stevebilbe

By The Compass

• ↑ Most northerly ground: Pittodrie home to Aberdeen
• → Most easterly ground: Parken home to Denmark, FC Kobenhavn
• ↓ Most southerly ground: Rose Bowl home to LA Galaxy, Los Angeles Aztecs, USA
• ← Most westerly ground: Stanford Stadium home to San Jose Earthquakes, USA

About stevebilbe

Best international grounds (not inc Wembley) 5 Marseille, 4 Benfica, 3 Cardiff, 2 NY Giants, 1 Paris. Best UK (not Inc Arsenal) - 5 Pittodrie/Fir Hill/Ibrox 4 Fratton 3 Villa 2 Valley 1 Hillsborough.

First Game

Arsenal 6 - 1 West Ham 1976

Best Game

Liverpool 0 - 2 Arsenal at Anfield 1989;
England 2 - 0 Scotland Euro 1996;
Arsenal 1 - 2 man united fa cup semi final replay at Villa park 1999

Worst Game

Arsenal 1 - 3 Tottenham fa cup semifinal 1991;
England 0 - 1 Scotland Euro 2000 qualifier 1999;
Tooting and Mitcham 1 - 0 Cray Wanderers Isthmian play off 2008

History. Size. Traditional terraced ends and seated Grandstands. Cantilever roof. How a football ground should look.

No tradition. No class. Different stands built during club’s only two periods of success as no solid supporter base to require them outside of these periods. A ground and a club driven by money not tradition, class or good football.

70 Grounds Visited to Watch Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating	# Visits	Mileage	Tot Mileage
1	Anfield	Liverpool, Everton and Wales		1	353	353
2	Boothferry Park	Hull City		1	303	303
3	Bramall Lane	Sheffield United and Sheffield United Women		1	276	276
4	Brisbane Road (Breyer Group Stadium)	Leyton Orient and Tottenham Hotspur Women		1	8	8
5	Burnden Park	Bolton Wanderers		1	339	339
6	Cardiff City Stadium	Cardiff City and Wales		1	266	266
7	Celtic Park	Celtic		1	681	681
8	Craven Cottage	Fulham		1	15	15
9	Elland Road	Leeds United		1	331	331
10	Estadio Algarve	Louletano DC, Portugal, Gibraltar and SC Farense		1	2,142	2,142
11	Estadio da Luz	Portugal, SL Benfica, SL Benfica B and SL Benfica Fermino		1	1,974	1,974
12	Ewood Park	Blackburn Rovers		1	361	361
13	Filbert Street	Leicester City		1	172	172
14	Fir Park	Motherwell		1	664	664
15	Firhill	Partick Thistle and Queen's Park		1	688	688
16	Fratton Park	Portsmouth		1	134	134
17	Giants Stadium	New York Cosmos, New York Red Bulls and USA		1	6,919	6,919
18	Goodison Park	Everton		1	354	354
19	Griffin Park	Brentford		1	19	19
20	Hayes Lane (Westminster Waste Stadium)	Bromley, Bromley Ladies, Cray Wanderers and Crystal Palace Ladies		1	25	25
21	Highbury	Arsenal		1	1	1
22	Highfield Road	Coventry City		1	167	167
23	Hillsborough	Sheffield Wednesday		1	282	282
24	Ibrox	Rangers		1	686	686
25	Imperial Fields	Balham, Tooting & Mitcham United, Tooting & Mitcham United U23, Tooting Bec Reserves, Tooting Bec Women, Chelsea Ladies, Dulwich Hamlet, Kingstonian and Tooting Bec		1	23	23
26	Jan Breydelstadion	Cercle Brugge, Club Brugge and Club NXT		1	288	288
27	Johan Cruyff Arena (Amsterdam Arena)	Ajax and Netherlands		1	443	443
28	Jose de Alvalade XXI	Sporting Club de Portugal and Sporting Club de Portugal Feminino		1	1,972	1,972
29	Loftus Road	Queens Park Rangers		1	12	12
30	Maine Road	Manchester City		1	317	317
31	Maurice Dufrasne Stadion	Standard Liege and Standard Liege II		1	508	508
32	New Broomfield (Excelsior Stadium)	Airdrieonians, Airdrieonians Reserves, Celtic B, Celtic Women, Glasgow University, Motherwell Reserves, Airdrie Ladies, Motherwell Ladies and Queen's Park		1	673	673
33	Old Trafford	Manchester United		1	321	321
34	Old Wembley Stadium	England		1	15	15
35	Oxford Road	Red Velvet, Tudor Sports, Tudor Sports Reserves, Bexley FC, Cray Wanderers, Eltham Palace and Sporting Club Thamesmead		1	27	27
36	Park View Road	Erith & Belvedere, Welling United and Welling United Women		1	23	23
37	Parken	Denmark and FC Kobenhavn		1	1,184	1,184
38	Pittodrie	Aberdeen		1	791	791
39	Plainmoor	Torquay United and Truro City		1	332	332
40	Plough Lane (old)	Wimbledon		1	19	19
41	Pride Park	Derby County		1	219	219
42	Roker Park	Sunderland		1	478	478
43	Roots Hall	Southend United		1	70	70
44	Rose Bowl	Los Angeles Aztecs, LA Galaxy and USA		1	10,861	10,861
45	Selhurst Park	Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Wimbledon		1	22	22
46	Southbury Road	Enfield		1	14	14
47	Springfield Park	Wigan Athletic		1	349	349
48	St James' Park	Newcastle United		1	489	489
49	Stade de France	France		1	424	424
50	Stade du Pays de Charleroi	Sporting Charleroi and Sporting Charleroi II		1	427	427
51	Stade Velodrome	Marseille		1	1,254	1,254
52	Stadio Delle Alpi	Juventus and Torino		1	1,139	1,139
53	Stadium Municipal	Toulouse		1	1,111	1,111
54	Stamford Bridge	Chelsea		1	12	12
55	Stanford Stadium	San Jose Earthquakes and USA		1	10,729	10,729
56	The City Ground	Nottingham Forest		1	210	210
57	The Dell	Southampton		1	143	143
58	The Emirates Stadium	Arsenal		1	0	0
59	The Goldstone Ground	Brighton & Hove Albion		1	99	99
60	The Hawthorns	West Bromwich Albion		1	206	206
61	The Old Den	Millwall		1	11	11
62	The Valley	Charlton Athletic		1	16	16
63	The Victoria Ground	Stoke City		1	266	266
64	Upton Park (Boleyn Ground)	Charlton Athletic and West Ham United		1	13	13
65	Vicarage Road	Watford and Wealdstone		1	28	28
66	Villa Park	Aston Villa		1	200	200
67	Volksparkstadion	Hamburger SV and HSV Hamburger Sportverein		1	885	885
68	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur		1	15	15
69	Westleigh Park	Clanfield FC, Havant & Waterlooville and Portsmouth FC Women		1	121	121
70	White Hart Lane	Tottenham Hotspur		1	8	8
Total					53,927	60,846

24 Grounds Visited for Tours/Non-Football

12 on the Wish List

12 Countries Visited to Watch Football