Grounds Visited

Done Hillsborough and Bramall Lane to death, and I'm sick of the sight of The Riverside.

Ticking Gigg Lane off the list in March...

 

Done 106 watching Barnsley, spent a sodding fortune. Went to Isle of Man in 1993 for pre season tournament, pissed as a fart for a week

 

You or the players?

 

A lot of mine include grounds no longer used
Derby - Baseball Ground
Leicester - Filbert St
Hull - Boothferry Park
Bolton - Burnden PArk
Southamption - The Dell
Rotherham
Middlesboro - Ayresome Park

 

What's odd about them?

 

Well If I think to myself i've been to some of the southern ground but not the northern ones who are in the same league, odd to me that

 

I see.

Well I've been to Southampton but never Donny!

 

About 65 for me, including a few now in the Conference like Luton & Grimsby and also old grounds like Baseball ground, Maine Road, Millmoor, Ayresome Park, Elm Park & Old Den (to name a few). Also includes the old & new Wembley. Not been to a different ground now for about 12 years apart from the New Wembley .

 

Off top of my head..

Blundell park,
Rebook
Pride park
Jb
St james
Maine road
City of Manchester
County ground
Salter gate
B2b stadium
Bellevue
Keepmoat
Mk dons
Selhurst park
The **** hole Pompey play at
KFC stadium
The shithole Luton play at
Ewood park
Turf moor
Old Trafford
Craven cottage
City county
Riverside
Meadowlane
Roach arena
Six fields
High field
Ashton gate
Mill moor
Sincil bank
Kit kat stadium
Nene park
Field mill
Moss road
The den
The valley
Valley parade
Hillsboro
Bum hole lane
Boundary park
Prenton park
Burnden park
Bloomfield road
John smith stadium
Walkers
St. Andrews
Bescott
Hawthorns
Anfield
Layer road
Carrow road
Cheltenham
Wrexham
Darlo
Glandford park
Gigg lane
Spot land


Cost prevents me from doing more.

£100 plus on an away day. Can't do it any more on a regular basis.

 

My favourite subject ...... 126 all with Barnsley

First of all I only count Barnsley First team games (No Friendlies).

71 Current League grounds (Maximum is 75, I'm missing Middlesborough, Yeovil, Carlisle, Exeter)

We are yet to play a Competitive First team fixture at Arsenal, Colchester, Coventry, Crawley, Stevenage, Shrewsbury, Rotherham, Accrington, AFC Wimbledon, Bristol Rovers, Burton Albion, Chesterfield, Dagenham, Fleetwood, Morecambe, Newport and Oxford

47 Old Football League Grounds and Teams (I include the old Dean Court Bournemouth in this but not many others do)
2 Non League in FAC (Caernarfon and Bromsgrove)
3 Clubs playing on other teams (Wimbledon at Palace, Charlton at Palace and Charlton at West Ham)
3 Neutral grounds (Old Wembley, Millenium Stadium and New Wembley)

Total 126 Grounds

 

Re: My favourite subject ...... 126 all with Barnsley

Quality effort that sir.

 

Re: My favourite subject ...... 126 all with Barnsley

Come on Turvey, for someone with such vast knowledge of BFC, who has seen so many matches, you don't post nearly enough. Regale us with some stories. The best match you've seen at those 126 grounds would be a good start. You're not allowed to choose the victory over Swansea at the Millenium Stadium.

 

Re: My favourite subject ...... 126 all with Barnsley

Never actually counted them up so was interested to have a go.

Teams currently in:

Premier League : 13 current grounds and 5 old ones
Championship : 17 current grounds and 9 old ones.
League 1 : 18 current grounds and 3 old ones.
League 2 : 10 current grounds and 2 old ones.
Conference: 5 current grounds
Lower or not in business any more : 3 grounds
Neutral : the same 3 as most people (old Wembley, New Wembley and Millenium)

88 in total, but only 58 are current league grounds

I could add the City of Manchester Stadium to that total as well if a Take That concert counts!

As with many people, I don't see it climbing too much higher - tend to stick to the ones within reasonable travelling distance these days, and those are the ones that I have been to many times. Other than for really one off occasions, such as Plymouth a few years ago on the last day of the season.

 

Currently around 35 ground there or there abouts. Not including old grounds.


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In 1993 (aged 14) I'd got all 92, with something like 56 of them with Barnsley. But with new teams entering the league and clubs changing ground I'm down to 81 now.