GroundHopping

losthorizon

As a LOI fan one of the joys is Groundhopping which is also huge in England and especially Germany. Nothing beats the magic of a foreign visit though. Found this fellow though hes brilliant. Even if you have no interest in Irish football he manages to roll in sociology and history. Check out his Pats video as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm2GJ_tB7zM

There are numerous German groundhopping websites and youtube videos that are worth perusing as well.

Mushy

Something I'd love to do more of, just go to random matches.

CSF

I'm big into the oul ground hopping. Have been to all the LOI Premier Division grounds and on Monday night this will constitute the list of teams whose home games I've been to outside Ireland. Will also be visiting Blackburn, Accrington Stanley, Leicester and Hull in August

Bayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund
Bayer Leverkusen
Mainz
Stuttgart
Hertha Berlin
Duisburg
PSG
Auxerre
PSV
Inter Milan
Benfica
Real Madrid
Atletico Madrid
Getafe
Rayo Vallecano
Stromsgodset
Valerenga
Honefoss
Aston Villa
Cardiff
Everton
Liverpool
Man City
Man United
Newcastle
Stoke
Swansea
West Brom
West Ham
Birmingham
Charlton
Nottm Forest
QPR
Brentford
Coventry

losthorizon

Off your list I can tick off Mainz, Real, Atletico, Aston Villa and Liverpool (the english one!).

Atletico were by far the friendliest and Real the most money grabbing. Only got to see a game o at Villa though. Smelly fans!

Ive been to Leicester about seven times but never got to see either their ground or go to a game.

CSF

losthorizon wrote: »

Off your list I can tick off Mainz, Real, Atletico, Aston Villa and Liverpool (the english one!).

Atletico were by far the friendliest and Real the most money grabbing. Only got to see a game o at Villa though. Smelly fans!

Ive been to Leicester about seven times but never got to see either their ground or go to a game.

My favourites would be Dortmund and Stromsgodset. English grounds just don't compare.

The_Kew_Tour

Been to every LOI Ground and Scottish Top flight ground. The only PL Grounds I have not been to are Hull and Cardiff.

I have seen football matches/big derbies matches in Palestine, Iran, Serbia, India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ivory Coast to name a few

Thats before Ireland away games.

Look out for few teams results, but never got attached to any team bar the ones i support since kid.

Nuri Sahin

Fair play CSF.

Moi:

Borussia Dortmund
UCD
Shamrock Rovers
Petersbourough
Liverpool
Arsenal
Mohammedan Sporting Club Dhaka
Brescia
AC Milan
Chievo Verona
Roma
Ajax
New York Red Bulls
Tokyo FC

CSF

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Fair play CSF.

Moi:

Borussia Dortmund
UCD
Shamrock Rovers
Petersbourough
Liverpool
Arsenal
Mohammedan Sporting Club Dhaka
Brescia
AC Milan
Chievo Verona
Roma
Ajax
New York Red Bulls
Tokyo FC

Just need to work Tolka in there and your list will be looking much better!!!

Washington Irving

Not many LOI grounds for me as I never had much interest outside Galway United. I spend quite a bit of time in Nice throughout the year and get to as many games as I can so have been to a few of the grounds in southern France and NW Italy.

Galway United
Sligo Rovers

Liverpool
Fulham
Man City
Leeds

Nice
Monaco
Marseille
Bastia
PSG

Genoa (stadium shared with Sampdoria)
Juventus (Delle Alpi)

Benfica

dan1895

Been to the following outside of Ireland

Glentoran
Liverpool
Barcelona
Real Madrid
Atletico Madrid
FC Utrecht
Lazio
Hamburg
Boca Juniors
River Plate
Maracana

Other non football grounds include the MCG and Brookvale Oval.

Lucan Bohs

Have been to 12 LOI stadiums

List I've been to outside Ireland;

Liverpool
Man Utd
Newcastle
Middlesbrough
Stoke
West Brom
Wembley (Carling Cup final 2012)
Celtic
Motherwell
St. Mirren
Olhanense
Farense
Louletano
Algarve Stadium (Portugal v Panama)
Borussia Dortmund
Kaiserslautern
Rot Weiss Essen
Genk
PSV
Ajax

Glico Man

I get about :pac:

Cork + Cobh
Derry
Shamrock Rovers
Shelbourne
Dundalk
Liverpool
Bolton
Arsenal
Norwich
Southampton
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Crawley
Exeter
Barcelona
Valencia
Malaga
Sevilla
Atletico
Bilbao
Bordeaux
Toulouse
PSG
Lille
Hibs
Glentoran
Linfield
Coleraine
Portadown
Sporting Lisbon
Benfica

Really want to add a few German and Italian clubs to that list in the next while.

Seaneh

There was a German lad working in Athlone for a few years who was big into groundhopping, was trying to do all the LOI stadia and had been to loads all over Europe. Nice lad, can't remember his real name for the life of me but he went by "Grounded" on the ATFC forum.

losthorizon

The German pyramid system is massive and not all of their stadiums are huge obviously but heres an interesting site

http://groundhopping.de/berichte.htm

dundalkfc10

Oriel Park
United Park (Hunky Dorys)
Tolka
Tallaght
Dallymount
Inchicore
Belfield Bowl
Santry (Fingal)
Thomand Park
St Mels Park (Athlones old stadium)
Bray
Lansdowne Road (old one)
Windsor Park
Coleraines Stadium
Ballymena Showgrounds
Celtic Park
Blackburn
Old Trafford
Anfield
Goodison
Millennium Stadium
Selhurst Park
Villa Park
St Andrews
Nou Camp
Stadium in Faro Portugal for the Euros years ago (cant remember who plays in it now)
Poznan Stadium
Gdansk Stadium
Wembley

CSF

Love reading where everyone else has been, this is almost certainly going to become my favourite thread. Good work OP.

pandaboy

Wow lads, some list of stadia there Whenever I travel somewhere I always have to visit a stadium, whether it's for a game or just to check it out. I've done feck all so far, but moving to Germany in the next couple of months so I want to catch as many stadia as possible. Here's my pitiful list:

Amsterdam Arena (probably the best stadium I've been to)
Emirates
Turners Cross
Cobh Ramblers
Etihad
Olympic Stadium (Berlin - €9 for two tickets, albeit Bundesliga 2 but still bang for buck)
Lansdowne Road (of course)

Belgium is on my list of grounds when I make the move to the continent.

losthorizon

I see loads of people have bee to Belfield Park and I remember going there years ago to see UCD playing Cork City. Dermot Morgan used to go every now and again to support UCD and he was asked why he went to UCD of all clubs. His answer: "I hate crowds".

losthorizon

Looking through that site in 2010 he took in two games in Ireland. One of them in the "A" League. He doesnt in the main go for big games or teams. Apologies Tullamore!

http://groundhopping.de/tullamoretown.htm

http://groundhopping.de/droghedaunited.htm

Nuri Sahin

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Fair play CSF.

Moi:

Borussia Dortmund
UCD
Shamrock Rovers
Petersbourough
Liverpool
Arsenal
Mohammedan Sporting Club Dhaka
Brescia
AC Milan
Chievo Verona
Roma
Ajax
New York Red Bulls
Tokyo FC

For some reason I thought we're on about club stadiums only. Anyway, international stadiums include :

Landsdowne old and new
Wembley
Millennium Stadium
Bangabandhu National Stadium
National Olympic Stadium

Sir Gallagher

You're not a real football fan unless you've sat on a bench with two other blokes in the depths of Winter watching an u18's match in the lawns in Ballyfermot.

Lucan Bohs

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

Stadium in Faro Portugal for the Euros years ago (cant remember who plays in it now)

A team in the 3rd tier of Portuguese football called Louletano play there.

I went to see them in 2010. Barely 200 people on a 30,000 capacity stadium :eek:

Darkglasses

Current LOI:
Ferrycarrig
RSC
Carlisle Grounds
UCD Bowl
Richmond Park
Tallaght Stadium
Tolka Park
Oriel Park
Brandywell
Finn Park
Flancare
Lissywoolen
Fahy's Field
The Drom
St. Colman's Park
Turner's Cross

Former LOI:
Station Road
Terryland
Gortakeegan
Morton Stadium
Bishopstown
Jackman Park

artanevilla

Not been to as much as I'd like in Ireland:

Dalymount - Bohs
Richmond Road - Pats
Tallaght Stadium - Shamrock Rovers
Tolka Park - Shels
Carlisle Grounds - Bray
United Park - Drogheda
Terryland - Galway
Showgrounds - Sligo Rovers
RDS - Cup Final
Croke Park - Internationals
Old Lansdowne - Internationals
Aviva - Internationals

International, again not as many as I'd like:

England:
Villa Park - Villa
Wembley - League Cup Final

Austria:
Red Bull Arena - Champions League Qualifier

Poland:
Stadion Miejski (Poznan) - Euro 2012

Spain (Catalonia ):
Nou Camp - Barcelona, no match, school tour
Olympic Stadium - Espanyol, same as above.

DaveyCakes

Ireland:
Lansdowne Road (old and new)
Showgrounds
Dalymount
Tolka
Richmond
RDS
Morton
UCD (old one only)
Harold's Cross
Turner's Cross
Oriel Park
United Park
Terryland Park
Carlisle Grounds
St Mels
Finn Park
Station Road
Buckley Park

Northern Ireland:
Windsor Park
Coleraine Showgrounds

England:
Wembley (new)
Highbury
Anfield
St. James Park (Euro 96)
Elland Road (Euro 96)
Selhurst Park
Loftus Road
Elm Park, Reading
Griffin Park, Brentford
Gresty Road, Crewe

Scotland:
Celtic Park
Hampden Park (UEFA Cup final Sevilla v Espanyol; great game awful stadium)

Germany:
Allianz Arena
Westfalen Stadion
Arena auf Schalke
Esprit Arena, Dusseldorf (Leverkusen home game while Bayarena being renovated)
RhineEnergiestadion, Cologne (Germany v Azerbaijan)
Bokelberg, Moenchengladbach (now demolished)
Olympiastadion Berlin
Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Frankenstadion, Nurnberg
Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus
Ruhrstadion, Bochum

Spain:
Camp Nou (Supercopa v Real, got mugged on way back into town)
Bernabeu
Mestalla
Anoeta, San Sebastian

France:
Parc des Princes
Stade de France (France v Italy a few months after 2006 World cup final)
Stade Lescure, Bordeaux

Portugal:
Alvalade, Lisbon (Euro 2004)

Holland:
De Kuip, Rotterdam (Euro 2000 final)

Russia:
Luzhniki
Baltika stadium, Kaliningrad

Ukraine:
Donbass Arena, Donetsk (Euro 2012)
Dinamo Stadium, Kiev (for an Arsenal Kiev match)
Dinamo Stadium, Kharkov (while the Metalist Stadium was being done up for Euro 2012)

Belarus
Dinamo stadium, Minsk (No match, sneaked in)

Serbia:
Red Star, Belgrade (No match but easy enough to have a wander round)

Non-football stadia:
London Olympic stadium
Lords
Edgbaston
Croke Park (was never at a soccer match there)

Captain Havoc

I've been to soccer matches in the following stadia
Ireland
Buckley Park
St. Mels
Ferrycarrig
Turners Cross (going there tomorrow)
Thomond Park
Jackman Park
Hogan Park
Croke Park
Lansdowne Road (& Aviva)
Tolka Park
Tallaght
Richmond Park
Dalymount
Carlisle Grounds
St. Colmans

England
Boleyn Ground
St. Andrews
Craven Cottage
Highfield Road

Switzerland
Stade Olympique la Pontaise
Letzigrund
Stade Tourbillon
Stade de Geneve
Stade de la Maladiere
Stade Municipal, Yverdon
Utogrund

France
Parc des Princes

Italy
Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Turkey
Ali Sami Yen

Johner

Been to these grounds in the UK,
Chelsea
Birmingham
Man Utd
Blackburn
Burton
Leeds
Hull
Tottenham
Everton
Fulham
Man City
Stoke
Derby
Wigan
Bristol City

dfx-

Tallaght stadium
Brandywell
Oriel Park
United Park
Dalymount Park
Richmond Park
Carlisle Grounds
Belfield
Belfield Bowl
Turners Cross
Showgrounds
Terryland Park
Gortakeegan
"City Calling Stadium"
Ferrycarrig Park
Ballybofey
St Mels Park
Morton Stadium
Harold's Cross
Iveagh Grounds
Whitehall
St.Colman's Park
Hogan Park
Station Road
Bluebell
RDS (back in the 90s)

I haven't been to the RSC...

Lansdowne Road/Aviva
White Hart Lane
Anfield
Camp Nou
Olympic Stadium Munich
Allianz Arena for an 1860 Munich game
Tsentralny Stadium Kazan
Neckerstadion
Parken
King Baudouin Stadium

Favourite (outside of Tallaght of course) would be the Olympic Stadium in Munich.

Lord's and Newlands being non-football highlights.

major bill

Ireland
Dalymount
Tolka
Richmond
Tallaght
Belfield
Carlisle Grounds
Terryland Park
Brandywell
Sligo Showgrounds
Oriel
Hunky Dory Park:D
Lansdowne
Aviva
Flancare Park

Northern Ireland
Coleraine

Scotland
Celtic Park

England
Underhill - Barnet
Pirelli Stadium - Burton Albion
City Ground - Nottingham Forest
Anfield
Old Trafford
Wembley

Spain
Camp Nou

Omackeral

Just to compliment the OP's original Dundalk video here are Shamrock Rovers, Bohs, Pat's and Shelbourne from Dublin, as well as current League Champions Sligo Rovers. They're all very interesting pieces and worth a gander if you're into local history or football in general

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDNeNGuYYU0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T9BeMyoXhk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JweST4W5-_I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_FDIxIDyNk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dbWQ44yRfE

KaiserGunner

Have been to a handful of stadiums over the last few years.

Ireland:
Aviva stadium
Croke Park
Tallaght Stadium
Tolka Park
Dalymount Park
Belfield Park
Richmond Park
Turners Cross
Kildare county
Terryland Park

England:
Highbury
Emirates Stadium
Anfield
Old Trafford
Reebok Stadium
Ninian Park

Other:
Poznan Stadium
Gdansk Arena
Stadio Olimpico

Fr Tod Umptious

Ireland
Terryland
Lansdowne old and new
Croke Park

UK
Underhill (like major bill)
Highbury
Loftus Rd
The Valley
White Hart Lane
Anfield
Maine Rd
Hampden
Celtic Park

Europe
Dusseldorf
Mainz
Stuttgart
Stade de France
Olympic Stadium Rome
Poznan
GPS in Cyprus (I think that's what it is called)

Other
Gillette Stadium, Foxboro
Niggatta
Ibaraki
Yokohama

carlop

Some impressive lists above!

I've been to:

Tolka Park
RDS (Shamrock Rovers era)
Belfield
Lansdowne Road
Croke Park

I've been to shockingly few in Ireland, but abroad it gets more varied:

Atletico Madrid (Vicente Calderon)
Real Madrid (Bernabeu)
Rayo Vallecano (Estadio de Vallecas)
Rayo Vallecano B (Ciudad deportiva de Vallecas)
Fuenlabrada (The Fernando Torres stadium)
Alcala de Henares (No idea!)
Salamanca (El Helmantico)
Valladolid (Juan Zorilla)
Segoviana (Don't remember, but a rum and coke cost 3.50!)
Barcelona (Camp Nou)

Poznan Stadium
Gdansk Arena

Napoli (San Paolo)
Inter/AC Milan (San Siro)

It's not the greatest of lists really, hopefully I can add a few more to it soon. All the obscure Spanish ones were following Salamanca, but unfortunately they are now out of business

Benimar

Been to:

Lansdowne (Old & New)
Croke Park
Tolka Park
Dalymount
Richmond Park
UCD
RSC
Kilcohan Park
Oriel Park
Turners Cross
Bishopstown
Musgrave Park (Cork v Bayern)
Ferrycarrig
Buckley Park

Wembley (Old and New)
Anfield
Madjeski Stadium
Loftus Road

Ajax Arena
De Kuip Feyenoord
Phillips Stadium Eindhoven
Camp Nou
Monaco

Lockhard Stadium (Fort Lauderdale Strikers!!)

Pretty poor really, need to 'collect' a few more.

SantryRed

Ireland:

Tolka Park
Dalymount Park
Whitehall
Tallaght
Belfield Park
Belfied Bowl
Richmond Park
United Park
Oriel Park
Brandywell
Finn Park
Terryland Park
Fahey Field
Drom
Gortakeegan
Lissywoollen
Flancare Park
Ferrycarraig
Buckley Park
RSC
Jackman Park
Carlisle Grounds
St. Colman's Park
Croke Park
Landsdowne Road
Aviva Stadium
Morton Stadium

UK:

Vicarage Road
Wembley
Old Trafford
City of Manchester Stadium
Villa Park
Hawthorns
City Ground
Stamford Bridge
Ewood Park
Reebok Stadium
Ricoh Arena
Bloomfield Road

Europe:

Amsterdam Arena
Poznan Stadium
Gdansk Stadium
Camp Nou

Other:

Giants Stadium
Toyota Park

eh i dunno

Mine is poor enough

Aviva
Croke Park
Oriel Park
Tolka
Dalymount

Goodison
Elland Road
Fratton Park
The Old Dell

Estadio De Luz(Benfica old ground
Estádio José Alvalad(Sporting Lisbons old ground)

The_Kew_Tour

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Been to every LOI Ground and Scottish Top flight ground. The only PL Grounds I have not been to are Hull and Cardiff.

I have seen football matches/big derbies matches in Palestine, Iran, Serbia, India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ivory Coast to name a few

Thats before Ireland away games.

Look out for few teams results, but never got attached to any team bar the ones i support since kid.

Actually I lied. Hull, Cardiff and should have added Southampton there.

losthorizon

I hope you brought your Irish flag to the Ivory Coast! Or did you just buy an Ivorian Flag and spin it round? Easier really I suppose!

The_Kew_Tour

losthorizon wrote: »

I hope you brought your Irish flag to the Ivory Coast! Or did you just buy an Ivorian Flag and spin it round? Easier really I suppose!

The game was between Africa Sports and team called Mimosas.

Think both clubs have been the top clubs in country with 1 or 2 others.

One of the more safer places to watch football match in Africa for White male.(there was 10-12 of us so we stood some chance)

Of the 3 or 4 games I saw in Africa it was by far the best quality.

Riots are common enough, but we saw nothing but good banter and enjoyable. Only downside was the smell around place. Thats for another day:pac: