kingofthekippax

By The Compass

• ↑ Most northerly ground: The John Smith's Stadium home to Huddersfield Town
• → Most easterly ground: Hartsdown Park home to Canterbury City, Margate, Margate U23, Thanet United
• ↓ Most southerly ground: Nyewood Lane home to Bognor Regis Town
• ← Most westerly ground: Prenton Park home to Liverpool Ladies, Liverpool U23, Tranmere Rovers

About kingofthekippax

Big is not always best, Try Princes Park (Dartford FC) to see what can be achieved at non league level.

First Game

Fulham v Manchester City
Fulham won 5 - 1, but I was in the city end!

Best Game

Manchester City 5 v 1 Manchester United
23rd September 1989. The firt Manchester derby after city winning promotion back to the top flight. A superb young City team, cries of Fergie out, and I missed the 5th goal after tumbling down the Kippax terracing after we put away the 4th. Brilliant.

Worst Game

Drawing with Bristol Rovers at Maine road was grim, as was losing 4 v 0 to Arsenal (in the first 30mins).
Tonbridge Losing the Ryman semi final play off 2009 to Carshalton after so much expectation.

This is such an iconic stadium and so sad its gone. I first went in the late 80's, and then had a season ticket in the Kippax in the final years. There was so much space around the ground, a good view everywhere, good food and drink, Helen's bell, the Parkside, the Kippax courtyard, and above all a great atmosphere that will never be experienced again

Sutton's ground has a running track between you and the action, so you have a sub standard view, and there is little atmoshere. A ramshackle array of stands with no symetry, you walk round the ground trying to find a good viewpoint only to find yourself back where you started.

72 Grounds Visited to Watch Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating	# Visits	Mileage	Tot Mileage
1	AGP Arena	Billericay Town, Billericay Town Ladies, Billericay Town Ladies Development and Hutton	--	1	58	58
2	Amex Stadium	Brighton & Hove Albion	--	1	57	57
3	Ashton Gate	Bristol City		1	251	251
4	Bayliss Avenue	Erith Town, Metrogas, Sporting Club Thamesmead, Charlton Athletic Women, Thamesmead Town and Welling Town	--	1	42	42
5	Blundell Park	Grimsby Town		1	327	327
6	Bramall Lane	Sheffield United and Sheffield United Women		1	333	333
7	Brisbane Road (Breyer Group Stadium)	Leyton Orient and Tottenham Hotspur Women	--	1	54	54
8	Calthorpe Park	Fleet Town and Bagshot	--	1	97	97
9	Champion Hill Stadium	Crystal Palace U23, Dulwich Hamlet, Dulwich Hamlet Women, Fisher Athletic, Corinthian Casuals and Fisher	--	1	46	46
10	Church Road	Hayes & Yeading United	--	1	73	73
11	Craven Cottage	Fulham		1	56	56
12	Culverden Stadium	Tunbridge Wells and Tunbridge Wells Reserves		1	9	9
13	Etihad Stadium	Manchester City		1	377	377
14	Filbert Street	Leicester City		1	229	229
15	Fratton Park	Portsmouth		1	129	129
16	Goring's Mead	Horsham YMCA and Horsham		1	56	56
17	Gresty Road (The Alexandra Stadium)	Crewe Alexandra		1	346	346
18	Hartsdown Park	Canterbury City, Margate, Margate U23 and Thanet United	--	1	98	98
19	Hayes Lane (Westminster Waste Stadium)	Bromley, Bromley Ladies, Cray Wanderers and Crystal Palace Ladies		1	33	33
20	Highbury	Arsenal		1	58	58
21	Highfield Road	Coventry City		1	224	224
22	Hillsborough	Sheffield Wednesday		1	339	339
23	Imperial Fields	Balham, Tooting & Mitcham United, Tooting & Mitcham United U23, Tooting Bec Reserves, Tooting Bec Women, Chelsea Ladies, Dulwich Hamlet, Kingstonian and Tooting Bec		1	46	46
24	Loftus Road	Queens Park Rangers		1	60	60
25	Longmead	Ide Hill and Tonbridge Angels		1	0	0
26	Lordswood Sports Club	Lordswood, Lordswood Reserves, Hollands & Blair and VCD Athletic	--	1	30	30
27	Maine Road	Manchester City		1	375	375
28	Mayfield Stadium	AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon Athletic, Balham, Old Rutlishians and Westside	--	1	42	42
29	Meadow Lane	Notts County and Notts County Ladies		1	267	267
30	Molineux	Wolverhampton Wanderers		1	280	280
31	Nyewood Lane	Bognor Regis Town	--	1	102	102
32	Oakwell	Barnsley		1	355	355
33	Old Trafford	Manchester United	--	1	379	379
34	Old Wembley Stadium	England		1	67	67
35	Park Lane	Canvey Island, Hashtag United Women and Benfleet FC		1	52	52
36	Park View Road	Erith & Belvedere, Welling United and Welling United Women		1	37	37
37	Plough Lane (old)	Wimbledon		1	50	50
38	Portman Road	Ipswich Town		1	139	139
39	Prenton Park	Liverpool U23, Tranmere Rovers and Liverpool Ladies		1	409	409
40	Priestfield	Gillingham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham Women		1	35	35
41	Princes Park	Dartford, Dartford Women, London City Lionesses, Thamesmead Town, Charlton Athletic Women, Greenwich Borough and Millwall U23		1	31	31
42	Priory Lane	Eastbourne Borough and Langney Wanderers		1	56	56
43	Ram Meadow	Bury Town, Bury Town Ladies, Bury Town U23 and Team Bury	--	1	148	148
44	Select Car Leasing Stadium	Reading and Reading Women		1	112	112
45	Selhurst Park	Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Wimbledon		1	40	40
46	Ship Lane	Thurrock, Romford and West Ham United Women		1	38	38
47	St Andrew's	Birmingham City, Birmingham City Women and Coventry City		1	253	253
48	St Mary's Stadium	Southampton and Southampton FC Women		1	150	150
49	Stamford Bridge	Chelsea		1	54	54
50	The Bescot	Aston Villa U23, Aston Villa Women and Walsall		1	269	269
51	The Beveree Stadium	Hampton & Richmond Borough and Chelsea Ladies	--	1	61	61
52	The City Ground	Nottingham Forest		1	267	267
53	The Dell	Southampton		1	152	152
54	The Den	Millwall and London City Lionesses		1	47	47
55	The Dripping Pan	Lewes and Lewes Women		1	52	52
56	The Emirates Stadium	Arsenal	--	1	58	58
57	The Fullicks Stadium	Folkestone Invicta	--	1	79	79
58	The Goldstone Ground	Brighton & Hove Albion		1	64	64
59	The Hawthorns	West Bromwich Albion		1	262	262
60	The John Smith's Stadium	Huddersfield Town		1	379	379
61	The Old Den	Millwall		1	46	46
62	The Pilot Field	Hastings United, Hastings United U23 and Hastings United Women	--	1	54	54
63	The Stadium	Hornchurch FC, London Seaward, Romford and West Ham United Women	--	1	48	48
64	The Valley	Charlton Athletic		1	43	43
65	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	46	46
66	Vicarage Road	Watford and Wealdstone		1	84	84
67	Victoria Road (Chigwell Construction Stadium)	Dagenham & Redbridge, West Ham United U23 and West Ham United Women	--	1	47	47
68	Villa Park	Aston Villa		1	257	257
69	War Memorial Sports Ground	Carshalton Athletic, Carshalton Athletic U23 and AFC Wimbledon Ladies	--	1	44	44
70	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur	--	1	67	67
71	White Hart Lane	Tottenham Hotspur		1	61	61
72	Winchs Field (Kent Vehicles Stadium)	Herne Bay, Herne Bay Ladies, Herne Bay Reserves, Canterbury City and Woodstock Sports		1	77	77
Total					9,463	9,463

3 Grounds Visited for Tours/Non-Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating
1	Etihad Stadium	Manchester City
2	Ewood Park	Blackburn Rovers	--
3	Selhurst Park	Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Wimbledon

1 Country Visited to Watch Football