Adrian Durham
This should stir some feathers! Adrian Durham, yes he of talkSPORT, has finally completed the 92. He has visited all 92 stadiums in England and Wales in the Premier League, the Championship and Leagues 1 and 2. Welcome to the “92 club.” He has also created a list of the Top 10 Grounds in England and Wales. This is obviously highly subjective and borderline confrontational. It is HIS TOP 10. Whilst I can offer my number one (Gillingham) and my equal ninety one (Arsenal and Milton Keynes), I am struggling to think I could or even would want to rank them 1 to 92 or even 1 to 10. Adrian has put his money where his mouth is and listed them. Brave Boy! It comes as no surprise that I disagree with him as I am sure 99.9% of all supporters do …… but it is definitely a good balloon debate! Here goes!
So, in the interests of debate I will add Manchester United and Gillingham (of course!) and now the next eight. Mmmm. Despite their fans being anti I will add West Ham United’s London Stadium and few will argue that Spurs new stadium is hugely impressive. Impressive but on a smaller scale is Brentford’s Community Stadium. Liverpool’s Anfield needs to be there for atmosphere as does the Stadium of Light and Goodison Park. Quirky is a word I could use to describe Loftus Rd. I have watched some great games there ….often in sub-prime conditions! To finish the ten, I will add Aston Villa. Sad to leave out Hillsborough, St James Parks (Exeter and Newcastle), Stockport County and Millwall. How did Craven Cottage and Plough Lane not make the cut? In fact sad to leave any out apart from The Library (Arsenal) and the Fake Stadium at Milton Keynes.
The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – Dave Baldwin
One man who has visited many of the these stadiums and has painted them too is Dave Baldwin at Papilios Creative. I think I will ask which he prefers.
I will now let you into a secret; Adrian’s list bears little resemblance to mine. A quick tally shows we agree on precisely two ….. and his second would be my 90th (being generous!)
If you want to see his entire list click here to the official talkSPORT website

