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.

125 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	Broadhall Way (Lamex Stadium)	Stevenage and Tottenham Hotspur U23		1	442	442
16	Brunton Park	Carlisle United		1	103	103
17	Cardiff City Stadium	Cardiff City and Wales		1	501	501
18	Carrow Road	Norwich City		1	404	404
19	Causeway Lane	Matlock Town and Matlock Town Reserves	--	1	254	254
20	Craven Cottage	Fulham		1	497	497
21	Cressing Road (Amlin Stadium)	Braintree Town, Braintree Town Reserves and Dunmow Town	--	1	465	465
22	Dean Court (The Vitality Stadium)	AFC Bournemouth		1	586	586
23	Deepdale	Preston North End		1	187	187
24	DW Stadium	Wigan Athletic		1	214	214
25	Easter Road	Hibernian		1	182	182
26	Edgeley Park	Stockport County	--	1	222	222
27	Elland Road	Leeds United		1	166	166
28	Estadio Algarve	Louletano DC, Portugal, Gibraltar and SC Farense		1	2,543	2,543
29	Estadio da Luz	Portugal, SL Benfica, SL Benfica B and SL Benfica Fermino	--	1	2,350	2,350
30	Etihad Stadium	Manchester City		1	211	211
31	Ewood Park	Blackburn Rovers		1	186	186
32	Field Mill	Mansfield Town and Mansfield Town Ladies		1	256	256
33	Fratton Park	Portsmouth	--	1	579	579
34	Glanford Park	Scunthorpe United		1	206	206
35	Globe Arena	Morecambe		1	161	161
36	Goodison Park	Everton		1	239	239
37	Gresty Road (The Alexandra Stadium)	Crewe Alexandra		1	269	269
38	Griffin Park	Brentford		1	494	494
39	Hayes Lane (Westminster Waste Stadium)	Bromley, Bromley Ladies, Cray Wanderers and Crystal Palace Ladies	--	1	514	514
40	Hillsborough	Sheffield Wednesday		1	216	216
41	Holker Street	Barrow	--	1	175	175
42	Home Park	Plymouth Argyle		1	668	668
43	Horsfall Stadium	Albion Sports, Bradford Park Avenue, Bradford Park Avenue Ladies and Bradford City Women		1	169	169
44	Ibrox	Rangers		1	243	243
45	Kenilworth Road	Luton Town	--	1	438	438
46	Loftus Road	Queens Park Rangers		1	493	493
47	London Road	Peterborough United		1	352	352
48	London Stadium (Olympic Stadium)	West Ham United		1	493	493
49	Mariners Park	South Shields and Sunderland Ladies	--	1	12	12
50	Meadow Lane	Notts County and Notts County Ladies		1	284	284
51	Memorial Stadium	Bristol Rovers and Bristol City Women	--	1	489	489
52	Millmoor	Rotherham United	--	1	215	215
53	Molineux	Wolverhampton Wanderers		1	332	332
54	Moss Rose	Macclesfield FC, Macclesfield FC Reserves, Macclesfield Town and Stoke City U23		1	243	243
55	New Rowley Park (Premier Plus Stadium)	Cambridge United Ladies, St Neots Town, St Neots Town Reserves and St Neots Town Saints	--	1	395	395
56	New York Stadium	Rotherham United		1	215	215
57	North Street (The Impact Arena)	Alfreton Town, Alfreton Town Reserves, Nottingham Forest U23 and Selston	--	1	261	261
58	Oakwell	Barnsley		1	197	197
59	Old Trafford	Manchester United		1	216	216
60	Parc des Princes	Paris St Germain and Paris FC	--	1	909	909
61	Portman Road	Ipswich Town		1	463	463
62	Prenton Park	Liverpool U23, Tranmere Rovers and Liverpool Ladies	--	1	249	249
63	Pride Park	Derby County		1	285	285
64	Priestfield	Gillingham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham Women		1	528	528
65	Richmond Park	St Patrick's Athletic, Dublin City and Shamrock Rovers		1	442	442
66	Roots Hall	Southend United		1	511	511
67	Rugby Park	Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock Ladies and Kilmarnock Reserves		1	243	243
68	San Siro (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)	AC Milan and Inter Milan	--	1	1,616	1,616
69	Select Car Leasing Stadium	Reading and Reading Women		1	494	494
70	Selhurst Park	Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Wimbledon		1	510	510
71	Shielfield Park	Berwick Rangers, Berwick Rangers Reserves and Tweedmouth Rangers		1	113	113
72	Sincil Bank	Lincoln City	--	1	258	258
73	Sixfields	Northampton Town and Coventry City	--	1	383	383
74	Spotland	Rochdale		1	193	193
75	St Andrew's	Birmingham City, Birmingham City Women and Coventry City		1	346	346
76	St James Park	Exeter City	--	1	608	608
77	St James' Park	Newcastle United		1	0	0
78	St Mary's Stadium	Southampton and Southampton FC Women		1	563	563
79	St Mirren Park (The Simple Digital Arena)	St Mirren and St Mirren Reserves		1	252	252
80	Stamford Bridge	Chelsea		1	497	497
81	Steel Park	Corby Town		1	349	349
82	Stonebridge Road	Ebbsfleet United	--	1	513	513
83	The Abbey Stadium	Cambridge United and Cambridge Regional College	--	1	409	409
84	The Bescot	Aston Villa U23, Aston Villa Women and Walsall		1	334	334
85	The Broadfield Stadium	Brighton & Hove Albion Ladies, Brighton & Hove Albion U23 and Crawley Town		1	549	549
86	The City Ground	Nottingham Forest		1	284	284
87	The Coventry Building Society Arena	Coventry City and Coventry United Ladies		1	349	349
88	The Darlington Arena	Darlington United, Darlington and Middlesbrough U23		1	65	65
89	The Emirates Stadium	Arsenal		1	489	489
90	The EnviroVent Stadium	Harrogate Town and Harrogate Town Ladies		1	136	136
91	The Hawthorns	West Bromwich Albion		1	342	342
92	The International Stadium	Gateshead and Newcastle United U23		1	4	4
93	The John Smith's Stadium	Huddersfield Town		1	183	183
94	The Kassam Stadium	Oxford United		1	452	452
95	The KCOM Stadium	Hull City		1	198	198
96	The Keepmoat Stadium	Doncaster Rovers and Doncaster Rovers Belles		1	207	207
97	The King Power Stadium	Leicester City and Leicester City Women		1	328	328
98	The Lamb Ground	Tamworth, Tamworth Academy, Tamworth Ladies, Aston Villa Women and Burton Albion Ladies	--	1	324	324
99	The Liberty Stadium	Swansea City and Wales		1	499	499
100	The Millennium Stadium (Principality Stadium)	Wales		1	500	500
101	The New Meadow	Shrewsbury Town		1	329	329
102	The Pirelli Stadium	Burton Albion		1	298	298
103	The Racecourse Ground	Wrexham and Wales	--	1	288	288
104	The Riverside Stadium	Middlesbrough		1	64	64
105	The Shay	FC Halifax Town	--	1	175	175
106	The Silverlake Stadium	Eastleigh and Eastleigh Ladies		1	556	556
107	The Stadium of Light	Sunderland and Sunderland Ladies		1	20	20
108	The Valley	Charlton Athletic	--	1	501	501
109	The Walks Stadium	Kings Lynn FC, Kings Lynn Town and Kings Lynn Town Reserves		1	349	349
110	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	Tottenham Hotspur		1	483	483
111	Toughsheet Community Stadium	Bolton Wanderers		1	206	206
112	Turf Moor	Burnley		1	171	171
113	Tynecastle	Heart of Midlothian		1	183	183
114	Upton Park (Boleyn Ground)	Charlton Athletic and West Ham United		1	495	495
115	Vale Park	Port Vale		1	270	270
116	Valley Parade	Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue		1	162	162
117	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
118	Vicarage Road	Watford and Wealdstone		1	470	470
119	Victoria Road (Chigwell Construction Stadium)	Dagenham & Redbridge, West Ham United U23 and West Ham United Women		1	496	496
120	Villa Park	Aston Villa		1	342	342
121	Welfare Park	Bedlington Terriers		1	22	22
122	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur		1	485	485
123	Westfalenstadion (Signal Iduna Park)	Borussia Dortmund and Germany	--	1	891	891
124	White Hart Lane	Tottenham Hotspur		1	483	483
125	Woodhorn Lane	Ashington and Ashington Reserves		1	29	29
Total					46,678	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