rafc1994

By The Compass

• ↑ Most northerly ground: Brunton Park home to Carlisle United
• → Most easterly ground: JobServe Community Stadium home to Colchester United
• ↓ Most southerly ground: Plainmoor home to Torquay United, Truro City
• ← Most westerly ground: Plainmoor home to Torquay United, Truro City

About rafc1994

First Game

I can't remember. I know that it was at some point in 1999. It would have been the previous season, but my dad refused to take me whilst Graham Barrow was our manager. My first away game was an FA Cup tie at Wolverhampton Wanderers in January 2003.

Best Game

Either beating Northampton town in April 2010, when Chris O'Grady scored the goal that won us promotion for the first time in 40 years, or winning 2-0 at Southampton in September 2010.

Worst Game

Lincoln city 7-1 Rochdale in 2004. I begged my dad for weeks to take me. I still think if that penalty was awarded then it would have been a different game ;)

The atmosphere was brilliant, and after biting our nails whilst 1-0 up after they had countless opportunities to score, Gary Jones scored from 30 yards to send 600 dale fans into raptures. 20,000 fans getting outsung by us was a fantastic feeling!

It's a strange feeling going there, it doesn't feel like going to a football match. There is a really old stand to the right, which is closed due to health and safety, and a decent if not old stand opposite the away end. To the left is a curved terrace similar to the one opposite, and the away end is standing at the bottom with seating up top. There is no atmosphere, and the view is atrocious from the bottom. I'm not even going to try and explain what the toilet facilities were like!

63 Grounds Visited to Watch Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating	# Visits	Mileage	Tot Mileage
1	Bloomfield Road	Blackpool	--	1	75	75
2	Blundell Park	Grimsby Town	--	1	175	175
3	Boundary Park	Oldham Athletic		1	10	10
4	Bramall Lane	Sheffield United and Sheffield United Women	--	1	68	68
5	Broadhurst Park	FC United of Manchester and FC United of Manchester Women	--	1	14	14
6	Brunton Park	Carlisle United	--	1	186	186
7	Butchers Arms	Droylsden and Stretford Paddock FC	--	1	19	19
8	Cantilever Park	Warrington Town and Warrington Town Reserves	--	1	47	47
9	Christie Park	Morecambe	--	1	82	82
10	Dark Lane	Rossendale United	--	1	12	12
11	Dean Court (The Vitality Stadium)	AFC Bournemouth	--	1	400	400
12	Deepdale	Preston North End	--	1	47	47
13	Edgar Street	Hereford FC and Hereford United	--	1	220	220
14	Elland Road	Leeds United	--	1	54	54
15	Etihad Stadium	Manchester City	--	1	19	19
16	Field Mill	Mansfield Town and Mansfield Town Ladies	--	1	105	105
17	Fratton Park	Portsmouth	--	1	402	402
18	Gay Meadow	Shrewsbury Town	--	1	135	135
19	Gigg Lane	Bury FC, Bury FC Women and FC United of Manchester	--	1	11	11
20	Glanford Park	Scunthorpe United	--	1	122	122
21	Globe Arena	Morecambe	--	1	83	83
22	Haig Avenue (Merseyrail Community Stadium)	Everton U23, Southport and Everton Women	--	1	66	66
23	Highbury Stadium	Fleetwood Town	--	1	80	80
24	Hillsborough	Sheffield Wednesday	--	1	63	63
25	JobServe Community Stadium	Colchester United	--	1	348	348
26	Kellamergh Park	AFC Fylde Women and AFC Fylde	--	1	62	62
27	Meadow Lane	Notts County and Notts County Ladies	--	1	127	127
28	Memorial Stadium	Bristol Rovers and Bristol City Women	--	1	297	297
29	Molineux	Wolverhampton Wanderers	--	1	142	142
30	Moss Rose	Macclesfield FC, Macclesfield FC Reserves, Macclesfield Town and Stoke City U23	--	1	52	52
31	Neuven Stadium	Bury AFC, Radcliffe FC, Blackburn Rovers Ladies and FC United of Manchester	--	1	15	15
32	New York Stadium	Rotherham United	--	1	72	72
33	Oakwell	Barnsley	--	1	59	59
34	Old Trafford	Manchester United	--	1	24	24
35	Plainmoor	Torquay United and Truro City	--	1	449	449
36	Rodney Parade	Newport County	--	1	289	289
37	Saltergate	Chesterfield	--	1	81	81
38	Sincil Bank	Lincoln City	--	1	146	146
39	Sixfields	Northampton Town and Coventry City	--	1	218	218
40	SMH Group Stadium	Chesterfield, Sheffield United U23 and Sheffield United Women	--	1	80	80
41	Spotland	Rochdale		1	0	0
42	St James Park	Exeter City	--	1	415	415
43	St Mary's Stadium	Southampton and Southampton FC Women	--	1	381	381
44	Stadium:MK	Milton Keynes Dons, Milton Keynes Dons Ladies and Milton Keynes Dons Development	--	1	253	253
45	The Bescot	Aston Villa U23, Aston Villa Women and Walsall	--	1	147	147
46	The Crown Ground	Accrington Stanley and Burnley Women	--	1	25	25
47	The Darlington Arena	Darlington United, Darlington and Middlesbrough U23	--	1	133	133
48	The Den	Millwall and London City Lionesses	--	1	345	345
49	The John Smith's Stadium	Huddersfield Town	--	1	34	34
50	The Kassam Stadium	Oxford United	--	1	275	275
51	The KCOM Stadium	Hull City	--	1	149	149
52	The New Lawn	Forest Green Rovers and Gloucester City	--	1	266	266
53	The New Meadow	Shrewsbury Town	--	1	137	137
54	The Racecourse Ground	Wrexham and Wales	--	1	104	104
55	The Shay	FC Halifax Town	--	1	29	29
56	The Valley	Charlton Athletic	--	1	349	349
57	Toughsheet Community Stadium	Bolton Wanderers	--	1	30	30
58	Vale Park	Port Vale	--	1	79	79
59	Valley Parade	Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue	--	1	43	43
60	Valley Road	Flixton, Northwich Manchester Villa and Northwich Victoria	--	1	29	29
61	Victoria Road (Chigwell Construction Stadium)	Dagenham & Redbridge, West Ham United U23 and West Ham United Women	--	1	347	347
62	Victoria Stadium	Northwich Manchester Villa and Northwich Victoria	--	1	54	54
63	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur	--	1	327	327
Total					8,907	8,907

2 Countries Visited to Watch Football