Best, Worst, How many?

Jac35

My mind wanders a lot and this morning i’ve been thinking about how many grounds i’ve seen Derby on
Only 19 surprisingly (part time fan)

The best is an obvious choice but it really is fantastic. Wembley
Worst is an easy choice too. Elland Road

My list

Wembley
Leeds Utd - Elland Road
Manchester Utd - Old Trafford
Chelsea - Stamford Bridge
Spurs - White Hart Lane
Aston Villa - Villa Park
Sheffield Wednesday- Hillsborough
Coventry City - Highfield Road
Stoke City - Victoria Ground
Wolves - Molineux
Birmingham City - St Andrews
Doncaster Rovers - Keepmoat
Burnley - Turf Moor
Huddersfield Town - Mcalpine
Leicester City - Filbert Street and King Power
Barnsley - Oakwell
Torquay Utd - Plainmoor
Sheffield Utd - Bramall Lane

Tikay10

You went to Torquay to watch Derby?

Jac35

Tikay10 said:

You went to Torquay to watch Derby?

Ha, too quick
I was going to edit. I’ve been there but not to see Derby

I watched Torquay play Wrexham at Plainmoor
They won 6-1 and Paul Dobson got a hat trick

First day of a family holiday. We’d been in Torquay for less than an hour and hadn’t even unpacked. My Dad took me to the game. Mum was delighted

Tikay10

That makes much more sense.

pompeynic

I love this thread. Brings back so many memories.
I have visited 72 of the grounds in the current football league, plus another 7 who currently play their football in the national league but who were league clubs at the time.
I have visited 13 in their old and new stadiums, plus another four who were “ homeless “ and had to play in rented accommodation.
I have not included Wembley as a league ground. I had always said I would not go to Wembley to see England until I had seen Pompey play there, never thought I would get to go , but have been lucky enough to see us play there five times with a 4-1 winning record.
Would have been 5-0 had a self inflated egomaniac midfielder scored a penalty. To this day I have still not seen the national team play.
So many stories, I could write pages of them , both funny and sad . Away days with my brothers are always the best, although I have been to many on solo trips. Some incredible highs and dreadful lows.
I will have to think of best and worst, lots of different reasons as to why a ground would hold good and bad memories.

Allan23

31/42 for current Scottish League

Best- Arbroath away
Worst - Cowdenbeath away

dragon1964

Ooh, good one Jac.
Everton for me.

Everton - Goodison Park
Macclesfield - Moss Rose
Wembley - Old and New
Liverpoo - Analfield
Man City - Maine Rd and Etihad
Man Utd - Old Trafford
Stockport County - Edgeley Park
Stoke - Victoria Ground and Britannia (at the time)
Port Vale - Vale Park
Crewe - Gresty Rd
Chester - Deva Stadium
Tranmere - Prenton Park
Bolton - Burnden Park and Reebok
Oldham - Boundary Park
Blackburn - Ewood Park
Sheffield Wednesday - Hillsborough
Sheffield United - Bramall Lane
Bradford - Valley Parade
Leeds - Elland Rd
Aston Villa - Villa Park
Birmingham - St Andrew's
West Brom - The Hawthorns
Barnsley - Oakwell
Rotherham - Millmoor
Newcastle - St James Park
Middlesbrough - Ayresome Park
Sunderland - Roker Park
Derby - Baseball Ground and Pride Park
Nottingham Forest - City Ground
Notts County - Meadow Lane
Leicester - Filbert Street and King Power
Coventry - Highfield Rd and Ricoh Arena
Peterborough - London Road
Oxford - Manor Ground
Norwich - Carrow Rd
Arsenal - Highbury
West Ham - Upton Park
Charlton - Selhurst Park (ground sharing at the time)
Wimbledon - Plough Lane
Southampton - The Dell and St Mary's

I may have forgotten some so there could be more.

Worst Away
Oakwell in the 1990s. The away end was awful. Very steep and dangerous especially when everyone wanted to use the tiny toilet at half time.

Or
Manor ground. Small and cramped, penned in. With the metal fencing pre Hillsborough.
The match on 30/4/1986 lives long in the memory of Everton fans for other reasons.

Best Away
Seeing Macclesfield play Everton at Moss Rose

I always liked Villa Park and Hillsborough. Maybe because it's traditional old clubs with big old grounds.

Coldest
Definitely Oldham

stokefc

It's been a few years since i went to a away game early noughties Hillsborough was the last one , i remember i used to keep count and it was 62 away grounds
Seen Stoke at Plainmoor , lost , and definately Oldham was the coldest
It was dangerous ,scary ,crazy, funny , some of the best times of my life
Will add a few stories later when i think of them , great thread

mumsie

Maine rd.
Old Trafford.
Villa Park.
Highbury.
Parkhead.
Wembley Stadium (old one).

I thought there was more, I looked through Wiki at all the grounds and that's my lot.

pompeynic

Boundary Park - Oldham , especially when the away end was open, was one of the coldest afternoons I’ve had.
The Bet365 - Stoke runs it very , very close.

stokefc

pompeynic said:

Boundary Park - Oldham , especially when the away end was open, was one of the coldest afternoons I’ve had.
The Bet365 - Stoke runs it very , very close.

Yes it's very cold it's slightly better now we've filled one of the corners in

hhyftrftdr

Domestic

Wembley (old and new)
Sunderland
Newcastle
Huddersfield
Sheff Utd
Leicester
Hull
York

European

Dortmund
Bayern Munich
Dynamo Kiev
Copenhagen
Seville
Poznan
Milan (vs Atalanta)
Lisbon
Porto (twice but only once had a ticket)

Global

Hong Kong
San Francisco

Best; San Siro.....it's like Tikay, ancient but iconic.
Worst; Hull.....nuff said

HENDRIK62

Scotland
parkhead is obviously the best
cappielow is the worst
tynecastle
easter road
ibrox (pains me to say but its very good)
tannadice
pittodrie
mcdiarmid park (first stadium I ever took my kids too)
starks park
mosset park
love street
ochilview

England
stamford bridge (best because I was an invitee of Adidas- so we drank and ate our fill and the seats were heated :-))
St James
Anfield
Villa park
St andrews
molineux
the den

Europe
HDI (Hanover)
Volkswagen arena (Wolfburg) best at time because it was brand new
olympiastadion (old Bayern )
park stadion (old shalke 04)
volksparkstadion (old Hamburg)
camp nou

Jac35

pompeynic said:

I love this thread. Brings back so many memories.
I have visited 72 of the grounds in the current football league, plus another 7 who currently play their football in the national league but who were league clubs at the time.
I have visited 13 in their old and new stadiums, plus another four who were “ homeless “ and had to play in rented accommodation.
I have not included Wembley as a league ground. I had always said I would not go to Wembley to see England until I had seen Pompey play there, never thought I would get to go , but have been lucky enough to see us play there five times with a 4-1 winning record.
Would have been 5-0 had a self inflated egomaniac midfielder scored a penalty. To this day I have still not seen the national team play.
So many stories, I could write pages of them , both funny and sad . Away days with my brothers are always the best, although I have been to many on solo trips. Some incredible highs and dreadful lows.
I will have to think of best and worst, lots of different reasons as to why a ground would hold good and bad memories.

Good numbers there Nick
Yep, tell us the best and worst

Jac35

dragon1964 said:

Ooh, good one Jac.
Everton for me.

Everton - Goodison Park
Macclesfield - Moss Rose
Wembley - Old and New
Liverpoo - Analfield
Man City - Maine Rd and Etihad
Man Utd - Old Trafford
Stockport County - Edgeley Park
Stoke - Victoria Ground and Britannia (at the time)
Port Vale - Vale Park
Crewe - Gresty Rd
Chester - Deva Stadium
Tranmere - Prenton Park
Bolton - Burnden Park and Reebok
Oldham - Boundary Park
Blackburn - Ewood Park
Sheffield Wednesday - Hillsborough
Sheffield United - Bramall Lane
Bradford - Valley Parade
Leeds - Elland Rd
Aston Villa - Villa Park
Birmingham - St Andrew's
West Brom - The Hawthorns
Barnsley - Oakwell
Rotherham - Millmoor
Newcastle - St James Park
Middlesbrough - Ayresome Park
Sunderland - Roker Park
Derby - Baseball Ground and Pride Park
Nottingham Forest - City Ground
Notts County - Meadow Lane
Leicester - Filbert Street and King Power
Coventry - Highfield Rd and Ricoh Arena
Peterborough - London Road
Oxford - Manor Ground
Norwich - Carrow Rd
Arsenal - Highbury
West Ham - Upton Park
Charlton - Selhurst Park (ground sharing at the time)
Wimbledon - Plough Lane
Southampton - The Dell and St Mary's

I may have forgotten some so there could be more.

Worst Away
Oakwell in the 1990s. The away end was awful. Very steep and dangerous especially when everyone wanted to use the tiny toilet at half time.

Or
Manor ground. Small and cramped, penned in. With the metal fencing pre Hillsborough.
The match on 30/4/1986 lives long in the memory of Everton fans for other reasons.

Best Away
Seeing Macclesfield play Everton at Moss Rose

I always liked Villa Park and Hillsborough. Maybe because it's traditional old clubs with big old grounds.

Coldest
Definitely Oldham

I loved Oakwell in the 90s
£6 return on the train and a cheap ticket
Pickering had just taken over and we won 3-0

Jac35

stokefc said:

It's been a few years since i went to a away game early noughties Hillsborough was the last one , i remember i used to keep count and it was 62 away grounds
Seen Stoke at Plainmoor , lost , and definately Oldham was the coldest
It was dangerous ,scary ,crazy, funny , some of the best times of my life
Will add a few stories later when i think of them , great thread

Was the Torquay one a holiday too?

Jac35

Allan23 said:

31/42 for current Scottish League

Best- Arbroath away
Worst - Cowdenbeath away

Why is Arbroath the best?

Jac35

mumsie said:

Maine rd.
Old Trafford.
Villa Park.
Highbury.
Parkhead.
Wembley Stadium (old one).

I thought there was more, I looked through Wiki at all the grounds and that's my lot.

I really didn’t like the old Wembley

Jac35

hhyftrftdr said:

Domestic

Wembley (old and new)
Sunderland
Newcastle
Huddersfield
Sheff Utd
Leicester
Hull
York

European

Dortmund
Bayern Munich
Dynamo Kiev
Copenhagen
Seville
Poznan
Milan (vs Atalanta)
Lisbon
Porto (twice but only once had a ticket)

Global

Hong Kong
San Francisco

Best; San Siro.....it's like Tikay, ancient but iconic.
Worst; Hull.....nuff said

Which did you prefer? Munich or Dortmund?

Seville is amazing
Did you turn it into a holiday too?

Jac35

HENDRIK62 said:

Scotland
parkhead is obviously the best
cappielow is the worst
tynecastle
easter road
ibrox (pains me to say but its very good)
tannadice
pittodrie
mcdiarmid park (first stadium I ever took my kids too)
starks park
mosset park
love street
ochilview

England
stamford bridge (best because I was an invitee of Adidas- so we drank and ate our fill and the seats were heated :-))
St James
Anfield
Villa park
St andrews
molineux
the den

Europe
HDI (Hanover)
Volkswagen arena (Wolfburg) best at time because it was brand new
olympiastadion (old Bayern )
park stadion (old shalke 04)
volksparkstadion (old Hamburg)
camp nou

Did you go to a game at the Nou Camp?
I only did the tour. Would love to see a game

stokefc

Jac35 said:

stokefc said:

It's been a few years since i went to a away game early noughties Hillsborough was the last one , i remember i used to keep count and it was 62 away grounds
Seen Stoke at Plainmoor , lost , and definately Oldham was the coldest
It was dangerous ,scary ,crazy, funny , some of the best times of my life
Will add a few stories later when i think of them , great thread

Was the Torquay one a holiday too?

Weekend jobbie with the lads it was great fun from what I remember