h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

If we're counting non-football attendance, can I add Dynamo Moscow? Their ground was unlocked when we were near it taking pictures of Lev Yashin's statue, so we went for a nosey.

My most obscure tournaments are probably the Hertforshire Senior Cup Final (Bishop's Stortford won 4-0, not sure who against but it might have been Ware) and the Supporters Direct Cup between AFC Wimbledon and FC United of Manchester...

Oh, and the Uttoxeter & District U-14s Cup Final, in which I provided the assist for the winning goal. Or more accurately, I got on as sub with about 20 minutes to go, made a square pass to Simon Carson and he went off on a slaloming run past 3 defenders and buried it in the bottom right-hand corner.

And now for some full-on list action... you've got me started now, and I should be going to bed.

It's made me realise how kind the last five years have been to me. I make it I've been to 98 grounds all-in, which goes down to 93 that I've seen a game played at, and 84 if you exclude old grounds and defunct teams.

I've been lucky enough to report or commentate from the grounds of 36 league teams - 38 including conference ones (that'll stay the same next season, as I'll swap Torquay for Luton) and 47 grounds in total. I've marked those with a star. Luton has by far the worst press box, including all the 9 non-league clubs, closely followed by Spurs.

Which when you consider that I really started football reporting as a way of getting in for free because I couldn't afford to go any more, isn't bad going.

ENGLISH GROUNDS
Villa Park, Birmingham*
Highbury, London
Ashburton Grove, London*
Craven Cottage, London*
White Hart Lane, London
Upton Park, London*
Old Trafford, Manchester** (for rugby league)
St James' Park, Newcastle
The Britannia Stadium, Stoke
Victoria Ground, Stoke

Oakwell, Barnsley (press conference only, not seen a game played there)
St Andrew's, Birmingham
Ashton Gate, Bristol*
The Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster*
Belle Vue, Doncaster (press conference only, not seen a game played there)
The Valley, London
Selhurst Park, London*
Loftus Road, London*
Carrow Road, Norwich*
The City Ground, Nottingham*
Home Park, Plymouth*
Hillsborough, Sheffield
St Mary's, Southampton*
The Liberty Stadium, Swansea*
Vicarage Road, Watford*
Molineux, Wolverhampton*

The Withdean Stadium, Brighton*
The Memorial Ground, Bristol*
Brunton Park, Carlisle*
Whaddon Road, Cheltenham*
Layer Road, Colchester
Gresty Road, Crewe*
Victoria Park, Hartlepool
Edgar Street, Hereford*
The Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield (press conference only, not seen a game played there)
Elland Road, Leeds*
Brisbane Road, London
The New Den, London*
Sixfields, Northampton*
Boundary Park, Oldham
Roots Hall, Southend*
Edgeley Park, Stockport
The County Ground, Swindon*
Prenton Park, Tranmere
The Bescot Stadium, Walsall*
Huish Park, Yeovil*

Underhill, Barnet*
Dean Court, Bournemouth*
Valley Parade, Bradford*
The Deva Stadium, Chester
Griffin Park, London*
Victoria Road, London
Priestfield, Gillingham*
Kenilworth Road, Luton*
Meadow Lane, Nottingham
Vale Park, Burslem*
Millmoor, Rotherham*
Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury
Adams Park, Wycombe

Eton Park, Burton
Langney Sports Club, Eastbourne*
Field Mill, Mansfield
The Drill Field, Northwich
The Kassam Stadium, Oxford
Nene Park, Irthlingborough
Plainmoor, Torquay*
The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

The McCain Stadium, Scarborough
Throstle Nest, Farsley*
Marston Road, Stafford
Kingsmeadow, London*
Champion Hill, London
Twerton Park, Bath*
Rhodes Avenue, Bishops Stortford
Clarence Park, St Albans
The Woodspring Stadium, Weston-super-Mare*
War Memorial Sports Ground, Carshalton
Horsfall Stadium, Bradford*
Nethermoor, Guiseley*
Spencer Stadium, Banbury
Cosham Street, Mangotsfield
Ladysmead, Tiverton*
Wexham Park, Slough
Wordsworth Drive, Taunton
Stag Meadow, Windsor & Eton*
Tempest Road, Egham
The Warren, Yeading*
Alwyns Lane, Chertsey
Lyme Valley Parkway, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Coles Park, Haringey
Pershall Park, Eccleshall

FOREIGN GROUNDS:
Tynecastle, Edinburgh
Shielfield Park, Berwick (I know it's in England and they abused the ref for being Scottish, but...)

Stade Abbe-Deschamps, Auxerre
Stade Gerland, Lyon

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Stadio Artemio Franchi, Firenze
Stadio Olimpico, Roma (not while there was a game on)
Stadio Pierluigi Penzo, Venezia

Competitions I've seen are:
Premier League / Championship / League One / League Two
Conference
FA Cup / League Cup / Johnstone's Paints Trophy

SPL / Scottish League Division Two
Primera Liga
Ligue 1
Serie A / Serie B

FA Trophy
Northern Premier League
Southern League Premier Division
Isthmian League Premier and Division One
North-West Counties League
Staffordshire Senior Cup
Hertfordshire Senior Cup
Supporters Direct Cup

I should point out that since I stopped being around here very often, I've spent a couple of seasons commentating on Yeovil Town for BBC Somerset, and do the odd Argyle game in the South East for Radio Devon these days plus reporting bits for BBC London and Radio Manchester.