To The 92 Journey

Day 1

After carefully planning our route, our journey began from Southampton at 7am on Friday 22nd October 2021, with the first ground being Bournemouth.

Day 1 was a very mile heavy day, covering 425 miles and visiting 8 grounds. The grounds that we visited on Day 1 included:

1. The Vitality Stadium

2. Home Park

3. St James Park

4. Ashton Gate

5. Memorial Stadium

6. Rodney Parade

7. Cardiff City Stadium

8. The Liberty Stadium

A very successful first day left us ahead of schedule already. Our initial plan was to stay in Bristol, however managed to get both the Bristol grounds done and also all the Welsh grounds. As we were ahead, we instead stayed on the M4, not far from Swindon - which was the first ground on the list for Day 2.

Day 3

Much like the previous days, we were again back on the motorway for 7am, starting off with Crewe Alexandra before we continued our journey up north, towards Merseyside. 

Day 3 saw us cover a lot more grounds than the previous days, due to the proximity of them - we managed to cover 225 miles and 17 grounds. The grounds that we visited on Day 3 included:

21. Gresty Road

22. Prenton Park

23. Anfield

24. Goodison Park

25. DW Stadium

26. The University of Bolton Stadium

27. Old Trafford

28. Moor Lane

29. The Etihad

30. Boundary Park

31. Spotland

32. Turf Moor

33. The Crown Ground

34. Ewood Park

35. Deepdale

36. Bloomfield Road

37. Highbury Stadium

Day 3 also saw us progress further than expected. In our initial plan we expected to end Day 3 in Burnley, however we instead stayed in a hotel in Morecambe - which was 5 grounds ahead of the plan!

A personal highlight from Day 3 was the pitch side visit at The Etihad. I have been to Etihad to watch Saints many times, however being in the dug out with an empty stadium was very impressive!

Day 5

Much like Day 3, Day 5 we covered less miles but a lot more grounds. We covered 235 miles and 11 grounds. 

This day included a lot of grounds that I had not visited prior to this trip and was very much looking forward too seeing and having pitch side visits. Including Elland Road, Sheffield Wednesday and Hull City. The grounds that we visited on Day 3 included:

47. Elland Road

48. The John Smith's Stadium

49. Oakwell

50. Hillsborough

51. Bramall Lane

52. New York Stadium

53. The Keepmoat Stadium

54. Glanford Park

55. The KCOM Stadium

56. Sincil Bank

57. Field Mill

We managed to reach Mansfield just before it was dark and then stay the night in Nottingham- which was a great success. We were still ahead of schedule, which was great as we knew the next 3 days were going to be very full on. Lots more miles and grounds to cover!

Day 7

During Day 7 we covered 275 miles and 13 grounds. This was a fun day, driving through London to reach the grounds was a challenge!

A personal highlight of Day 7 was a pitch side visit at The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium... wow! The grounds that we visited on Day 3 included:

68. Sixfields

69. Stadium MK

70. Kenilworth Road

71. Broadhall Way

72. Vicarage Road

73. Adams Park

74. The Madejski Stadium

75. Brentford Community Stadium

76. Loftus Road

77. The Emirates Stadium

78. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

79. Brisbane Road

80. London Stadium

According to our schedule we once again did not gain any time, so it was a good thing we made up some time in the earlier days. We managed to get West Ham done before driving to Gillingham to stay the night ahead of the last day.