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Post by o on Sept 25, 2010 19:15:36 GMT 1
You thrash my on the foreign front Frag Dont get many foreign teams at the Mill, although Rangers played Chesterfield once, my dad saw that, I've been to Camp Nou, but there wasn't a game on, and I have seen Portimoa playing in the Portuguese 2nd div, cant remember who they played though... I'm missing West Ham, Tottenham, Villa Man City and Liverpool from the Prem league, Man City and Villa are grounds I want to go to as well...as are Bradford and Morecombe, so I will tick a few more off, more if the Stags get promoted this season!
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Post by Panda on Sept 25, 2010 19:16:49 GMT 1
Teams seen: Middlesbrough Marske United Arsenal (League, FA Cup, League Cup) Aston Villa (League) Billingham Synthonia (FA Vase) Birtley Town (League) Bournemouth (League) Brandon United (League) Chesterfield (League Cup) Coventry City (League x2) Crook Town (League) Crystal Palace (Simod Cup) Darlington Railway Athletic (League) Everton (FA Cup) FC United of Manchester (FA Cup) Guisborough Town (League x2, North Riding Senior Cup) Hebburn Town (FA Cup) Horden Colliery Welfare (League) Leeds United (League) Liversedge (Friendly) Manchester United (League) Morpeth Town (League) New Marske (League) Newcastle United (League) Newton Aycliffe (League, Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup) North Shields (League x2) Northallerton Town (League) Norton & Stockton Ancients (FA Cup) Nuneaton Borough (FA Cup) Pickering Town (Friendly) Redcar Athletic (League) Seaham Red Star (League) Stokesley (FA Vase) Sunderland (League x2) Team Northumbria (League) Thornaby (Friendly) Washington (League) West Ham United (League) Whickham (League) Wimbledon (League)
England U21 Albania U21 (Euro qual) Austria U21 (Euro qual)
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Post by Maximo Mark on Sept 25, 2010 21:18:20 GMT 1
I've added Everton to my list as I remember watching our pre-season friendly with them a couple of years ago...
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Post by Tom on Sept 26, 2010 11:21:45 GMT 1
Good question. I'm pretty sure with the exception of the Gillingham-Reading games (which i've been to 3 times) i haven't seen any team play Reading more than once. Although that will change when i go to the Swansea game next month and hopefully the Leeds game in November.
In the 4 years pre Premiership i tended to go to 5 or 6 games a season, then it was 8 in one of the Prem seasons 9 in the other. Since then its been 3 in 08/09 and 2 last season. So i make that 42. Actually, have seen West Ham twice, so its 41 as a minimum.
Other games:
Non-league - Herne Bay v Sheppey (first ever club game back in 97) Whitstable v Dover in 2007
England v Brazil (old Wembley 95) England v Estonia (new Wembley 2007) England v Hungary (2010) England V Bulgaria (2010)
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Post by vastar iner on Sept 26, 2010 11:43:27 GMT 1
Saw this one last week. Anyone want to guess where it is?
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Post by Shireblogger on Sept 26, 2010 12:08:55 GMT 1
I've seen 68 current English/Welsh league teams, plus a further 23 non-league or now defunct English/Welsh teams.
Also, 3 Scottish sides:- Celtic, Hearts, Raith Rovers.
Plus, 8 National Sides:- England, Scotland, England U-21, England Women, etc.
And 18 Foreign clubs:- Ajax (Netherlands) Auxerre (France) Aviron Bayonnais (France) Bayern Munich (Germany) Ferencvaros (Hungary) Hamburger SV (Germany) Ilves Tampere (Finland) Kumasi Asante Kotoko (Ghana) Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) Malmo FF (Sweden) Mikkeli P (Finland) Paris St Germain (France) Porto (Portugal) Power FC (Ghana) Rapid Vienna (Austria) Red Star Belgrade (Serbia) Sparta Rotterdam (Netherlands) Steaua Bucharest (Rumania)
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Post by Earl Purple on Sept 26, 2010 15:00:56 GMT 1
Teams I have seen:
Current Premier: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham (getting thrashed 4-0 at Bradford!), Blackpool (losing 1-0 at Barnet!), Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Liveropol, Man Utd, Newcastle, Stoke, Sunderland, Tottenham, West Brom, West Ham, Wolves.
Don't recall ever seeing Blackburn, Bolton, Man City (surprisingly) or Wigan.
Current championship teams: Burnley, Coventry, Crystal Palace, Hull, Ipswich, L**ds, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Norwich, Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth, QPR, Reading, Watford
Current league 1 teams: Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton, Bristol Rovers, Charlton, Colchester, Leyton Orient, Notts County, Peterborough, Sheff Wed, Southampton, Swindon, Tranmere, Walsall. (Also seen Redbridge alone before they merged with Dagenham).
Current league 2 teams: Aldershot, Barnet, Bradford City, Chesterfield, Crewe, Gillingham, Hereford, Lincoln City, Oxford United
Former league clubs: Luton, Wimbledon.
Non-league clubs: Hendon + several of their opponents in particular the 1988 and 1989 seasons.
I have probably seen a few others as I watched a fair number of Barnet games in the 1991-92 season but can't remember who all their opponents were.
Foreign clubs I have seen: Bayern Munich, Feyernoord, Austria Vienna, Bruges, Sporting Braga, Bohemians of Prague, Eintracht Frankfurt, Dundalk all of those at White Hart Lane in European games in the 1980s.
National teams: England, Scotland, Luxembourg, Poland, Israel, Estonia.
Note that I have included that centenery tournament at Wembley in 1988. (Otherwise Newcastle, L**ds, Sheff Wed and Tranmere wouldn't be on my list).
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Post by vastar iner on Sept 26, 2010 17:16:59 GMT 1
I can't remember the teams I have seen, but given that I have been a regular at St Andrews for over 30 years it will be most of the League teams apart from Rochdale and the new ones in recent years. Of those who have never been in the League, I remember seeing Slough Town...
Overseas, I have seen Dinamo St Petersburg (RIP), Anzhi Makhachkalan, Kuban Krasnodar, Cienciano, Union Huaral, FC Copenhagen, Brondby, Doha Electrical, Doha Water and Beijing Guoan.
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Post by Tom on Sept 26, 2010 17:21:29 GMT 1
Edit - Have actually seen Watford twice as well but did also see Burton in the FA Cup at Gillingham last season, so still 41. Teams I have seen: Current championship teams: Burnley, Coventry, Crystal Palace, Hull, Ipswich, L**ds, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Norwich, Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth, QPR, Reading, Watford Current league 2 teams: Aldershot, Barnet, Bradford City, Chesterfield, Crewe, Gillingham, Hereford, Lincoln City, Oxford United Which Reading and Gillingham games did you see?
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Post by Panda on Sept 27, 2010 13:01:51 GMT 1
Here's another variation on the theme.
What is the nearest club to you in each division? (you don't necessarily have to have seen/visited the ground or seen the team play)
Here's mine:
LEAGUE Premier League: Sunderland (37 miles) Championship: Middlesbrough (8 miles) League One: Hartlepool United (22 miles) League Two: Bradford City (76 miles)
NON-LEAGUE Conference: Darlington (21 miles) Conf North (step 2): Blyth Spartans (58 miles) Evostick Premier (step 3): Whitby Town (27 miles) Evostick Div 1 North (step 4): Durham City (37 miles) Northern League Div 1 (step 5): Billingham Synthonia, Billingham Town, Norton & Stockton Ancients, Stokesley (all about 14 miles) Northern League Div 2 (step 6): Marske United (2 miles) Wearside League (step 7): Redcar Athletic (1 mile)
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Post by Panda on Sept 27, 2010 13:06:32 GMT 1
Saw this one last week. Anyone want to guess where it is? Looks like it could be somewhere in Scotland. Maybe not on the mainland...
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Post by frag on Sept 27, 2010 15:43:35 GMT 1
Here's another variation on the theme. What is the nearest club to you in each division? (you don't necessarily have to have seen/visited the ground or seen the team play) Here's mine: LEAGUE Premier League: Sunderland (37 miles) Championship: Middlesbrough (8 miles) League One: Hartlepool United (22 miles) League Two: Bradford City (76 miles) NON-LEAGUE Conference: Darlington (21 miles) Conf North (step 2): Blyth Spartans (58 miles) Evostick Premier (step 3): Whitby Town (27 miles) Evostick Div 1 North (step 4): Durham City (37 miles) Northern League Div 1 (step 5): Billingham Synthonia, Billingham Town, Norton & Stockton Ancients, Stokesley (all about 14 miles) Northern League Div 2 (step 6): Marske United (2 miles) Wearside League (step 7): Redcar Athletic (1 mile) Using driving distances from google maps and a non-rigourous search... Premier League: Fulham (48 miles) (Arsenal: 59 miles) Championship: Reading (26 miles) League One: MK Dons (37 miles) League Two: Oxford Utd (3 miles) (Wycombe's ground is 21 miles away) Conference: Luton (36 miles) Non-league: Oxford City (0.8 miles) - Southern Premier League (step 3)
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Post by suedehead on Sept 27, 2010 16:10:11 GMT 1
This site will help with league grounds www.hopewiser.com/cgi-bin/proximity.cgiNote that the league details are not up to date For me that gives Premier League - Fulham (89 miles ) Championship - Portsmouth (37 miles) League 1 - AFC Bournemouth (3 miles) League 2 - Aldershot (61 miles)
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Post by Shireblogger on Sept 27, 2010 21:24:41 GMT 1
PR: Stoke City (25 miles / 1 match) CH: Derby County (11 miles / 17 matches) L1: Notts County (22 miles / 20 matches) L2: Burton Albion (15 miles / 1 match) BSP: Mansfield Town (20 miles / 7 matches)
85th closest League team, most matches watched: Southampton (150 miles / 106 matches)
furthest football stadium: Kumasi Asante Kotoko (3,200 miles / 1 match)
furthest any sports: Sydney Cricket Ground (10,700 miles / 1 cricket match {part})
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Post by vastar iner on Sept 27, 2010 21:36:39 GMT 1
Looks like it could be somewhere in Scotland. Maybe not on the mainland... Unlike the inhabitants, you are warm...
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Post by Panda on Sept 27, 2010 22:18:28 GMT 1
Looks like it could be somewhere in Scotland. Maybe not on the mainland... Unlike the inhabitants, you are warm... Orkney?
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Post by Panda on Sept 27, 2010 22:25:10 GMT 1
After examining some photos online, I think I can add Billingham Synthonia and Guisborough Town to my visited list. I saw an American football game at Billingham Synthonia when I was about 6. I remember sitting in the big stand with my feet dangling over the edge. Photos: Billingham SynthoniaLooking at photos on the same blog, I'm pretty sure Guisborough's King George V Ground was the ground I once played at for my local village team when I was about 10 or 11. We lost 6-2.
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Post by vastar iner on Sept 28, 2010 6:58:38 GMT 1
Unlike the inhabitants, you are warm... Orkney? No - much further south-west.
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Post by Panda on Sept 28, 2010 9:37:31 GMT 1
No - much further south-west. Scilly Isles?
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Post by frag on Sept 28, 2010 9:59:45 GMT 1
Don't be silly Arran?
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