samwaters

By The Compass

• ↑ Most northerly ground: Hampden Park home to Queen's Park, Scotland
• → Most easterly ground: Turk Telekom Arena home to Galatasaray
• ↓ Most southerly ground: Ta Qali Stadium home to Balzan, Birkirkara, Floriana, Gzira United, Hamrun Spartans, Hibernians, Malta, Melita, Mosta, Msida St Joseph, Naxxar Lions, Senglea Athletic, Sliema Wanderers, Hampden Park home to Queen's Park, Scotland

About samwaters

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First Game

Aston Villa u21s vs Everton u21s

Aston Villa lost on the day, but we won on aggregate so I got to the likes Stefan Moore lift the FA youth cup at Villa Park, whilst seeing 16 year old Wayne Rooney unwillingly setlle for a runners up medal.

Best Game

Moors:

FCUM 2-2 Solihull Moors

Won the league

Villa:

Wigan 2-2 Aston Villa

Quality away support.

Worst Game

Southampton 6-1 Aston Villa

The most iconic stadium I've ever seen. The red structure makes for a beautiful piece of architecture. It's a little rough round the edges but that just adds to its character. It's criminal that it is being knocked down soon.

Ticket prices, atttitude of stewards, poor quality of food, toilets are just a drain, no roof... The list goes on.

115 Grounds Visited to Watch Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating	# Visits	Mileage	Tot Mileage
1	AFAS Stadion	AZ Alkmaar and AZ Alkmaar II	--	1	547	547
2	Aggborough	Kidderminster Harriers, Wolverhampton Wanderers U23, West Bromwich Albion U23 and Worcester City		1	42	42
3	Ashton Gate	Bristol City		1	156	156
4	Bijeli Brijeg Stadium	Zrinjski Mostar and FK Velez Mostar	--	1	2,194	2,194
5	Bloomfield Road	Blackpool		1	217	217
6	Blundell Park	Grimsby Town	--	1	211	211
7	Bootham Crescent	Leeds United U23, Middlesbrough U23 and York City		1	219	219
8	Boundary Park	Oldham Athletic	--	1	157	157
9	Bower Fold	Rochdale U18, Stalybridge Celtic and FC United of Manchester		1	145	145
10	Bramall Lane	Sheffield United and Sheffield United Women	--	1	131	131
11	Broadhurst Park	FC United of Manchester and FC United of Manchester Women		1	153	153
12	Cardiff City Stadium	Cardiff City and Wales		1	182	182
13	Carrow Road	Norwich City	--	1	259	259
14	Court Place Farm	Long Crendon, Oxford City, Oxford City Dev, Oxford City Nomads, Oxford City Women and Oxford United Women	--	1	102	102
15	Cressing Road (Amlin Stadium)	Braintree Town, Braintree Town Reserves and Dunmow Town		1	212	212
16	Damson Parkway (Autotech Stadium)	Solihull Moors, Birmingham City U23, Birmingham City Women and Solihull Borough		1	0	0
17	Deepdale	Preston North End		1	200	200
18	Deutsche Bank Park	Eintracht Frankfurt and SV Wehen Wiesbaden	--	1	956	956
19	Dransfield Stadium	Hull City U23, North Ferriby FC, North Ferriby United and Hull City Ladies		1	205	205
20	DW Stadium	Wigan Athletic		1	170	170
21	EBB Stadium	Aldershot Town and Chelsea U23		1	185	185
22	Edgeley Park	Stockport County	--	1	137	137
23	Etihad Stadium	Manchester City	--	1	149	149
24	Ewood Park	Blackburn Rovers		1	188	188
25	Goodison Park	Everton	--	1	171	171
26	Hampden Park	Queen's Park and Scotland		1	510	510
27	Hayes Lane (Westminster Waste Stadium)	Bromley, Bromley Ladies, Cray Wanderers and Crystal Palace Ladies		1	210	210
28	Hillsborough	Sheffield Wednesday		1	136	136
29	Holker Street	Barrow		1	263	263
30	Horsfall Stadium	Albion Sports, Bradford Park Avenue, Bradford Park Avenue Ladies and Bradford City Women		1	182	182
31	Huish Park	Yeovil Town and Bridgwater United Women		1	220	220
32	Jan Breydelstadion	Cercle Brugge, Club Brugge and Club NXT	--	1	455	455
33	Karaiskakis Stadium	Greece and Olympiacos	--	1	3,156	3,156
34	Kellamergh Park	AFC Fylde Women and AFC Fylde		1	206	206
35	Kenilworth Road	Luton Town		1	136	136
36	Keys Park	Hednesford Town, Hednesford Town Ladies and West Bromwich Albion U23		1	41	41
37	Knights Lane	FC Stratford, Stratford Town, Stratford Town Reserves and Birmingham City Women		1	35	35
38	Liberty Way	Birmingham City U23 and Nuneaton Town	--	1	29	29
39	Llanelian Road	Colwyn Bay		1	200	200
40	LNER Community Stadium	York City	--	1	221	221
41	Loftus Road	Queens Park Rangers		1	183	183
42	London Stadium (Olympic Stadium)	West Ham United	--	1	193	193
43	Meadow Lane	Notts County and Notts County Ladies	--	1	87	87
44	Meadow Park	Arsenal Women, Boreham Wood and Arsenal U23		1	166	166
45	Meadowbank	Dorking, Dorking Wanderers, Dorking Wanderers Ladies and Dorking Wanderers Reserves	--	1	206	206
46	Mill Farm	AFC Fylde and AFC Fylde Women	--	1	210	210
47	Molineux	Wolverhampton Wanderers	--	1	38	38
48	Moor Lane	Salford City		1	155	155
49	Moss Rose	Macclesfield FC, Macclesfield FC Reserves, Macclesfield Town and Stoke City U23		1	115	115
50	Northolme	Gainsborough Trinity, Gainsborough Trinity Reserves and Boston United		1	156	156
51	Nou Camp	Catalonia and Barcelona	--	1	1,571	1,571
52	Old Trafford	Manchester United	--	1	148	148
53	Parc des Princes	Paris St Germain and Paris FC	--	1	609	609
54	Portman Road	Ipswich Town		1	251	251
55	Prenton Park	Liverpool U23, Tranmere Rovers and Liverpool Ladies		1	167	167
56	Pride Park	Derby County		1	71	71
57	RheinEnergie Stadion	1. FC Koln	--	1	768	768
58	San Siro (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)	AC Milan and Inter Milan	--	1	1,376	1,376
59	Select Car Leasing Stadium	Reading and Reading Women		1	155	155
60	Selhurst Park	Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Wimbledon	--	1	202	202
61	Sixfields	Northampton Town and Coventry City	--	1	75	75
62	SMH Group Stadium	Chesterfield, Sheffield United U23 and Sheffield United Women		1	116	116
63	Spotland	Rochdale	--	1	167	167
64	St Andrew's	Birmingham City, Birmingham City Women and Coventry City	--	1	11	11
65	St James Park	Brackley Town and Brackley Town Saints	--	1	77	77
66	St James' Park	Newcastle United		1	351	351
67	St Mary's Stadium	Southampton and Southampton FC Women	--	1	214	214
68	Stade Pierre Mauroy	Lille	--	1	490	490
69	Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im Marszalka Jozefa Pilsudskiego	Legia Warsaw	--	1	1,918	1,918
70	Stamford Bridge	Chelsea	--	1	188	188
71	Steel Park	Corby Town		1	88	88
72	Stonebridge Road	Ebbsfleet United		1	224	224
73	Ta Qali Stadium	Balzan, Birkirkara, Floriana, Gzira United, Hamrun Spartans, Hibernians, Malta, Melita, Mosta, Msida St Joseph, Senglea Athletic, Sliema Wanderers, Valletta and Naxxar Lions	--	1	2,779	2,779
74	The Bescot	Aston Villa U23, Aston Villa Women and Walsall	--	1	26	26
75	The Bob Lucas Stadium	Weymouth and Weymouth Reserves	--	1	259	259
76	The Coppice	Highgate United, Barnt Green Spartak and DSC United	--	1	10	10
77	The Coventry Building Society Arena	Coventry City and Coventry United Ladies	--	1	22	22
78	The Deva Stadium	Chester City and Chester FC		1	142	142
79	The Emirates Stadium	Arsenal	--	1	186	186
80	The EnviroVent Stadium	Harrogate Town and Harrogate Town Ladies		1	216	216
81	The Hawthorns	West Bromwich Albion	--	1	20	20
82	The Hive	Barnet, London Bees and Tottenham Hotspur Women	--	1	170	170
83	The KCOM Stadium	Hull City		1	214	214
84	The King Power Stadium	Leicester City and Leicester City Women	--	1	57	57
85	The Laithwaite Community Stadium	Woking, Hayes & Yeading United and Sheerwater		1	187	187
86	The Lamb Ground	Tamworth, Tamworth Academy, Tamworth Ladies, Aston Villa Women and Burton Albion Ladies		1	27	27
87	The New Bucks Head	AFC Telford United, Wolverhampton Wanderers Women and Wolverhampton Wanderers U23		1	72	72
88	The New Lawn	Forest Green Rovers and Gloucester City		1	110	110
89	The New Meadow	Shrewsbury Town		1	90	90
90	The New Windmill	Leamington and Leamington Lions Ladies		1	34	34
91	The Pavilions	Barnt Green Spartak and Earlswood Town	--	1	14	14
92	The Pirelli Stadium	Burton Albion		1	54	54
93	The Racecourse Ground	Wrexham and Wales		1	135	135
94	The Robins Nest	Knowle and Knowle Ladies		1	7	7
95	The Shay	FC Halifax Town		1	177	177
96	The Victoria Ground	Bromsgrove Rovers, Bromsgrove Sporting and Worcester City	--	1	29	29
97	The Walks Stadium	Kings Lynn FC, Kings Lynn Town and Kings Lynn Town Reserves	--	1	187	187
98	Top Field	Hitchin Town		1	142	142
99	Tose Proeski Arena	FK Rabotnicki Skopje, FK Vardar Skopje and FYR Macedonia	--	1	2,592	2,592
100	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	Tottenham Hotspur	--	1	184	184
101	Toughsheet Community Stadium	Bolton Wanderers		1	171	171
102	Turf Moor	Burnley		1	191	191
103	Turk Telekom Arena	Galatasaray	--	1	3,270	3,270
104	Upton Park (Boleyn Ground)	Charlton Athletic and West Ham United	--	1	198	198
105	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	199	199
106	Veltins-Arena	Schalke 04	--	1	760	760
107	Victoria Park	Hartlepool United	--	1	314	314
108	Victoria Road (Chigwell Construction Stadium)	Dagenham & Redbridge, West Ham United U23 and West Ham United Women		1	204	204
109	Victory Park	Chorley and Chorley Ladies	--	1	182	182
110	Villa Park	Aston Villa	--	1	14	14
111	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur	--	1	175	175
112	Westleigh Park	Clanfield FC, Havant & Waterlooville and Portsmouth FC Women		1	227	227
113	Whaddon Road	Cheltenham Town and Gloucester City		1	78	78
114	White Hart Lane	Tottenham Hotspur	--	1	184	184
115	York Road	Maidenhead United, Maidenhead United Ladies and Hayes & Yeading United		1	155	155
Total					38,498	30,384

11 Grounds Visited for Tours/Non-Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating
1	BC Place	Vancouver Whitecaps and Canada
2	Celtic Park	Celtic
3	Cookley Playing Fields	Cookley Sports Ladies	--
4	Estadio Olimpico de Montjuic (Lluis Companys)	Barcelona, Andorra, Catalonia and Espanyol
5	Ibrox	Rangers
6	Johan Cruyff Arena (Amsterdam Arena)	Ajax and Netherlands	--
7	Norman Green Sports Stadium	AFC Solihull U21 and AFC Solihull
8	Nou Camp	Catalonia and Barcelona	--
9	Oracle Park	USA
10	Stade de Geneve	Servette
11	Strahov Stadium	Sparta Prague B and Sparta Prague Women	--

15 Countries Visited to Watch Football