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Pride Park Stadium — Derby County
Pride Park is a proper 33,000-seat ground with a real football atmosphere — and after everything Derby County have been through, getting here feels like a minor miracle.
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Ashton Gate — Bristol City
Ashton Gate is a proper Football League ground in a proper football neighbourhood — Bedminster grit, Southville charm, and a main stand that means business.
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The Hawthorns — West Bromwich Albion
The highest ground in the Football League, sitting proud on the Birmingham plateau. The Hawthorns is old Black Country football at its most uncompromising.
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Coventry Building Society Arena — Coventry City
The CBS Arena has had more names than Coventry City have had homes — but it's finally theirs. A big, modern bowl in the north of the city with a story worth knowing.
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Selhurst Park — Crystal Palace
Selhurst Park is one of London's last genuinely old-school grounds — tight, loud, and embedded in a south London neighbourhood that actually cares about its football club.
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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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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.