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Amex Stadium — Brighton & Hove Albion
Tucked into the South Downs at Falmer, the Amex is modern done right — compact, loud, and earned after decades of groundsharing misery. Worth the trip.
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Stadium of Light — Sunderland AFC
Built on the bones of Wearmouth Colliery, the Stadium of Light is a 49,000-capacity ground that still carries the weight of a city that lives and breathes football.
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Bramall Lane — Sheffield United
Opened in 1855, Bramall Lane is the oldest major football ground in the world still in use. Sheffield United's home is compact, loud, and utterly itself.
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St James' Park — Newcastle United
St James' Park sits on a hill above the city like it owns the place — because it does. One of English football's great cathedrals, and worth every mile of the journey.
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Never heard of groundhopping — or just getting started? This guide covers everything: what it is, how to plan your first trip, which grounds to visit first, and how TheFans makes tracking your journey effortless.
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London Stadium — West Ham United
West Ham's move to the Olympic Stadium remains one of English football's most debated relocations. Here's what you actually find when you make the trip to Stratford.
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Molineux Stadium — Wolverhampton Wanderers
Molineux is one of English football's great old grounds — a proper Black Country fortress with four enclosed stands, a fierce home end, and a history that demands respect.
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Villa Park — Aston Villa
Over 42,000 seats, a Trinity Road stand that turns heads, and a Holte End that still knows how to make itself heard. Villa Park earns its reputation.
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Select Car Leasing Stadium — Reading FC
Reading's out-of-town bowl off the M4 is nobody's idea of a romantic ground, but the Mad Stad has its own logic — and a club story worth knowing.
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Elland Road — Leeds United
Elland Road is raw, loud, and unapologetically Leeds. One of English football's most charged atmospheres, in a ground that still feels like it means something.
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Emirates Stadium — Arsenal
Sixty thousand seats, a pitch like a billiard table, and a ground that still divides Arsenal fans two decades on. Worth the trip — but Highbury it isn't.
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