shaun-sidley

By The Compass

• ↑ Most northerly ground: Pittodrie home to Aberdeen
• → Most easterly ground: Empire Stadium - Gzira Stadium home to Malta
• ↓ Most southerly ground: Estadio Centenario home to Montevideo City Torque, Montevideo Wanderers, Nacional (Uruguay), Penarol, Uruguay
• ← Most westerly ground: Estadio Centenario home to Montevideo City Torque, Montevideo Wanderers, Nacional (Uruguay), Penarol, Uruguay

About shaun-sidley

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First Game

Stoke City 0 Luton Town 0 in 1979, Garth Crooks hit the bar from a long way out and very little else happened.

Best Game

Port Vale 3 Stoke City 1, FA Cup 1st round replay, we hadn't beaten our local rivals for over 40 years and what a way to do it, awful weather but an amazing game.

Worst Game

Possibly my first ever game but I still enjoyed it.

Incredible history, fantastic design and a brilliant atmosphere.

Totally overrated, poor for parking and the seats are just attached to the old terracing, very poor for such a large, high profile venue.

98 Grounds Visited to Watch Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating	# Visits	Mileage	Tot Mileage
1	Anfield	Liverpool, Everton and Wales		1	82	82
2	Ashton Gate	Bristol City		1	225	225
3	Blundell Park	Grimsby Town		1	191	191
4	Booth Street	Congleton Town and Congleton Town Reserves		1	16	16
5	Boothferry Park	Hull City		1	177	177
6	Boundary Park	Oldham Athletic		1	70	70
7	Bramall Lane	Sheffield United and Sheffield United Women		1	74	74
8	Brisbane Road (Breyer Group Stadium)	Leyton Orient and Tottenham Hotspur Women		1	276	276
9	Carrow Road	Norwich City		1	298	298
10	Craven Cottage	Fulham		1	274	274
11	Dean Court (The Vitality Stadium)	AFC Bournemouth		1	321	321
12	DW Stadium	Wigan Athletic		1	79	79
13	Easter Road	Hibernian	--	1	410	410
14	Edgar Street	Hereford FC and Hereford United	--	1	144	144
15	Edgeley Park	Stockport County		1	48	48
16	Elland Road	Leeds United		1	113	113
17	Elm Park	Reading		1	243	243
18	Empire Stadium - Gzira Stadium	Malta		1	2,870	2,870
19	Estadio Centenario	Montevideo City Torque, Uruguay, Montevideo Wanderers, Nacional (Uruguay) and Penarol		1	13,767	13,767
20	Estadio Jose Alvalade (1956-2003)	Sporting Club de Portugal		1	2,083	2,083
21	Etihad Stadium	Manchester City		1	60	60
22	Ewood Park	Blackburn Rovers		1	97	97
23	Fellows Park	Walsall		1	68	68
24	Field Mill	Mansfield Town and Mansfield Town Ladies		1	83	83
25	Filbert Street	Leicester City		1	106	106
26	Fratton Park	Portsmouth		1	326	326
27	Gallagher Stadium	Maidstone United, Maidstone United Women and Crowborough Athletic	--	1	335	335
28	Gigg Lane	Bury FC, Bury FC Women and FC United of Manchester		1	74	74
29	Goodison Park	Everton		1	84	84
30	Gresty Road (The Alexandra Stadium)	Crewe Alexandra		1	21	21
31	Haig Avenue (Merseyrail Community Stadium)	Everton U23, Southport and Everton Women		1	104	104
32	Highbury	Arsenal		1	271	271
33	Highfield Road	Coventry City		1	106	106
34	Hillsborough	Sheffield Wednesday		1	76	76
35	Home Park	Plymouth Argyle		1	404	404
36	Ibrox	Rangers		1	423	423
37	JobServe Community Stadium	Colchester United		1	303	303
38	Kenilworth Road	Luton Town		1	219	219
39	Leeds Road	Bradford City and Huddersfield Town		1	91	91
40	Loftus Road	Queens Park Rangers		1	270	270
41	Lyme Valley Stadium	Newcastle Town, Newcastle Town Ladies, Stone Old Alleynians, Norton United and Stoke City U23		1	7	7
42	Maine Road	Manchester City		1	56	56
43	Marston Road	Stafford Rangers and Northwich Victoria		1	33	33
44	Meadow Lane	Notts County and Notts County Ladies		1	89	89
45	Memorial Stadium	Bristol Rovers and Bristol City Women		1	219	219
46	MFA Centenary Stadium	Birzebbuga St Peters, Gzira United, Marsa, Mdina Knights, Naxxar Lions and Qrendi		1	2,866	2,866
47	Molineux	Wolverhampton Wanderers		1	64	64
48	Moss Lane	Altrincham, Altrincham Reserves and FC United of Manchester		1	48	48
49	Moss Rose	Macclesfield FC, Macclesfield FC Reserves, Macclesfield Town and Stoke City U23		1	27	27
50	Ninian Park	Cardiff City and Wales		1	234	234
51	Oakwell	Barnsley		1	92	92
52	Old Trafford	Manchester United		1	58	58
53	Old Wembley Stadium	England		1	262	262
54	Pittodrie	Aberdeen		1	568	568
55	Plainmoor	Torquay United and Truro City		1	373	373
56	Portman Road	Ipswich Town		1	312	312
57	Prenton Park	Liverpool U23, Tranmere Rovers and Liverpool Ladies		1	83	83
58	Priestfield	Gillingham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham Women		1	328	328
59	Roker Park	Sunderland		1	268	268
60	Roots Hall	Southend United		1	321	321
61	Selhurst Park	Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Wimbledon		1	290	290
62	Sixfields	Northampton Town and Coventry City		1	154	154
63	St Andrew's	Birmingham City, Birmingham City Women and Coventry City		1	84	84
64	St James Park	Exeter City	--	1	340	340
65	St James' Park	Newcastle United		1	270	270
66	Stamford Bridge	Chelsea		1	275	275
67	Ta Qali Stadium	Birkirkara, Malta, Msida St Joseph and Naxxar Lions		1	2,866	2,866
68	The Baseball Ground	Derby County		1	63	63
69	The Bescot	Aston Villa U23, Aston Villa Women and Walsall		1	69	69
70	The City Ground	Nottingham Forest		1	89	89
71	The County Ground	Swindon Town		1	208	208
72	The Dell	Southampton		1	302	302
73	The Den	Millwall and London City Lionesses		1	282	282
74	The Goldstone Ground	Brighton & Hove Albion		1	351	351
75	The Hawthorns	West Bromwich Albion		1	77	77
76	The John Smith's Stadium	Huddersfield Town		1	91	91
77	The McCain Stadium	Scarborough		1	222	222
78	The Millennium Stadium (Principality Stadium)	Wales		1	233	233
79	The New Lawn	Forest Green Rovers and Gloucester City		1	187	187
80	The Old Dean Court	AFC Bournemouth		1	321	321
81	The Racecourse Ground	Wrexham and Wales		1	67	67
82	The Riverside Stadium	Middlesbrough	--	1	226	226
83	The Valley	Charlton Athletic		1	287	287
84	The Victoria Ground	Stoke City		1	7	7
85	Toughsheet Community Stadium	Bolton Wanderers		1	79	79
86	Turf Moor	Burnley		1	102	102
87	Twerton Park	Bath City, Team Bath, Bristol City Women and Bristol Rovers		1	232	232
88	Tynecastle	Heart of Midlothian	--	1	408	408
89	Underhill	Barnet and London Bees		1	257	257
90	Upton Park (Boleyn Ground)	Charlton Athletic and West Ham United		1	282	282
91	Vale Park	Port Vale		1	0	0
92	Valley Parade	Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue		1	110	110
93	Vetch Field	Swansea City and Wales		1	248	248
94	Vicarage Road	Watford and Wealdstone		1	246	246
95	Victoria Park	Hartlepool United		1	240	240
96	Villa Park	Aston Villa		1	79	79
97	Whaddon Road	Cheltenham Town and Gloucester City	--	1	158	158
98	White Hart Lane	Tottenham Hotspur		1	269	269
Total					41,661	52,678

25 Grounds Visited for Tours/Non-Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating
1	Bootham Crescent	Leeds United U23, Middlesbrough U23 and York City	--
2	Edgar Street	Hereford FC and Hereford United	--
3	Estadio da Luz (1954-2003)	SL Benfica	--
4	Estadio do Maracana (Estadio Mario Filho)	Brazil, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama	--
5	Estadio Municipal General Raulino de Oliveira	Volta Redonda, Botafogo, Flamengo and Fluminense	--
6	Etihad Stadium	Manchester City
7	Friuli	Udinese Calcio and Pordenone Calcio	--
8	Gallagher Stadium	Maidstone United, Maidstone United Women and Crowborough Athletic	--
9	Horsfall Stadium	Albion Sports, Bradford Park Avenue, Bradford Park Avenue Ladies and Bradford City Women	--
10	Inonu Stady	Besiktas and Turkey	--
11	London Stadium (Olympic Stadium)	West Ham United	--
12	Old Trafford	Manchester United
13	SMH Group Stadium	Chesterfield, Sheffield United U23 and Sheffield United Women	--
14	St Mary's Stadium	Southampton and Southampton FC Women	--
15	Stadium:MK	Milton Keynes Dons, Milton Keynes Dons Ladies and Milton Keynes Dons Development	--
16	The Darlington Arena	Darlington United, Darlington and Middlesbrough U23	--
17	The Deva Stadium	Chester City and Chester FC	--
18	The Keepmoat Stadium	Doncaster Rovers and Doncaster Rovers Belles	--
19	The King Power Stadium	Leicester City and Leicester City Women	--
20	The Walks Stadium	Kings Lynn FC, Kings Lynn Town and Kings Lynn Town Reserves	--
21	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	Tottenham Hotspur	--
22	Vicente Calderon	Atletico Madrid	--
23	Victoria Stadium	Angels, Brunos Magpies, Cannons, College 1975, Europa FC, Europa Point, Gibraltar, Gibraltar Phoenix, Gibraltar United, Glacis United, Hound Dogs, Leo, Lincoln Red Imps, Lions Gibraltar, Lynx, Manchester 62, Mons Calpe, Olympique 13 and St Josephs	--
24	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur	--
25	York Street (The Jakemans Stadium)	Railway Athletic and Boston United	--

6 Countries Visited to Watch Football