Charting the 92

[pasty]

Pah, all these "rules" are bollox. If you've been to a ground, you've been to a ground. It doesn't matter who was playing, nor what division the club are in now. If it was a Football League ground when you went to it, then it "counts".

Saying that, I've only ever been to one English league ground where I've not seen Albion play, and that was Leeds Road ('uddersfield's old ground) to see them play Bradford City, on the Sunday after Albion away at Barnsley.

 

[chimneys]

i don't think you need to have seen a certain team play at a ground to say you've been to it?? and with the albion i'd spend the rest of my life never achieving that probably.

Each to their own of course, but for me, that is a life ambition as it is so much more difficult to achieve!

 

[Tesco in Disguise]

Each to their own of course, but for me, that is a life ambition as it is so much more difficult to achieve!

i think you can probably substitute difficult for impossible. i don't want to be 85, waiting for the 10th year in a row for albion to draw kettering town in the cup so i can go to their new ground.

but good luck!

 

[chimneys]

i think you can probably substitute difficult for impossible. i don't want to be 85, waiting for the 10th year in a row for albion to draw kettering town in the cup so i can go to their new ground.

but good luck!

With only 22 non Albion visited current 92 grounds to go (albeit that will change as teams go out of league or get new grounds) it shouldnt take that long!

Problem is, as with most people I guess, only 3 of those 22 are in the Championship/1st Div (Cardiff, Middlesboro and Bristol Rovers), with the majority being in Premiership and 2nd Div (particularly with all the 2nd Div new teams).

Premiership wont be a problem, as we will be there for years when we move to Falmer, but the 2nd Div opportunities will only be in Cups!!

 

[Tesco in Disguise]

okay, so with the final game of the season done (conference playoff), i have updated my chart.

i have now included grounds i visited that were then part of the 92, and then deducted my total when they leave the fourth tier. i also lose a point when a ground i've visited loses its tenant. (hence the double blow at the end of the season - losing withdean and stockport county.)

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Can I count AFC Wimbledon yet?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Can I count AFC Wimbledon yet?

Assuming I can (and I'm including only current grounds) ... 49 of next season's Premier League and Football League Clubs. 48 if you insist on taking into account the fact that I've yet to see a game at Falmer.

 

[Djmiles]

42 for me, up to 43 next season because of Crawley.

 

[Horsham Gull]

be up to 52 before the start of next season

 

[patchamalbion]

50-55 for me, only one i need to update is Cardiff next season, cant see it being as fun as Ninian.

 

[Codner pharmaceuticals]

47... 48 come August. I hear there is a club in Championship with a new ground I might have tickets for.

 

[Beach Hut]

61 if you include the current two going up and not including Falmer.

Only 4 new ones next season excepting cups - Cardiff, Barnsley, Doncaster and Middlesbrough although I did go to Ayresome Park

And that is taking the friendly at AFC Wimbledon a few seasons ago

 

[Rich Suvner]

49 current grounds visited - incl. either Lincoln or AFC Wimbledon and whatever ground Brighton are playing at (I inlude Falmer for next season, as i'll be there from minute 1

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

By the end of next season I plan to be into single figures. I've currently visited about 75 grounds.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

70, need Cardiff's new ground although I went to Ninian Park and Birmingham next season.

 

[ali jenkins]

Ive got 35, but lose Highbury and Goldstone (and Withdean technically)

 

[luke17]

All 92 for me.

 

[Kenhead]

If your counting just with the Albion then i have done 54. I have seen Brighton play at 68 grounds in total (competative fixtures only)
I've done 61 grounds in total if i count all the grounds where i've seen other matches played, like Emirates Cup, Crawley v Weymouth on National Falmer Day etc...

I can't see myself doing all of the 92 unless I end up seeing some random games, but don't really fancy going to Burton, Stevenage, Morecambe, Accrington etc... just to tick off a ground for some list.

 

[Notters]

Can I count AFC Wimbledon yet?

When you ask "Can I count Wimbledon", do you mean, can you count them because you went to Kingstonian when we played them in the cup, or because you saw them as a non-league team, or because you saw the original Wimbledon?

60 for me. That includes old grounds, but not those that are no longer in the league (damn you Stockport and lincoln).

 

[Storer 68]

141 grounds for me - and its grounds rather than clubs

and it all started at the Goldstone

rules are that you have to have witnessessed a match that has been governed by a member of FIFA or a national league

membership rules for the 92 club

Qualification Details

Membership is only open to supporters who have already attended a first-team competitive fixture played at the current ground of each of the 92 Football/Premier League clubs during those clubs' current period of membership of the League (i.e. since their promotion from the Conference regardless of previous League membership). To qualify, on the day your 92nd ground is visited, you must have visited the current grounds of the other 91 League clubs.

During the last few seasons, there has been some confusion regarding both valid games and grounds. It must be appreciated that this club did compile general guidelines when first formed in June 1978, but as time has passed these have required clarification as competitons, grounds and the League itself has changed. We have never refused any application in which the applicant has genuinely visited every ground even if some of the submitted details were incomplete. However, if it is clear that the "claimed visits" have not been completed "within our rules" then the application has been refused.

(1) Qualifiers are expected to complete their record in full, prior to acceptance. However, the absence of score or attendance details for each match will not necessarily invalidate the application.

(2) Any recognised competition normally entered by Football/Premier League Clubs at first-team level may be included.

(3) Only matches played on or after the start of any club's present period within the League can be included.

(4) Other First Team matches played at grounds listed also qualify. If the ground is used as a neutral ground, eg an F.A. Cup semi-final, than that counts as a visit to that ground's home club. This includes "home" matches played by Bradford City and Bristol Rovers whilst their own grounds were closed due to fire damage.

(5) In the case of clubs moving grounds, either the original ground or the new ground can be counted during the first two seasons following the move. Once the club has played at the new ground for two seasons then the original ground becomes invalid and thereafter only the new ground can be counted within the 92.

(6) World Cup, International and Inter-League matches count.

(7) Visits to grounds of teams now competing outside the Football League are only valid if all other 91 members' home grounds had been visited up to the time the now non-League Club left the League, Newport County, and Aldershot etc..

(8) If any club leaves the League, visits up to that date do not count, even if they are subsequently re-elected.

(9) Any other grounds which come into use after the member's original qualification date will, once visited, count as that member's ground number 93, 94 etc..

(10) Any other matches seen will be considered if full details are submitted with your application.

To avoid any confusion, each season the club compiles a full list of valid and invalid grounds together with relevant dates to assist potential members in meeting these criteria. This list is available after September 1st each year by sending a stamped and addressed envelope to the point of contact.

To support your application, you will be expected to supply a simple list of 92 different matches in alphabetical order of home club to include date, teams, competition, score and attendance which will be returned after examination together with our Application Forms. It is appreciated that you may not have maintained detailed records when you first watched soccer, but the Club does provide a statistical service to assist in tracing any missing details.

Once you have enrolled for Membership, you will have to resign your Membership in writing to leave the Club. With annual promotion/relegation issues affecting the lowest division, there will be two new grounds to visit each season. It is hoped that existing Members will visit these grounds in accordance with the spirit of the Club. However, the Club has yet to expel an existing Member for not visiting a new ground. Once you have completed your "grand tour" and enrolled, visiting these new grounds is not compulsory.