My Club:Blyth Spartans
Current Total 463
Journey started in 1976 when I travelled to Anfield, Liverpool. Had previously only been to Newcastle, Carlisle and Sunderland
I follow Blyth Spartans. My wife and I look after the sponsors bar on match day. She does not watch football!
English football league completed 1989 at Vicarage Road, Watford
Scottish Football league completed at Tannadice 1994 (Dundee United)
Conference Completed 1996 at Hednesford. Been to the same twice ground to see the team as Gravesend and Northfleet then as Ebbsfleet.
Conference South completed at Braintree 2010
Completed Conference North following Blyth Spartans. Date Unknown.
Premier League- all current 20 grounds,
Championship- all 24 grounds
Division 1- all 24 grounds
Division 2-all 24 grounds
Scottish League all 41 grounds (42 teams- Stenhousmuir and East Stirling now share)
Hearts at Murryfield (v Shalke 04 UEFA cup) (1)
Conference Nationwide, Conference North , Conference South (66 grounds)- all visited (Gloucester not counted- ground share at Cheltenham)
Northern league (second oldest league in the world) 41 grounds-all visited (Washington now play at Nissan)
Old grounds visited (34)
Arsenal , Bolton Wanderers, Sunderland, Wigan Athletic ,Man City ,Stoke City ,Cardiff City, Swansea City ,Millwall, Reading Hull City, Leicester City, Middlesbrough, Coventry City ,Derby County, Doncaster Rovers ,Scunthorpe Utd, Brighton Hove Albion, Southampton , Huddersfield Town,Wimbledon (Plough lane and the Hockey stadium) ,Colchester Utd, Yeovil ,Walsall ,Bristol Rovers Chesterfield ,Wycombe Wanderers, Shrewsbury Town, Rotherham Utd ,Oxford United ,Bradford (Odsall stadium),Burton Albion, Northampton
Old Scottish grounds visited (12)
Inverness Caledonian ,St Johnstone ,St Mirren ,Hamilton Acc, Falkirk, Stirling Albion ,Meadowbank Thistle (now reformed as Livingston) ,East Fife, Airdrionians, Dumbarton, Queens Park (lesser Hampden), East Stirling
Other old grounds been to where clubs have since moved (32)
Darlington, Maidstone United ,Forest Green,
Newport County ,Scarborough ,Chester City ,Chelmsford ,Enfield
Ashington, Bishop Auckland ,Penrith
South Shields ,West Allotment
North Shields (Appleby Park)
North Shields (Swallow Sports ground) Gilford Park
Northwich Victoria ,Erith and Belvedere
Durham City , Garforth
Leigh RMI (Leigh rugby ground)
Runcorn, Sheffield FC
Darlington Cleveland bridge
Runcorn at Widnes Rugby ground
Emley and Wakefield (Wakfield Trinity Rugby club)
Slough Town, Washington
Tooting and Mitcham ,Hendon ,Harlow Town, Nuneaton Borough ,Worksop Town, Grantham, Burscough
Others current (46)
Ponteland United, Alnwick Town, Seaton Deleval Amateurs, Jarrow, Percy Main, Walker Central, Gosforth Bohemians, Murton, Willington, Cleator Moor Celtic, Ryhope CW, Heaton Stannington, Windscale, Boldon CA, Easington. Peacehaven and Telscombe Banstead Athletic, Hassocks, Molesey ,Wembley ,Maltby Main, Selby Town, Farsely Celtic, Kings Lynn, Bridlington Town, Armthorpe Colliery Welfare, Bromsgrove Rovers Atherton LR ,Rossendale United ,AFC Emley, Winsford ,Annfield Plain ,Cleadon Merthyr Tydfil, Winchester City, Peterlee New Town ,Newtown Aycliffe ,Canaerfon, Prudhoe Town ,Fisher Athletic (now Fisher), Wingate ,Coxhoe Athletic, Hartlepool BWOB (now just called Hartlepool) ,Herrington (now called Houghton), Usworth, New Marske,
Now Defunct (23)
Clydebank
Knowsley
Leicester United
Dawdon Colliery Welfare
Coundon Three Tons
Ruislip Manor
Ilkeston
Shotton Comrades
Ferryhill athletic
Eppleton
Langley Park
Newcastle Blue Star (Wheatsheaf ground)
Newcastle Blue Star (Newcastle Falcons Rugby ground)
Westerhope Hilllheads
Stanley United
Wingate
Sunderland Nissan (not included in numbers. Washington moved there from Albany Park)
Great Harwood
South Bank
Evenwood
Roker
Unibond- (33)
Halifax, Colwyn Bay ,Bradford PA, North Ferriby, Buxton, Kendal, Marine, Chasetown Matlock Town Northwich Victoria ,Stocksbridge Steels, Ashton United ,Whitby Town Frickley Athletic, ,Hucknall Town ,Ossett Town ,Chester ,Chorley ,Bamber Bridge ,Lancaster City ,Warrington ,Witton Albion ,Salford City,Durham City, Mossley Radcliffe Borough, Prescott Cables, Osset Albion, Lincoln United ,Goole Town, Leek Town, Grantham
Zamaretto (5)
Hednesford ,Salisbury ,Cirencester (to see Gloucester City) ,Weymouth ,Uxbridge
Ryman League (10)
Sutton United, Canvey Island ,Wealdstone (Ruislip old ground) Carshalton, Margate Hastings United, Grays Athletic, Cheshunt, Dulwich Hamlet, Kingstonian (AFC Wimbledon) Tooting and Mitcham Eastbourne Town
5 matches in a day. (5) A World record. Never been done before or since. Ground hop in Nottingham 2004
Greenwood Meadows,
Pelican
Dunkirk
Sandiacre
Graham St Prims
Scottish Non League (4)
Clachnacuddin
Fort William
Gretna
Spartans
Not another ground but been to Stenhousmuir to see East Stirling.
National Stadium (3)
Wembley
Hampden (to see Queens park)
Millenium
Linfield FC. Northern Ireland X1 v Newcastle United (Billy Bingham testimonial)
Including The old national stadium in Wales (Wales V Georgia- Vinny Jones debut, sent off after 27 min for stamping on a player) and the old Wembley (numerous times)
England away (12)
Holland (Rotterdam FC)
San Marino (Bologna Stadium, Italy)
Rep Ireland-Landsdown Road
Norway-Oslo
Paris, Parcs De Princes, England v Brazil (Le Tournie)
Georgia- Boris Paichaza stadium, Tiblisi
Moldova - Republican Stadium, Chisanow
Poland-Slaski Stadium, Chorzow
Italy -Stadio Olympico (Rome)
World cup - v Tunisia (Marseilles)
v Rumania (Toulouse)
V Columbia (Lens)
Club matches abroad (2)
Monaco V Newcastle
Barcelona V Manchester United
Bristol Rovers watched at Eastville, Twerton park and the Memorial ground
Chester watched at Sealand Road, Moss lane and Diva Stadium
Wimbledon seen at Plough lane, National Hockey Stadium and MK Dons
Stadium.
Watched Anfield Plain play two matches in one day. 12.30pm at Cleator Moor then 5 pm at Whithaven.
Seen Charlton at the Valley and Crystal Palace. Seen Sheffield at Don Valley and Rotherham Utd at the Don Valley.
Visits to the old grounds at Cathkin park (Third Lanark), Bradford Park Avenue and Shawfield (Clyde) but no game as they had long been closed. Do not count in tally
Seen both Bath City and Bristol Rovers play at Twerton Park in two separate matches.
Seen both Chester City and Macclesfield at Moss lane in two separate matches
This season visits to Chesterfield, Maidenhead United, Newport County, Dartford, Eastleigh, Weston Super Mare, Tooting and Mitcham, Hastings Utd, Eastbourne Town, Tooting and Mitcham, New Marske and Braintree. Also went back to Stenhousmuir to watch East Stirling who have moved from their old ground (7th may)
Arsenal (The Emirates) proved difficult to get into. I paid £234 from a ticket tout for a match against Reading in 2007. When you have an obsessive compulsive disorder like I have it just had to be done!
Claim to fame. In 1981 I ran the line in a first team game at St James Park. St James Park, Alnwick Town v Darlington Cleveland Bridge in the Northern Alliance. During the game I ran into a concrete post alongside of the pitch and had to stop the game for treatment!
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