hyllnd

By The Compass

• ↑ Most northerly ground: Aspmyra Stadion home to Bodo/Glimt, Bodo/Glimt 2, Bodo/Glimt 3
• → Most easterly ground: Beijing Fengtai Stadium home to Beijing Guoan FC, Beijing Renhe FC
• ↓ Most southerly ground: Estadio Centenario home to Montevideo City Torque, Montevideo Wanderers, Nacional (Uruguay), Penarol, Uruguay
• ← Most westerly ground: Estadio Rosas Pampa home to San Marcos, Sport Rosario

About hyllnd

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First Game

Arsenal 1-1 Tottenham, Premier League, 29th April 1995.
I sat in the East Stand at Highbury with my mum, a second generation Arsenal fan from the sixties and seventies, and my little brother who is a Spurs fan due to peer pressure from the other kids who lived in our street.

Ian Wright scored a penalty past Ian Walker for us and I think Klinsmann equalised. I remember the programme having David Seaman on the cover after his penalty saves against Sampdoria in the Cup Winners Cup Semi Final! I have it and plan to frame it. The ticket is attached to a framed Arsenal shirt from 2005/06 (commerorative Highbury kit) that my brother gave to me...

Best Game

Boca Juniors 1-2 River Plate
5 minutes after Riquelme's magical freekick the atmosphere was at such a level that a tear came to my eye. I cried in La Bombonera and it inspired me to write about my experiences living in South America and the football down there. (If you want to check it out @BomboneraTears)

A.C. Milan 0-2 Arsenal, Champions League, March 2008.
My first European away game started at Gatwick Airport at 4am on a Tuesday or Wednesday morning. We had drawn the home tie 0-0 and everybody thought that favoured Milan (Wenger knows better- home team must attack, the power of the away goal). Dan, Doug and I spent the day in Milan city centre, at Duomo Cathedral and the square around it with some pints, singing and chatting to local fans before making our way to the San Siro. We were with the Arsenal Travel Club and had a police escort to the stadium, due to the recent history between English and Italian clubs - shame really, because the atmosphere between our fans and theirs was very good. But it meant we didn't get to walk around the San Siro and experience the general atmosphere as we were ushered straight into the ground.

It was March and whilst the day had been warm in the sun (15 degrees) the evening was very cold! I only had a jumper with me :S.

The game was close but we were on top. Then Cesc unleashed from 35 yards!! The away goal was ours and Milan had to push hard to have any chance of getting to the quarters. Theo Walcott then came on, ran a long way at a fast pace and laid off a perfect pass to some lanky, clumsy striker (Can't remember his name today) who scored to make it 2-0.

One thing that will stay with me a long time is the way the Milan fans acknowledged our support at the end of the game. We were behind panes of glass/perspex on an upper tier but as they were leaving a lot of fans in our end would clap towards us and congratulate us on the win. Thanks AC Milan.

We had to wait an hour after the final whistle before we could leave but the club put on an Arsenal DVD whilst we were waiting and it made the bitterly cold weather a little more bearable...

We got back to Gatwick at 3am the next day. A brilliant 24hours:)

Close 2nd: River Plate vs Lanus, 1-1, worth a mention for the attitude, passion and atmosphere created by the home fans. Interestingly, and in contradiction to Europe, it was the HOME fans who had to wait an hour after the final whistle before they could leave. I guess it was to give the away fans a head start...

Close 3rd: Beijing Guo'an game at Fengtai Stadium in China...

Worst Game

2-0 up at Wigan with a chance of winning the league, 12 minutes to go yet somehow we leave empty handed. Long five-hour drive home

Read why in @BomboneraTears

103 Grounds Visited to Watch Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating	# Visits	Mileage	Tot Mileage
1	Amex Stadium	Brighton & Hove Albion	--	1	96	96
2	Arasen Stadion	Lillestrom	--	1	1,447	1,447
3	Arena das Dunas	ABC, America RN and Santa Cruz Futebol Clube (Natal)	--	1	8,949	8,949
4	Arena Fonte Nova	Bahia, Bahia Feminino and Vitoria	--	1	10,034	10,034
5	Ashton Gate	Bristol City	--	1	217	217
6	Aspmyra Stadion	Bodo/Glimt, Bodo/Glimt 2 and Bodo/Glimt 3	--	1	2,386	2,386
7	Beijing Fengtai Stadium	Beijing Renhe FC and Beijing Guoan FC	--	1	10,108	10,108
8	Bislett Stadion	FK Lyn, Skeid and Valerenga	--	1	1,428	1,428
9	Brisbane Road (Breyer Group Stadium)	Leyton Orient and Tottenham Hotspur Women	--	1	8	8
10	Briskeby Stadion	Hamarkameratene and Hamarkameratene 2	--	1	1,536	1,536
11	Constro Arena	Mjondalen and Mjondalen 2	--	1	1,377	1,377
12	Craven Cottage	Fulham	--	1	15	15
13	DW Stadium	Wigan Athletic	--	1	349	349
14	Estadio Alberto J Armando (La Bombonera)	Boca Juniors	--	1	13,838	13,838
15	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva	Alianza Lima, Municipal and Universidad San Martin	--	1	12,644	12,644
16	Estadio Alfredo Beranger	Temperley	--	1	13,858	13,858
17	Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry	Ferro Carril Oeste, Argentinos Juniors and Boca Juniors	--	1	13,841	13,841
18	Estadio Atanasio Girardot	Atletico Nacional and Independiente Medellin		1	10,516	10,516
19	Estadio Beto Larrosa	Sacachispas (Argentina) and CD Riestra		1	13,847	13,847
20	Estadio Centenario	Montevideo City Torque, Uruguay, Montevideo Wanderers, Nacional (Uruguay) and Penarol		1	13,736	13,736
21	Estadio Ciudad de Vicente Lopez	Club Atletico Platense	--	1	13,834	13,834
22	Estadio Diego Armando Maradona	Argentinos Juniors	--	1	13,841	13,841
23	Estadio do Maracana (Estadio Mario Filho)	Brazil, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama	--	1	11,540	11,540
24	Estadio Don Leon Kolbowski	Club Atletico Atlanta	--	1	13,839	13,839
25	Estadio El Campin	Independiente Santa Fe, Millonarios and Colombia		1	10,563	10,563
26	Estadio Excursionistas	Excursionistas	--	1	13,834	13,834
27	Estadio Hernando Siles	Bolivia, Club Bolivar and The Strongest	--	1	12,432	12,432
28	Estadio Jose Amalfitani	Velez Sarsfield	--	1	13,848	13,848
29	Estadio Jose Dellagiovanna	Club Atletico Tigre	--	1	13,827	13,827
30	Estadio Juan Domingo Peron	Racing Club and Arsenal de Sarandi	--	1	13,842	13,842
31	Estadio Juan Pasquale	Defensores de Belgrano	--	1	13,833	13,833
32	Estadio Julio H Grondona	Arsenal de Sarandi	--	1	13,842	13,842
33	Estadio Libertadores de America	Independiente	--	1	13,843	13,843
34	Estadio Marcelo Alberto Bielsa	Newell's Old Boys	--	1	13,787	13,787
35	Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes	Club Atletico Talleres and Argentina	--	1	13,839	13,839
36	Estadio Monumental	Club Universitario de Deportes and Universidad San Martin		1	12,636	12,636
37	Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti	Argentina and River Plate	--	1	13,833	13,833
38	Estadio Monumental David Arellano	Colo-Colo, Chile and Huachipato	--	1	14,514	14,514
39	Estadio Monumental de la Unsa	FBC Melgar		1	12,684	12,684
40	Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna	Palestino	--	1	14,521	14,521
41	Estadio Nacional	Alianza Lima, Peru and Universidad San Martin		1	12,645	12,645
42	Estadio Nacional Mane Garrincha	Legiao and Brasiliense	--	1	10,932	10,932
43	Estadio Nuevo Francisco Urbano	CD Moron		1	13,858	13,858
44	Estadio Olimpico Pascual Guerrero	America de Cali, Atletico, Boca Juniors de Cali and Deportivo Cali		1	10,904	10,904
45	Estadio Palogrande	Once Caldas		1	10,638	10,638
46	Estadio Pedro Bidegain	San Lorenzo	--	1	13,845	13,845
47	Estadio Polideportivo Sur	Envigado		1	10,525	10,525
48	Estadio Rosas Pampa	San Marcos and Sport Rosario		1	12,407	12,407
49	Estadio Sausalito	Everton (Chile)	--	1	14,526	14,526
50	Estadio Tomas Adolfo Duco	Huracan	--	1	13,841	13,841
51	Estadio Victor Agustin Ugarte	Nacional Potosi and Real Potosi	--	1	12,603	12,603
52	Etihad Stadium	Manchester City	--	1	319	319
53	Ewood Park	Blackburn Rovers	--	1	361	361
54	Foyka Stadion	Asker and Asker 2	--	1	1,405	1,405
55	Frogner Stadion	FK Lyn and Lokomotiv Oslo	--	1	1,427	1,427
56	Goodison Park	Everton	--	1	354	354
57	Gressbanen	Ready IF and Ready IF 2		1	1,428	1,428
58	Griffin Park	Brentford	--	1	19	19
59	Grorud Idrettspark	Grorud, Grorud 2 and Kolbotn Kvinner	--	1	1,438	1,438
60	Hemingbanen	Heming	--	1	1,429	1,429
61	Highbury	Arsenal	--	1	1	1
62	Home Park	Plymouth Argyle	--	1	387	387
63	Honefoss Idrettspark (Aka Arena)	Honefoss BK and Honefoss BK Kvinner	--	1	1,432	1,432
64	Idrettsparken	FK Mandalskameratene	--	1	1,076	1,076
65	Intility Arena	Valerenga, Valerenga Damer and Valerenga II		1	1,430	1,430
66	Islas Malvinas Stadium	All Boys	--	1	13,844	13,844
67	KFUM Arena	KFUM-Kameratene Oslo	--	1	1,426	1,426
68	Leylands Park	Burgess Hill Town	--	1	81	81
69	LSK-Hallen	Lillestrom 2 and Lillestrom Kvinner	--	1	1,447	1,447
70	Marienlyst kunstgress	Fagerborg, Frigg Oslo FK, Lokomotiv Oslo and Majorstuen FK	--	1	1,428	1,428
71	Marienlyst Stadion	Drammen FK, Stromsgodset and Stromsgodset 2	--	1	1,384	1,384
72	Max Augustin	AD Comerciantes and Iquitos	--	1	11,415	11,415
73	Memorial Stadium	Bristol Rovers and Bristol City Women	--	1	213	213
74	Nadderud Stadion	Stabaek and Stabaek Kvinner		1	1,421	1,421
75	Nou Camp	Catalonia and Barcelona	--	1	1,422	1,422
76	Old Trafford	Manchester United	--	1	321	321
77	Old Wembley Stadium	England	--	1	15	15
78	Olympiastadion Berlin	Germany and Hertha Berlin	--	1	1,141	1,141
79	Rolvsrud	Lorenskog IF and Lorenskog IF 2	--	1	1,437	1,437
80	San Siro (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)	AC Milan and Inter Milan	--	1	1,190	1,190
81	Sandvika Stadion (Kadettangen)	Baerum SK and Baerum SK 2	--	1	1,415	1,415
82	Selhurst Park	Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Wimbledon	--	1	22	22
83	Sor Arena	Start IK and Start IK 2	--	1	1,117	1,117
84	Stamford Bridge	Chelsea	--	1	12	12
85	Strommen Stadion	Strommen IF and Strommen IF 2	--	1	1,442	1,442
86	Telenor Arena	Stabaek	--	1	1,421	1,421
87	The Broadfield Stadium	Brighton & Hove Albion Ladies, Brighton & Hove Albion U23 and Crawley Town	--	1	63	63
88	The Emirates Stadium	Arsenal	--	1	0	0
89	The Goldstone Ground	Brighton & Hove Albion	--	1	99	99
90	The Hive	Barnet, London Bees and Tottenham Hotspur Women	--	1	17	17
91	The Millennium Stadium (Principality Stadium)	Wales	--	1	265	265
92	The Pilot Field	Hastings United, Hastings United U23 and Hastings United Women	--	1	112	112
93	The Valley	Charlton Athletic	--	1	16	16
94	The Withdean Stadium	AFC Varndeanians, Brighton Electricity, Withdean 2000 and Brighton & Hove Albion	--	1	97	97
95	Toughsheet Community Stadium	Bolton Wanderers	--	1	346	346
96	Ullevaal Stadion	Norway, FK Lyn and Valerenga	--	1	1,430	1,430
97	Underhill	Barnet and London Bees	--	1	14	14
98	Upton Park (Boleyn Ground)	Charlton Athletic and West Ham United	--	1	13	13
99	Vallhall Arena	Valerenga II	--	1	1,431	1,431
100	Villa Park	Aston Villa	--	1	200	200
101	Volksparkstadion	Hamburger SV and HSV Hamburger Sportverein	--	1	885	885
102	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur	--	1	15	15
103	White Hart Lane	Tottenham Hotspur	--	1	8	8
Total					596,817	596,825

18 Grounds Visited for Tours/Non-Football

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14 Countries Visited to Watch Football