What Stadiums Have You Visited

[DiegoDiego]

Outwith Scotland and for ease listing home teams rather than stadium names.

Albania: Durres, KF Tirona, Vllaznia, old national stadium for cup final
Belgium: Leuven
Bosnia: Zeljeznicar
Croatia: Dinamo Zagreb
Denmark: Koge, Naestved, Roskilde, FCK
England: Sheffield Wednesday
Germany: Borrusia Dortmund, Fortuna Dusseldorf
Georgia: Saburtalo, Lokomotiv Tbilisi
Ghana: Tamale stadium for national team.
Guatemala: Xelaju, Municipal
Liechtenstein: Vaduz
Macedonia: National stadium for cup final
Malta: National stadium for league double-header
Mexico: Cruz Azul, Chivas Guadalajara
Poland: Lech Poznan
Sweden: Helsingborgs
Switzerland: FCZ
Turkey: Kasimpasa, Fenerbahce, Umraniyespor, Gaziantepspor

Edited August 19, 2018 by DiegoDiego

[DiegoDiego]

16 minutes ago, G_Man1985 said:

I like this list

Thank you, so do I. It's now been edited to add the two matches in Georgia I forgot about.

[Arabdownunder]

Scotland: Tannadice, Dens, Pittodrie, East End Park, Tynecastle, Easter Road, Ibrox, Parkhead, Hampden, Cappielow

England: Old Trafford, Anfield, White Hart Lane, Loftus Road, Selhurst Park

Australia: MCG, Etihad Stadium, AAMI Park, Olympic Park, Lakeside Stadium, Knights Stadium, Crazy John's  Stadium, Epping Stadium, The Kingston Heath Soccer Complex  (all in Melbourne).  Kardinia Park in Geelong,  Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Olympic Stadium, Parramatta Stadium (all Sydney), Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Hindmarsh Stadium in Adelaide.

USA: Red Bull Arena (New Jersey)

Have also gone to for other sports:

15 a side egg-chasing at Murrayfield, Scotstoun , Ravenhill (Belfast). 13 a side egg-chasing at Princes Park, Melbourne. Australian rules egg-chasing at VFL Park and the Western Oval. Baseball at the Oakland Coliseum. Cricket at the other Old Trafford.

[Sauzee#4]

Scotland:

Easter Road (Hibernian)

Tynecastle (Hearts)

Parkhead (Celtic)

Ibrox (Rangers) 

Pittodrie (Aberdeen)

Rugby Park (Kilmarnock)

Fir Park (Motherwell)

New Douglas Park (Hamilton)

McDairmid Park (St Johnstone)

Almondvale (Livingston)

Love Street (St Mirren)

St Mirren Park (St Mirren)

Tannadice (Dundee United)

East End Park (Dunfermline)

Victoria Park (Ross County)

Cappielow (Greenock Morton)

Somerset Park (Ayr United)

Caledonian Stadium (Inverness Caley Thistle)

Palmerston Park (Queen of the South)

Falkirk Stadium (Falkirk)

Stark’s Park (Raith Rovers)

Central Park (Cowdenbeath)

City Park (Spartans)

Hampden Park 

Murrayfield

Meadowbank

 

England:

St James’ Park (Newcastle United)

Reebok Stadium (Bolton Wanderers)

Ewood Park (Blackburn Rovers)

 

Europe:

Vonovia-Ruhrstadion (VfL Bochum)

Johan Cruyff Arena (Ajax)

Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium (Asteras Tripoli)

 

Edited August 22, 2018 by Sauzee#4

[GordonS]

125 Scottish grounds:

All 42 league grounds

9/18 Highland League

12/16 Lowland League (though 6 are shared with league clubs)

22/39 East of Scotland League (1 shared with league)

7/15 South of Scotland League (3 shared with league)

7/36 East Region Juniors

22/61 West Region Juniors

3/34 North Region Juniors (Islavale, Colony Park, Banks O Dee)

6 former grounds (City Park, Love St, Brockville, Firs Park, Kilbowie, Meadowbank)

5 other grounds (Oriam indoor, Toryglen indoor, Murrayfield (Hearts), St Andrew's Uni, Lesser Hampden)

 

4 English: Anfield, Old Trafford, Villa Park, White Hart Lane

8 Abroad: St Etienne, old Lyon, Stuttgart, Genoa, Milan, old Turin, Barcelona, Seville Cartuja.

And rugby: A few grounds in Scotland, plus Twickenham, Cardiff, Aviva, RDS, Ravenhill, Connacht, Rome.

 

[Lyle Lanley]

Scotland:
Hampden Park 
Murrayfield Stadium
Easter Road (Hibs and Scotland)
Pittodrie (Aberdeen)
Parkhead (Celtic and Scotland)
Dens Park (Dundee)
New Douglas Park (Hamilton)
Tynecastle (Hearts and Semi-Finals)
Almonvalde (Livingston)
Rugby Park (Killie)
Fir Park (Motherwell)
Ibrox (Rangers and Scotland)
McDiarmid Park (St.Johnstone)
St.Mirren Park and Love Street (St.Mirren)
Recreation Park (Alloa)
Somerset Park (Ayr)
Tannadice Park (Dundee Utd)
East End Park (Dunfermline)
Brockville and Falkirk Stadium (Falkirk)
Cappielow Park (Morton)
Caledonian Stadium (Inverness)
Firhill Stadium (Partick)
Palmerston Park (Queen of the South)
Victoria Park (Ross County)
Excelsior Stadium (Airdrie)
Dumbarton Football Stadium (Dumbarton)
Bayview Stadium (East Fife)
Stark's Park (Raith Rovers)
Stiar Park (Stranraer)
Shielfield Park (BerwicK)
Central Park (Cowdenbeath)
Meadowbank Stadium (Edinburgh City)
Borough Briggs (Elgin City)
Forthbank Stadium (Stirling)
The Haughs (Turriff United)
Ainslie Park (Spartans) 

England:
Deepdale (Preston)
Ewood Park (Blackburn)
Macron Stadium (Bolton)
Brunton Park (Carlisle)

Ireland: 
Turners Cross (Cork City)
Richmond Park (St. Patrick Athletic)
The Oval (Glentoran) 
Dalymount Park (Bohemian v Shamrock)
Tallaght Stadium (Shamrock Rovers)

Europe:
Nou Camp (Barcelona)
Georg-Melches-Stadion (Rot Weiss Essen)
Meteor Stadium (Dnipro)
Ljudski vrt (Maribor)
Swedbank Stadion (Malmo)
Aker Stadion (Molde)
 

Edited August 22, 2018 by Eoin Doyle

[Marten]

As I'm getting a bit bored with the lack of football (or any other chance to go out) now, I've gone through the grounds I've visited and made a list. I'd be interested to see where other people have gone to. I list all the teams I watched in a home game in their current ground, I added an * when I went to a ground without seeing that team play (for example an international or a cup final).

Scotland (87)

Premiership (12/12)

Championship (10/10)

League One (10/10)

League Two (10/10)

Highland League (2/17)
Brora Rangers
Fort William

Lowland League (3/16)
Bonnyrigg Rose
Kelty Hearts
(+Berwick in England)

East of Scotland Premier (9/16)
Blackburn United
Camelon Juniors*
Dundonald Bluebell
Hill of Beath Hawthorn
Jeanfield Swifts
Linlithgow Rose
Musselburgh Athletic
Penicuik Athletic
Sauchie

East of Scotland First Division (5/24)
Dunipace
Peebles Rovers
St. Andrews United
Glenrothes
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts

SJFA East Superleague North (10/10)

SJFA East Superleague South (5/10)
Armadale Thistle*
Fauldhouse United
Kennoway Star Hearts
Thornton Hibs
Whitburn Juniors

SJFA East Premier League North (5/8)
Blairgowrie
Brechin Victoria
Coupar Angus
Dundee Violet
East Craigie

SJFA West
Irvine Meadow*
Troon
Neilston Juniors

Amateurs
Sleat and Strath (Skye & Lochalsh AFA)
Breadalbane (Pertshire AFA)
Barra (Uist & Barra AFA)

Others
Murrayfield

 

England (58)

Premier League (4/20)
Aston Villa*
Everton
Manchester City*
Sheffield United

Championship (9/24)
Barnsley
Bristol City
Derby County
Hull City
Leeds United
Luton Town
Middlesbrough*
Nottingham Forest
(+ Cardiff in Wales)

League One (10/24)
AFC Wimbledon
Accrington Stanley
Bolton Wanderers
Burton Albion
Bury
Portsmouth
Rochdale
Shrewsbury Town
Southend United
Sunderland

League Two (9/24)
Bradford City
Cambridge United
Carlisle United
Mansfield Town
Northampton Town
Plymouth Argyle
Port Vale
Scunthorpe United
Stevenage

National League (5/24)
Bromley
Chesterfield
Dagenham & Redbridge
Notts County
Sutton United

National League North (6/22)
Alfreton Town
Curzon Ashton
Gateshead
Kidderminster Harriers
Southport
York City

National League South (1/22)
Eastbourne Borough

Tier 7 leagues
Tamworth

Tier 8 leagues
Staines Town
Uxbridge

Tier 9 leagues
Long Eaton United
Shildon

Tier 10 leagues
Chessington & Hook United
Washington FC
Croydon FC
Holbrook Sports

Tier 11 leagues
Holbrook Sports

Others
Wembley
Berwick Rangers
Don Valley (for Rotherham United)
Saltergate (for Chesterfield)

 

Netherlands (63)

Eredivisie (18/18)

Eerste Divisie (16/20)
Almere City
Cambuur Leeuwarden
FC Den Bosch
FC Dordrecht
FC Eindhoven
Excelsior Rotterdam
Go Ahead Eagles
De Graafschap
Helmond Sport
MVV Maastricht
NAC Breda
NEC Nijmegen
Roda JC
FC Volendam
TOP Oss
Telstar

Tweede Divisie (4/18)
Excelsior Maassluis
Quick Boys
Spakenburg
IJsselmeervogels

Tier 4 leagues
Westlandia

Tier 5 leagues
Capelle
FC 's-Gravenzande

Tier 6 leagues
Heerjansdam
RVVH
SHO
NEC
TOGB

Lower tiers
FSV
Oldenzaal
DVV'09
Monster/RKSVM
Naaldwijk
Lyra
DFS
Terwolde
AGOVV
RBC Roosendaal

Others
Amsterdam Olympic Stadium
AZ (old)
PEC Zwolle (old)
ADO Den Haag (old)
Veendam (bust)
Haarlem (bust)
Vinkenslag  (bust)

 

Belgium
Westerlo
Union Saint Gilloise
Antwerp
Woluwe

 

Germany
St. Pauli
RB Leipzig*
Schalke '04
Werder Bremen

 

Northern Ireland
Carrick Rangers
Cliftonville
Linfield*

 

Isle of Man
Ramsey

 

Luxembourg
National Stadium

 

Norway
National Stadium

 

San Marino
National Stadium

 

Wales
Cardiff City

Total: 224

[GordonS]

Thanks Marten, that whiled away a happy half hour of reminiscence. 

I've hardly been to any outside of Scotland, but in Scotland I've been to;

All 42 SPFL (though 1 belongs to a LL club)

LL - 15/16  (not Gretna, and 4 belong to SPFL clubs)

HL - 15/17 (not Brora or Lossiemouth)

EoS Premier - all 16

SoS - 14/16 (not Abbey Vale or Upper Annandale, and two of the grounds are SPFL grounds)

So until the WoS came along and spoiled it, I only needed to get to 5 grounds to complete the top 6 tiers.

EoS First - 19/24 (not Burntisland, Craigroyston, Kinnoull, Arniston, or Hawick)

New WoS - 25/67 (including all the current Superleague grounds except Kilbirnie)

That's 139 pyramid grounds. Add in Invergordon of the NCL and it's 140 "senior" grounds.

Also been to 10 ERSJFA (none of whom are moving to the EoS this year) and 4 NRSJFA.

On top of that I've seen senior or junior football at Ravenscraig indoor (Motherwell Women), Toryglen indoor (Women's Scottish Cup Final), Oriam indoor (Hearts U20s, age-grade women's internationals), Oriam 3G (Glasgow City, Hearts Women, Hearts U20s), Murrayfield (Hearts v Schalke) and Lesser Hampden, plus reserve football at St Andrew's Uni (Dundee Utd). I've also been to defunct grounds 7 (Falkirk, Clydebank, St Mirren, Meadowbank, Spartans' old City Park, Firs Park and Selkirk). I think that makes it 167 in Scotland current senior or junior grounds, 7 defunct and a few 'others'.

Beyond Scotland I've only been to:

5 in England - Old Trafford, Anfield, St James' Park, Villa Park plus the old White Hart Lane - does that count?

4 in France - St Etienne, Lyon's old ground, Rennes, Parc des Princes

3 in Italy - Milan, Genoa, old Stadio Delle Alpi

2 in Spain - Seville Olympic, Nou Camp

1 in Germany - Stuttgart

Rugby adds on another 7 abroad, many of which are also used for football (Aviva in Dublin, Millenium in Cardiff, Olympic Stadium in Rome), but I've never seen football there.

 

I don't consider myself a groundhopper at all. One day in a very boring meeting at work I started listing the grounds I'd been to. At various times and to various degrees I've supported clubs currently in the Premiership, L2 and EoS, and I've had spells when I've not worked on midweek afternoons when I went to a lot of reserve games, so I'd been to a much higher number than I thought. That made me want to knock off the remaining grounds in what is now the top 6 tiers, which I've slowly tried to do over the past 10 years. It's meant fun trips to some places I wouldn't otherwise have gone. My long-term aim is to keep working down the tiers, but that's just got a whole load harder.

[AsimButtHitsASix]

All the stadiums I've been to to watch/play football and the first game that took me there (if it wasn't just to watch Morton)

Scotland
Hampden (Scotland v Finland)

Celtic Park
Ibrox
Easter Road
Tannadice
Fir Park
St. Mirren Park

Cappielow
Dens Park
Firhill
Recreation Park

Shyberry Excelsior (or whatever it's called now)
Broadwood
Balmoor
Stair Park
"The Rock" (no idea what they call Dumbarton's stadium the now)
New Bayview

Borough Briggs
Forthbank
Ochilview

Ravenscraig (friendly match)
Battery Park Pavilion (Port Glasgow Juniors against someone I can't remember. Tempted to say Petershill)

Dunoon Stadium (Dunoon BC v Inverclyde BC)

Boghead (was a Morton game but v Clydebank)
Love Street (another Morton game but the B&Q cup final v Hamilton Accies)

England
Wembley (England v Scotland)
Kingsmeadow (AFC Wimbledon v Northampton)

Grosvenor Vale (Wealdstone v Bath City)

Wadham Lodge (Walthamstow v Clapton CFC)

Coles Park (Tuvalu v Padania)

Italy
Atleti Azzuri d'Italia (Atalanta v Cagliari)
Stadio Olimpico (Roma v S.P.A.L)

Jersey
Le Boulivot (Merton Hotel v Pomme d'Or Hotel)

New Zealand
Eden Park (Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Victory)

Kiwitea Street (Auckland City v Hawke's Bay United)

[Marten]

On 15/04/2020 at 18:08, GordonS said:

5 in England - Old Trafford, Anfield, St James' Park, Villa Park plus the old White Hart Lane - does that count?

I count demolished grounds myself. Having moved around a fair bit helped me getting a fairly large list (that's why I got a decent amount of non-league clubs from different parts of England).

In terms of other sports I've been to rugby games at Welford Road (Leicester Tigers) and cricket at various grounds across England.

Edited April 22, 2020 by Marten

[Silverton End]

Scotland -

Aberdeen

Airdrie (old & new ground)

Albion Rovers

Alloa Athletic

Annan Athletic

Arbroath

Ayr United

Bonnyrigg Rose

Brechin City

Celtic

Clydebank (kilbowie)

Cowdenbeath

Dumbarton (old & new ground)

Dumbarton Academy FP's

Dundee

Dundee United

Dunfermline Athletic

East Fife (new ground)

Falkirk (old & new ground)

Forfar Athletic

Greenock Morton

Hamilton Accies (old ground)

Hearts

Hibernian

Kilmarnock (old & new ground)

Livingston

Montrose

Motherwell

Partick Thistle

Queen of the South

Queens Park/Scotland

Raith Rovers

Rangers

Spartans

Stenhousemuir

St Johnstone

St Mirren (old & new ground)

Vale of Leven juniors

Yoker Athletic

England-

Bournemouth

Derby County

Liverpool

Manchester City (new ground)

Reading (Elm Park)

Sunderland (old & new ground)

Wembley (old ground)

Wolverhampton Wanderers (old Molyneaux)

Wales -

Cardiff Arms Park

Cardiff City (old Ninian Park)

The New Saints

Malta -

Ta' Qali National Stadium

Italy -

Inter Milan

Parma

Germany -

Bayer Leverkusen

Kaiserslautern

Turkey -

Fenerbahce

Netherlands -

PSV Eindhoven

Edited April 16, 2020 by Silverton End

[GordonS]

3 hours ago, Marten said:

I count demolished grounds myself. Having moved around a fair bit helped me getting a fairly large list (that's why I got so far amount of non-league clubs from different parts of England).

In terms of other sports I've been to rugby games at Welford Road (Leicester Tigers) and cricket at various grounds across England.

Does the new Spurs stadium count as a new stadium or is it a refurbished WHL? I think probably the former, but it's a bit 'my grandfather's broom'. Someone who hasn't been to Hampden since 1990 has been to Hampden the same as anyone who's been since. But WHL was a total rebuild in one go and the pitch moved, so it feels different.

Not that it matters, getting caught up in what "counts" is trainspotting stuff. 

I've only ever lived in Central Scotland so I'm very Scot-centric.

[CM.]

Scottish Premiership

Aberdeen, Celtic, Hamilton, Hibs, Kilmarnock, Livingston, Motherwell, Rangers, Ross County, St Johnstone, St Mirren

Championship

Alloa, Arbroath, Ayr, Dundee, Dunfermline, Morton, Partick Thistle, QoS

League 1

Every ground

League 2

Albion Rovers, Annan, Brechin, Cowdenbeath, Edinburgh City (at Spartans), Queens Park, Stenhousemuir, Stirling

Lowland League

Bonnyrigg, Berwick, East Kilbride, Gala Fairydean Rovers, Gretna 2008 (when it was Gretna), Spartans (as above as Edinburgh City play there)

Other Scotland

Camelon, Linlithgow Rose, Pollok, Rutherglen Glencairn

Grounds no longer with us 

Adamslie (Rob Roy), Love St (St Mirren)

England

Blackburn, Preston, Carlisle, Man Utd, Leeds

[Adamski]

Scotland: 41/42 league grounds (not been to Cove Rangers), Dalbeattie Star, Berwick, Gretna, Threave, Newton Stewart, St Cuthbert's, Wigtown, Creetown, Johnstone Burgh, Auchinleck. Also Meadowbank Stadium, Boghead, Firs Park, Old Bayview, old Douglas Park, Brockville, Love Street, Tarff Rovers, Lesser Hampden.

England: Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Everton, Newcastle, Brentford, Millwall, Sunderland, Cambridge, Carlisle, Morecambe, Penrith, Workington, Bishop's Stortford, Ware.

Wales: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff City.

Germany: Dortmund, Mönchengladbach, Mannheim, Freiburg, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Bochum

Spain: Barcelona, Real Madrid, Rayo Vallecano

France: Parc des Princes

Belgium: national stadium

Holland: Ajax, PSV

Austria: Austria Vienna

Czech Repubic: national stadium, FC Teplice

Denmark: Nordsjaelland, Brondby

Norway: national stadium

Romania: FC Brasov

Bulgaria: Levski Sofia

Macedonia: national stadium

Finland: KuPS, Ilves, HJK Helsinki

Iceland: national stadium

Lithuania: Kaunas

USA: San Jose Earthquakes

Uganda: national stadium

Swaziland: national stadium

Australia: Brisbane Roar, Melbourne Heart

Edited April 16, 2020 by Adamski

[Marten]

7 hours ago, Adamski said:

Holland: Ajax, PSV

PSV aren't based in Holland, they are in The Netherlands though.  

[The Mantis]

Old Thread Here

I said at the time it was better to post a summary than list the lot, but I suppose the lockdown puts a whole new slant on it... 

I wouldn't class myself as a groundhopper. Just reasonably auld, been going to games since 1966 when I was 11, so it mounts up. Played amateur for 3 seasons too. With hindsight I wish I had played more and watched less.

This season, been at 55 games and 18 were at new grounds. Would normally get to 70 or 80 games.

I'm stuck on 299 grounds since February...

Edited April 16, 2020 by The Mantis

[The Mantis]

On 30/11/2015 at 14:27, The Mantis said:

It's a bit boring listing them all so I'll just mention the interesting ones.

SPFL - ALL plus Muirton, Love St, Boghead, Kilbowie, Douglas Park, Brockville, Broomfield, Bayview, Annfield, Shawfield, Firs Park.

SLFL - ALL

SHFL - All except Deveronvale & Turriff,  plus old grounds Telford St, Kingsmills, Recreation Park Peterhead.

EOSL - ALL plus City Park, Edinburgh, and Ettrick Park and Yarrow Park, Selkirk

SOSL - 3

East Juniors - 22 including old grounds at Penicuik, Nitten, Bonnybridge, Rosyth, Bankfoot, Grangemouth.

West Juniors - 42 including old grounds at Baillieston, Benburb, Peasy.

North Juniors - 2 (Nairn St Ninian & Spey Valley Utd)

Islands (Lewis, Shetland, Orkney) - 12

Border Ams - 2

 

England - 40 including Old Wembley, Roker and Highfield Rd. Even mixture of League and non-league.

Faroe Islands - Fuglafjordur, HB, B68 Toftir, Argir, TB Tvoroyri, Skala

Iceland - IBV, KR Reyjavik, Stjarnan. IBV play at the Hasteinsvollur which is the most spectacular ground I've ever visited

Spain - CD Tenerife, Hercules, Real Madrid and Barca.

Portugal - Benfica, Oriental, Cova Piedade

Czechia - Dukla, Bohemians 1905

Wales - Wrexham and Cardiff (Ninian Park)

Switzerland - Allmend (Luzern, demolished)

France - Bayeux

N.I. - Linfield, Ards, Ballinamallard, Glentoran

Canada - Kitchener Centennial

Romania - Astra Giurgiu

Netherlands - de Kuip, Deventer, Sparta Rotterdam, Utrecht

Also some baseball stadiums which are magnificent but don't count (like Toronto and Yankees), and many many stadiums where I've sneaked in or blagged in for a photo but no game. Visits to places like Amsterdam ArenA, Allianz, old San Mames and new Wembley.

 

Updated.

Edited April 16, 2020 by The Mantis

[Torpar]

Scotland

Dunfermline

Aberdeen
Celtic
Hearts
Hibs
Kilmarnock
Livingston
Motherwell
Rangers 
St Johnstone
St Mirren (Old)
Alloa
Arbroath
Dundee
Dundee Utd
Partick Thistle
Queen of the South
Airdrie (Old)
Clyde (New)
Falkirk (Old)
Forfar 
Montrose 
Raith
Brechin
Cowdenbeath
Queens Park 
Stenhousemuir
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts
Murrayfield

England & Wales

Chelsea
Liverpool
Man Utd
Newcastle
Blackburn
Cardiff City (Old)
Carlisle Utd
Wembley (New)
Millennium Stadium

France

Bordeaux

Spain

Barcelona
Celta Vigo
Real Betis/Sevilla
Valencia

Netherlands 

Ajax (New)

Germany

Leipzig
Hannover
Stuttgart

Switzerland

Basel

Italy

Milan
Roma
Juventus (Old)

Norway

Rosenborg

USA

Tampa Bay (Old)

Canada 

Toronto 

Grounds I’ve been to but not to a game

Sydney football stadium
Parramatta (Old)
Parc de Princes 
Stade de France
Wankdorf Stadium 
Croke Park
Everton
Berlin Olympic Stadium

Rosyth (old)
 

Edited April 17, 2020 by Torpar
ETA to add Dunfermline!

[realmadrid]

There is an excellent mobil app for this called Fotbology (Used to be called groundhopper) and for a small fee each year it also gives you a guide to local games, excellent if you are travelling with work and have some spare time.

[scottmcleanscontacts]

There is an excellent mobil app for this called Fotbology (Used to be called groundhopper) and for a small fee each year it also gives you a guide to local games, excellent if you are travelling with work and have some spare time.

Definitely echo this.

Just had a look at mine and it's pretty scary when you think how much all those games must have cost.