Football Grounds

by **Hellfire** on Wed 05 Jan 2011, 7:38 pm

'The day we sent Leeds down'
:grin:

Thanks for that. Thoroughly enjoyed having them yobs in League 1 for a while. Especially so since we (Carlisle) seemed to have a bit of a personal rivalry during their stay in L1.

by **SuffolkBlue** on Wed 05 Jan 2011, 9:03 pm

XX752 wrote:You dont appear to have any photos of Ipswich at the mighty Carrow Road. Especially last November when Super Grant Holt was putting 3 past you!

I've only been to one decent ground in Norwich....and that honour goes to Norwich United's Plantation Road. :wink:

I took my sniper to that game instead of the camera. 100% hit ratio on Holt! (although we were awful!) :biggrin:

by **Wes_Howes** on Thu 06 Jan 2011, 3:53 pm

This thread has got me thinking about the grounds I've been to so far. St James' Park (Newcastle not Exeter) was very impressive, when you've finally climbed up the stairs, the view you get is fantastic. I went to Old Trafford for an England Schoolboys game so didn't really get chance to experience a proper match day atmosphere. I've been to old Wembley once and new, twice, all three occasions with Shrewsbury Town and they lost every time! Millenium Stadium in Cardiff twice, first time was for the first FA Cup Final held with the roof being covered (Arsenal v Southampton) and was back there just over a week later to see Wolves hammer the Blades on an unforgettable day :yahoo:

List of the others
Villa Park
Highbury
Anfield
Goodison Park
Ricoh Arena
Gigg Lane
Alexandra Stadium
Spotland
Abbey Stadium (Saw Dion Dublin play his first game in a Man Utd shirt there!!)
Madjeski Stadium
County Ground
Meadow Lane
Bucks Head (new and old)
Gay Meadow
and finally New Meadow (also known as the Prostar Stadium and Greenhous Meadow)

Unfortunately I don't have many pictures from most of these grounds though :sad:

by **SuffolkBlue** on Thu 09 Apr 2015, 7:29 pm

Dragging up an old thread of mine....here's a few more pictures from my travels

Southampton v Ipswich Town, St. Marys Stadium, FA Cup 3rd round, Sunday 4th January 2015 by CDay86, on Flickr

Ipswich Town v Southampton, Portman Road, FA Cup 3rd round reply, Wednesday 14th January 2015 by CDay86, on Flickr

Millwall v Ipswich Town, The New Den, Championship, Saturday 17th January 2015 by CDay86, on Flickr

Rotherham United v Ipswich Town, AESSEAL New York Stadium, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 7th February 2015 by CDay86, on Flickr

Fulham v Ipswich Town, Craven Cottage, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 14th February by CDay86, on Flickr

Ipswich Town v AFC Bournemouth, Portman Road, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 3rd April 2015 by CDay86, on Flickr

Huddersfield Town v Ipswich Town, John Smiths Stadium, SkyBet Championship, Monday 6th April 2015 by CDay86, on Flickr

by **tink_norfolk** on Sun 12 Apr 2015, 7:41 am

Looks like you follow Ipswich Town, did you get any photo's from the 1st March 2015 away game :grin:

by chance?

by **SuffolkBlue** on Sun 12 Apr 2015, 6:19 pm

tink_norfolk wrote:Looks like you follow Ipswich Town, did you get any photo's from the 1st March 2015 away game by chance?

I've tried my best to forget any game against our Norfolk neighbours from the past 5 years!...... :hide:

by **Stan** on Mon 13 Apr 2015, 9:18 pm

Handsome ground Huddersfield have got...

by **Phil Standfield** on Tue 14 Apr 2015, 3:35 pm

Abit posher than the non-league grounds i have been too this year doing Dorchester Town pictures mind you it is only the Evo-Stick Southern Premier
Stan

by **SuffolkBlue** on Mon 11 May 2015, 6:44 pm

Blackburn Rovers v Ipswich Town, Ewood Park, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 2nd May 2015 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Ipswich Town v Norwich City, Portman Road, SkyBet Championship Play Off Semi Final 1st Leg, Saturday 9th May 2015 by Chris Day, on Flickr

by **Flare Path** on Mon 11 May 2015, 7:42 pm

Fascinating post.

Thanks for sharing.

by **MarkL** on Mon 11 May 2015, 7:49 pm

Stan wrote:Handsome ground Huddersfield have got...

It's awesome !

One day the football will live up to it.

by **SuffolkBlue** on Sun 24 Jan 2016, 8:51 pm

and a few more from this season so far.....

Cobbold Stand, Portman Road - Saturday 20th June 2015 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Sir Bobby Robson Stand, Portman Road - Saturday 20th June 2015 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Fortuna Dusseldorf v Ipswich Town, Pre-season friendly, Paul-Janes-Stadion ,Saturday 18th July 2015 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Arsenal v VfL Wolfsburg, Emirates Stadium, Emirates Cup 2015, Sunday 26th July 2015 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Olympique Lyonnais v Villarreal, Emirates Stadium, Emirates Cup 2015, Sunday 26th July 2015 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Arsenal v VfL Wolfsburg, Emirates Stadium, Emirates Cup 2015, Sunday 26th July 2015 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Ipswich Town v Brighton & Hove Albion, Portman Road, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 29th August 2015 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Manchester United v Ipswich Town, Old Trafford, Capital One Cup 3rd Round, Wednesday 23rd September 2015 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Ipswich Town v Middlesbrough, Portman Road, SkyBet Championship, Friday 4th December 2015 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Brighton & Hove Albion v Ipswich Town, Amex Stadium, SkyBet Championship, Tuesday 29th December 2015 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Burnley Cricket Club & Turf Moor, Saturday 2nd January 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Burnley v Ipswich Town, Turf Moor, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 2nd January 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Ipswich Town v Portsmouth, Portman Road, Emirates FA Cup 3rd round, Saturday 9th January 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr

by **SuffolkBlue** on Sun 24 Jan 2016, 9:04 pm

Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi, Siena, Italy - Tuesday 7th July 2015 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Ipswich Town v Preston North End, Portman Road, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 16th January 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Düsseldorf Congress Sport & Event GmbH ESPRIT arena, Düsseldorf, Germany - Saturday 18th July 2015 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Portsmouth v Ipswich Town, Fratton Park, Emirates FA Cup 3rd Round Reply, Tuesday 19th January 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Birmingham City v Ipswich Town, St. Andrews, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 23rd January 2015 by Chris Day, on Flickr

by **BDL** on Mon 25 Jan 2016, 8:40 pm

Glad you got our place in there, shame we won't be playing you next season bar a miracle. Shame we've already played this season. If by some miracle we do stay up, DM me next season, will see if I can get you a different view!

Also, glad you call them Franchise as well!

by **SuffolkBlue** on Fri 12 Feb 2016, 1:25 pm

Queens Park Rangers v Ipswich Town, Loftus Road, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 6th February 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr

by **SuffolkBlue** on Sat 19 Nov 2016, 3:32 pm

Huddersfield Town v Ipswich Town, John Smiths Stadium, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 27th February 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Bolton Wanderers v Ipswich Town, Macron Stadium, SkyBet Championship, Tuesday 8th March 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Ipswich Town, Molineux, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 2nd April 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Ipswich Town v Charlton Athletic, Portman Road, SkyBet Championship, Tuesday 5th April 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Derby County v Ipswich Town, iPro Stadium, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 7th May 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Ipswich Town v Barnsley, Portman Road, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 6th August 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Ipswich Town v Stevenage Borough, EFL Cup 1st Round, Portman Road, Tuesday 10th August 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr

by **SuffolkBlue** on Sat 19 Nov 2016, 3:58 pm

de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide "Flights over the Landmarks of London" - from IWM Duxford, Saturday 27th August 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Brentford v Ipswich Town, Griffin Park, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 13th August 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Ipswich Town v Norwich City, Portman Road, SkyBet Championship, Sunday 21st August 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Reading v Ipswich Town, Madejski Stadium, SkyBet Championship, Friday 8th September 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Blackburn Rovers v Ipswich Town, Ewood Park, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 15th October 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Newcastle United v Ipswich Town, St. James' Park, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 22nd October 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Sheffield Wednesday v Ipswich Town, Hillsborough, SkyBet Championship, Sunday 5th November 2016 by Chris Day, on Flickr

by **SuffolkBlue** on Mon 05 Feb 2018, 7:21 pm

Another season.....another year in the Championship....another year of pretty much going to the same grounds! We haven't won any of our last 12 FA Cups games so no new grounds on a cup run either!

Aston Villa v Ipswich Town, Villa Park, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 11th February 2017 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Norwich City v Ipswich Town, Carrow Road, SkyBet Championship, Sunday 26th February 2017 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Barnsley v Ipswich Town, Oakwell, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 11th March 2017 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Burton Albion v Ipswich Town, The Pirelli Stadium, SkyBet Championship, Friday 14th April 2017 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Rotherham United v Ipswich Town, AESSEAL New York Stadium, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 22nd April 2017 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Millwall v Ipswich Town, The New Den, SkyBet Championship, Tuesday 15th August 2017 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Europa FC v Gibraltar United - Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Premier League, Sunday 3rd December 2017 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción - Spain, Monday 4th December 2017 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Princess Anne's Battery & Victoria Stadium - Gibraltar, Monday 4th December 2017 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Ipswich Town v Leeds United, Portman Road, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 13th January 2018 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Sheffield United v Ipswich Town, Bramall Lane, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 14th October 2017 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Queens Park Rangers v Ipswich Town, Loftus Road, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 9th September 2017 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Bolton Wanderers v Ipswich Town, Macron Stadium, Skybet Championship, Saturday 20th January 2018 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Sunderland v Ipswich Town, Stadium of Light, Skybet Championship, Saturday 3rd February 2018 by Chris Day, on Flickr

by **Wrexham Mackem** on Mon 05 Feb 2018, 8:06 pm

Despite the empty seats, the miserable position the club's in, and my football mojo at an all time low......... :love:

Its a great travelogue, as ever Chris.

by **SuffolkBlue** on Tue 06 Feb 2018, 5:21 pm

Wrexham Mackem wrote:

Despite the empty seats, the miserable position the club's in, and my football mojo at an all time low.........

Its a great travelogue, as ever Chris.

I know 3 points makes it a better away day, but it was great to chat to Sunderland fans around the City in the morning and talking together as football, not opposition fans. I was shocked by just how poor Sunderland's performance was...a club of your size and the fans deserves so much better. I still think even if you get relegated to League One, you'll still be playing Premier League football ahead of us in the future.

I'm at Carrow Road next weekend.....not quite sure I'm going to get the same reception there!

by **Wrexham Mackem** on Wed 07 Feb 2018, 10:04 am

I'm pleased you enjoyed it, and yes, its definitely a friendly place to visit as an away fan. It still amazes me when I go away to some places and see 'no away fan' pubs and so on, because we haven't had that in Sunderland for twenty years or so. That said, you find a pretty hostile environment when Newcastle United come to town :grin:

I was full of hope when Coleman came, and started putting the kids in the team. Surely that should do enough to put a few points on the board and climb away from the bottom three. But I'm now genuinely worried, it does not look good at all. We were dumped in that league, the old third division, once before by Lawrie Mackem-enemy, and it turned out to be one of my favourite seasons as a fan going to little grounds and walking the league. But that's easy to say looking back, it was one season. Nope, we have to stay up, get a new owner, survive..

by **Phil Standfield** on Thu 08 Feb 2018, 4:56 pm

Aviationcafe wrote:Some cracking photo's of the grounds in here, I've only ever visited one Prem ground and that was Goodison Park in the late 90's.

To me I find they lack the character of the lower levels of football grounds i.e:

Abbey Hey (nwcfl), Marine (evostik), Clitheroe (evostik), Barnton (nwcfl), Cheadle Town (nwcfl) to name a few.

The closest I'd get to a Prem ground now is the Halton Stadium in Widnes which is around a 13,000+ capacity, where I photograph for Widnes in front of the lowest which is around 30 supporters to the highest which i think is 452 in last seasons clash against Charnock Richard.

I know the feeling doing Dorchester Town in the Evo-Stik Southern Premier League, although it was an eye opener earlier in the season when we went to Hereford for a league game and there was 2600+ watching, only ever time we see any thing like that is the local derby v Weymouth but even now its around 2000 late 90's 4500 at Dorch one boxing Day.

by **SuffolkBlue** on Mon 04 Jun 2018, 4:03 pm

Just a small update from the last few updates of the 2017/18 season. A largely forgettable one again being a Town fan....again!

Bristol City v Ipswich Town, Ashton Gate, Skybet Championship, Saturday 17th March 2018 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town, City Ground, Skybet Championship, Saturday 14th April 2018 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Reading v Ipswich Town, Madejski Stadium, Skybet Championship, Saturday 28th April 2018 by Chris Day, on Flickr

A couple of new grounds for me to visit next season with West Brom and Swansea playing in the Championship, although being stuck in this league for so long means I only have 3 new grounds next year to visit! Next season is looking very much like the North & Midlands Championship with only 3 London clubs, Reading and Norwich all being within a 2 to 3 hour drive away from me.

So far I've ticked off 51 out of the 92 football league grounds watching Ipswich, so hopefully we can go on some decent away cup runs to fit in more League 1 and 2 stadiums.

by **SuffolkBlue** on Fri 14 Dec 2018, 2:12 pm

Being an Ipswich fan isn't a proud thing to say at the moment....3 wins since early March and no home win since April.....and that lot up the road are sitting pretty at the top.

The East Anglian Derby back in September when only a couple of points separated us!

Ipswich Town v Norwich City, Portman Road, SkyBet Championship, Sunday 2nd September 2018 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Ipswich Town v Norwich City, Portman Road, SkyBet Championship, Sunday 2nd September 2018 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Who doesn't love an away day on a cold, wet and windy afternoon in Stoke?

Stoke City v Ipswich Town, bet365 Stadium, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 8th December 2018 by Chris Day, on Flickr

by **SuffolkBlue** on Sun 06 Jan 2019, 9:28 pm

Yet more misery from Town......first up one is a few from our home game against QPR & away to Millwall back in October.

Ipswich Town v Queens Park Rangers, Portman Road, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 20th October 2018 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Millwall v Ipswich Town, The New Den, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 27th October 2018 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Millwall v Ipswich Town, The New Den, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 27th October 2018 by Chris Day, on Flickr

And a couple from our most recent two away trips to Middlesborough & Accrington. Just a shade under 1,000 miles traveled in a week to watch my team slowly dying. Can't fault the hospitality at Accrington, if only more clubs could take on their approach.

In 2018 I went to 13 away games and traveled a combined total of 3,850 miles

Middlesbrough v Ipswich Town, Riverside Stadium, SkyBet Championship, Saturday 29th December 2018 by Chris Day, on Flickr

Accrington Stanley v Ipswich Town, Wham Stadium, Emirates FA Cup, Saturday 5th January 2019 by Chris Day, on Flickr

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