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[Football] All Those Away Trips!



el punal

el punal

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Aug 29, 2012
11,761
Bitterne,Southampton. In the land of wrong stripes
We had a discussion on the train (in between beers!), on the way to Brighton for the Liverpool game, about how many away grounds we've been to to see the Albion play. Now, because of our club's circumstances both good and bad we've gone up, down and back up again through all the divisions over the last forty years.

I did a rough calculation that meant that the Albion had played at more than 125 grounds on their away travels since 1977. Within that figure are clubs who are now in the National League or lower, Wrexham or Stockport County for example. Clubs that have had to start all over again Hereford and Wimbledon. Clubs that have had multiple homes - e.g. Bristol Rovers. And then of course you have clubs that have moved from old grounds to new, the likes of Man.City from Maine Road to the Etihad, Arsenal from Highbury to the Emirates and Reading from Elm Park to the Madejski and so on.

There is a strong possibility that some devoted Albion fans have broken through the 'ton' barrier on this one and have visited more than 100 grounds to see our boys play. Are you one of them? What's your total?

P.S. Bad fan me! I've only managed 47. :(
 






AZ Gull

AZ Gull

@SeagullsAcademy Threads: @bhafcacademy
Oct 14, 2003
11,700
Chandler, AZ
When I last counted up (for league games only) I think it was 80 something. Would be quite a bit higher if cup and friendlies were included.
 


Bob!

Bob!

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Jul 5, 2003
11,115
el punal said:
We had a discussion on the train (in between beers!), on the way to Brighton for the Liverpool game, about how many away grounds we've been to to see the Albion play. Now, because of our club's circumstances both good and bad we've gone up, down and back up again through all the divisions over the last forty years.

I did a rough calculation that meant that the Albion had played at more than 125 grounds on their away travels since 1977. Within that figure are clubs who are now in the National League or lower, Wrexham or Stockport County for example. Clubs that have had to start all over again Hereford and Wimbledon. Clubs that have had multiple homes - e.g. Bristol Rovers. And then of course you have clubs that have moved from old grounds to new, the likes of Man.City from Maine Road to the Etihad, Arsenal from Highbury to the Emirates and Reading from Elm Park to the Madejski and so on.

There is a strong possibility that some devoted Albion fans have broken through the 'ton' barrier on this one and have visited more than 100 grounds to see our boys play. Are you one of them? What's your total?

P.S. Bad fan me! I've only managed 47. :(
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Put the list of grounds up.

I'll see how many I've done then, I'm guessing about 70
 








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essbee1

Well-known member
Jun 25, 2014
4,116
el punal said:
We had a discussion on the train (in between beers!), on the way to Brighton for the Liverpool game, about how many away grounds we've been to to see the Albion play. Now, because of our club's circumstances both good and bad we've gone up, down and back up again through all the divisions over the last forty years.

I did a rough calculation that meant that the Albion had played at more than 125 grounds on their away travels since 1977. Within that figure are clubs who are now in the National League or lower, Wrexham or Stockport County for example. Clubs that have had to start all over again Hereford and Wimbledon. Clubs that have had multiple homes - e.g. Bristol Rovers. And then of course you have clubs that have moved from old grounds to new, the likes of Man.City from Maine Road to the Etihad, Arsenal from Highbury to the Emirates and Reading from Elm Park to the Madejski and so on.

There is a strong possibility that some devoted Albion fans have broken through the 'ton' barrier on this one and have visited more than 100 grounds to see our boys play. Are you one of them? What's your total?

P.S. Bad fan me! I've only managed 47. :(
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So I have a running argument with my cousin on this: Should Spurs at Wembley be considered a new ground? Even though I've been to Wembley to see England
 








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butchy

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Jul 24, 2005
1,950
Bethnal Green, E2
Olympic stadium was 88th, Old Trafford was my 89th and Stamford Bridge will be 90th - have been to all three before but I am counting Albion games only.....I am double counting clubs that have moved stadiums - eg have been to St Marys and the old Dell / Highfield Rd and the Ricoh etc.......i think it is an impossible task to do the 92 now with your team only unless you have a freak set of cup games against lower league, newly promoted team from the conference.....
 


























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Sirnormangall

Well-known member
Sep 21, 2017
2,963
Is there still a Rushden and Diamonds team? Nice little modern ground- assume someone must be using it.
 


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