graeme-palmer-1984

By The Compass

• ↑ Most northerly ground: Easter Road home to Hibernian
• → Most easterly ground: San Siro (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza) home to AC Milan, Inter Milan
• ↓ Most southerly ground: Estadio Algarve home to Gibraltar, Louletano DC, Portugal, SC Farense
• ← Most westerly ground: Estadio da Luz home to Portugal, SL Benfica, SL Benfica B, SL Benfica Fermino

About graeme-palmer-1984

The Premier League would be a better place if Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest returned. Proper big clubs that bring credible support levels home and away - none of this Fulham lark (200-400 away fans is what they send, then at home its a full stadium of people who don't sing. There's none of that problem when Leeds come to or host us play!)

First Game

League Cup game away at Peterborough. Chris Hughton fielded a lot of reserves and we got beat 2-0. This got me hooked, bizarrely - I became eager to see a win!

Best Game

There's a few:
League Cup win at Stamford Bridge - 4-3 after going behind, taking a 3-1 lead, losing it and then winning in the death of added time with a Shola Ameobi header.
2-0 win at Stamford Bridge with the amazing Cisse goal.
The infamous 4-4 game against Arsenal.

Worst Game

The 6-0 home defeat to Liverpool.

I've deliberately not been obvious and put my own club. At Stamford Bridge you get a good area for the away end. The staff are friendly and helpful. The atmosphere is great, esp with the flags and the run-out tune. The is good banter from the home fans and they are able to take defeat gracefully, while also showing some class and decorum towards away fans when they win.

Its ancient. They sit away fans in the worst stand. Wooden seats. Pillars obstructing many views and often including the goal nets. Very poor tiering, making it nigh on impossible to see the match for a little 5'5" guy like myself. The stewards at the gate aren't very helpful.

Second worst is the Madejski - anyone else tried getting away from there with the bus? They charge a premium price then leave you stranded in the middle of nowhere for a good hour or so. Been there twice, thankfully no rain either time.

129 Grounds Visited to Watch Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating	# Visits	Mileage	Tot Mileage
1	Adams Park	Wycombe Wanderers, Reading U23 and Reading Women		1	467	467
2	Aggborough	Kidderminster Harriers, Wolverhampton Wanderers U23, West Bromwich Albion U23 and Worcester City	--	1	362	362
3	Amex Stadium	Brighton & Hove Albion		1	583	583
4	Anfield	Liverpool, Everton and Wales		1	239	239
5	Ashton Gate	Bristol City		1	496	496
6	bet365 Stadium (The Britannia Stadium)	Stoke City		1	278	278
7	Bloomfield Road	Blackpool		1	198	198
8	Blue Flames Sports Ground	AFC Killingworth, Newcastle United U23 and West Allotment Celtic		1	7	7
9	Blundell Park	Grimsby Town		1	232	232
10	Bootham Crescent	Leeds United U23, Middlesbrough U23 and York City		1	145	145
11	Borough Park	Workington AFC and Workington AFC Development		1	160	160
12	Boundary Park	Oldham Athletic		1	201	201
13	Bramall Lane	Sheffield United and Sheffield United Women		1	222	222
14	Brentford Community Stadium	Brentford		1	494	494
15	Brisbane Road (Breyer Group Stadium)	Leyton Orient and Tottenham Hotspur Women	--	1	490	490
16	Broadhall Way (Lamex Stadium)	Stevenage and Tottenham Hotspur U23		1	442	442
17	Brunton Park	Carlisle United		1	103	103
18	Cardiff City Stadium	Cardiff City and Wales		1	501	501
19	Carrow Road	Norwich City		1	404	404
20	Causeway Lane	Matlock Town and Matlock Town Reserves	--	1	254	254
21	Craven Cottage	Fulham		1	497	497
22	Cressing Road (Amlin Stadium)	Braintree Town, Braintree Town Reserves and Dunmow Town	--	1	465	465
23	Dean Court (The Vitality Stadium)	AFC Bournemouth		1	586	586
24	Deepdale	Preston North End		1	187	187
25	DW Stadium	Wigan Athletic		1	214	214
26	Easter Road	Hibernian		1	182	182
27	Edgeley Park	Stockport County	--	1	222	222
28	Elland Road	Leeds United		1	166	166
29	Estadio Algarve	Louletano DC, Portugal, Gibraltar and SC Farense		1	2,543	2,543
30	Estadio da Luz	Portugal, SL Benfica, SL Benfica B and SL Benfica Fermino	--	1	2,350	2,350
31	Etihad Stadium	Manchester City		1	211	211
32	Ewood Park	Blackburn Rovers		1	186	186
33	Field Mill	Mansfield Town and Mansfield Town Ladies		1	256	256
34	Fratton Park	Portsmouth	--	1	579	579
35	Glanford Park	Scunthorpe United		1	206	206
36	Globe Arena	Morecambe		1	161	161
37	Goodison Park	Everton		1	239	239
38	Gresty Road (The Alexandra Stadium)	Crewe Alexandra		1	269	269
39	Griffin Park	Brentford		1	494	494
40	Hayes Lane (Westminster Waste Stadium)	Bromley, Bromley Ladies, Cray Wanderers and Crystal Palace Ladies	--	1	514	514
41	Hillsborough	Sheffield Wednesday		1	216	216
42	Holker Street	Barrow	--	1	175	175
43	Home Park	Plymouth Argyle		1	668	668
44	Horsfall Stadium	Albion Sports, Bradford Park Avenue, Bradford Park Avenue Ladies and Bradford City Women		1	169	169
45	Ibrox	Rangers		1	243	243
46	Jakemans Community Stadium	Boston United	--	1	308	308
47	Kenilworth Road	Luton Town	--	1	438	438
48	LNER Community Stadium	York City	--	1	144	144
49	Loftus Road	Queens Park Rangers		1	493	493
50	London Road	Peterborough United		1	352	352
51	London Stadium (Olympic Stadium)	West Ham United		1	493	493
52	Mariners Park	South Shields and Sunderland Ladies	--	1	12	12
53	Meadow Lane	Notts County and Notts County Ladies		1	284	284
54	Memorial Stadium	Bristol Rovers and Bristol City Women	--	1	489	489
55	Millmoor	Rotherham United	--	1	215	215
56	Molineux	Wolverhampton Wanderers		1	332	332
57	Moss Rose	Macclesfield FC, Macclesfield FC Reserves, Macclesfield Town and Stoke City U23		1	243	243
58	New Rowley Park (Premier Plus Stadium)	Cambridge United Ladies, St Neots Town, St Neots Town Reserves and St Neots Town Saints	--	1	395	395
59	New York Stadium	Rotherham United		1	215	215
60	North Street (The Impact Arena)	Alfreton Town, Alfreton Town Reserves, Nottingham Forest U23 and Selston	--	1	261	261
61	Oakwell	Barnsley		1	197	197
62	Old Trafford	Manchester United		1	216	216
63	Parc des Princes	Paris St Germain and Paris FC	--	1	909	909
64	Portman Road	Ipswich Town		1	463	463
65	Prenton Park	Liverpool U23, Tranmere Rovers and Liverpool Ladies	--	1	249	249
66	Pride Park	Derby County		1	285	285
67	Priestfield	Gillingham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham Women		1	528	528
68	Richmond Park	St Patrick's Athletic, Dublin City and Shamrock Rovers		1	442	442
69	Roots Hall	Southend United		1	511	511
70	Rugby Park	Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock Ladies and Kilmarnock Reserves		1	243	243
71	San Siro (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)	AC Milan and Inter Milan	--	1	1,616	1,616
72	Select Car Leasing Stadium	Reading and Reading Women		1	494	494
73	Selhurst Park	Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Wimbledon		1	510	510
74	Shielfield Park	Berwick Rangers, Berwick Rangers Reserves and Tweedmouth Rangers		1	113	113
75	Sincil Bank	Lincoln City	--	1	258	258
76	Sixfields	Northampton Town and Coventry City	--	1	383	383
77	Spotland	Rochdale		1	193	193
78	St Andrew's	Birmingham City, Birmingham City Women and Coventry City		1	346	346
79	St James Park	Exeter City	--	1	608	608
80	St James' Park	Newcastle United		1	0	0
81	St Mary's Stadium	Southampton and Southampton FC Women		1	563	563
82	St Mirren Park (The Simple Digital Arena)	St Mirren and St Mirren Reserves		1	252	252
83	Stamford Bridge	Chelsea		1	497	497
84	Steel Park	Corby Town		1	349	349
85	Stonebridge Road	Ebbsfleet United	--	1	513	513
86	The Abbey Stadium	Cambridge United and Cambridge Regional College	--	1	409	409
87	The Bescot	Aston Villa U23, Aston Villa Women and Walsall		1	334	334
88	The Broadfield Stadium	Brighton & Hove Albion Ladies, Brighton & Hove Albion U23 and Crawley Town		1	549	549
89	The City Ground	Nottingham Forest		1	284	284
90	The Coventry Building Society Arena	Coventry City and Coventry United Ladies		1	349	349
91	The Darlington Arena	Darlington United, Darlington and Middlesbrough U23		1	65	65
92	The Emirates Stadium	Arsenal		1	489	489
93	The EnviroVent Stadium	Harrogate Town and Harrogate Town Ladies		1	136	136
94	The Hawthorns	West Bromwich Albion		1	342	342
95	The International Stadium	Gateshead and Newcastle United U23		1	4	4
96	The John Smith's Stadium	Huddersfield Town		1	183	183
97	The Kassam Stadium	Oxford United		1	452	452
98	The KCOM Stadium	Hull City		1	198	198
99	The Keepmoat Stadium	Doncaster Rovers and Doncaster Rovers Belles		1	207	207
100	The King Power Stadium	Leicester City and Leicester City Women		1	328	328
101	The Lamb Ground	Tamworth, Tamworth Academy, Tamworth Ladies, Aston Villa Women and Burton Albion Ladies	--	1	324	324
102	The Liberty Stadium	Swansea City and Wales		1	499	499
103	The Millennium Stadium (Principality Stadium)	Wales		1	500	500
104	The New Meadow	Shrewsbury Town		1	329	329
105	The Pirelli Stadium	Burton Albion		1	298	298
106	The Racecourse Ground	Wrexham and Wales	--	1	288	288
107	The Riverside Stadium	Middlesbrough		1	64	64
108	The Shay	FC Halifax Town	--	1	175	175
109	The Silverlake Stadium	Eastleigh and Eastleigh Ladies		1	556	556
110	The Stadium of Light	Sunderland and Sunderland Ladies		1	20	20
111	The Valley	Charlton Athletic	--	1	501	501
112	The Walks Stadium	Kings Lynn FC, Kings Lynn Town and Kings Lynn Town Reserves		1	349	349
113	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	Tottenham Hotspur		1	483	483
114	Toughsheet Community Stadium	Bolton Wanderers		1	206	206
115	Turf Moor	Burnley		1	171	171
116	Tynecastle	Heart of Midlothian		1	183	183
117	Upton Park (Boleyn Ground)	Charlton Athletic and West Ham United		1	495	495
118	Vale Park	Port Vale		1	270	270
119	Valley Parade	Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue		1	162	162
120	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	512	512
121	Vicarage Road	Watford and Wealdstone		1	470	470
122	Victoria Road (Chigwell Construction Stadium)	Dagenham & Redbridge, West Ham United U23 and West Ham United Women		1	496	496
123	Villa Park	Aston Villa		1	342	342
124	Welfare Park	Bedlington Terriers		1	22	22
125	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur		1	485	485
126	Westfalenstadion (Signal Iduna Park)	Borussia Dortmund and Germany	--	1	891	891
127	Whaddon Road	Cheltenham Town and Gloucester City	--	1	426	426
128	White Hart Lane	Tottenham Hotspur		1	483	483
129	Woodhorn Lane	Ashington and Ashington Reserves		1	29	29
Total					48,046	44,059

4 Grounds Visited for Tours/Non-Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating
1	Deepdale	Preston North End
2	St James Park	Exeter City	--
3	The Emirates Stadium	Arsenal
4	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur

9 Countries Visited to Watch Football