[Football] Stadium Bucketlist

[PeterT]

During lockdown I spent an evening or 2 adding up the grounds I have been to.

I reckon I have seen games at 130 grounds, >50 of them being overseas including most of the big European grounds. Being a big cricket and rugby fan too, you can add another 70 to that for other sports of which half are again overseas.

To complete the inner-anorak in me, if I am somewhere that has a famous old stadium but there is no game on, I will still try and visit it or do a tour, and that covers more than 100 more grounds on top!

That’s more than 300 in total but still haven’t been to grounds like Hampden, Celtic, the Etihad or even the newer Crawley Town ground!

 

[Commander]

Went to the San Siro in September for Milan v Atletico. Fabulous ground, and brilliant atmosphere. San Siro, La Bombonera and Dortmund's ground were the main three in my bucket list, and I've now done them. Boca probably had the best atmosphere, but they were al good.

 

[Pinkie Brown]

One I ticked off earlier this season. Alfred-Kunz-Stadion, Home of BSG Chemie Leipzig. Grungy and gritty, but oozing in atmosphere. Next tick off is hopefully a visit to the Bruno-Plache-Stadion, home of Lok Leipzig. Two traditional Leipzig stadiums and clubs compared to the sugary drink franchise in the Bundesliga.

Chemie



Lokomotive Leipzig

 

[PeterT]

One I ticked off earlier this season. Alfred-Kunz-Stadion, Home of BSG Chemie Leipzig. Grungy and gritty, but oozing in atmosphere. Next tick off is hopefully a visit to the Bruno-Plache-Stadion, home of Lok Leipzig. Two traditional Leipzig stadiums and clubs compared to the sugary drink franchise in the Bundesliga.

Chemie

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Lokomotive Leipzig

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Those are great! The first ground I visited outside the U.K. was Dynamo Dresden in the late 70s (yes, before the wall came down). It was famous for its European nights under the ‘giraffe’ floodlight towers. I went back again recently but of course the old ground has long since gone but they did sell some nice souvenirs with the old ground on them, and I am now the proud owner of a beer tankard and coffee mug featuring the ground as it was then.