Wanderers Premier League 18
37 Madejski Stadium 24,169[21] Reading Championship 14 Shared with London Irish of rugby union's Aviva Premiership.
38 Deepdale 23,408[22] Preston North End League One 5
39 Oakwell 23,287[23] Barnsley Championship 15
40 Falmer Stadium 22,500[24] Brighton & Hove Albion Championship 16
41 Turf Moor 21,940[25] Burnley Championship 17
42 Ashton Gate 21,804[26] Bristol City Championship 18
43 Stadium mk 21,189[27] Milton Keynes Dons League One 6
44 Fratton Park 21,178[28] Portsmouth Championship 19
N/A vetch field/liberty stadium.
45 Meadow Lane 20,280[29] Notts County League One 7 Shared with Nottingham R.F.C.
46 The Den 19,734[30] Millwall Championship 20 Known as The Den
47 Vale Park 19,148[31] Port Vale League Two 2
48 Loftus Road 18,439 [2] Queens Park Rangers Premier League 20
49 Brunton Park 18,202[32] Carlisle United League One 8
50 Vicarage Road 17,477[33] Watford Championship 21 Shared with Saracens of the Aviva Premiership. Capacity reduced due to safety concerns.
51 Home Park 16,388[34] Plymouth Argyle League Two 3
52 Prenton Park 16,151[35] Tranmere Rovers League One 9 Also used by Liverpool F.C. reserves for their home matches.
53 Bloomfield Road 16,007[36] Blackpool Championship 22
N/A Racecourse Ground 15,500[37] Wrexham Conference National 3 Crusaders RL of the Engage Super League also share the ground. Occasionally has been used by the Scarlets of the RaboDirect Pro12.
54 Keepmoat Stadium 15,231[38] Doncaster Rovers Championship 23
55 County Ground 14,983[39] Swindon Town League Two 4
56 London Road 14,793[40] Peterborough United Championship 24
57 Griffin Park 12,763[41] Brentford League One 10
58 Kassam Stadium 12,500[42] Oxford United League Two 5
59 Roots Hall 12,163[43] Southend United League Two 6
63 Gigg Lane 11,313[47] Bury League One 11
64 Bescot Stadium 10,989[48] Walsall League One 12
65 Boundary Park 10,850[49] Oldham Athletic League One 13
66 Edgeley Park 10,832[50] Stockport County Conference National 2 Shared with Sale Sharks Rugby Union side of the Aviva Premiership
67 B2net Stadium 10,300[51] Chesterfield League One 14
68 Kenilworth Road 10,226[52] Luton Town Conference National 4
69 Spotland 10,149[53] Rochdale League One 15
70 Alexandra Stadium 10,109[54] Crewe Alexandra League Two 9
71 Colchester united/layer road
72 Sincil Bank 10,059[56] Lincoln City Conference National 5
73= The Darlington Arena 10,000[57] Darlington Conference National 6 Known as the Northern Echo Arena for sponsorship reasons. Capacity of 25,000[58] is 25,000
76 New Meadow 9,875[61] Shrewsbury Town League Two 11
77 Dean Court 9,776[62] AFC Bournemouth League One 18
78 Huish Park 9,665[63] Yeovil Town League One 19
79 Abbey Stadium 9,617[64] Cambridge United Conference National 7
81 Brisbane Road 9,311[66] Leyton Orient League One 20
82 Field Mill 9,295[67] Mansfield Town Conference National 9
83 Glanford Park 9,144[68] Scunthorpe United League One 21
86 Bootham Crescent 7,872[71] York City Conference National 11
88 Victoria Park 7,749[73] Hartlepool United League One 23
89 Sixfields Stadium 7,300[74] Northampton Town League Two 12
[83] Halifax Town Conference North (6) 2
103 Aggborough 6,238[88] Kidderminster Harriers Conference National 14
107 Underhill Stadium 6,023[92] Barnet League Two 18
111 Moss Rose 5,988[96] Macclesfield Town League Two 19
112 Plainmoor 5,796[97] Torquay United League Two 20
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thank good for copy and paste, that would have taken a while

 

Djblack: That's some pretty damn impressive stuff
Should we perhaps name the thread, "Which grounds haven't you been to?"? haha ^^

 

saturday afternoon tv is rubbish, not worth staying at home for

 

I doubt i'd remember them all if i'd chalked up that many.

Anyone collect the ticket stubs or the programs of the away days you've been to?

 

My dad has a programme from every city game since god knows when. Probably the late 90s when he started taking me.

He also keeps a database of all the grounds he and I have been to, his list is longer than mine but I reckon I've done about 50 or 60 which can't be bad for an 18 year old.

 

Hmm, only 39 grounds I've been to. Not including Harrogate Railway, Frickley Athletic, North Ferriby United and several other random places.

 

Not a long list for me.

Feethams.
KC Stadium( once, 2010, and Hull City not playing)
Wembley. 3 matches this year and 1 at the 'old' Wembley.

 

It's definitely good, but if you're comparing to other clubs we've had a definite advantage in the last 10 years with going through the divisions so we play more clubs and a few clubs changing grounds so we've played them at two different away grounds. Imagine being a Rochdale fan prior to this season having not been promoted or relegated for 20 odd years. They must have hit about 30 or 40 and then been unable to increase it because they were playing the same teams over and over again.

 

Well I have visited 130 league grounds with only two while not watching City. Admittedly I have a head start on most on this board as I am 62. By the way I am not James Lodge and I do keep a spreadsheet of all sports venues I have visited. I need twelve grounds for the 92 which are Stevenage, Wycombe, MK Dons (new ground), AFC Wimbledon (new ground), Crawley, Shrewsbury (new ground), Morecambe (new ground), Accrington, Barnet, Hereford, Colchester (new ground) and Rotherham (new ground). Probably will never make the 92 club as clubs keep moving to new grounds every year. Total sports venues visited now stands at 233. This includes non-league football, football abroad, rugby (league and union), speedway home and abroad (50+), horse and greyhound racing, and stock car racing. Some may say I have wasted my life and money, but I enjoyed every minute. By the way my friend Bob makes me look a novice when he visits AFC Wimbledon later this month he will have visited 161 league grounds and complete the 92. Oh, and he is not James Lodge either.

 

I don't think anyone will ever make the full 92 for current grounds whilst following a particular team again (which is how I always looked at it), but there seem to be a cases of people going to games as a neutral just to add it to their list for the 92, you see on Football Focus every now and then people trying to do it in the space of a year. I think with so many lower league clubs now being able to get new grounds it'll become a case of whether you've visited the 92 clubs rather than the current grounds.

 

Last time I counted I reckoned I'd seen City play at about 72 grounds. As most of these away games were in the 80's & 90's they at old grounds before the new ones were built.

For example - Seen us play Huddersfield at Leeds Road, but not the Galpharm or saw us play Stoke at the Victoria Ground but not the Britannia.

Also loads of FA Cup matches at non-league teams - Hayes, Runcorn, Salisbury etc.

Don't go away much these days, kind of miss it really.

 

I'm on 81 out of 92 on the current league grounds to see City + about 40 others in the UK. Also seen matches in Greece, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Portugal, Holland and the USA.

Yep, I'm sad.

 

It was more when you started doing this it got to people:

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I just couldn't help myself doing that