Your stadiums...

Who on ATD has visited the most then, pepsipete perhaps or somebody else? competition time

Here's mine so far, in about 8 years of supporting argyle away from home

Premier League:
The emirates, Arsenal
Craven Cottage, Fulham (twice v Man United and V Stoke)
Old Trafford, Manchester United (Torquay V Stevenage)
Loftus Road, QPR
Madejski, Reading (twice)
St Mary's, Southampton
Britannia, Stoke City (twice)
Hawthorns, West Brom (twice)
Upton Park, West Ham

Championship:
St Andrews, Birmingham City (twice)
Bloomfield Road, Blackpool (twice)
Ashton Gate, Bristol City (twice)
Turf Moor, Burnley
The Valley, Charlton Athletic
Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace
Pride Park, Derby County
KC stadium, Hull City (twice)
Elland Road, Leeds United
Walkers Stadium, Leicester City
The New Den, Millwall (3 times)
County Ground, Nottingham Forest (twice)
Hillsborough, Sheffield Wednesday
Vicarage Road, Watford (twice)
Molineux, Wolverhampton Wanderers (3 times)

League 1:
Griffin Park, Brentford
Ricoh Arena, Coventry City (3 times)
Gresty Road, Crewe Alexandra (twice)
Fratton Park, Portsmouth
Deepdale, Preston North End
Brammal Lane, Sheffield United
Greenhaus Meadow, Shrewsbury Town
Bescot stadium, Walsall
Huish Park, Yeovil (4 times)

League 2:
EBB recreation stadium, Aldershot Town
Underhill, Barnet
The Memorial stadium, Bristol Rovers
Whaddon Road, Cheltenham Town
St James Park, Exeter City (4 times)
Globe Arena, Morecambe
Sixfields, Northampton
Home Park, Plymouth Argyle (countless)
Plainmoor, Torquay United (4+ times)

Other:
New Wembley Stadium (5 times)
Hampden Park
The Millenium stadium (4 times)
La Rosaleda stadium, Malaga FC

Conference:
Edgar Street, Hereford United
Kenilworth Road, Luton Town


Old Stadiums:
The Withdean, Brighton and Hove Albion
Ninian Park, Cardiff City (twice)
Layer Road, Colchester United

Other Non league:
Saltash United
Frome Town
St Blazey
Torpoint Athletic
Tiverton Town
Plymouth Parkway

Totals 58

Ninian Park, Cardiff
Manor Ground, Oxford
Fellows Park, Walsall
Highfield Road, Coventry
Roker Park, Sunderland
Filbert Street, leicester
Elm Park, Reading
Eastville, Bristol Rovers
Aggborough, Kidderminster
Recreation Ground, Chesterfield
Nene Park, Rushden & Diamonds

How very dare you, Cobi! Saltash United's ground has a name: Kimberley Stadium. Mind you I'm only quibbling about that because (a)I have been to way less grounds than you and (b)I have been to more Peninsula League/Jewson South Western grounds but I can't remember their names!

Premier League,

Arsenal (Highbury)
Aston Villa
Everton
Liverpool
Man City (Maine Rd)
Newcastle
Reading (Madejski and Elm Park)
Southampton
Sunderland (Roker Park)
Stoke
West Brom
West Ham
Wigan(Old ground)

Championship

Barnsley
Birmingham
Bristol City
Cardiff (Ninian Park)
Crystal Palace
Derby (Baseball Ground)
Hull (Old Ground)
Leeds
Leicester (Filbert St)
Nottingham Forest
QPR
Sheff Wed
Watford
Wolves

League 1

Bournemouth
Coventry (Old Ground)
Notts County
Oldham
Portsmouth
Sheff Utd
Shrewsbury
Swindon
Walsall

League 2

Bristol Rovers
Cheltenham
Chesterfield
Exeter
Gillingham
Oxford Utd (Old Ground)
Port Vale
Southend
Torquay

BSP

Grimsby
Luton
Mansfield
Newport
Stockport

Other Non League

Truro City
Falmouth Town
Saltash

Wembley Stadium (Old)

Scotland
Hampden Park (Old and New)
Rangers
Aberdeen
Celtic
Dundee Utd
Hearts
Hibs
Kilmanrnock
Motherwell
Partick Thistle
Ayr Utd
Maybole Juniors (My Dad's old team he played for)


Amsterdam Arena and Mestella Valencia.

God I was such an Aviva

Premier league

Swansea-Vetch Field
Man City-Maine Road
Sunderland-S of L
Reading-Elm Park and Madjeski
Fulham-Craven Cottage
WBA-Hawthorns
Arsenal-Emirates
Chelsea-Stamford Bridge
West Ham-Upton Park
Wigan-Springfield Park
Stoke-Victoria Ground-
Southampton-Dell and St Mary's
Aston Villa-Villa Park
Spurs-WHL
QPR-Loftus Road
Norwich-Carrow Road


Championship

Bristol City-Ashton Gate
Forest-City ground
Sheff Wed-Hillsborough
Sheff Utd-Bramall Lane
Birmingham-St Andrews
Leicester-Filbert Street and Walkers
Derby-Baseball ground and Pride park
Charlton-Valley
Watford-Vicarage Road
Barnsley-Oakwell
Palace-Selhurst Park
Burnley-Turf Moor
Millwall-Den and New Den
Wolves-Molyneux
Leeds-Elland Road
Ipswich-Portman Road
Peterborough-London Road
Brighton-Goldstone
Cardiff-Ninian Park
Middlesborough-Ayresome Park


League 1

Coventry-Highfield Road and Ricoh
Pompey-Fratton Park
Doncaster-Belle vue
Carlisle-Brunton Park
Notts County-Meadow Lane
Bournemouth-Dean Court
Brentford-Griffin Park
Crewe-Gresty Road
Orient-Brisbane Road
PNE-Deepdale
Scunthorpe-Glanford Park
Shrewsbury-Gay Meadow
Swindon-County Ground
Walsall-Fellows Park

League 2

Barnet
Bradford City
Bristol Rovers [all 3 grounds]
Plymouth
Exeter
Torquay
Oxford [both grounds]
Cheltenham
Chestefield [Saltergate]
Gillingham
Southend
Wycombe

Non league

Luton
Newport [Somerton Park]
Stockport
Hereford
Lincoln
Woking
Chester
Truro

Forgot Wembley from the above.

Only watch Argyle so have been to all the OLD grounds including Arsenal at Highbury and Darlinton at Wembley Never been Old Trafford, as only played Man U once it was the three day week and I was compelled to work. Seen Bristol Rovers at Eastville, Twerton Park (Bath) and the Memorial and Brighton at the Goldstone and Withdean. Not been to any of the other "New" grounds.

Bit of an Aviva undertone to this thread
however been to roughly 60-70 percent of league grounds minus most of those in the premiership for obvious reasons

some interesting ones:

Gay meadow....Shrewsbury
Vetch...............Swansea
Highfield Road...Coventry (very smart stadium,never knew why they moved?)
Twerton Park....Bath City/Bristol Rovers
Ninian Park
Inverness Thistle...cannot remember what the ground was called
Inverness Caledonian...Caley park??
Inverness Clachnacuddin ....???
Ibrox
Old Wembley

Coventry moved from Highfield Road because the ball kept going into various neighbours' gardens and they wouldn't give it back. If you went up the wrong path you would find yourself in Mrs Smith's front room rather than the stand. I remember being there at the height of the fighting at football when there were running battles in the streets outside the ground. Seeing mounted police speeding up to separate warring factions right next to to the windows & doors of rows of terraced houses was an education. Ironically Coventry was the first all-seater in the country and they said that would stop crowd trouble. Fat chance! One of my most frightening matches in football was at Highfield Road - it was bad enough to stop me going for a few years.

There was no parking, no space to expand and the opportunity to provide good building land in a less attractive part of the city, Hillfields, in order to help improve it was too good to miss.

I know it's all a bit Aviva, but it was just interesting going through the leagues to see which grounds I'd been. When you see them all listed it does add up to a lot of miles and a lot of money following Argyle.

It also might debunk the myth that on ATD we don't actually support Argyle. I'm going to add Tiverton to the list shortly if anyone from here is venturing out for that one.

Premier

Arsenal (old and new)
Aston Villa
Chelsea
Fulham
Man City (old)
QPR
Reading (old and new)
Southampton (old)
Spurs
Sunderland (old)
West Ham

Championship

Brighton (old)
Bristol City
Charlton
Crystal Palace
Derby (new)
Watford

League 1

Brentford
Orient
Swindon

League 2

AFC Wimbledon (old)
Bristol Rovers (old when at eastville? and old when they moved from eastville to another town?)
Oxford (old)
Plymouth
Wycombe (old and new)

Non League

Bath City
Luton
Maidenhead
Woking

Other

Wembley (old and new)
FC Koln (Germany)
2 non league in Holland and 1 in Germany which I can't remember as it was over 30 years ago!

Seen Argyle at 122 different league grounds.
Sorry Tring a true Aviva with a funny hat but when I look back some fantastic days out and wouldn't have missed them for the world.

I've been to about half the grounds in the FL, very few Premiership ones for obvious reasons.

I'd agree that the only interesting ones are those which no longer exist.

Highfield Road, Ninian Park, Withdean, Wembley etc.

I don't take photos, have souvenirs (bar my Wembley '96 scarf), or think anything of it really. Just the odd decent day out.

Dartford years back in the FA Cup.......won 2-1 by scoring two late goals if my memory serves me right.

Thats the only ground that no one else has mentioned from what I can see.

Been to many grounds already mentioned of course.

A good thirty of those stadiums, mostly Midlands downward... and 80% NOT in the last 10 years due to being fed up with being treated like some sort of ne'er do well, when I just want to pay my money and watch a game of football.

My favourite memories were the old Den, Elland Road against THE team, a Tuesday night at Stamford Bridge watching Argyle take on the Osgood/Cooke/Chopper team, and Mariner scoring at Wembley to take Ingerland through. And thorougly enjoyed the Twerton weekends much later.
Favourite non Argyle game was seeing Greavsie at White Hart Lane, and favourite European experience was a Champions League game Steau Bucharest v Benfica.. what a strange experience that was.... all those uniforms and large Soviet block hats.

How about what games any of us have actually played at League grounds.

I've played at
Home Park
Plainmoor
Roker Park
St James
Ashton Gate
Twerton
The Home Park surface one game was the best I've ever eperienced anywhere ...... the worst surface ....Roker Park ..... an absolute coalfield.

But it was wet - very very wet - at Roker Park. The only pitch I had played on where the crossbar was elliptical so as to allow the rain to drip off more easily.

ZYPH wrote:

Dartford years back in the FA Cup.......won 2-1 by scoring two late goals if my memory serves me right.

Thats the only ground that no one else has mentioned from what I can see.

Been to many grounds already mentioned of course.

I remember going to Marlow in the FA Cup in 1993 where we won 2-0.

Has anyone mentioned Kettering Town?

(I think they now play at the old Rushden & Diamonds ground. I used to go there fairly regularly for a season. A small, neat place that was really friendly. And they had the only 'seconds' Doc Martin's shop in the country).

Thai green wrote:

Greenjock wrote:

Premier League,

Arsenal (Highbury)
Aston Villa
Everton
Liverpool
Man City (Maine Rd)
Newcastle
Reading (Madejski and Elm Park)
Southampton
Sunderland (Roker Park)
Stoke
West Brom
West Ham
Wigan(Old ground)

Championship

Barnsley
Birmingham
Bristol City
Cardiff (Ninian Park)
Crystal Palace
Derby (Baseball Ground)
Hull (Old Ground)
Leeds
Leicester (Filbert St)
Nottingham Forest
QPR
Sheff Wed
Watford
Wolves

League 1

Bournemouth
Coventry (Old Ground)
Notts County
Oldham
Portsmouth
Sheff Utd
Shrewsbury
Swindon
Walsall

League 2

Bristol Rovers
Cheltenham
Chesterfield
Exeter
Gillingham
Oxford Utd (Old Ground)
Port Vale
Southend
Torquay

BSP

Grimsby
Luton
Mansfield
Newport
Stockport

Other Non League

Truro City
Falmouth Town
Saltash

Wembley Stadium (Old)

Scotland
Hampden Park (Old and New)
Rangers
Aberdeen
Celtic
Dundee Utd
Hearts
Hibs
Kilmanrnock
Motherwell
Partick Thistle
Ayr Utd
Maybole Juniors (My Dad's old team he played for)


Amsterdam Arena and Mestella Valencia.

God I was such an Aviva

Jock, this post brought back some very good memories, my wife and I moved to a village just outside Stranraer in the early 1980's, I supported Stranraer F.C. for 8 seasons along with the usual 200 or so fellow fans, I think we all knew each other and the football was a side issue because if you check those seasons they were very lean years for the 'boys in blue' . a fantastic, friendly, great atmosphere at Stair Park, especially Hogmanay when everybody had a bottle in their pocket for a wee dram before , during and after the game. Happy days, except for the results.

You mention Maybole and Ayr, did you ever get down to Stair Park ?

Recently Stranraer have hit the hards times like Argyle, but on a smaller scale of course, but they fought back and the Club have just been promoted last week out of Division 3 courtesy of Rangers being placed in that Division. Rangers will play Stranraer's fixtures.

Hi Phil. No never went to stranraer, my family all lived in Ayr and Prestwick and I never ventured to Stranraer. I wanted to take the ferry over to Ireland but the other half doesn't like boats.

SEE ABOVE.

Jock, a lovely part of the World, Galloway still remains one of our favourite places to live. I used to go shopping on the ferries your other half doesn't like to the superb Belfast shopping Centre where ' tin hat on' had a different meaning in the early 80's. A day trip over the short-sea crossing was always 'interesting'.

Always very good derby matches between Stranraer and Ayr, no prisoners taken in those days. Although an Argyle supporter for over 50 years I do have a soft spot for Stranraer F.C.