stevehermon

By The Compass

• ↑ Most northerly ground: Tannadice home to Dundee United
• → Most easterly ground: Stelios Kyriakides Stadium home to AE Paphos, Karmiotissa Pano Polemidia, Paphos FC
• ↓ Most southerly ground: Inter&Co Stadium home to Orlando City, Orlando City B, Orlando Pride, USA
• ← Most westerly ground: Inter&Co Stadium home to Orlando City, Orlando City B, Orlando Pride, USA

About stevehermon

First Game

My first experience of football was non league games watching Stourbridge and Dudley Town. My 1st Football League game was the 1987 Division 4 Play Off Final between Wolves and Aldershot at Molineux, which Wolves lost!

Best Game

It has to be Wolves v Sheffield United in the 2003 Play Off Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. Great day and great memory as Wolves won 3-0 to secure promotion to Premier League. Special mentions go to Wolves v Sheffield Wednesday in FA Cup 4th round replay 1995 (Wolves won on pens), Wolves v Newcastle in FA Cup 3rd Rnd (3-2 win in 2003), Wolves v Man United (1-0 win in 2004), Wolves v Leicester (4-3 win 2003) and Wolves v Blackburn (3-2 loss in 2011 but survived on final day).

As a commentator, I would include commentating at Anfield, St. James’s Park, Old Trafford and covering Europa and Conference League matches in Portugal, France and the Netherlands, as career highlights.

Worst Game

Unfortunately it was Walsall v Dagengham in a FA Cup 2nd round replay on a cold Tuesday night in December, 2011. It was 0-0 after extra time and Walsall lost on penalties.

I don't like its location but it's a fantastic stadium. I've been lucky enough to go to numerous Cup and play-off finals. Special mentions for The Etihad, Principality Stadium and Stadium MK, although the latter lacks an atmosphere. I've not been to The Emirates or Tottenham Hotspur Stadium yet. Lille's Stade Pierre Mauroy is also a fantastic stadium.

I won't pick a non-league ground as that's unfair given their resources and I think there's something about basic facilities and terracing that adds to the non-league atmosphere. A ground that should do better is Peterborough's London Road. It needs a revamp!

165 Grounds Visited to Watch Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating	# Visits	Mileage	Tot Mileage
1	Adams Park	Wycombe Wanderers, Reading U23 and Reading Women		1	174	174
2	AFAS Stadion	AZ Alkmaar and AZ Alkmaar II	--	1	577	577
3	Aggborough	Kidderminster Harriers, Wolverhampton Wanderers U23, West Bromwich Albion U23 and Worcester City		1	30	30
4	Amex Stadium	Brighton & Hove Albion	--	1	296	296
5	Anfield	Liverpool, Everton and Wales		1	135	135
6	Ashton Gate	Bristol City		1	164	164
7	Aspray Arena	Dudley Town, Sporting Khalsa, Sporting Khalsa Ladies and Willenhall Town		1	5	5
8	bet365 Stadium (The Britannia Stadium)	Stoke City		1	55	55
9	Bloomfield Road	Blackpool		1	184	184
10	Blundell Park	Grimsby Town		1	220	220
11	Borough Park	Workington AFC and Workington AFC Development		1	307	307
12	Boundary Park	Oldham Athletic		1	133	133
13	Bramall Lane	Sheffield United and Sheffield United Women		1	121	121
14	Brentford Community Stadium	Brentford	--	1	218	218
15	Brisbane Road (Breyer Group Stadium)	Leyton Orient and Tottenham Hotspur Women		1	229	229
16	Brunton Park	Carlisle United		1	325	325
17	Burnden Park	Bolton Wanderers		1	137	137
18	Cardiff City Stadium	Cardiff City and Wales	--	1	179	179
19	Carrow Road	Norwich City		1	289	289
20	Crabble Ground	Dover Athletic and Margate	--	1	354	354
21	Craven Cottage	Fulham		1	224	224
22	Dales Lane	Rushall Olympic, Rushall Olympic U21 and Walsall Ladies	--	1	15	15
23	Damson Parkway (Autotech Stadium)	Solihull Moors, Birmingham City U23, Birmingham City Women and Solihull Borough	--	1	38	38
24	De Kuip	Feyenoord and Netherlands		1	571	571
25	Dean Court (The Vitality Stadium)	AFC Bournemouth		1	258	258
26	Dean Street	Shildon AFC and Bishop Auckland	--	1	285	285
27	Deepdale	Preston North End		1	170	170
28	DW Stadium	Wigan Athletic		1	139	139
29	EBB Stadium	Aldershot Town and Chelsea U23	--	1	219	219
30	Edgar Street	Hereford FC and Hereford United		1	88	88
31	Edgeley Park	Stockport County		1	112	112
32	Elland Road	Leeds United		1	170	170
33	Elm Park	Reading		1	184	184
34	Enclosed Ground	AFC Southwick and Whitehawk	--	1	300	300
35	Estadio Algarve	Louletano DC, Portugal, Gibraltar and SC Farense	--	1	2,216	2,216
36	Etihad Stadium	Manchester City		1	124	124
37	Ewood Park	Blackburn Rovers		1	160	160
38	Feethams	Darlington		1	271	271
39	Field Mill	Mansfield Town and Mansfield Town Ladies		1	108	108
40	Fir Park	Motherwell		1	465	465
41	Fratton Park	Portsmouth		1	264	264
42	Fritz-Walter-Stadion	1. FC Kaiserslautern and 1. FC Kaiserslautern II		1	964	964
43	Garden Walk Stadium	Gornal Athletic, Gornal Athletic Reserves and OJM Community FC		1	10	10
44	Gigg Lane	Bury FC, Bury FC Women and FC United of Manchester		1	138	138
45	Glanford Park	Scunthorpe United		1	182	182
46	Goodison Park	Everton		1	136	136
47	Gresty Road (The Alexandra Stadium)	Crewe Alexandra		1	73	73
48	Griffin Park	Brentford		1	218	218
49	Groupama Arena	Ferencvaros and Hungary	--	1	2,003	2,003
50	Haig Avenue (Merseyrail Community Stadium)	Everton U23, Southport and Everton Women		1	161	161
51	Hampden Park	Queen's Park and Scotland		1	479	479
52	Hayes Lane (Westminster Waste Stadium)	Bromley, Bromley Ladies, Cray Wanderers and Crystal Palace Ladies	--	1	247	247
53	Highbury	Arsenal		1	224	224
54	Highbury Stadium	Fleetwood Town		1	198	198
55	Hillsborough	Sheffield Wednesday		1	125	125
56	Hilton Park	Leigh Genesis		1	130	130
57	Home Park	Plymouth Argyle		1	350	350
58	Huish Park	Yeovil Town and Bridgwater United Women		1	231	231
59	Inter&Co Stadium	Orlando City, Orlando Pride, Orlando City B and USA	--	1	8,483	8,483
60	Jan Breydelstadion	Cercle Brugge, Club Brugge and Club NXT	--	1	492	492
61	JobServe Community Stadium	Colchester United		1	272	272
62	Johan Cruyff Arena (Amsterdam Arena)	Ajax and Netherlands		1	597	597
63	Kenilworth Road	Luton Town		1	174	174
64	Keys Park	Hednesford Town, Hednesford Town Ladies and West Bromwich Albion U23	--	1	19	19
65	King Baudouin Stadium (Heysel Stadium)	Belgium		1	600	600
66	Loftus Road	Queens Park Rangers		1	220	220
67	London Road	Peterborough United		1	159	159
68	London Stadium (Olympic Stadium)	West Ham United	--	1	231	231
69	Marston Road	Stafford Rangers and Northwich Victoria		1	32	32
70	Maurice Dufrasne Stadion	Standard Liege and Standard Liege II		1	713	713
71	Meadow Lane	Notts County and Notts County Ladies		1	96	96
72	Memorial Stadium	Bristol Rovers and Bristol City Women		1	157	157
73	Mestalla	Spain and Valencia CF		1	1,820	1,820
74	Molineux	Wolverhampton Wanderers		1	0	0
75	Moor Lane	Salford City	--	1	128	128
76	Municipal de Braga	Sporting Braga	--	1	1,634	1,634
77	Nene Park	Rushden & Diamonds		1	134	134
78	New Manor Ground	Ilkeston Town, Ilkeston Town Ladies, Ilkeston Town U23, Notts County Development, Notts County U18 and Notts County Women First		1	88	88
79	New York Stadium	Rotherham United		1	132	132
80	North Street (The Impact Arena)	Alfreton Town, Alfreton Town Reserves, Nottingham Forest U23 and Selston	--	1	94	94
81	Oakwell	Barnsley		1	144	144
82	Old Trafford	Manchester United		1	121	121
83	Old Wembley Stadium	England		1	213	213
84	Philips-stadion	Netherlands, PSV Eindhoven and PSV Eindhoven II		1	665	665
85	Portman Road	Ipswich Town	--	1	286	286
86	Prenton Park	Liverpool U23, Tranmere Rovers and Liverpool Ladies		1	132	132
87	Pride Park	Derby County		1	73	73
88	Priestfield	Gillingham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham Women		1	283	283
89	Raydale Park	Gretna 2008		1	342	342
90	Roazhon Park	Stade Rennes		1	621	621
91	Rockingham Road	Kettering Town		1	121	121
92	Rodney Parade	Newport County	--	1	156	156
93	Roots Hall	Southend United		1	280	280
94	Round Oak Stadium	Dudley Town	--	1	14	14
95	Saltergate	Chesterfield		1	107	107
96	Seaview	Crusaders, Crusaders Newtownabbey Strikers, Newington and Lisburn Distillery	--	1	419	419
97	Select Car Leasing Stadium	Reading and Reading Women		1	189	189
98	Selhurst Park	Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Wimbledon		1	240	240
99	Sixfields	Northampton Town and Coventry City		1	112	112
100	SMH Group Stadium	Chesterfield, Sheffield United U23 and Sheffield United Women	--	1	109	109
101	Spotland	Rochdale		1	142	142
102	St Andrew's	Birmingham City, Birmingham City Women and Coventry City		1	27	27
103	St George's Lane	Evesham United and Worcester City		1	54	54
104	St James Park	Exeter City		1	283	283
105	St James' Park	Newcastle United		1	332	332
106	St Mary's Stadium	Southampton and Southampton FC Women		1	241	241
107	Stade Chaban-Delmas	Bordeaux		1	1,082	1,082
108	Stade de la Mosson	Montpellier and Montpellier Feminine		1	1,354	1,354
109	Stade Pierre Mauroy	Lille	--	1	528	528
110	Stadium Municipal	Toulouse		1	1,287	1,287
111	Stadium:MK	Milton Keynes Dons, Milton Keynes Dons Ladies and Milton Keynes Dons Development		1	143	143
112	Stamford Bridge	Chelsea		1	225	225
113	Station View	Harrogate Railway Athletic, Harrogate Railway Athletic Ladies and Harrogate Railway Athletic Reserves		1	202	202
114	Stelios Kyriakides Stadium	AE Paphos, Karmiotissa Pano Polemidia and Paphos FC		1	4,179	4,179
115	Stonebridge Road	Ebbsfleet United	--	1	261	261
116	Tameside Stadium	Burnley U23, Curzon Ashton and FC United of Manchester	--	1	125	125
117	Tannadice	Dundee United		1	541	541
118	The Beeches	Bartley Green, Tividale, Wrens Nest and Smethwick Rangers FC	--	1	13	13
119	The Bescot	Aston Villa U23, Aston Villa Women and Walsall		1	12	12
120	The City Ground	Nottingham Forest		1	96	96
121	The County Ground	Swindon Town		1	145	145
122	The Coventry Building Society Arena	Coventry City and Coventry United Ladies		1	57	57
123	The Crown Ground	Accrington Stanley and Burnley Women		1	164	164
124	The Darlington Arena	Darlington United, Darlington and Middlesbrough U23		1	270	270
125	The Den	Millwall and London City Lionesses		1	234	234
126	The Grove	Brierley Hill & Withymoor, Halesowen Town, Halesowen Town U21 and Causeway United		1	20	20
127	The Hawthorns	West Bromwich Albion		1	18	18
128	The Hive	Barnet, London Bees and Tottenham Hotspur Women	--	1	207	207
129	The International Stadium	Gateshead and Newcastle United U23	--	1	331	331
130	The John Smith's Stadium	Huddersfield Town		1	150	150
131	The Kassam Stadium	Oxford United	--	1	144	144
132	The KCOM Stadium	Hull City	--	1	216	216
133	The Keepmoat Stadium	Doncaster Rovers and Doncaster Rovers Belles		1	153	153
134	The King Power Stadium	Leicester City and Leicester City Women		1	83	83
135	The Lamb Ground	Tamworth, Tamworth Academy, Tamworth Ladies, Aston Villa Women and Burton Albion Ladies		1	37	37
136	The Liberty Stadium	Swansea City and Wales		1	201	201
137	The Manor Ground	Oxford United		1	138	138
138	The Millennium Stadium (Principality Stadium)	Wales		1	178	178
139	The New Bucks Head	AFC Telford United, Wolverhampton Wanderers Women and Wolverhampton Wanderers U23		1	34	34
140	The New Lawn	Forest Green Rovers and Gloucester City	--	1	124	124
141	The New Meadow	Shrewsbury Town		1	54	54
142	The Pirelli Stadium	Burton Albion	--	1	53	53
143	The Racecourse Ground	Wrexham and Wales		1	97	97
144	The Riverside Stadium	Middlesbrough	--	1	285	285
145	The Scholars Ground	Chasetown and Chasetown U21	--	1	19	19
146	The Stadium of Light	Sunderland and Sunderland Ladies		1	327	327
147	The Supply Chain Network Community Stadium	Garforth Town and Leeds United LFC		1	179	179
148	The Valley	Charlton Athletic		1	239	239
149	The Withdean Stadium	AFC Varndeanians, Brighton Electricity, Withdean 2000 and Brighton & Hove Albion		1	294	294
150	Toughsheet Community Stadium	Bolton Wanderers		1	141	141
151	Turf Moor	Burnley		1	166	166
152	Twerton Park	Bath City, Team Bath, Bristol City Women and Bristol Rovers		1	169	169
153	Vale Park	Port Vale		1	64	64
154	Valley Parade	Bradford City and Bradford Park Avenue		1	171	171
155	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	235	235
156	Vicarage Road	Watford and Wealdstone		1	196	196
157	Victoria Park	Hartlepool United		1	300	300
158	Victoria Road (Chigwell Construction Stadium)	Dagenham & Redbridge, West Ham United U23 and West Ham United Women		1	242	242
159	Villa Park	Aston Villa		1	24	24
160	Walshes Meadow	Stourport Swifts and Droitwich Spa		1	37	37
161	War Memorial Athletic Ground	Causeway United, Stourbridge and Stourbridge FC Women		1	18	18
162	Wembley Stadium	England and Tottenham Hotspur		1	213	213
163	Whaddon Road	Cheltenham Town and Gloucester City		1	95	95
164	White Hart Lane	Tottenham Hotspur		1	222	222
165	World Group Stadium	Penrith FC		1	291	291
Total					55,446	56,081

5 Grounds Visited for Tours/Non-Football

#	Ground	Team(s)	Rating
1	Bootham Crescent	Leeds United U23, Middlesbrough U23 and York City
2	MetLife Stadium	USA	--
3	Stourbridge Road	Lye Town, Lye Town Ladies and OJM Community FC	--
4	The Dell Stadium	Gornal Colts, Gornal Colts Reserves, Gornal Youth U21, Sedgley & Gornal United Women and Dudley Town
5	The New Meadow	Shrewsbury Town

14 Countries Visited to Watch Football