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.

235 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	Grange Park	Long Eaton United, Long Eaton United Community, Long Eaton United Ladies and Nottingham Forest Women Development	--	1	1,351	1,351
69	Greenfields Sports Ground	Market Drayton Town, Market Drayton Town Reserves and Wolstanton United Reserves	--	1	1,422	1,422
70	Gresty Road (The Alexandra Stadium)	Crewe Alexandra	--	1	1,436	1,436
71	Griffin Park	Brentford	--	1	1,151	1,151
72	Halkyn Road	Holywell Town	--	1	1,499	1,499
73	Halton Stadium	Widnes, Everton U23, Everton Women, Liverpool Ladies and Runcorn FC Halton	--	1	1,481	1,481
74	Hampden Park	Queen's Park and Scotland	--	1	1,816	1,816
75	Highbury Stadium	Fleetwood Town	--	1	1,553	1,553
76	Hillsborough	Sheffield Wednesday	--	1	1,419	1,419
77	Holker Street	Barrow	--	1	1,586	1,586
78	Holyhead Road	Chirk AAA	--	1	1,457	1,457
79	Home Park	Plymouth Argyle	--	1	1,320	1,320
80	Ibrox	Rangers	--	1	1,822	1,822
81	Jan Breydelstadion	Cercle Brugge, Club Brugge and Club NXT		1	944	944
82	Jepson Way	AFC Blackpool	--	1	1,539	1,539
83	JobServe Community Stadium	Colchester United	--	1	1,133	1,133
84	Joie Stadium	Manchester City U18, Manchester City U23 and Manchester City Women	--	1	1,463	1,463
85	Leigh Sports Village	Manchester United U23, Manchester United Women, Blackburn Rovers U23 and Leigh Genesis	--	1	1,482	1,482
86	Llanelian Road	Colwyn Bay	--	1	1,529	1,529
87	LNER Community Stadium	York City	--	1	1,459	1,459
88	Loftus Road	Queens Park Rangers	--	1	1,149	1,149
89	London Road	Peterborough United	--	1	1,262	1,262
90	London Stadium (Olympic Stadium)	West Ham United	--	1	1,140	1,140
91	Lotto Park	Anderlecht and Anderlecht II	--	1	858	858
92	Maes Tegid	Bala Town and Llanuwchllyn	--	1	1,488	1,488
93	Maesdu Park	Llandudno Albion, Llandudno Amateurs Reserves, Llandudno Ladies, Llandudno and Llandudno Amateurs	--	1	1,540	1,540
94	Maine Road	Manchester City	--	1	1,462	1,462
95	Maurice Dufrasne Stadion	Standard Liege and Standard Liege II		1	794	794
96	Mayfield Stadium	AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon Athletic, Balham, Old Rutlishians and Westside	--	1	1,131	1,131
97	Meadow Lane	Notts County and Notts County Ladies	--	1	1,350	1,350
98	Memorial Playing Fields	Ruthin Town	--	1	1,490	1,490
99	Memorial Stadium	Bristol Rovers and Bristol City Women	--	1	1,294	1,294
100	Merkur-Spiel Arena	Fortuna Dusseldorf and KFC Uerdingen 05		1	864	864
101	Millbank Linnets Stadium	Runcorn Linnets	--	1	1,473	1,473
102	Molineux	Wolverhampton Wanderers	--	1	1,369	1,369
103	Moor Lane	Salford City	--	1	1,471	1,471
104	Moss Lane	Altrincham, Altrincham Reserves and FC United of Manchester	--	1	1,460	1,460
105	Moss Rose	Macclesfield FC, Macclesfield FC Reserves, Macclesfield Town and Stoke City U23	--	1	1,435	1,435
106	Nantporth	Bangor 1876, Bangor 1876 Women and Bangor City	--	1	1,551	1,551
107	Neuven Stadium	Bury AFC, Radcliffe FC, Blackburn Rovers Ladies and FC United of Manchester	--	1	1,480	1,480
108	New Bucks Park	Bootle, City of Liverpool and Clitheroe	--	1	1,504	1,504
109	New Douglas Park	Clyde, Hamilton Academical, Hamilton Academical Reserves and Hamilton Academical Women	--	1	1,801	1,801
110	New York Stadium	Rotherham United		1	1,413	1,413
111	Oakwell	Barnsley	--	1	1,432	1,432
112	Ochilview Park	Stenhousemuir, Stenhousemuir Community AFC, Stenhousemuir LFC, Stirling University EOS, Syngenta, East Stirlingshire and Queen's Park	--	1	1,817	1,817
113	Old Trafford	Manchester United	--	1	1,466	1,466
114	Old Wembley Stadium	England	--	1	1,157	1,157
115	Palmerston Park	Heston Rovers, Queen Of The South and Queen of the South Reserves	--	1	1,705	1,705
116	Parc des Princes	Paris St Germain and Paris FC	--	1	731	731
117	Park Avenue	Aberystwyth Town and Aberystwyth Town Ladies	--	1	1,473	1,473
118	Park Hall	Oswestry Town, St Martins, The New Saints, The New Saints Women and Wem Town Ladies	--	1	1,450	1,450
119	Park Road Stadium	Cheadle Town, Cheadle Town Reserves and Cheadle Town Stingers Women	--	1	1,454	1,454
120	Pavilions Sports Complex	Runcorn Town	--	1	1,478	1,478
121	Plough Lane	AFC Wimbledon	--	1	1,139	1,139
122	Portman Road	Ipswich Town	--	1	1,136	1,136
123	Prenton Park	Liverpool U23, Tranmere Rovers and Liverpool Ladies	--	1	1,499	1,499
124	Pride Park	Derby County	--	1	1,363	1,363
125	Priestfield	Gillingham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham Women	--	1	1,092	1,092
126	Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium	Sevilla		1	1,764	1,764
127	Rivacre Park	Hooton FC, Vauxhall Motors, Vauxhall Motors Reserves and City of Liverpool	--	1	1,486	1,486
128	Rodney Parade	Newport County	--	1	1,330	1,330
129	Roe Plas	St Asaph City and St Asaph City Reserves	--	1	1,511	1,511
130	Roker Park	Sunderland	--	1	1,581	1,581
131	Rossett Park (Marine Travel Arena)	AFC Liverpool, Marine, Marine U23 and Everton Women	--	1	1,510	1,510
132	Rugby Park	Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock Ladies and Kilmarnock Reserves	--	1	1,806	1,806
133	Ruskin Drive Sports Ground	Pilkington, Pilkington U23 and St Helens Town	--	1	1,492	1,492
134	Ryland Recreation Club	Warrington Rylands and Warrington Rylands Reserves	--	1	1,476	1,476
135	Saltergate	Chesterfield	--	1	1,397	1,397
136	San Siro (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)	AC Milan and Inter Milan		1	156	156
137	Santiago Bernabeu	Real Madrid and Spain	--	1	1,312	1,312
138	School Road	Squires Gate	--	1	1,538	1,538
139	Sealand Road	Chester City	--	1	1,474	1,474
140	Seaview	Crusaders, Crusaders Newtownabbey Strikers, Newington and Lisburn Distillery		1	1,788	1,788
141	Seel Park	Mossley AFC, Oldham Boro, Uppermill FC and Bury AFC	--	1	1,459	1,459
142	Select Car Leasing Stadium	Reading and Reading Women	--	1	1,185	1,185
143	Selhurst Park	Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Wimbledon	--	1	1,130	1,130
144	SFC Stadium	Bamber Bridge, Blackburn Rovers Ladies and AFC Fylde Women	--	1	1,514	1,514
145	Shamrock Park	Portadown	--	1	1,801	1,801
146	Shawe View	Trafford	--	1	1,469	1,469
147	Sincil Bank	Lincoln City	--	1	1,349	1,349
148	Sixfields	Northampton Town and Coventry City	--	1	1,264	1,264
149	SMH Group Stadium	Chesterfield, Sheffield United U23 and Sheffield United Women	--	1	1,398	1,398
150	Solitude	Cliftonville, Cliftonville Women and Newington	--	1	1,789	1,789
151	Somerset Park	Ayr United and Ayr United Development LFC	--	1	1,798	1,798
152	Spotland	Rochdale	--	1	1,477	1,477
153	Springfield Park	Wigan Athletic	--	1	1,495	1,495
154	St Andrew's	Birmingham City, Birmingham City Women and Coventry City	--	1	1,342	1,342
155	St James Park	Exeter City	--	1	1,298	1,298
156	St James' Park	Newcastle United	--	1	1,598	1,598
157	St Mary's Stadium	Southampton and Southampton FC Women	--	1	1,163	1,163
158	St Mirren Park (The Simple Digital Arena)	St Mirren and St Mirren Reserves	--	1	1,828	1,828
159	Stadio Armando Picchi	AC Jesolo and US Citta di Jesolo	--	1	489	489
160	Stadio Comunale Alberto Pinto	Casertana	--	1	870	870
161	Stadio del Conero	AC Ancona and Ancona-Matelica	--	1	616	616
162	Stadio Olimpico	AS Roma, Italy and SS Lazio		1	645	645
163	Stadio Olimpico di Torino	Torino and Juventus	--	1	0	0
164	Stadion Galgenwaard	FC Utrecht and FC Utrecht II	--	1	999	999
165	Stadion Juliska	Dukla Prague and Dukla Prague II	--	1	940	940
166	Stair Park	Stranraer and Stranraer Reserves	--	1	1,762	1,762
167	Stansty Park	Coedpoeth United, Lex Glyndwr XI, FC Queens Park and Wrexham Women	--	1	1,467	1,467
168	Stark's Park	Raith Rovers and McDermid Ladies	--	1	1,794	1,794
169	Stockport Sports Village	Stockport County Ladies, Stockport Sports and Stockport Town	--	1	1,453	1,453
170	Surrey Street	Glossop North End	--	1	1,446	1,446
171	Tameside Stadium	Burnley U23, Curzon Ashton and FC United of Manchester	--	1	1,460	1,460
172	Tannadice	Dundee United	--	1	1,828	1,828
173	Taylor's Avenue	Carrick Rangers	--	1	1,789	1,789
174	The Abbey Stadium	Cambridge United and Cambridge Regional College	--	1	1,203	1,203
175	The Airfield	Airbus UK Broughton, Airbus UK Broughton Ladies and Airbus UK Broughton Youth	--	1	1,476	1,476
176	The Autonet Insurance Stadium	City of Stoke Women, Kidsgrove Athletic, Kidsgrove Athletic Reserves and Port Vale Ladies	--	1	1,425	1,425
177	The Bescot	Aston Villa U23, Aston Villa Women and Walsall	--	1	1,358	1,358
178	The Broadfield Stadium	Brighton & Hove Albion Ladies, Brighton & Hove Albion U23 and Crawley Town	--	1	1,106	1,106
179	The City Ground	Nottingham Forest	--	1	1,349	1,349
180	The County Ground	Swindon Town	--	1	1,248	1,248
181	The Coventry Building Society Arena	Coventry City and Coventry United Ladies	--	1	1,318	1,318
182	The Crown Ground	Accrington Stanley and Burnley Women	--	1	1,502	1,502
183	The Den	Millwall and London City Lionesses	--	1	1,137	1,137
184	The Deva Stadium	Chester City and Chester FC	--	1	1,474	1,474
185	The Dub	PSNI and Queen's University	--	1	1,784	1,784
186	The EnviroVent Stadium	Harrogate Town and Harrogate Town Ladies	--	1	1,483	1,483
187	The Falkirk Stadium	East Stirlingshire, East Stirlingshire Reserves, Falkirk, Falkirk Community AFC, Falkirk Women and Stirling University FC	--	1	1,811	1,811
188	The Hawthorns	West Bromwich Albion	--	1	1,351	1,351
189	The John Smith's Stadium	Huddersfield Town	--	1	1,459	1,459
190	The Kassam Stadium	Oxford United	--	1	1,228	1,228
191	The KCOM Stadium	Hull City	--	1	1,401	1,401
192	The Keepmoat Stadium	Doncaster Rovers and Doncaster Rovers Belles	--	1	1,410	1,410
193	The King Power Stadium	Leicester City and Leicester City Women	--	1	1,316	1,316
194	The Lamb Ground	Tamworth, Tamworth Academy, Tamworth Ladies, Aston Villa Women and Burton Albion Ladies	--	1	1,347	1,347
195	The Liberty Stadium	Swansea City and Wales	--	1	1,399	1,399
196	The Mike Riding Ground	Longridge Town and Longridge Town Reserves	--	1	1,522	1,522
197	The New Bucks Head	AFC Telford United, Wolverhampton Wanderers Women and Wolverhampton Wanderers U23	--	1	1,401	1,401
198	The New Lawn	Forest Green Rovers and Gloucester City	--	1	1,290	1,290
199	The New Meadow	Shrewsbury Town	--	1	1,415	1,415
200	The Oval	Caernarfon Town	--	1	1,550	1,550
201	The Oval Grounds	Glentoran and Glentoran Women	--	1	1,784	1,784
202	The Pirelli Stadium	Burton Albion	--	1	1,363	1,363
203	The Racecourse Ground	Wrexham and Wales	--	1	1,466	1,466
204	The Ring	Llay Miners Welfare	--	1	1,470	1,470
205	The Riverside	Garstang and Garstang Reserves	--	1	1,538	1,538
206	The Riverside Stadium	Middlesbrough	--	1	1,534	1,534
207	The Rock	Cefn Druids AFC, Gresford Athletic and Cefn Albion	--	1	1,462	1,462
208	The Shay	FC Halifax Town	--	1	1,470	1,470
209	The Showgrounds	Coleraine	--	1	1,878	1,878
210	The Showgrounds	Ballymena United	--	1	1,831	1,831
211	The Stadium of Light	Sunderland and Sunderland Ladies	--	1	1,580	1,580
212	The Tulloch Caledonian Stadium	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	--	1	1,997	1,997
213	The Valley	Charlton Athletic		1	1,132	1,132
214	Toughsheet Community Stadium	Bolton Wanderers	--	1	1,492	1,492
215	Townfield	1874 Northwich, Barnton, Northwich Victoria and Northwich Victoria	--	1	1,461	1,461
216	Turf Moor	Burnley	--	1	1,497	1,497
217	Tynecastle	Heart of Midlothian	--	1	1,780	1,780
218	Vale Park	Port Vale	--	1	1,418	1,418
219	Valley Parade	Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue		1	1,474	1,474
220	Vasil Levski National Stadium	Bulgaria, CSKA Sofia, FK CSKA 1948 Sofia and Levski Sofia	--	1	1,594	1,594
221	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
222	Vetch Field	Swansea City and Wales	--	1	1,398	1,398
223	Vicarage Road	Watford and Wealdstone	--	1	1,174	1,174
224	Victoria Park	Hartlepool United	--	1	1,547	1,547
225	Victoria Park	Llanidloes Town and Llanidloes Town Reserves	--	1	1,442	1,442
226	Victoria Park	Ross County	--	1	2,017	2,017
227	Victory Park	Chorley and Chorley Ladies	--	1	1,504	1,504
228	Villa Park	Aston Villa	--	1	1,346	1,346
229	Walton Hall Park	Aigburth PH, Byrom, Everton U21, Everton Women, FC Bernie Mays, FC Salle and Lower Breck	--	1	1,501	1,501
230	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur	--	1	1,157	1,157
231	Westfalenstadion (Signal Iduna Park)	Borussia Dortmund and Germany	--	1	892	892
232	Whaddon Road	Cheltenham Town and Gloucester City	--	1	1,298	1,298
233	Wincham Park	Witton Albion, Northwich Victoria and Runcorn Linnets	--	1	1,457	1,457
234	Windsor Park	Linfield and Northern Ireland	--	1	1,786	1,786
235	WWK Arena	FC Augsburg	--	1	547	547
Total					331,183	254,981

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