derek-hart

By The Compass

• ↑ Most northerly ground: Victoria Park home to Ross County
• → Most easterly ground: Vasil Levski National Stadium home to Bulgaria, CSKA Sofia, FK CSKA 1948 Sofia, Levski Sofia
• ↓ Most southerly ground: Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium home to Sevilla
• ← Most westerly ground: Estadio do Restelo home to Belenenses SAD, Os Belenenses

About derek-hart

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First Game

Chester City 0, Cambridge United 0. (about 1977) Chester hit the post with a penalty.
First Manchester City game changed the course of my life - City 3, West Ham 2 (1978).

Best Game

Manchester City 6, Portsmouth 0 (about 2008). Took my son to a game for the first time. Glorious sunny day and City were excellent

Worst Game

I\'ve been to a few rubbish matches, City v Middlesbrough, Hereford v Chester. But the worst game was probably Dunfermline V St Johnstone in 1991 - terrible game. Andy Rhodes played in goal for the Pars who also had a young David Moyes and the future Liverpool player Istvan Koszmar playing. I\'ve supported Dunfermline ever since as my Scottish team

I think the new Wembley is fantastic, saw Manchester City v Chelsea in the FA Cup Semi and it was a cracking game, in a cracking venue. As for league grounds, Craven Cottage, Portman Road and Bramhall Lane would rank amoung my favourites and Standard de Liege in Belgium and Udinese in Italy favourite foreign grounds.

Friendliest places I found are Coleraine, Udinese, Stevenage and Crusaders.

It used to be Edgar Street, even though I follow the Bulls a bit with my mate but we went to Burton and I didn't take to the Pirelli Stadium at all. Hereford were poor and lost 4-2, and it was raining..... Maybe that\'s why I didn\'t like it. The least impressive frontage to a ground has got to be Cambridge followed closely by Oldham.

230 Grounds Visited to Watch Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating	# Visits	Mileage	Tot Mileage
1	Abbey Lane	Hanley Town and Hanley Town Reserves	--	1	1,414	1,414
2	Adams Park	Wycombe Wanderers, Reading U23 and Reading Women	--	1	1,195	1,195
3	AFAS-Stadion Achter de Kazerne	KV Mechelen	--	1	878	878
4	Aggborough	Kidderminster Harriers, Wolverhampton Wanderers U23, West Bromwich Albion U23 and Worcester City	--	1	1,355	1,355
5	Ainslie Park	Heart of Midlothian B, Hutchison Vale, Spartans FC, Spartans FC Ladies, Edinburgh City, FC Edinburgh Women, Hibernian Ladies and Spartans FC Ladies Development	--	1	1,783	1,783
6	Alder Street	Atherton Collieries, Bolton Ladies and Oldham Boro	--	1	1,483	1,483
7	Allianz Stadium (Juventus Stadium)	Juventus	--	1	9	9
8	Alyn Park	Mold Alexandra	--	1	1,485	1,485
9	Anfield	Liverpool, Everton and Wales	--	1	1,500	1,500
10	Ashton Gate	Bristol City	--	1	1,292	1,292
11	Barton Stadium	Northwich Victoria, Winsford United and 1874 Northwich	--	1	1,451	1,451
12	Bastion Road	Bow FC and Prestatyn Town	--	1	1,517	1,517
13	bet365 Stadium (The Britannia Stadium)	Stoke City	--	1	1,411	1,411
14	Bloomfield Road	Blackpool	--	1	1,543	1,543
15	Blundell Park	Grimsby Town	--	1	1,366	1,366
16	Bootham Crescent	Leeds United U23, Middlesbrough U23 and York City		1	1,459	1,459
17	Boundary Park	Oldham Athletic		1	1,467	1,467
18	Bower Fold	Rochdale U18, Stalybridge Celtic and FC United of Manchester	--	1	1,454	1,454
19	Bramall Lane	Sheffield United and Sheffield United Women	--	1	1,413	1,413
20	Broadhall Way (Lamex Stadium)	Stevenage and Tottenham Hotspur U23	--	1	1,187	1,187
21	Brunton Park	Carlisle United	--	1	1,650	1,650
22	Bryntirion Park	Bryntirion Athletic and Pen-y-Bont	--	1	1,365	1,365
23	Buko Stadion	Telstar and VV Alkmaar	--	1	1,060	1,060
24	Cae-y-Castell	Connah's Quay Nomads, Flint Mountain FC, Flint Town United and Flint Town United Ladies		1	1,492	1,492
25	Cantilever Park	Warrington Town and Warrington Town Reserves	--	1	1,473	1,473
26	Cappielow Park	Greenock Morton, Greenock Morton Ladies and Greenock Morton Reserves	--	1	1,852	1,852
27	Cardiff City Stadium	Cardiff City and Wales	--	1	1,334	1,334
28	Carrow Road	Norwich City	--	1	1,195	1,195
29	Celtic Park	Celtic	--	1	1,816	1,816
30	Central Park	Denbigh Development and Denbigh Town	--	1	1,502	1,502
31	Clappers Lane	Gresford Athletic	--	1	1,467	1,467
32	Coliseum Alfonso Perez	Getafe	--	1	1,324	1,324
33	Craven Cottage	Fulham	--	1	1,145	1,145
34	Cromley Road	Stockport Georgians and Stockport Georgians Reserves	--	1	1,450	1,450
35	Damson Parkway (Autotech Stadium)	Solihull Moors, Birmingham City U23, Birmingham City Women and Solihull Borough	--	1	1,332	1,332
36	Dean Court (The Vitality Stadium)	AFC Bournemouth	--	1	1,178	1,178
37	Deepdale	Preston North End	--	1	1,520	1,520
38	Deeside Stadium	Connah's Quay Town, Connah's Quay Nomads and Connah's Quay Nomads Women	--	1	1,487	1,487
39	Dens Park	Dundee	--	1	1,828	1,828
40	DW Stadium	Wigan Athletic	--	1	1,495	1,495
41	East End Park	Dunfermline Athletic	--	1	1,804	1,804
42	Easter Road	Hibernian	--	1	1,779	1,779
43	Edgar Street	Hereford FC and Hereford United	--	1	1,354	1,354
44	Edgeley Park	Stockport County	--	1	1,453	1,453
45	Elland Road	Leeds United	--	1	1,462	1,462
46	Ericstan Park	Wythenshawe Town	--	1	1,460	1,460
47	Estadio da Tapadinha	Atletico Clube de Portugal, Atletico Clube de Portugal Fermino and SL Benfica B	--	1	1,935	1,935
48	Estadio do Restelo	Os Belenenses and Belenenses SAD	--	1	1,938	1,938
49	Estadio Wanda Metropolitano	Atletico Madrid	--	1	1,305	1,305
50	Estado do Dragao	FC Porto and Portugal	--	1	1,720	1,720
51	Etihad Stadium	Manchester City	--	1	1,463	1,463
52	Ewood Park	Blackburn Rovers	--	1	1,505	1,505
53	Farley Way	ProChance Football Academy, Quorn and Leicester City Women	--	1	1,331	1,331
54	Feethams	Darlington	--	1	1,543	1,543
55	Field Mill	Mansfield Town and Mansfield Town Ladies	--	1	1,374	1,374
56	Fir Park	Motherwell	--	1	1,798	1,798
57	Firhill	Partick Thistle and Queen's Park	--	1	1,823	1,823
58	Fratton Park	Portsmouth	--	1	1,132	1,132
59	Friuli	Udinese Calcio and Pordenone Calcio		1	556	556
60	Galabank	Annan Athletic, Annan Athletic Ladies, Caledonian Braves, Caledonian Braves Reserves and Gretna 2008	--	1	1,678	1,678
61	Gay Meadow	Shrewsbury Town	--	1	1,417	1,417
62	Giant Axe	Lancaster City	--	1	1,555	1,555
63	Gigg Lane	Bury FC, Bury FC Women and FC United of Manchester	--	1	1,479	1,479
64	Glanford Park	Scunthorpe United		1	1,398	1,398
65	Globe Arena	Morecambe	--	1	1,559	1,559
66	Globe Way Stadium	Buckley Town	--	1	1,482	1,482
67	Goodison Park	Everton	--	1	1,501	1,501
68	Gresty Road (The Alexandra Stadium)	Crewe Alexandra	--	1	1,436	1,436
69	Griffin Park	Brentford	--	1	1,151	1,151
70	Halkyn Road	Holywell Town	--	1	1,499	1,499
71	Halton Stadium	Widnes, Everton U23, Everton Women, Liverpool Ladies and Runcorn FC Halton	--	1	1,481	1,481
72	Hampden Park	Queen's Park and Scotland	--	1	1,816	1,816
73	Highbury Stadium	Fleetwood Town	--	1	1,553	1,553
74	Hillsborough	Sheffield Wednesday	--	1	1,419	1,419
75	Holker Street	Barrow	--	1	1,586	1,586
76	Holyhead Road	Chirk AAA	--	1	1,457	1,457
77	Home Park	Plymouth Argyle	--	1	1,320	1,320
78	Ibrox	Rangers	--	1	1,822	1,822
79	Jan Breydelstadion	Cercle Brugge, Club Brugge and Club NXT		1	944	944
80	Jepson Way	AFC Blackpool	--	1	1,539	1,539
81	JobServe Community Stadium	Colchester United	--	1	1,133	1,133
82	Joie Stadium	Manchester City U18, Manchester City U23 and Manchester City Women	--	1	1,463	1,463
83	Leigh Sports Village	Manchester United U23, Manchester United Women, Blackburn Rovers U23 and Leigh Genesis	--	1	1,482	1,482
84	Llanelian Road	Colwyn Bay	--	1	1,529	1,529
85	Loftus Road	Queens Park Rangers	--	1	1,149	1,149
86	London Road	Peterborough United	--	1	1,262	1,262
87	London Stadium (Olympic Stadium)	West Ham United	--	1	1,140	1,140
88	Lotto Park	Anderlecht and Anderlecht II	--	1	858	858
89	Maes Tegid	Bala Town and Llanuwchllyn	--	1	1,488	1,488
90	Maesdu Park	Llandudno Albion, Llandudno Amateurs Reserves, Llandudno Ladies, Llandudno and Llandudno Amateurs	--	1	1,540	1,540
91	Maine Road	Manchester City	--	1	1,462	1,462
92	Maurice Dufrasne Stadion	Standard Liege and Standard Liege II		1	794	794
93	Mayfield Stadium	AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon Athletic, Balham, Old Rutlishians and Westside	--	1	1,131	1,131
94	Meadow Lane	Notts County and Notts County Ladies	--	1	1,350	1,350
95	Memorial Playing Fields	Ruthin Town	--	1	1,490	1,490
96	Memorial Stadium	Bristol Rovers and Bristol City Women	--	1	1,294	1,294
97	Merkur-Spiel Arena	Fortuna Dusseldorf and KFC Uerdingen 05		1	864	864
98	Millbank Linnets Stadium	Runcorn Linnets	--	1	1,473	1,473
99	Molineux	Wolverhampton Wanderers	--	1	1,369	1,369
100	Moor Lane	Salford City	--	1	1,471	1,471
101	Moss Lane	Altrincham, Altrincham Reserves and FC United of Manchester	--	1	1,460	1,460
102	Moss Rose	Macclesfield FC, Macclesfield FC Reserves, Macclesfield Town and Stoke City U23	--	1	1,435	1,435
103	Nantporth	Bangor 1876, Bangor 1876 Women and Bangor City	--	1	1,551	1,551
104	New Bucks Park	Bootle, City of Liverpool and Clitheroe	--	1	1,504	1,504
105	New Douglas Park	Clyde, Hamilton Academical, Hamilton Academical Reserves and Hamilton Academical Women	--	1	1,801	1,801
106	New York Stadium	Rotherham United		1	1,413	1,413
107	Oakwell	Barnsley	--	1	1,432	1,432
108	Ochilview Park	Stenhousemuir, Stenhousemuir Community AFC, Stenhousemuir LFC, Stirling University EOS, Syngenta, East Stirlingshire and Queen's Park	--	1	1,817	1,817
109	Old Trafford	Manchester United	--	1	1,466	1,466
110	Old Wembley Stadium	England	--	1	1,157	1,157
111	Palmerston Park	Heston Rovers, Queen Of The South and Queen of the South Reserves	--	1	1,705	1,705
112	Parc des Princes	Paris St Germain and Paris FC	--	1	731	731
113	Park Avenue	Aberystwyth Town and Aberystwyth Town Ladies	--	1	1,473	1,473
114	Park Hall	Oswestry Town, St Martins, The New Saints, The New Saints Women and Wem Town Ladies	--	1	1,450	1,450
115	Park Road Stadium	Cheadle Town, Cheadle Town Reserves and Cheadle Town Stingers Women	--	1	1,454	1,454
116	Pavilions Sports Complex	Runcorn Town	--	1	1,478	1,478
117	Plough Lane	AFC Wimbledon	--	1	1,139	1,139
118	Portman Road	Ipswich Town	--	1	1,136	1,136
119	Prenton Park	Liverpool U23, Tranmere Rovers and Liverpool Ladies	--	1	1,499	1,499
120	Pride Park	Derby County	--	1	1,363	1,363
121	Priestfield	Gillingham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham Women	--	1	1,092	1,092
122	Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium	Sevilla		1	1,764	1,764
123	Rivacre Park	Hooton FC, Vauxhall Motors, Vauxhall Motors Reserves and City of Liverpool	--	1	1,486	1,486
124	Rodney Parade	Newport County	--	1	1,330	1,330
125	Roe Plas	St Asaph City and St Asaph City Reserves	--	1	1,511	1,511
126	Roker Park	Sunderland	--	1	1,581	1,581
127	Rossett Park (Marine Travel Arena)	AFC Liverpool, Marine, Marine U23 and Everton Women	--	1	1,510	1,510
128	Rugby Park	Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock Ladies and Kilmarnock Reserves	--	1	1,806	1,806
129	Ruskin Drive Sports Ground	Pilkington, Pilkington U23, St Helens Town and St Helens Town Reserves	--	1	1,492	1,492
130	Ryland Recreation Club	Warrington Rylands and Warrington Rylands Reserves	--	1	1,476	1,476
131	Saltergate	Chesterfield	--	1	1,397	1,397
132	San Siro (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)	AC Milan and Inter Milan		1	156	156
133	Santiago Bernabeu	Real Madrid and Spain	--	1	1,312	1,312
134	School Road	Squires Gate	--	1	1,538	1,538
135	Sealand Road	Chester City	--	1	1,474	1,474
136	Seaview	Crusaders, Crusaders Newtownabbey Strikers and Newington		1	1,788	1,788
137	Seel Park	Mossley AFC, Oldham Boro, Uppermill FC and Bury AFC	--	1	1,459	1,459
138	Select Car Leasing Stadium	Reading and Reading Women	--	1	1,185	1,185
139	SFC Stadium	Bamber Bridge, Blackburn Rovers Ladies and AFC Fylde Women	--	1	1,514	1,514
140	Shamrock Park	Portadown	--	1	1,801	1,801
141	Shawe View	Trafford	--	1	1,469	1,469
142	Sincil Bank	Lincoln City	--	1	1,349	1,349
143	Sixfields	Northampton Town and Coventry City	--	1	1,264	1,264
144	SMH Group Stadium	Chesterfield, Sheffield United U23 and Sheffield United Women	--	1	1,398	1,398
145	Solitude	Cliftonville, Cliftonville Women and Newington	--	1	1,789	1,789
146	Somerset Park	Ayr United and Ayr United Development LFC	--	1	1,798	1,798
147	Spotland	Rochdale	--	1	1,477	1,477
148	Springfield Park	Wigan Athletic	--	1	1,495	1,495
149	St Andrew's	Birmingham City, Birmingham City Women and Coventry City	--	1	1,342	1,342
150	St James Park	Exeter City	--	1	1,298	1,298
151	St James' Park	Newcastle United	--	1	1,598	1,598
152	St Mary's Stadium	Southampton and Southampton FC Women	--	1	1,163	1,163
153	St Mirren Park (The Simple Digital Arena)	St Mirren and St Mirren Reserves	--	1	1,828	1,828
154	Stadio Armando Picchi	AC Jesolo and US Citta di Jesolo	--	1	489	489
155	Stadio Comunale Alberto Pinto	Casertana	--	1	870	870
156	Stadio del Conero	AC Ancona and Ancona-Matelica	--	1	616	616
157	Stadio Olimpico	AS Roma, Italy and SS Lazio		1	645	645
158	Stadio Olimpico di Torino	Torino and Juventus	--	1	0	0
159	Stadion Galgenwaard	FC Utrecht and FC Utrecht II	--	1	999	999
160	Stadion Juliska	Dukla Prague and Dukla Prague II	--	1	940	940
161	Stair Park	Stranraer and Stranraer Reserves	--	1	1,762	1,762
162	Stansty Park	Coedpoeth United, Lex Glyndwr XI, FC Queens Park and Wrexham Women	--	1	1,467	1,467
163	Stark's Park	Raith Rovers and McDermid Ladies	--	1	1,794	1,794
164	Stockport Sports Village	Stockport County Ladies, Stockport Sports and Stockport Town	--	1	1,453	1,453
165	Surrey Street	Glossop North End	--	1	1,446	1,446
166	Tameside Stadium	Burnley U23, Curzon Ashton and FC United of Manchester	--	1	1,460	1,460
167	Tannadice	Dundee United	--	1	1,828	1,828
168	Taylor's Avenue	Carrick Rangers	--	1	1,789	1,789
169	The Abbey Stadium	Cambridge United and Cambridge Regional College	--	1	1,203	1,203
170	The Airfield	Airbus UK Broughton, Airbus UK Broughton Ladies and Airbus UK Broughton Youth	--	1	1,476	1,476
171	The Autonet Insurance Stadium	City of Stoke Women, Kidsgrove Athletic, Kidsgrove Athletic Reserves and Port Vale Ladies	--	1	1,425	1,425
172	The Bescot	Aston Villa U23, Aston Villa Women and Walsall	--	1	1,358	1,358
173	The Broadfield Stadium	Brighton & Hove Albion Ladies, Brighton & Hove Albion U23 and Crawley Town	--	1	1,106	1,106
174	The City Ground	Nottingham Forest	--	1	1,349	1,349
175	The County Ground	Swindon Town	--	1	1,248	1,248
176	The Coventry Building Society Arena	Coventry City and Coventry United Ladies	--	1	1,318	1,318
177	The Crown Ground	Accrington Stanley and Burnley Women	--	1	1,502	1,502
178	The Den	Millwall and London City Lionesses	--	1	1,137	1,137
179	The Deva Stadium	Chester City and Chester FC	--	1	1,474	1,474
180	The Dub	PSNI and Queen's University	--	1	1,784	1,784
181	The EnviroVent Stadium	Harrogate Town and Harrogate Town Ladies	--	1	1,483	1,483
182	The Falkirk Stadium	East Stirlingshire, East Stirlingshire Reserves, Falkirk, Falkirk Community AFC, Falkirk Women and Stirling University FC	--	1	1,811	1,811
183	The Hawthorns	West Bromwich Albion	--	1	1,351	1,351
184	The John Smith's Stadium	Huddersfield Town	--	1	1,459	1,459
185	The Kassam Stadium	Oxford United	--	1	1,228	1,228
186	The KCOM Stadium	Hull City	--	1	1,401	1,401
187	The Keepmoat Stadium	Doncaster Rovers and Doncaster Rovers Belles	--	1	1,410	1,410
188	The King Power Stadium	Leicester City and Leicester City Women	--	1	1,316	1,316
189	The Lamb Ground	Tamworth, Tamworth Academy, Tamworth Ladies, Aston Villa Women and Burton Albion Ladies	--	1	1,347	1,347
190	The Liberty Stadium	Swansea City and Wales	--	1	1,399	1,399
191	The Mike Riding Ground	Longridge Town and Longridge Town Reserves	--	1	1,522	1,522
192	The New Bucks Head	AFC Telford United, Wolverhampton Wanderers Women and Wolverhampton Wanderers U23	--	1	1,401	1,401
193	The New Lawn	Forest Green Rovers and Gloucester City	--	1	1,290	1,290
194	The New Meadow	Shrewsbury Town	--	1	1,415	1,415
195	The Oval	Caernarfon Town	--	1	1,550	1,550
196	The Oval Grounds	Glentoran and Glentoran Women	--	1	1,784	1,784
197	The Pirelli Stadium	Burton Albion	--	1	1,363	1,363
198	The Racecourse Ground	Wrexham and Wales	--	1	1,466	1,466
199	The Ring	Llay Miners Welfare	--	1	1,470	1,470
200	The Riverside	Garstang and Garstang Reserves	--	1	1,538	1,538
201	The Riverside Stadium	Middlesbrough	--	1	1,534	1,534
202	The Rock	Cefn Druids AFC, Gresford Athletic and Cefn Albion	--	1	1,462	1,462
203	The Shay	FC Halifax Town	--	1	1,470	1,470
204	The Showgrounds	Coleraine	--	1	1,878	1,878
205	The Showgrounds	Ballymena United	--	1	1,831	1,831
206	The Stadium of Light	Sunderland and Sunderland Ladies	--	1	1,580	1,580
207	The Tulloch Caledonian Stadium	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	--	1	1,997	1,997
208	The Valley	Charlton Athletic		1	1,132	1,132
209	Toughsheet Community Stadium	Bolton Wanderers	--	1	1,492	1,492
210	Townfield	1874 Northwich, Barnton, Northwich Victoria and Northwich Victoria	--	1	1,461	1,461
211	Turf Moor	Burnley	--	1	1,497	1,497
212	Tynecastle	Heart of Midlothian	--	1	1,780	1,780
213	Vale Park	Port Vale	--	1	1,418	1,418
214	Valley Parade	Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue		1	1,474	1,474
215	Vasil Levski National Stadium	Bulgaria, CSKA Sofia, FK CSKA 1948 Sofia and Levski Sofia	--	1	1,594	1,594
216	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	1,133	1,133
217	Vetch Field	Swansea City and Wales	--	1	1,398	1,398
218	Vicarage Road	Watford and Wealdstone	--	1	1,174	1,174
219	Victoria Park	Hartlepool United	--	1	1,547	1,547
220	Victoria Park	Llanidloes Town and Llanidloes Town Reserves	--	1	1,442	1,442
221	Victoria Park	Ross County	--	1	2,017	2,017
222	Victory Park	Chorley and Chorley Ladies	--	1	1,504	1,504
223	Villa Park	Aston Villa	--	1	1,346	1,346
224	Walton Hall Park	Aigburth PH, Byrom, Everton U21, Everton Women, FC Bernie Mays, FC Salle and Lower Breck	--	1	1,501	1,501
225	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur	--	1	1,157	1,157
226	Westfalenstadion (Signal Iduna Park)	Borussia Dortmund and Germany	--	1	892	892
227	Whaddon Road	Cheltenham Town and Gloucester City	--	1	1,298	1,298
228	Wincham Park	Witton Albion, Northwich Victoria and Runcorn Linnets	--	1	1,457	1,457
229	Windsor Park	Linfield and Northern Ireland	--	1	1,786	1,786
230	WWK Arena	FC Augsburg	--	1	547	547
Total					324,341	254,981

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13 Countries Visited to Watch Football