My Stats
Personal Records
Total Football Grounds attended - 135
(Not including Odsall Stadium where I saw Speedway)
Football Grounds with my team, Brighton - 100
Current League Grounds - 75
Current League Grounds with Brighton - 70
Current League Teams I have seen at one of their grounds - 81
List of grounds (Blue text means I’ve seen Brighton there)
Season 2008/09
| CURRENT 92 - (75) | |
| Premiership (14/20) | |
| Done | To Do |
| Arsenal The Emirates Stadium | |
| Aston Villa Villa Park | |
| Blackburn Ewood Park | |
| Bolton Reebok Stadium | |
| Chelsea Stamford Bridge | |
| Everton Goodison Park | |
| Fulham Craven Cottage | |
| Hull City KC Stadium | |
| Liverpool Anfield | |
| Manchester City Eastlands | |
| Man Utd Old Trafford | |
| Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium | |
| Newcastle Utd St James’ Park | |
| Portsmouth Fratton Park | |
| Stoke City Britannia Stadium | |
| Sunderland The Stadium of Light | |
| Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane | |
| West Brom The Hawthorns | |
| West Ham Utd Upton Park | |
| Wigan Athletic JJB Stadium |
| Championship (21/24) | To Do |
| Barnsley Oakwell | |
| Birmingham St Andrews | |
| Blackpool Bloomfield Park | |
| Bristol City Ashton Gate | |
| Burnley Turf Moor | |
| Cardiff City Ninian Park | |
| Charlton Athletic The Valley | |
| Coventry City Ricoh Arena | |
| Crystal Palace Selhurst Park | |
| Derby Pride Park | |
| Doncaster Rovers Keepmoat Stadium | |
| Ipswich Town Portman Road | |
| Norwich Carrow Road | |
| Nottm Forest The City Ground | |
| Preston NE Deepdale | |
| Plymouth Argyle Home Park | |
| QPR Loftus Road | |
| Reading Madejski Stadium | |
| Sheffield Utd Bramall Lane | |
| Sheffield Wednesday Hillsborough | |
| Southampton St Mary’s Stadium | |
| Swansea City Liberty Stadium | |
| Watford Vicarage Road | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers Molineux |
| League One (20/24) | To Do |
| Brighton Withdean Stadium | |
| Bristol Rovers Memorial Stadium | |
| Carlisle Brunton Park | |
| Cheltenham Whaddon Road | |
| Colchester The Laz Ground | |
| Crewe Alexandra Gresty Road | |
| Hartlepool Utd Victoria Park | |
| Hereford Utd Edgar Street | |
| Huddersfield McAlpine Stadium | |
| Leeds Utd Elland Road | |
| Leicester The Walkers Stadium | |
| Leyton Orient Brisbane Road | |
| Millwall The New Den | |
| Milton Keynes Dons MK Stadium | |
| Northampton Sixfields | |
| Oldham Athletic BoundaryPark | |
| Peterborough Utd London Road Ground | |
| Scunthorpe Glanford Park | |
| Southend Utd Roots Hall | |
| Stockport County Edgeley Park | |
| Swindon Town County Ground | |
| Tranmere Rovers Prenton Park | |
| Walsall The Bescott Stadium | |
| Yeovil Huish Park |
| League Two (20/24) | To Do |
| Accrington Stanley | |
| Aldershot Town The Recreation Ground | |
| Barnet Underhill | |
| Bournemouth Dean Court | |
| Bradford City Valley Parade | |
| Brentford Griffin Park | |
| Bury Gigg Lane | |
| Chester Deva Stadium | |
| Chesterfield Saltergate | |
| Dagenham & Redbridge Victoria Road | |
| Darlington Reynolds Arena | |
| Exeter City St James’s Park | |
| Gillingham The Priestfield Stadium | |
| Grimsby Town Blundell Park | |
| Lincoln Sincil Bank | |
| Luton Town Kenilworth Road | |
| Macclesfield Moss Rose | |
| Morecambe Christie Park | |
| Notts County MeadowLane | |
| Port Vale Vale Park | |
| Rochdale Spotland | |
| Rotherham Millmoor | |
| Shrewsbury Town New Meadow | |
| Wycombe Wanderers Adams Park |
| Ex-League (27) |
| Arsenal Highbury |
| Bolton Burnden Park |
| Brighton The Goldstone Ground |
| Bristol Rovers Twerton Park |
| Cambridge Abbey Stadium |
| Colchester Layer Road |
| Coventry City Highfield Road |
| Derby County The Baseball Ground |
| Doncaster Belle Vue Ground |
| Halifax Town The Shay |
| Huddersfield Leeds Road |
| Hull City Boothferry Park |
| Kidderminster Aggborough |
| Leicester City Filbert Street |
| Maidstone Utd Watling Street |
| Man City Maine Road |
| Mansfield Field Mill |
| Middlesbrough Ayresome Park |
| Millwall The Den |
| Northampton Town County Ground |
| Oxford United The Manor Ground |
| Reading Elm Park |
| Shrewsbury Gay Meadow |
| Stoke City The Victoria Ground |
| Swansea The Vetch Field |
| Wigan Athletic Springfield Park |
| Wrexham The Racecourse Ground |
| York City Bootham Crescent |
| Non-League (29) |
| Alsager Town Wood Park |
| Altrincham Moss Lane |
| Brocton Coppice Colliery Ground |
| Burton Albion Pirelli Stadium |
| Buxton Silverlands |
| Chasetown Scholar’s Ground |
| Clitheroe FC, Shawbridge Stadium |
| Congleton Town Booth Street |
| Glossop North End Surrey Street |
| Hednesford Keys Park |
| Hyde United Ewen Fields |
| Kidsgrove Athletic Stan Brown Stadium |
| Kingstonian Kingsmeadow |
| Knypersley Victoria Tunstall Road |
| Leek Town Harrison Park |
| Market Drayton Town Greenfields |
| Meir KA Kings Park |
| Nantwich Town Jackson Avenue |
| Nantwich Town Weaver Stadium |
| Newcastle Town Lyme Valley Stadium |
| New Mills Church Lane |
| Northwich Victoria Park |
| Norton Utd Community Drive |
| Rocester Hillsfield |
| Sheffield FC The Bright Finance Stadium |
| Skelmersdale United Ashley Travel Stadium |
| Stafford Rangers Marston Road |
| Stone Dominoes Springbank Park |
| Witton Albion Wincham Park |
What a thourily absorbing site. I now know Im not alone!. Particularly enjoyed the old piece on goal nets and stantions. Im a Boro fan and remember fondly our seemingly odd goals at Ayresome. The back stantion at the Holgate end had been bent square resulting in a net so tight the ball sprung out every single time. Once as ball boy I saw a young Paul Stewart score a cracker for Blackpool and their sizable following didnt even celebrate thinking it had missed until he ran off celebrating!. I now own the left hand upright of this goal for the record. Have you hopped many in the Northern League?, Billingham Synthonia is probably the pick, but they have been fuelled by Boros money in recent years so I think thats cheating. Drop me a line and share yout thoughts on any non league grounds (or Ayresome for that matter) round my way.
I was also at you Ayresome debut as well, right at the end of the season. Notts County beat us in the play offs and then your mob in the final.
John,
Great to hear from you and to know I’m not alone with my net fascination! Funny you should mention Boro’s nets, I do remember them being very taught and quite shallow. In about the late eighties Brighton drew 2-2 with you at Ayrsome and Curbishley’s goal for us banged straight back out. We were 2-0 down I think. I wasn’t there - just saw the goals on South Today. I liked Ayrsome Park a lot - a traditional old ground with a lot of character - I liked the goals too. Bernie Slaven was always banging in thirty yarders into them, wasn’t he? It wasn’t such a good scoreline when I went. John Crumplin (left back) made an awful error for your first.
The play-off final was depressing. I still have mild feelings of hatred for Tommy Johnson who scored two goals that day.
I’d be happy to discuss football grounds with you, drop me an email. I have yet to do any non-league in the North East but have visited Ayrsome, Victoria Ground and the Stadium of Light.
Did you ever climb on the stands at Ayrsome Park - because then you’d be Iddler on the roof! (sorry)