Doing the 92/random foreign grounds

[Harry Squatter]

Anyone on here been to all the football league grounds?. I think I'm on about 21 out of 92. 

 

Any non league Stadiums as well. 

 

Anyone been to some of the old grounds that no longer exist?. I went to the last league game at Upton Park and went to Highbury as well as Landsdowne Road.

 

I've been to what is considered Europe's and South America's "classic" stadiums. 

 

Bernabeu

Stadio Olimpico Rome

Olympic Stadium in Munich

Nou Camp 

San Siro 

Stadium of Light Benfica 

Maracana 

La Bombonera

El Monunental Buenos Aires

Botofogo Stadium

Johan Cruyff Arena

David Arrellana (Colo Colo)

Celtic Park

Ibrox

 

[tokyojoe]

Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Bernabeu

Stadio Olimpico Rome

Olympic Stadium in Munich

Nou Camp 

St. Etienne

Celtic Park

Easter Road

Hampden Park

Feyenoord

Kirkrade

Enschede

Heysel

Parc des Princes

 

Probably forgotten a couple.

[Tony Moanero]

I stopped going to football matches in the late 00s but have been to these grounds. May have missed one or two.  

 

Highbury 

Villa Park

Ewood Park

Goodison Park

Anfield

City Ground

Maine Road

Old Trafford

White Hart Lane

Molineux

Elland Road

Filbert Street

Upton Park

Baseball Ground and Pride Park

Craven Cottage

Hillsborough 

Loftus Road

Griffin Park

Reebok Stadium 

Valley Parade

The Valley

Stamford Bridge

Gretsy Road

Selhurst Park

Boothferry Park

Brisbane Road

Prenton Park

The Den

St James’ Park (Newcastle)

London Road

Vale Park

The Dell and St Mary’s Stadium

Stadium of Light

Edgeley Park

Vicarage Park

Bootham Crescent 

Turnbull Ground (Whitby Town)

Reachfields Stadium (Hythe Town)

 

[dockers_strike]

Ive a mate who has done the whole 92 league grounds thing. He's a leeds fan though so Im not sure he qualifies!

[an tha]

Might be missing one or two...

 

Old grounds

 

Baseball Ground

Vetch Field

Highbury

White Hart Lane

Maine Road

The Dell

Plough Lane

Upton Park

 

[tokyojoe]

32 minutes ago, tokyojoe said:

Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Bernabeu

Stadio Olimpico Rome

Olympic Stadium in Munich

Nou Camp 

St. Etienne

Celtic Park

Easter Road

Hampden Park

Feyenoord

Kirkrade

Enschede

Heysel

Parc des Princes

 

Probably forgotten a couple.

I didn't include the English ones!

[Shitty Arse]

(Old ones)
Filbert St
Highfield Rd
Highbury 
Upton Park
Manor Ground 
Old Wembley 

Goodison Park
Anfield
Hillsborough 
Villa Park
St Andrews
Etihad
Old Trafford
Stamford Bridge
White Hart Lane
Emirates
Craven Cottage
City Ground
St Mary’s 
Selhurst Park
Molyneaux
Cardiff City
Millennium Stadium Cardiff
Nou Camp
Mestalla
St Jakob Park Basel

 

Might have forgotten some!

[DalyanPete]

10 hours ago, Harry Squatter said:

Anyone on here been to all the football league grounds?. I think I'm on about 21 out of 92. 

 

Any non league Stadiums as well. 

 

Anyone been to some of the old grounds that no longer exist?. I went to the last league game at Upton Park and went to Highbury as well as Landsdowne Road.

 

I've been to what is considered Europe's and South America's "classic" stadiums. 

 

Bernabeu

Stadio Olimpico Rome

Olympic Stadium in Munich

Nou Camp 

San Siro 

Stadium of Light Benfica 

Maracana 

La Bombonera

El Monunental Buenos Aires

Botofogo Stadium

Johan Cruyff Arena

David Arrellana (Colo Colo)

Celtic Park

Ibrox

 

Would like to see a list from the shite.

[Harry Squatter]

44 minutes ago, DalyanPete said:

Would like to see a list from the shite.

Prescot Cables

Marine

Goodison (walked out after 27 minutes)

Anfield (but turned my back the whole game)

[johnsusername]

I went to Maine Road when we played City in the FA Cup in 2003. Danny Murphy scored a pen and we won one nil. I remember the police were twats and were spoiling for a fight. It was the last fa cup game at Maine Road. 

 

I think that's the only stadium I've been to that doesn't exist anymore.

 

Actually, I've been the Mestalla at Valencia as well. That doesn't exist anymore does it? 

[aws]

Racecourse, Wrexham. Oldest current international stadium in the world. 

[Harry Squatter]

12 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

I went to Maine Road when we played City in the FA Cup in 2003. Danny Murphy scored a pen and we won one nil. I remember the police were twats and were spoiling for a fight. It was the last fa cup game at Maine Road. 

 

I think that's the only stadium I've been to that doesn't exist anymore.

 

Actually, I've been the Mestalla at Valencia as well. That doesn't exist anymore does it? 

It's still there. They were supposed to be moving to a new ground but construction stopped halfway through. It's been abandoned since 2009.

 

 

[Harry Squatter]

Went to Lansdowne Road in 2000. Basically just a couple of concrete blocks with a house in one corner. The DART trains ran under the main stand and stopped next to the ground. 

 

Looks a lot better these days as the Aviva stadium. 

[DalyanPete]

1 hour ago, Harry Squatter said:

Prescot Cables

Marine

Goodison (walked out after 27 minutes)

Anfield (but turned my back the whole game)

And booed at all of them.

Twelfth man on tour.

[Preston Red]

Anfield

Deepdale

Ewood Park

Turf Moor

Bloomfield Road (the old one...*shudders*)

Meadow Lane

Athletic Ground/The McCain Stadium (Scarborough)

Iron Bridge (Bamber Bridge)

 

[rb14]

1 hour ago, Harry Squatter said:

This is closer to completion than BMD will be for the next decade or two. 

[Harry Squatter]

2 hours ago, rb14 said:

This is closer to completion than BMD will be for the next decade or two. 

Looks like the place in North Africa where Russell Crowe fights in Gladiator.

[Harry Squatter]

JJB Wigan

Wembley (old and new)

Millennium Stadium

Goodison

Old Trafford

Stamford Bridge 

Vicarage Road

Mk Don's Stadium 

Etihad 

Deepdale

Bloomfield Road (old)

King Power 

Carrow Road

Ipro (Derby County)

Prenton Park (Tranmere)

Molineux 

Villa Park

Stadium of Light Sunderland

 

Also been to Borussia Park in Monchengladbach.

 

Been to the Stade De France and El Monunental in Buenos Aires but not for a game. 

 

 

 

[Harry Squatter]

2 hours ago, Preston Red said:

Anfield

Deepdale

Ewood Park

Turf Moor

Bloomfield Road (the old one...*shudders*)

Meadow Lane

Athletic Ground/The McCain Stadium (Scarborough)

Iron Bridge (Bamber Bridge)

 

I played in a charity match at Bloomfield Road in 1998. Basically it was like being transported back to the 1950s. They should have kept it for BBC period dramas. The whole main stand was made of wood.

[Preston Red]

1 hour ago, Harry Squatter said:

I played in a charity match at Bloomfield Road in 1998. Basically it was like being transported back to the 1950s. They should have kept it for BBC period dramas. The whole main stand was made of wood.

I think it was 1997 when we went there with Preston. Blackpool won 2-1 and we were on a terrace that was genuinely crumbling. You could see where the roof had been gas-axed off as it was condemned a few seasons prior. The place was a total shithole. The pitch looked rough and bumpy as fuck, was it like that when you played there?

[Harry Squatter]

32 minutes ago, Preston Red said:

I think it was 1997 when we went there with Preston. Blackpool won 2-1 and we were on a terrace that was genuinely crumbling. You could see where the roof had been gas-axed off as it was condemned a few seasons prior. The place was a total shithole. The pitch looked rough and bumpy as fuck, was it like that when you played there?

The pitch was actually OK. They had these weird nets there with arched stanchions attached. Someone scored and hit the back stanchion and the ref played on thinking it had come back off the post and out again.

 

Probably why everyone uses the same box nets these days!

 

The dressing rooms in Escape to Victory looked more modern than their dressing rooms. Plywood doors and ancient wooden benches all the way round. Didn't even bother having a shower even though it was June. Probably would have been colder than jumping off the promenade. 

[Preston Red]

2 hours ago, Harry Squatter said:

The pitch was actually OK. They had these weird nets there with arched stanchions attached. Someone scored and hit the back stanchion and the ref played on thinking it had come back off the post and out again.

 

Probably why everyone uses the same box nets these days!

 

The dressing rooms in Escape to Victory looked more modern than their dressing rooms. Plywood doors and ancient wooden benches all the way round. Didn't even bother having a shower even though it was June. Probably would have been colder than jumping off the promenade. 

I'm not so sure the showers would've run as it wouldn't surprise me if a turd was blocking the pipes.

[tokyojoe]

On 17/01/2022 at 00:16, tokyojoe said:

I didn't include the English ones!

OK, here we go:

Anfield

Woodison

Old Shithouse

Maine Road

Stamford Bridge

Upton Park

London Stadium

White Hart Lane

Emirates

Highbury

Molineux

Goldstone Ground

Filbert Street

Selhurst Park

The Dell

St. Marys

Villa Park

Griffin Park

Elland Road

Carrow Road

Vicarage Road

St. James Park

Turf Moor

 

Craven Cottage

Ewood Park

Loftus Road

Hawthornes

Ayresome Park

Leeds Road

Victoria Ground

Highfield Road

City Ground

Kenilworth Road

Bramall Lane

Bloomfield Road

Ashton Gate

Vetch Field

St. Andrews

Baseball Ground

Oakwell

 

Roker Park

Manor Ground

Hillsborough

Portman Road

Burnden Park

Plough Lane

County Ground

Fellows Park

Brunton Park

Broadhall Way

Meadow Lane

 

Fishponds Road

The Meadow

Baldock Road