Football grounds you've visited

I stopped travelling a few years ago, but here's the list, that I can remember and it's not as big as I thought it was, although I've been to a fair few of these grounds more than once:

Arsenal
Reading
Wembley
Millenium Stadium
Aston Villa
Chelsea
Man Utd
Man City
Fulham
West Ham
Fulham
Crystal Palace
Wimbledon (Plough Lane)
Leyton Orient
Newcastle United
Sunderland
Liverpool
Everton
Birmingham
Portsmouth
Southampton
Plymouth
Hereford
Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday
Grimsby
Notts Forest
Notts County
Exeter
Derby County
Millwall (old and new)
Stoke
Leicester
Leeds
Coventry
West Brom
QPR
Norwich
Watford
Brighton (old)
Charlton
Oxford
Barnet
Luton
Maidenhead
Tooting and Mitcham

Paris St Germain
Auxerre
Parken
San Siro
Standard Liege
Benfica
PAOK Salonika





spurs
 
Psycho Sonny said:
been to celtic park quite a lot, for social occasions such as birthday/anniversary parties, wedding receptions, etc as well for the football, i would like to see other stadiums function suites, to see how they compare, does anyone have any photo's?
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I can understand clubs having function rooms for functions, business meetings and general parties.

But weddings? I gotta say, even if we won a quadruple one season, I still wouldn't want to get married at Ashburton Grove.
 
In order of how many times I've been...

Spurs - White Hart Lane (had a season ticket for the past 5 or so seasons)
Enfield - Southbury Road (my old local non-league team, RIP :()
New Wembley (two Carling Cup finals, one FA Cup semi-final and a few friendlies)
Chelsea - Stamford Bridge (vs. PSG)
Leyton Orient - Brisbane Road (Spurs friendly)
Stevenage Borough - Broadhall Way (Spurs friendly)
Yeovil Town - Huish Park (random game whilst on holiday)
Shrewsbury Town - Greenhous Meadow (random game whilst on holiday)
Bethnel Green United - Mile End Stadium (went for Non-league Day this year)

Best: White Hart Lane, obviously. :)
Worst: Stamford Bridge. No atmosphere, ran out of burgers before the match. :(
 
Greenlizard0 said:
I can understand clubs having function rooms for functions, business meetings and general parties.

But weddings? I gotta say, even if we won a quadruple one season, I still wouldn't want to get married at Ashburton Grove.
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im not talking the actual wedding, im talking wedding reception.

does it really matter if its in a football stadium or a hotel? if i blindfolded you and took you into a hotel's function suite and then took you to celtic park's i doubt you could tell which one is which.

the kerrydale suite at celtic park aint small either, i reckon 500 people easy, with a decent sized dancefloor and stage, a huge long bar spanning the width of the room to service everyones needs. there's plenty of toilets, and car parking facilities, making it perfect for any wedding reception, in fact its the complete package, i dont think anywhere else in glasgow offers all these things in one. there's the thistle hotel but thats about 12 grand to rent it for a wedding reception, that doesnt include food or drink just the empty hall with tables and chairs, etc. (im assuming celtic park is a lot cheaper), you need to pay for your parking also at the thistle and its a lot smaller car park than celtic park's meaning guests at the thistle would need to pay city centre rates if they dont fit into its own car park.

http://www.stadiumexperience.com/stadium_celtic.htm

theres some more info on it. it says it can hold 450-500 for lunch/dinner dance and 1100 for a reception (business type thing im assuming) or pre-match for the posh people.

tbh its probably one of glasgow's best and cheaper venues, the only one i can think of which would beat it is mar hall but im assuming it would cost at least £60K to have a wedding there.

the normandy hotel is quite popular too but i think celtic park beats it in every aspect.
 
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Selhurst Park - Grew up there, support Palace
Walkers - Now living in Leicester, been to a bunch of games
Meadow Lane - Friend who supports Notts. Go to the games every now and again with him

Now many. :(
 
Probably missed a few......

Old Wembley
Millennium Stadium
Nou Camp
Old Trafford
Villa Park
Goodison
Hillsborough
Riverside Stadium
Ayresome Park
Prenton Park
Stadium of Light
Roker Park
Philips, Eindhoven
Glanford Park
Victoria Park
 
Psycho Sonny said:
im not talking the actual wedding, im talking wedding reception.

does it really matter if its in a football stadium or a hotel? if i blindfolded you and took you into a hotel's function suite and then took you to celtic park's i doubt you could tell which one is which.

the kerrydale suite at celtic park aint small either, i reckon 500 people easy, with a decent sized dancefloor and stage, a huge long bar spanning the width of the room to service everyones needs. there's plenty of toilets, and car parking facilities, making it perfect for any wedding reception, in fact its the complete package, i dont think anywhere else in glasgow offers all these things in one. there's the thistle hotel but thats about 12 grand to rent it for a wedding reception, that doesnt include food or drink just the empty hall with tables and chairs, etc. (im assuming celtic park is a lot cheaper), you need to pay for your parking also at the thistle and its a lot smaller car park than celtic park's meaning guests at the thistle would need to pay city centre rates if they dont fit into its own car park.

http://www.stadiumexperience.com/stadium_celtic.htm

theres some more info on it. it says it can hold 450-500 for lunch/dinner dance and 1100 for a reception (business type thing im assuming) or pre-match for the posh people.

tbh its probably one of glasgow's best and cheaper venues, the only one i can think of which would beat it is mar hall but im assuming it would cost at least £60K to have a wedding there.

the normandy hotel is quite popular too but i think celtic park beats it in every aspect.
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I meant a reception as you stated above.

You're probably right, in the sense that football grounds would be more upto date and flexible than an old hotel. They'd probably have better parking facilities too. I don't know, having a reception at a club ground would still give cause for hesitation. Also I've yet to stray from an area where it's very easy to get something else other than a football ground or anything else better. I gave the example of my own club in London, I've no doubt unlike Glasgow (as you're inferring) there are possibly hundreds of other options.

And yes even if blind folded I'd be miffed to find out my reception was at one. Oddly enough I think most other halves would be the same given a choice.
 
Greenlizard0 said:
I meant a reception as you stated above.

You're probably right, in the sense that football grounds would be more upto date and flexible than an old hotel. They'd probably have better parking facilities too. I don't know, having a reception at a club ground would still give cause for hesitation. Also I've yet to stray from an area where it's very easy to get something else other than a football ground or anything else better. I gave the example of my own club in London, I've no doubt unlike Glasgow (as you're inferring) there are possibly hundreds of other options.

And yes even if blind folded I'd be miffed to find out my reception was at one. Oddly enough I think most other halves would be the same given a choice.
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well i know plenty of people who have had parties there, ive been to at least 5. most of them not even Celtic fans and dont have a clue about football. the last wedding reception i was there for, the bride had invited her cousins from Norway, I got talking to them outside as my cousin went out for a cigarette (i dont smoke, just keeping him company). they said it was really nice to have a wedding there, they never thought its facilities would be so good. when i told them it was a 60,000 seater stadium, they were shocked too (their used to a lot smaller in Norway).
 
Shocking bad would have been oxfords old manor ground.

Used to enjoy stokes victoria ground, cracking closed in atmosphere.

Worst away days, toss up between being bricked down at millwall on the coach and at the ground over the fence, or covs highfield road on a freezing boxing day, being served cold coffee and microwaved in a bag hotdogs that were stone cold on opening... that only arrived at half time when they opened something that looked like a garden shed.
 
QPR – Loftus Road
Chelsea - Stamford Bridge
Fulham - Craven Cottage
Brentford – Griffin Park
Old Wembley
Real Madrid – Bernabeu
 
I used to be able to say i`d been to every senior ground in Scotland up until the late 90`s.

Since then several teams have moved grounds such as Airdrie, Livingston, Falkirk, St Mirren, Inverness Caley, Clyde, Hamilton.

I have no real desire to re-attempt visiting them all.

In England i have been to Wembley several times, Annfield, Old Trafford, CoM Stadium, Goodieson, Elland Road (what a night that was), Ewood Park, Selhurst Park!, Craven Cottage and last but not least, Highbury and The emirates at least 4 times a year.
 
Roma - Stadio Olimpico
Chelsea - Stamford Bridge
Fulham - Craven Cottage
Liverpool - Anfield
Stevenage - Broadhall way
Luton - Kenilworth Road
MK Dons - Hockey Stadium
Barcelona - Camp Nou
Rushden & Diamonds - Nene Park
Northampton Town - Six fields
Old Wembley
 
Barnsley - Oakwell
Bolton - Reebok Stadium
Burnley - Turf Moor
Derby County - Pride Park
Huddersfield - McAlpine Stadium
Macclesfield - Moss Rose
Manchester City - Maine Road
Manchester United - Old Trafford
Nottingham Forest - The City Ground
Oldham - Boundary Park
Sheff Weds - Hillsbrough
Southampton - St Marys
Stockport - Edgeley Park
Stoke - Britannia Stadium
Tranmere - Prenton Park
Wigan - JJB Stadium
New Wembley
 
St. James' Park - Numerous Newcastle games
Tynecastle - Hearts vs. Hibs
City of Manchester - Foo Fighters Gig
New Wembley (x2) - AC/DC gig, Green Day Gig.
 
Filbert Street (the old Leicester City football ground), Old Trafford (some obscure football team, Manchester United I think?), Nene Park (Rushden and Diamonds).

Not a lot. Just mostly home matches of local teams I support :)
 
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