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By The Compass

• ↑ Most northerly ground: St James' Park home to Newcastle United
• → Most easterly ground: Stadion Poznan home to Lech Poznan
• ↓ Most southerly ground: Stadio San Nicola home to Bari
• ← Most westerly ground: Marlborough Park home to Ilfracombe Town, Ilfracombe Town Reserves

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First Game

West Ham v Bristol City 20 March 1991
Score 1-0 to West Ham United
Competition League Division Two
Venue Upton Park
Attendance 22,951

Best Game

The 1992 European Cup final on 20 May 1992 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Sampdoria of Italy and Barcelona of Spain. Barcelona won the game 1–0 after extra time, thanks to a Ronald Koeman free kick, Just turned up with my mate and bought tickets in the Barcelona end, which was awesome.

Worst Game

The 2005 final played in front of a crowd of 72,523. After a goalless first half, Crystal Palace took the lead with a goal from Neil Shipperley in the 62nd minute. West Ham twice had goals ruled out for offside and were denied a penalty late in the second half, and Palace held on to win 1–0. The drive home from Cardiff was awful

Portman Road, Ipswich Town. Old style ground with great support before and during games

The Abbey Stadium, Cambridge United. Confusing ground, which is hard to navigate and feels like the crystal maze walking around with a random pitch shape

106 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		5	38	190
2	Barking Abbey Comprehensive School 3G	Old Barkabbeyans and Old Barkabbeyans Reserves		1	10	10
3	Barleylands	Inter Sports FC		1	42	42
4	Barleylands Road	Hashtag United Development		10	40	400
5	Barnet Lane	Camden United and Wingate & Finchley		1	21	21
6	Basildon Sport & Leisure Club	Basildon Town A, Basildon Town Reserves, Laindon Republic, Royal Oak FC and Basildon Town		20	43	860
7	Bay Arena	Bayer Leverkusen		1	610	610
8	Beversbrook Sports Centre	Bassett Bulldogs FC, Pewsham Garage FC and Scoop FC		1	171	171
9	Blackmore Village Hall	Blackmore F.C. and Blackmore Ladies FC		1	36	36
10	Brisbane Road (Breyer Group Stadium)	Leyton Orient and Tottenham Hotspur Women	--	1	3	3
11	Broadhall Way (Lamex Stadium)	Stevenage and Tottenham Hotspur U23		1	51	51
12	Burroughs Park	Great Wakering Rovers and White Ensign		10	70	700
13	Cambourne Sports & Fitness Centre	Cambourne Rovers		1	95	95
14	Carrow Road	Norwich City		1	187	187
15	Chalk Lane	Cockfosters and Cockfosters Reserves		2	20	40
16	Cherry Orchard Road	Ashingdon Youth FC		2	60	120
17	Clarkes Field	Galleywood and Galleywood Reserves		2	47	94
18	Cotlandswick Playing Fields	London Colney, New River Athletic and Hatfield Town		1	36	36
19	Court Place Farm	Long Crendon, Oxford City, Oxford City Development, Oxford City Nomads, Oxford City Women and Oxford United Women		1	109	109
20	Crown Meadow	Lowestoft Town and Gorleston		1	199	199
21	Cupids Country Club	Shoebury Town, Shoebury Town Reserves, Wakering Sports, Wakering Sports A and Wakering Sports Reserves		8	71	568
22	Deanes School Sports College	Fleet FC and Thundersley Athletic		1	53	53
23	Eastern Ave	Trinity FC		1	65	65
24	Ekco Sports Ground	Corinthians (Essex) A		2	62	124
25	Etihad Stadium	Manchester City		1	325	325
26	Everest Community Academy 3G			1	99	99
27	Ewood Park	Blackburn Rovers		1	367	367
28	Fairlop Oak Playing Fields	Belfry, Chigwell Town, Chingford Athletic, Glendale FC, Ilford Development, Melbourne Sports , Newbury Forest Reserves, Oakside, Queen Mary College Old Boys, Royal Forest FC Reserves, Something From Nothing, Three Colts FC, West Essex Reserves, Westhamians, Avondale Rangers and Newbury Forest		2	13	26
29	Field Mill	Mansfield Town and Mansfield Town Ladies		1	243	243
30	Garon Park	Old Southendian, Old Southendian A, Old Southendian Reserves and Southend United Ladies		5	64	320
31	Globe Arena	Morecambe		1	422	422
32	Herbert Leon Academy	MK Gallacticos		1	86	86
33	Het Kasteel	Sparta Rotterdam and Sparta Rotterdam II		1	384	384
34	Howgill Lane	Sedbergh & Dent United		1	438	438
35	Inspire Suffolk	Unity FC (Suffolk)		1	124	124
36	Jack Carter Centre 3G Pitch	Frenford, Frenford A, Frenford Development, Sungate and Barkingside		1	8	8
37	James Hornsby School	Wakebury and Wakebury Reserves		2	39	78
38	JobServe Community Stadium	Colchester United		5	95	475
39	Lakeside Sports Ground	Chadwell Heath Spartans, Football Club of Riverside, Grays Athletic Women, Lakeside United, Lakeside United Reserves and Rapid Chingford FC		3	27	81
40	Len Forge Centre	Catholic United, Southend Rangers, Southend Rangers Reserves, White Ensign Reserves and White Ensign		20	60	1,200
41	Len Salmon Stadium	Bowers and Pitsea, Bowers and Pitsea Ladies, Bowers and Pitsea U23, Catholic United, Frenford and Hashtag United		4	46	184
42	London Marathon Sports Ground	Ilford Reserves, Manford Way, Manford Way Reserves and Royal Lions		2	13	26
43	London Stadium (Olympic Stadium)	West Ham United		30	0	0
44	Loring Hall Sports Ground	AFC Oldsmiths and AFC Oldsmiths Reserves		1	20	20
45	LSE Sports Ground	Economicals		1	30	30
46	M&B Sports and Social Club	Underscore United, Bakers693, May & Baker EC and May & Baker EC A		2	16	32
47	Mabley Green	Hackney Wick Reserves, Tower Hamlets Reserves and Hackney Wick		1	2	2
48	Marlborough Park	Ilfracombe Town and Ilfracombe Town Reserves		3	357	1,071
49	Mayesbrook Park	Barking, Barking U23, Barking Women, Romford, Woodford East, Eton Manor, Ilford, Sporting Hackney and West Essex		2	11	22
50	Meadow Lane	Notts County and Notts County Ladies		1	216	216
51	Melbourne Park 3G	Chelmsford City Reserves		10	50	500
52	Mile End Recreation Ground	Stillwaters and Belle Vue Social Club	--	1	93	93
53	Moulsham High School 3G			2	49	98
54	Moulton College	Moulton College Future Elite Sports, Northampton Spartak, Northampton Spartak Reserves and Northampton Town U18		1	126	126
55	Nou Camp	Catalonia and Barcelona		1	1,418	1,418
56	Nursery Sports Ground	Haver Town Reserves, Ramsden Scotia and Toby FC		7	45	315
57	Oakside	Newbury Forest, Redbridge, Barkingside and Newbury Forest Reserves		2	11	22
58	Old Trafford	Manchester United		1	328	328
59	Old Wembley Stadium	England		2	23	46
60	Park Lane	Canvey Island, Hashtag United Women and Benfleet FC	--	1	54	54
61	Parkside	Aveley FC, Aveley U23, Cannons Wood, Hashtag United, Clapton, Grays Athletic, May & Baker EC and Southend United Development		8	24	192
62	Pendleton Sports Centre	Stotfold Junior Town and Stotfold Junior Town Reserves		1	69	69
63	Portman Road	Ipswich Town		3	122	366
64	Priestfield	Gillingham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham Women		1	54	54
65	Ramsey War Memorial Recreation Ground	Ramsey & Mistley and Ramsey & Mistley Reserves		1	118	118
66	Rayleigh Town Sports Ground	Rayleigh Town A, Rayleigh Town FC Development, Rayleigh Town Reserves and Rayleigh Town		2	52	104
67	Robert Clack 3G	All Prospects		1	15	15
68	Roker Park	Sunderland		1	482	482
69	Rookery Hill	East Thurrock United, Basildon Town and Romford		1	41	41
70	Roots Hall	Southend United		4	62	248
71	Runwell Sports and Social Club	Runwell Sports and Runwell Sports Reserves		3	50	150
72	Sandon Sports Club	Sandon Royals		1	52	52
73	Scraley Road	Dunmow Town, Heybridge Swifts and Heybridge Swifts U23		2	68	136
74	Shamrock Club	Acton Ealing Whistlers		1	22	22
75	Shenfield School Playing Fields	Hutton Women		1	33	33
76	Southchurch Park Arena	Southend city, Southend Manor, Southend Manor Reserves and Clapton		2	65	130
77	Southern Fields	Marconi Leisure FC		2	50	100
78	Spicer McColl Stadium	Hackney Wick and Witham Town		1	66	66
79	St Cleres School 3G			2	38	76
80	St James Park	Exeter City		1	324	324
81	St James' Park	Newcastle United		1	493	493
82	Stade Bollaert-Delelis	RC Lens		1	290	290
83	Stadio Olimpico	AS Roma, Italy and SS Lazio		1	1,772	1,772
84	Stadio San Nicola	Bari		1	2,153	2,153
85	Stadion Poznan	Lech Poznan		1	1,438	1,438
86	Stadium:MK	Milton Keynes Dons, Milton Keynes Dons Ladies and Milton Keynes Dons Development		1	89	89
87	Stonebridge Road	Ebbsfleet United		1	32	32
88	The Abbey Stadium	Cambridge United and Cambridge Regional College		1	94	94
89	The Cope	Canvey Island Youth FC		1	50	50
90	The Emirates Stadium	Arsenal		2	8	16
91	The Mill Field	Mauritius Sports & Pennant, Aveley FC, Grays Athletic, Romford and West Ham United Women		1	24	24
92	The Millennium Stadium (Principality Stadium)	Wales		2	272	544
93	The Stadium	Hornchurch FC, London Seaward, Romford and West Ham United Women		1	22	22
94	The Warren	AS Rawreth and AS Rawreth Reserves		2	51	102
95	UCL Sports Ground	UCL Academicals, Watford U18 and Watford U23	--	1	33	33
96	Upminster Hall Playing Field	Emerson United A, Emerson United Reserves and Upminster FC		2	24	48
97	Upton Park (Boleyn Ground)	Charlton Athletic and West Ham United		45	5	225
98	Vicarage Road	Watford and Wealdstone		2	36	72
99	Victoria Road (Chigwell Construction Stadium)	Dagenham & Redbridge, West Ham United U23 and West Ham United Women		8	15	120
100	Villa Park	Aston Villa		1	208	208
101	Waterside Farm Leisure Centre 3G Pitch	Islanders FC		1	50	50
102	Wellstead Gardens	Catholic United Reserves and Catholic United		2	59	118
103	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur		7	23	161
104	West Ham Community 3G	Canning Town, CSM London and Canning Town Reserves		1	7	7
105	White Hart Lane	Tottenham Hotspur		5	10	50
106	Wivenhoe Park	University of Essex FC		2	95	190
Total					17,001	24,531

10 Grounds Visited for Tours/Non-Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating
1	Church Bridge	Sedbergh & Dent United Reserves and Sedbergh & Dent United	--
2	Heritage Park	Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland Ladies, Middlesbrough U23 and Darlington	--
3	King Baudouin Stadium (Heysel Stadium)	Belgium	--
4	London Stadium (Olympic Stadium)	West Ham United
5	Melbourne Stadium	Chelmsford City and Chelmsford City Reserves	--
6	Olympiastadion	Bayern Munich, TSV 1860 Munich and Turkgucu Munchen	--
7	Pride Park	Derby County	--
8	The Brentwood Centre Arena	Brentwood Town, Brentwood Town U23 and Romford	--
9	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	Tottenham Hotspur	--
10	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur

8 Countries Visited to Watch Football