scottbowman6

By The Compass

• ↑ Most northerly ground: Easter Road home to Hibernian
• → Most easterly ground: Generali Arena home to Czech Republic, Sparta Prague
• ↓ Most southerly ground: Estadio Gran Canaria home to Canary Islands, Las Palmas
• ← Most westerly ground: Subaru Park home to Philadelphia Independence Womens, Philadelphia Union, Philadelphia Union II, USA

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Come on you Irons!

Best Game

West Ham United 1-0 Tottehnham Hotspur, Wednesday 2 March 2016

While I would consider Millwall our real traditional rivals, Spurs nowadays aren't to far behind. The context of this match, as with the game recently at the London Stadium meant that there was significantly more than a London Derby at stake. Spurs were riding high challenging for the title and we were on the home stretch of leaving our famous home and Spurs being one of our last London derbies at the Boleyn Ground meant that losing to a fierce rival was not an option from the perspective of the supporters at least.

The night was ours, after a spectacular goal by Antonio, which wasn't so much spectacular on the eye, more spectacular in terms of importance and I personally felt a sign of relief not having to put up with Spurs supporters taking the piss at being one of the last winners at Upton Park. A such, bragging rights were ours once again, because as everyone knows, when West Ham play Spurs when they challenging for something, they tend to choke.

Worst Game

Newcastle United 3-1 West Ham United, 23.09.2007 - More for the journey than the poor result. 7hr hour coach there and 7hr coach back to Upton Park. From memory Viduka put us to the sword and the highlight was stretching my legs for 90 minutes and my view of Newcastle from the very back of the away end. Painful journey back to London.

Some worthy mentions...

Inter Milan 0-0 Genoa Feb 2010. Boring game, boring half empty ground, Genoese fans were banned, it was cold and I had the mother of all hangovers.

Standard Liege 1-1 KV Kortrijk, 23.11.15 - Horrible place, cold, boring, grey, miserable, smells bad, looks worse and the game was dire. Seemed as if it was 3hrs long and just went on and on. The flipside, the beer was good.

Take away the rivalry, I am a sucker for old traditional grounds. As with Upton Park, seeing White Hart Lane demolished is a shame. New stadiums don't have character or charm and they feel more like shopping centres than football stadiums.

I remember sitting on temporary scaffolding and being exposed to the elements. Pot calling the kettle black I hear you say when referring to the London Stadium's temporary seating - I'd be inclined to agree, but at least we have a roof!

73 Grounds Visited to Watch Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating	# Visits	Mileage	Tot Mileage
1	Amex Stadium	Brighton & Hove Albion	--	1	94	94
2	Anfield	Liverpool, Everton and Wales	--	1	360	360
3	Atleti Azzurri d'Italia	Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio and Albinoleffe	--	1	1,196	1,196
4	bet365 Stadium (The Britannia Stadium)	Stoke City	--	1	271	271
5	Bloomfield Road	Blackpool	--	1	403	403
6	Bramall Lane	Sheffield United and Sheffield United Women	--	1	281	281
7	Brisbane Road (Breyer Group Stadium)	Leyton Orient and Tottenham Hotspur Women	--	1	3	3
8	Brunton Park	Carlisle United	--	1	522	522
9	Coles Park Stadium	Haringey Borough, Haringey Borough U23, Haringey Borough Women, Islington St Marys, New Salamis, Sport London e Benfica, Brimsdown, Hackney Wick, Hashtag United, Kentish Town and Woodford Town	--	1	11	11
10	Craven Cottage	Fulham	--	1	20	20
11	DW Stadium	Wigan Athletic	--	1	355	355
12	Easter Road	Hibernian	--	1	663	663
13	Elland Road	Leeds United	--	1	336	336
14	Estadio Gran Canaria	Canary Islands and Las Palmas	--	1	3,613	3,613
15	Etihad Stadium	Manchester City	--	1	325	325
16	Ewood Park	Blackburn Rovers	--	1	367	367
17	Fratton Park	Portsmouth	--	1	137	137
18	Generali Arena	Czech Republic and Sparta Prague	--	1	1,274	1,274
19	Goodison Park	Everton	--	1	361	361
20	Griffin Park	Brentford	--	1	26	26
21	Hayes Lane (Westminster Waste Stadium)	Bromley, Bromley Ladies, Cray Wanderers and Crystal Palace Ladies	--	1	21	21
22	Hillsborough	Sheffield Wednesday	--	1	287	287
23	Kenilworth Road	Luton Town	--	1	59	59
24	Kingsmeadow (Cherry Red Records Stadium)	Chelsea Ladies, AFC Wimbledon, AFC Wimbledon Ladies and Kingstonian	--	1	29	29
25	Loftus Road	Queens Park Rangers	--	1	19	19
26	London Stadium (Olympic Stadium)	West Ham United	--	1	0	0
27	Maurice Dufrasne Stadion	Standard Liege and Standard Liege II	--	1	499	499
28	Mile End Stadium	Beaumont Athletic, Crown and Manor FC, Leyton Orient Ladies Development, Sporting Bengal United, Tower Hamlets and London Seaward	--	1	3	3
29	Molineux	Wolverhampton Wanderers	--	1	231	231
30	Niedersachsenstadion (Das Alte)	Hannover 96 and Hannover 96 II	--	1	837	837
31	Ninian Park	Cardiff City and Wales	--	1	274	274
32	Oakwell	Barnsley	--	1	304	304
33	Old Trafford	Manchester United	--	1	328	328
34	Olympiastadion Berlin	Germany and Hertha Berlin	--	1	1,134	1,134
35	Portman Road	Ipswich Town	--	1	122	122
36	Prenton Park	Liverpool U23, Tranmere Rovers and Liverpool Ladies	--	1	359	359
37	Priestfield	Gillingham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham Women	--	1	54	54
38	Red Bull Arena	New York City FC, New York Red Bulls, NJ/NY Gotham FC, New York Red Bulls II and USA	--	1	6,940	6,940
39	RheinEnergie Stadion	1. FC Koln	--	1	602	602
40	Roots Hall	Southend United	--	1	62	62
41	Rossett Park (Marine Travel Arena)	AFC Liverpool, Marine, Marine U23 and Everton Women	--	1	370	370
42	Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion	Dynamo Dresden and East Germany	--	1	1,190	1,190
43	Ruhrstadion	VfL Bochum	--	1	624	624
44	San Siro (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)	AC Milan and Inter Milan	--	1	1,182	1,182
45	Selhurst Park	Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Wimbledon	--	1	20	20
46	St Andrew's	Birmingham City, Birmingham City Women and Coventry City	--	1	204	204
47	St James' Park	Newcastle United	--	1	493	493
48	St Mary's Stadium	Southampton and Southampton FC Women	--	1	148	148
49	Stadio Mario Rigamonti	Brescia Calcio	--	1	1,247	1,247
50	Stamford Bridge	Chelsea	--	1	17	17
51	Subaru Park	Philadelphia Union, Philadelphia Union II, Philadelphia Independence Womens and USA	--	1	7,119	7,119
52	The Abbey Stadium	Cambridge United and Cambridge Regional College	--	1	94	94
53	The Coventry Building Society Arena	Coventry City and Coventry United Ladies	--	1	178	178
54	The Den	Millwall and London City Lionesses	--	1	8	8
55	The Emirates Stadium	Arsenal	--	1	8	8
56	The Hawthorns	West Bromwich Albion	--	1	213	213
57	The Hive	Barnet, London Bees and Tottenham Hotspur Women	--	1	25	25
58	The Keepmoat Stadium	Doncaster Rovers and Doncaster Rovers Belles	--	1	288	288
59	The Millennium Stadium (Principality Stadium)	Wales	--	1	272	272
60	The Riverside Stadium	Middlesbrough	--	1	432	432
61	The Stadium of Light	Sunderland and Sunderland Ladies	--	1	480	480
62	The Valley	Charlton Athletic	--	1	9	9
63	Upton Park (Boleyn Ground)	Charlton Athletic and West Ham United		1	5	5
64	Valley Parade	Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue	--	1	345	345
65	Vicarage Road	Watford and Wealdstone	--	1	36	36
66	Victoria Road (Chigwell Construction Stadium)	Dagenham & Redbridge, West Ham United U23 and West Ham United Women	--	1	15	15
67	Villa Park	Aston Villa	--	1	208	208
68	Volksparkstadion	Hamburger SV and HSV Hamburger Sportverein	--	1	879	879
69	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur	--	1	23	23
70	Westleigh Park	Clanfield FC, Havant & Waterlooville and Portsmouth FC Women	--	1	124	124
71	White Hart Lane	Tottenham Hotspur	--	1	10	10
72	Windsor Park	Linfield and Northern Ireland	--	1	648	648
73	Woodside Park (R&D Advisors Stadium)	Bishop's Stortford and Enfield FC	--	1	49	49
Total					39,745	39,745

1 Grounds Visited for Tours/Non-Football

10 Countries Visited to Watch Football