Soccer Games I Have Seen in my Quest to Join the 92 Club

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Soccer Games I Have Seen in my Quest to Join the 92 Club

I update this post regularly with all the football soccer games I’ve seen in the UK and Europe.

The night I “finished” the Championship for the second time, at Blackpool FC.

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As of October 4, 2023, I have seen 247 games at 143 different grounds in the UK and Europe, including all of the current 92 English league grounds.

Here is my 2023-24 groundhopping run.

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Treating cup games as “league” games, I have seen the home team take 348 of a possible 741 points. That’s 1.41 points per game, about on pace to finish just above mid-table. That doesn’t seem like a great record for always playing at home! I used to think I was a curse for the home team, but further analysis has indicated that my results are “bang average.”

A few fun and random facts:

— “Home team” as rallied on this trip. I went 13 games without seeing them score more than one goal. In four of those they didn’t score. Still, they managed to win four of the 13 games by 1-0. But then they won five in a row and six of seven before losing the last one.

— At one point in 2017, the home team had a 12-game unbeaten run. At another point in 2018, I went more than 3.5 games without seeing a goal. Earlier this year, I saw six clean sheets in seven games and three out of four that finished 3-0.

— I’ve been to Crystal Palace seven times, and they lost six of those

— I’ve been to Burnley three times, and they have lost by a combined 10-1.

— Before I went to Port Vale, but I’ve seen them play, and lose, four away games.

— I messed up on a kickoff time at Scunthorpe, arrived at halftime, then wondered if it “counted” as a ground visit. They were relegated that year, anyway.

— Four times I have seen 7-goal games: three 4-3 home wins (Newcastle-Norwich 2016, Liverpool-Salzburg 2019, and Sutton-Port Vale 2021) and one 0-7 home loss: Beckenham Town to Stockport County in the League Cup.

Groundhopper Paul’s List of Games:

The dates here are done in the American style, the results in rest-of-the-world style, with the home team listed first.

If you don’t see a competition listed, it was just a regular league game.

I listed Southampton as the home team in an FA Cup Semifinal at Wembley on 4-22-2018 because I was cheering for them and sat in their end.

• 5/15/11 – Arsenal 1-2 Aston Villa
• 1/18/14 – Arsenal 2-0 Fulham
• 1/20/14 – West Brom 1-1 Everton
• 1/21/14 – West Ham 0-3 Man City (League Cup)
• 1/22/14 – Man United 2-1 Sunderland (League Cup – Sunderland advance on penalties)
• 1/25/14 – Man City 4-2 Watford (FA Cup)
• 1/26/14 – Sheffield United 1-1 Fulham (FA Cup)
• 1/29/14 – Chelsea 0-0 West Ham
• 4/14/14 – Reading 1-1 Leicester
• 4/15/14 – Charlton 1-2 Barnsley
• 4/16/14 – Everton 2-3 Palace
• 4/19/14 – Spurs 3-1 Fulham
• 4/20/14 – Chelsea 1-2 Sunderland
• 4/21/14 – Millwall 0-0 Doncaster
• 9/13/14 – Stoke 0-1 Leicester
• 10/24/14 – Fulham 3-0 Charlton
• 10/25/14 – Sunderland 0-2 Arsenal
• 10/26/14 – Burnley 1-3 Everton
• 10/27/14 – QPR 2-0 Villa
• 10/28/14 – Liverpool 2-1 Swansea (League Cup)
• 11/1/14 – Wolves 0-0 Birmingham
• 11/2/14 –Aston Villa 1-2 Tottenham
• 11/3/14 – Crystal Palace 1-3 Sunderland
• 11/5/14 – Fulham 2-2 Blackpool
• 12/18/15 – Birmingham 1-0 Cardiff
• 12/19/15 – Bolton 2-2 Fulham
• 12/20/15 – Leeds 1-0 Preston NE
• 12/21/15 – Arsenal 2-1 Man City
• 12/26/15 – Brentford 0-0 Brighton
• 12/28/15 – Notts County 2-2 Morecambe
• 12/29/15 – Leicester 0-0 Man City
• 1/1/16 – Brighton 0-1 Wolverhampton
• 1/2/16 – West Ham 2-0 Liverpool
• 1/3/2016 – Palace 0-3 Chelsea
• 9/24/2016 – Bristol Rovers 2-1 Port Vale
• 9/25/2016 – West Ham 0-3 Southampton
• 9/27/2016 – Nottingham Forest 1-1 Fulham
• 9/28/2016 – Newcastle 4-3 Norwich City
• 10/1/2016 – Watford 2-2 Bournemouth
• 10/2/16 – Tottenham 2-0 Manchester City
• 11/5/2016 – Bristol City 0-2 Brighton and Hove Albion
• 11/6/2016 – Boreham Wood 2-2 Notts County (FA Cup)
• 11/11/2016 – England 3-0 Scotland (World Cup Qualifier, Wembley Stadium)
• 11/12/2016 – Crawley Town 0-3 Cambridge United
• 12/31/2016 – Southampton 1-2 West Bromwich Albion
• 1/1/2017 – Watford 1-4 Tottenham
• 1/2/2017 – Wimbledon 2-2 Millwall
• 1/2/2017 – Fulham 1-2 Brighton and Hove Albion
• 1/4/2017 – Tottenham 2-0 Chelsea
• 1/7/2017 – Huddersfield Town 4-0 Port Vale (FA Cup)
• 1/8/2017 – Liverpool 0-0 Plymouth Argyle (FA Cup)
• 2/24/2017 – Burton Albion 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
• 2/25/2017 – Barnsley 1-1 Huddersfield Town
• 2/26/2017 – Norwich 1-1 Ipswich Town
• 2/28/2017 – Stevenage 4-1 Leyton Orient
• 3/4/2017 – Swansea 3-2 Burnley
• 9/12/2017 – Oxford United 2-2 Bradford City
• 9/15/2017– Bournemouth 2-1 Brighton and Hove Albion
• 9/16/2017 – Portsmouth 4-1 Fleetwood Town
• 9/19/2017 – Wolverhampton 1-0 Bristol Rovers (League Cup)
• 9/20/2017 – West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Manchester City (League Cup)
• 9/22/2017 – Forest Green Rovers 0-2 Swindon Town
• 9/23/2017 – Derby County 1-1 Birmingham City
• 9/24/2017 – Sheffield Wednesday 2-4 Sheffield United
• 12/28/2017 – Crystal Palace 2-3 Arsenal
• 12/29/2017 – Millwall 1-0 Queens Park Rangers
• 12/30/2017 – Cambridge United 3-1 Crewe Alexandra
• 1/1/2018 – Leeds United 0-0 Nottingham Forest
• 1/2/2018 – Fulham 4-1 Ipswich Town
• 1/5/2018 – Liverpool 2-1 Everton (FA Cup)
• 1/6/2018 – Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Hull City (FA Cup)
• 1/9/2018 – Manchester City 2-1 Bristol City (League Cup)
• 1/10/2018 – Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal (League Cup)
• 1/12/2018 – Sheffield United 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday
• 1/13/2018 – Hull 0-0 Reading
• 4/5/2018 – Lazio 4-2 RB Salzburg (Europa League)
• 4/14/2018 – QPR 1-2 Preston North End
• 4/14/2018 – Fulham 1-1 Brentford
• 4/17/2018 – Wigan Athletic 1-0 Oxford United
• 4/21/2018 – Cardiff City 2-1 Nottingham Forest
• 4/22/2018 – Southampton 0-2 Chelsea (FA Cup at Wembley)
• 10/27/2018 – Cheltenham Town 0-2 Stevenage
• 10/28/2018 – Burnley 0-4 Chelsea
• 10/29/2018 – Tottenham 0-1 Manchester City
• 10/31/2018 – Arsenal 2-1 Blackpool (League Cup)
• 11/2/2018 – Aston Villa 2-0 Bolton Wanderers
• 11/3/2018 – Everton 3-1 Brighton and Hove Albion
• 11/4/2018 – Wigan Athletic 1-2 Leeds United
• 12/26/2018 – Dulwich Hamlet 2-1 Eastbourne Borough
• 12/27/2018 – Southampton 1-2 West Ham United
• 12/29/2018 – Tottenham 1-3 Wolverhampton
• 12/30/2018 – Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea
• 1/1/2019 – Leyton Orient 1-0 Dagenham and Redbridge
• 1/1/2019 – Bromley 2-1 Sutton United
• 1/2/2019 – Huddersfield Town 1-2 Burnley
• 1/3/2019 – Manchester City 2-1 Liverpool
• 3/8/2019 – Coventry City 1-2 Burton Albion
• 3/9/2019 – Leicester City 3-1 Fulham
• 3/12/2019 – Gillingham 0-1 Bristol Rovers
• 3/13/2019 – Middlesbrough 1-2 Preston North End
• 3/14/2019 – Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Barnsley
• 3/15/2019 – Leeds United 0-1 Sheffield United
• 5/11/2019 – Aston Villa 2-1 West Bromwich Albion (EFL Playoffs)
• 5/12/2019 – Tottenham 2-2 Everton
• 9/28/2019 – Charlton 1-0 Leeds United
• 9/30/2019 – Manchester United 1-1 Arsenal
• 10/1/2019 – Manchester City 2-0 Dinamo Zagreb
• 10/2/2019 – Liverpool 4-3 Salzburg
• 10/5/2019 – Millwall 2-1 Leeds United
• 10/5/2019 – West Ham 1-2 Crystal Palace
• 10/6/2019 – Newcastle United 1-0 Manchester United
• 11/22/2019 – Fulham 2-1 QPR
• 11/23/2019 – Watford 0-3 Burnley
• 11/26/2019 – Luton Town 2-1 Charlton
• 11/27/2019 – Barcelona 3-1 Borussia Dortmund (Champions League)
• 11/30/2019 – Oldham Athletic 0-1 Burton Albion (FA Cup)
• 12/1/2019 – Tranmere Rovers 5-1 Chichester City (FA Cup)
• 12/2/2019 – Preston North End 0-1 West Bromwich Albion
• 12/21-2019 – Grimsby Town 0-1 Scunthorpe United
• 12/23/2019 – Blackburn 0-0 Wigan Athletic
• 12/26/2019 – Brentford 3-1 Swansea City
• 12/28/2019 – West Ham 1-2 Leicester City
• 12/29/2019 – Millwall 1-0 Brentford
• 1/18/2020 – Wycombe Wanderers 2-1 Rochdale
• 1/21/2020 – Crystal Palace 0-2 Southampton
• 1/22/2020 – Tottenham 2-1 Norwich City
• 1/25/2020 – Reading 1-1 Cardiff City (FA Cup)
• 10/1/2021 – Wimbledon 1-1 Burton Albion
• 10/6/2021 – Chelsea 3-3 Wolfsburg (Women’s Champions League)
• 10/9/2021 – Sutton United 4-3 Port Vale
• 10/10/2021 – Arsenal Women 3-0 Everton
• 10/12/2021 – England 1-1 Hungary (World Cup Qualifying)
• 10/16/2021 – Brentford 0-1 Chelsea
• 10/19/2021 – Northampton Town 3-0 Stevenage
• 10/23/2021 – Swindon Town 0-3 Bradford City
• 10/24/2021 – West Ham 1-0 Tottenham
• 10/31/2021 – Fiorentina 3-0 Spezia
• 11/2/2021 – Peterborough 1-1 Huddersfield Town
• 11/6/2021 – Scunthorpe United 0-1 Doncaster Rovers (FA Cup)
• 11/7/2021 – Rochdale 1-1 Notts County (FA Cup)
• 11/13/2021 – Carlisle United 0-0 Barrow
• 11/14/2021 – Manchester City Women 0-4 Chelsea
• 11/20/2021 – Fleetwood Town 1-2 Morecambe
• 11/21/2021 – Blackpool 0-0 West Bromwich Albion
• 11/26/2021 – Colchester United 1-1 Newport County
• 11/27/2021 – Norwich City 0-0 Wolverhampton
• 11/28/2021 – Ipswich Town 2, Crewe Alexandra 1
• 12/4/2021 – Walsall 1-2 Swindon Town (FA Cup)
• 12/18/2021 – Morecambe 0-0 Fleetwood Town
• 12/22/2021 – Brentford 0-2 Chelsea (League Cup)
• 12/26/2021 – Tottenham 3-0 Crystal Palace
• 12/27/2021 – Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Bournemouth
• 12/28/2021 – Crystal Palace 3-0 Norwich
• 12/29/2021 – Chelsea 1-1 Brighton
• 1/1/2022 – Arsenal 1-2 Manchester City
• 1/5/2022 – Leganes 2-3 Real Sociedad (Spanish Copa Del Rey)
• 1/8/2022 – Real Madrid 4-1 Valencia (La Liga)
• 1/9/2022 – Rayo Vallecano 1-1 Real Betis (La Liga)
• 1/22/2022 – Atletico Madrid 3-2 Valencia (La Liga)
• 1/29/2022 – Barnet 0-5 Stockport County
• 7/31/2022 – Sunderland 1-1 Coventry City
• 8/5/2022 – Crystal Palace 0-2 Arsenal
• 8/6/2022 – Fulham 2-2 Liverpool
• 8/7/2022 – Manchester United 1-2 Brighton
• 8/9/2022 – Harrogate Town 0-1 Stockport County (League Cup)
• 8/10/2022 – Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Sunderland (League Cup)
• 8/13/2022 – Manchester City 4-0 Bournemouth
• 8/16/2022 – MK Dons 2-1 Port Vale
• 8/27/2022 – Bayern Munich 1-1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
• 9/2/2022 – Dortmund 1-0 Hoffenheim
• 9/3/2022 – Bayer Leverkusen 2-3 Freiburg
• 9/4/2022 – Borussia Mönchengladbach 0-1 Mainz
• 9/6/2022 – PSG 2-1 Juventus (Champions League)
• 9/7/2022 – Brugge 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen (Champions League)
• 9/10/2022 – Ajax 5-0 Herenveen
• 9/11/2022 – Feyenoord 3-0 Sparta Rotterdam
• 9/14/2022 – Juventus 1-2 Benfica (Champions League)
• 9/17/2022 – Torino 0-1 Sassuolo
• 9/18/2022 – Milan 1-2 Napoli
• 9/25/2022 – L’Aquila 1-1 Torrese
• 10/1/2022 – Inter 1-2 Roma
• 10/2/2022 – Atalanta 1-0 Fiorentina
• 10/8/2022 – Milan 2-0 Juventus
• 10/15/2022 – Beckenham Town 0-7 Dagenham and Redbridge (FA Cup Qualifying)
• 10/18/2022 – Brighton 0-0 Nottingham Forest
• 10/19/2022 – Millwall 3-0 Watford
• 10/23/2022 – Roma 0-1 Napoli
• 10/26/2022 – Napoli 3-0 Rangers (Champions League)
• 11/5/2022 – Barcelona 2-0 Alermía
• 11/6/2022 – Real Betís 1-1 Sevilla
• 11/9/2022 – Sevilla 1-2 Real Sociedad
• 11/11/2022 – Lyon 1-1 Nice
• 11/13/2022 – Monaco 2-3 Marseille
• 11/19/2022 – Newport County 2-0 Gillingham (#78)
• 11/26/2022 – Dagenham and Redbridge 1-1 Gillingham (FA Cup)
• 11/27/2022 – Ebbsfleet United 0-1 Fleetwood Town (FA Cup)
• 12/2/2022 – Crewe Alexandra 1-2 Newport County (#79)
• 12/7/2022 – Stockport County 3-1 Charlton Athletic (#80, FA Cup)
• 12/10/2022 – Rotherham 1-3 Bristol City (#81)
• 12/11/2022 – Man City Women 1-1 Man United Women
• 12/26/2022 – Crystal Palace 0-3 Fulham
• 12/27/2022 – Chelsea 2-0 Bournemouth
• 12/29/2022 – Millwall 0-0 Bristol City
• 12/30/2022 – West Ham 0-2 Brentford
• 12/31/2022 – Fulham 2-1 Southampton
• 1/1/2023 – Tottenham 0-2 Aston Villa
• 1/2/2023 – QPR 1-1 Sheffield United
• 1/3/2023 – Arsenal 0-0 Newcastle
• 1/5/2023 – Chelsea 0-1 Man City
• 1/7/2023 – Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Sunderland (#82, FA Cup)
• 1/10/2023 – Manchester United 3-0 Charlton (EFL Cup)
• 1/11/2023 – Nottingham Forest 1-1 Wolverhampton (EFL Cup — Forest advanced on penalties)
• 1/15/2023 – Benfica 2-2 Sporting Lisbon
• 1/24/2023 – Port Vale 1-2 Derby County (#83)
• 1/28/2023 – Barrow 0-2 Northampton Town (#84)
• 1/31/2023 – Salford City 1-0 Walsall (#85)
• 4/8/2023 – Real Madrid 2-3 Villarreal
• 4/9/2023 – Ray Vallecano 1-2 Atlético Madrid
• 4/12/2023 – Real Madrid 2-0 Chelsea (Champions League)
• 4/16/2023 – Atlético Madrid 2-1 Almería
• 4/22/2023 – Real Sociedad 2-1 Rayo Vallecano
• 4/26/2023 – Valencia 2-1 Real Valladolid
• 4/29/2023 – Levante 2-0 Alavés
• 4/30/2023 – Real Zaragoza 1-1 Las Palmas
• 8/5/2023 – Accrington Stanley 3-0 Newport County
• 8/6/2023 – Leeds United 2-2 Cardiff City
• 8/8/2023 – Wrexham 0-0 Wigan Athletic (League Cup, Wrexham advanced on penalties)
• 8/11/2023 – Burnley 0-3 Manchester City
• 8/12/2023 – Sheffield United 0-1 Crystal Palace
• 8/13/2023 – Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool
• 8/19/2023 – Wolverhampton 1-4 Brighton
• 8/19/2023 – Manchester City 1-0 Newcastle
• 8/26/2023 – Bradford City 1-0 Crewe Alexandra
• 8/28/2023 – York City 1-3 Rochdale
• 9/2/2023 – FC United of Manchester 1-0 Barnoldswick Town (FA Cup)
• 9/5/2023 – Wimbledon 1-1 Stevenage
• 9/9/2023 – Exeter City 1-2 Leyton Orient
• 9/16/2023 – Fulham 1-0 Luton Town
• 9/17/2023 – Millwall 0-3 Leeds United
• 9/19/2023 – Barcelona 5-0 Royal Antwerp (Champions League)
• 9/20/2023 – Real Madrid 1-0 Union Berlin (Champions League)
• 9/24/2023 – Rangers 1-0 Motherwell
• 9/26/2023 – Mansfield Town 2-2 Peterborough (EFL Cup — Mansfield advance on penalties)
• 9/30/2023 – Lincoln City 2-0 Cheltenham Town
• 10/3/2023 – Plymouth Argyle 0-2 Millwall

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Written By Paul Gerald
Paul Gerald, Owner and Founder of Groundhopper Soccer Guides · Profile
Paul is a traveler, writer, publisher and soccer freak. He started Groundhopper Soccer Guides as EnglishSoccerGuide.com in 2014. When he's not kicking around England working on this site and his book, you can find him at Providence Park in Portland, cheering on the Portland Timbers.

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  • Avatar for Paul Gerald Rob Heselton says:

    I have begun the hobby of grounds hopping as well. Little harder to do from the USA. Are you ever looking for contributors from a foreigners perspective? I am new to the game and have only been to 10 matches at 10 stadiums and will hit 2 stadiums (three matches) more in two weeks. I am after the fan experience. yes it is fun to watch Arsenal, Tottenham, Man U. … but i like the raucous crowd. It is unlike any sporting experience in the US. If you ever need a park hopper to go with I amgame

    • Avatar for Paul Gerald Paul Gerald says:

      Thanks, Rob! Sorry I didn’t see your comment earlier. As I am an American, I think I’m covered from a foreigner perspective :-). But thanks for reading. And I totally agree on the fan experience; that’s what it’s all about.

  • Avatar for Paul Gerald David M says:

    came here to watch the bounce slayer video.

    I see you were also at our win versus Leeds a few weeks ago.

    get yourself to Anfield or Old Trafford to watch the blades next year.

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