League Grounds Challenge

Hello dear online friends! This is not your usual Football Manager 2011 challenge requiring you to take some obscure club to the top of the world, it’s something a lot different. The challenge was started by our friend Dave in the forum a while ago and it comes from a competition that he was having with his brother to see if they could get to all 92 league grounds in England to watch a match. So far they have been to 17 grounds in England and also three stadiums abroad: Barcelona, Schalke and IFK Gothenburg. Our friend Sears added his experience: Anfield Road, Espanyol  Barcelona and Croke Park in Dublin. Jake (aka Excessive) has nine names to his list: Eastlands, Maine Road, Upton Park, Molineux, Bramhall Lane, Hawthorns, Wembley, Edgeley Park, Stamford Bridge.

As for me, I have visited most of the important stadiums in Romania, I’d count around 30. My regret is that I only managed to visit one stadium abroad but it was a special one and also a breathtaking experience: the World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea.

I am planning to make amends to that though since buying tickets for matches all over the world is no longer such a big problem (at least it isn’t if you have enough money). I’m not rich but I guess I could spare some cash to watch a big European game soon as I found quite a few offers at TixDaq.  My choice would be Real Madrid vs Barcelona at Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday, 17th of April but the prices are a bit steep on that one so it might well remain just a dream. How about you, are you planning or dreaming to see a match up close anytime soon? I’d also be very happy if you could share your experience in the forum about the stadiums that you have visited so far, I’m sure you have plenty of nice memories to reveal.