Eastenders Park is a favourite venue of London soap opera stars. But the best thing about East End…read morePark is that it's so unscottish. It may have a capacity of only 11k, but it's built like an English stadium, with big stands and semi closed corners. The atmosphere is excellent. First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - watching a match here reminded me of seeing a game in England. Only with better food. My goodness, I would give that bridie another go at any given meal time, 7 days in a row. Absolutely delicious. It's loud in here, the fans are great, it's one of the best experiences in Scottish football. If they could pack the house a little bit more, I'd give them a 5. Also if I could mail-order those Bridies, they'd get a 6. So when I was doing my first tour of Scotland in 2011, I also hit up every single stadium in the country. My obsession with footy (soccer to Americans) is the reason. Every stadium review - like all my reviews - are based on first-hand personal experience, usually from multiple visits. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was "stuck" in UK for 3 months, I went to most of them yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at many of them, which I will post later. Also, when back in Scotland I plan to take more pix, and add more stadia! So watch this space! *** return to regular review *** It was opened in 1885 and is a stadium that all of the people of Dunfermline should be proud of. Also make sure you try a pie here, they're cheap and delicious. It's close to the centre of town, which is another plus.

East End Park is the home of Dunfermline Athletic Football Club, a football (or soccer) club which…read morewas formed back in 1885, making them one of the oldest clubs in the world. As a fan of "The Pars," as this club is commonly known, I feel it is my duty to sing it praises by writing a quick review. With a modest capacity of around 12,509, it's not the Nou Camp of Barcelona, but it still boasts some of the best facilities in the country. Of note are the legendary Steak Bridies which are baked by Dunfermline's famous "Stephen's the Bakers". Pies are freshly delivered on match day, so if the football isn't up to much you can rest assured that a meaty bridie will help bring a smile to your face. At half time you can expect to be entertained by Scotland's number 1 mascot Sammy The Tammy. His naughty pranks are legendary and his often risky antics can end up as the next days headlines. In my time I have seen Sammy construct a cardboard tank and "aim fire" at opposition fans, ski down one of the main stands in honour of the winter Olympics and make fun of countless managers and players. The relatively small and compact stadium with its close proximity to the pitch can make for a great atmosphere, especially when a local rival comes to town. Entry to a match costs around £17-20, so it may not exactly be a cheap day out, but you can rest assured that football fans will not be disappointed to visit this humble little club.

To say that I'm a football fan would be a slight over exaggeration, but i do support Glasgow…read moreRangers, mainly because supporting anyone else would mean automatic disownment by my dad. My boyfriend is also closely involved with the club, meaning I've been to this little venue a few times over the past year at various charity nights and events, which the Wee Club frequently hosts. Situated in very close proximity to Ibrox, The Wee Rangers Club is probably best known for it's match day hospitality, with a four course meal and guaranteed on site parking for 40 pounds per person. My dad and my boyfriend both highly recommend this. I have had a meal at the club on a couple of occasions and it was delicious. I've been informed that it is made by a chef that usually works at one of Glasgow's best hotels, so it was no surprise when the dishes came out beautifully presented like you would get in an expensive restaurant. I have always been seated in The John Brown suite which looks tiny but can hold around 120 people. You can hire this suite out for a cost of 200 pounds to non-members. The decor of the place is clean, modern and subtle, with reminders that the club is for the Rangers supporters but it isn't over the top or in your face at all. I will definitely be back for another function, the friendly stewards and bar staff made me feel very welcome, and it's ideal for a pre-match drink (or two).

What can i say about the Wee Rangers club apart from the food is great good value for money the…read more staff are simply the best will do anything (within reason) to make your day one of the best day's you can have. The price for drink is also spot on and to top it all off the party atmosphere during/after the football is the best. So i would recomend it to anyone.

I come here every Wednesday with my five a side football team partaking in the student league and I…read moreabsolutely love it there, despite my team narrowly avoiding coming bottom last season! I have played in various different five a side pitches and these pitches are amongst the best I have played on. There are good facilities with changing rooms adjacent to the pitches, which are always kept clean and there lockers are also available. One thing that does intrigue me about World of Soccer is that 5 a side games last an hour, with about a 2 minute half time "break". No where else have I seen a 5 a side game go on so long and is a real test of endurance. My main reservation about World of Soccer is the price. To enter your team you need to pay £25 and this is fine if there are loads of your mates wanting to play. But if there are only 5 or 6 of you, it can be quite costly at around £5 per person.

I used to come here every week for 5 a side, hopping on the 37 to get suitably knackered and…read moredepressingly outskilled by some cocky little 13 year old gobshite. Apart from this ritual humiliation, I had great fun there. The teams are split into two main types, the school kids that are really keen and generally pretty good (if dirty) and then there's the uni / post school kids, who are just doing it to keep fit and have a bit of a kick about with their mates. Because of this some of the matches can be irritating, with some people taking it way too seriously and getting aggressive. On the other hand you can have some really good laughs, when people just treat it as a good laugh, and nothing too important. There is definitely the competitive element, but when it is played as a game not life or death, the matches are hilarious. There are a good number of pitches here (about 10 if I remember correctly) and it is not too expensive to play. The downside is the turf which is so irritating. It rips your skin to shreds like sand based astroturf and there are these bloody little black bits of rubber, which go places you won't even imagine.

Yes, there are seven wonders of the world, but in Mexico, you can see 8 of them when my gf is…read morevisiting home. That's why they call in the "Ochoview" when she's in town. First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - watching Stenhousemuir at Ochilview was something I always wanted to do. I finally experienced it in 2011, and it was a bit underwhelming. I think because only half of the 4k capacity was filled, and it was a bit quiet. It was a dour 0-1 loss, and the stadium never really generated much noise. I still enjoyed the experience and will give this old, legendary facility a solid 3 star rating. I came back to take pix in Fall 2014 and will upload those at some point. What I don't like, is the plastic pitch. Makes the whole thing seem a bit more amateur. So when I was doing my first tour of Scotland in 2011, I also hit up every single stadium in the country. My obsession with footy (soccer to Americans) is the reason. Every stadium review - like all my reviews - are based on first-hand personal experience, usually from multiple visits. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was "stuck" in UK for 3 months, I went to most of them yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at many of them, which I will post later. Also, when back in Scotland I plan to take more pix, and add more stadia! So watch this space! *** return to regular review *** The stadium opened in 1890 and has less than 4k capacity, and yet houses two teams, the traditional tenant Stenhousemuir (Stan's House Music), and the new tenant East Stirlingshire. It has a plastic pitch, and only half of the stadium is actually in use for spectators. It's not a bad little stadium, and since it's so helpful to other local clubs I'll give it a 3.

Not being a huge football fan makes me weird in Glasgow. The SFL is the "lower" divisions of…read moreScottish football, often seen as a side show to the Old Firm rivalry and having many of the characteristics of old fashioned, 1970s soccer, barring the crowd violence. I actually prefer my football at this scale: it feels familiar and safe, with the players able to hear the cheers and jeers, and the fans often hearing the players' shouts. It's a little clumsy at times, but has moments of poetic brilliant- the sort of thing that gets paid so well in the bigger leagues, but doesn't have the same allure when it is so expensive! Perhaps this is just another example of my nostalgia for sport as it used to be (see also: speedway), but this league gives more of the flavour of Scotland's enthusiasm for football than the regimented support of the Premier, in my opinion.

You can't whack a day out at Newlandsfield really. A traditional Scottish ground with terracing all…read morethe way around, visitors to the Southside club become aware quite quickly that Pollok remain one of the junior games big boys. Not only is the ground more polished than most of the other offerings in the game, but it also boasts a fantastic little social club. Indeed, the set up is perhaps only bettered in junior circles by Linlithgow Rose's Prestonfield stadium. Despite difficult financial times for all junior clubs, Pollok continue to attract a fairly loyal support, with stats showing an average attendance of around 600. You can generally expect them to be challenging for titles; indeed, they are one of only a handful of clubs to lifted the big prize, the Scottish Cup, on three separate occasions.

Another traditional sytle ground, with one covered (standing) terrace and a concrete bowl around…read morethe rest of the ground, perfect for standing or sitting on a warm summer's evening... Located with a couple of minutes walk from Pollokshaws East rail, prices are £5 for adults and £2.50 concessions. There is a friendly club you can go to for pre/post match drinks. Pollok play on Saturdays (13:00ish) from September - May and also mid-week at 6:30 when the light improves... there are no floodlights!

St. Mirror Park is named as such because all the pretty wee Scottish lassies St. (stare) at the…read moreMirrors in the bathroom and admire themselves. As does everyone else, really. First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - I've been to both the old one nearby (now demolished) and this new one, and I have to say, the new one is better. In fact, it's a major upgrade and no wonder the fans are happy about it. You can basically see the inside from the outside and having wandered the grounds in both 2011 and 2014, I can say that while it's still a very small stadium and still could use a few upgrades, it's something to be proud of that will stand the test of time. I look forward to seeing a game here one of these days. So when I was doing my first tour of Scotland in 2011, I also hit up every single stadium in the country. My obsession with footy (soccer to Americans) is the reason. Every stadium review - like all my reviews - are based on first-hand personal experience, usually from multiple visits. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was "stuck" in UK for 3 months, I went to most of them yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at many of them, which I will post later. Also, when back in Scotland I plan to take more pix, and add more stadia! So watch this space! *** return to regular review *** It's a brand new stadium built in 2009 to replace Love Park (I love Love Park but it did need to go), it's all seater located on Greenhill Road, and it has a decent atmosphere up in Paisley. It can hold 8k people and cost 8 mil to build. Tesco bought the old stadium and demolished it.

We perused through a number of 'Sports' stores in Edinburgh and we could not find any football…read morejerseys for my husband. He was set on getting a Heart of Midlothian Football Club jersey as a souvenir from Edinburgh and so we decided to head to the stadium's gift shop which is what this review will be based on. Their team store had possibly some of *the cutest* merchandise I've seen for a football club in terms of merch for the little ones. There were west highland terrier, dinosaur, and bear shaped stuffed animals. They had pop it toys, adorable westie pencil cases, and clothing just to name a few. For the older crowd, they had a wide range of items that included your typical jerseys, keychains, apparel to nicer items like stainless steel water bottles, coffee mugs and tumblers, and a mix of candies. They didn't have my husband's size available in the jersey that he wanted, but he was able to snag some shorts as a souvenir which is a successful trip in my book! Definitely recommend a stop here if you're a football fan and wanting some Heart of Midlothian souvenirs!

They actually built a castle out of used watches and clocks, and called it "Timecastle." Sounds…read morelike a sci-fi TV show or something. First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - I believe that other than Celtic Park, Tynecastle is up there with Dundee United as the most intense atmosphere in Scotland. I've now seen 4 games here (including one when I was still a teenager), and it's left a permanent mark on me. It's a thrill to be in here. It's dark and imposing, it's intense and cauldron-like. It's the heart and soul of Edinburgh football. Everyone was very nice to me (even Hibs fans in town), and I can't think of a club other than the Old Firm and DUFC that inspires more intense passion from supporters than HM1874. Yes they have been around that long. I was most recently here at Tynecastle just last year in late 2014, and will be visiting again in 2016. It needs a bit of a facelift but it's still 5 stars all the way from me. So when I was doing my first tour of Scotland in 2011, I also hit up every single stadium in the country. My obsession with footy (soccer to Americans) is the reason. Every stadium review - like all my reviews - are based on first-hand personal experience, usually from multiple visits. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was "stuck" in UK for 3 months, I went to most of them yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at many of them, which I will post later. Also, when back in Scotland I plan to take more pix, and add more stadia! So watch this space! *** return to regular review *** Anyway, Tynecastle is one of the great stadiums of British football. It's grand and intense and has a wonderful atmosphere, with the third highest average crowd of any club in Scotland. It probably has the best atmosphere of any club in Scotland. It holds 17k and has been around since 1886. It has a beautiful big illuminated Hearts mosaic badge on the outside of it. Bravo. Scotland played many games here as recently as 2003. In 2004, the owners tried to sell the stadium but the "Save Our Hearts" campaign saved it. In other news, it's Gorgie-ous.

While miniscule New Southcroft Park may lack the character of other older junior grounds and…read moretenants, Rutherglen Glencairn, may not be quite the force they once were in the junior world, catching a game here remains an enjoyable experience. The four time Scottish Cup winners (admittedly the last triumph came in 1939) recently picked up the West Central Division 1 championship, ending a spell of seven years in the league, and continue to attract a loyal band of 100+ supporters for most games. Unlike many junior stadia, this one is easy enough to get to and also offers a small, welcoming social club.