Ghee House Meadow is in India, but this is not, it's in Shropshire. It's a nice, small, modern,…read morepretty, fine stadium with nice blue colours, but it has open sides which detracts from the atmosphere, and the knocked down the old stadium (Gay Meadow) which was a shame since it hosted thousands of games and glory moments. Very sad. First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - I've yet to see a live game at Greenhous, but I was here in 2014, and I don't honestly like it as much as I liked Gay Meadow, the old stadium where I watched 2 live games. I do appreciate they needed a new place but it's good, just not amazing. I'm going to come and watch a live game here in 2016 to cross it off my list. I want to have watched a game at every league ground in the UK. I did manage to go inside the ground (it's getting riskier and riskier to do that), and I do like the new facilities. I just think the previous ground had so much history, character and atmosphere, and this does not yet. I've been to most UK & US stadiums, due to lifelong obsessions with travel, sport & especially footy (soccer to Americans). Born & raised in England, I followed Oxford United (hometown team) to stadia all over the country at away games, and later Liverpool (fave team) around. Every stadium review - like all my reviews - are from first-hand personal experience, usually from several visits. In 2011, I was on music tour in the UK, and visited most stadiums for fun in my spare time. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was "stuck" in UK for 3 months, I went to hundreds yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at most, which I'll post later. Also, when back in UK I'll take more pix, and add more stadia! *** return to regular review *** It's sponsored by GreenHous which would suggest it's a very eco-friendly stadium but it doesn't particularly seem to be. Not my fave ground in the league but a good colour scheme.

Welcome to Wrexham. If you are passing through here for other reasons or do not like football…read more(soccer) you need to make a point to visit the racecourse grounds. Catch a game with lively spirited fans and enjoy the chants and friendly confines. Be sure to visit the nearby Turf pub adjacent to the stadium and say hello to Bundy and Richie who will welcome you with a smile, a joke and a Pint. Go Red Dragons

Intercourse is fun, but don't race through intercourse because then Missy E will call you a 1 Min…read moreMan (or woman), and they'll name a stadium after you for all the wrong reasons (the Racecourse Ground, perhaps). First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - I've seen Wrexham play twice here, once in 04 and once in 07. I used to live close to here, about a 30 min drive, and would come down just for the amazing atmosphere and intensity here. The best, outside the Prem, perhaps. I've been to most UK & US stadiums, due to lifelong obsessions with travel, sport & especially footy (soccer to Americans). Born & raised in England, I followed Oxford United (hometown team) to stadia all over the country at away games, and later Liverpool (fave team) around. Every stadium review - like all my reviews - are from first-hand personal experience, usually from several visits. In 2011, I was on music tour in the UK, and visited most stadiums for fun in my spare time. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was "stuck" in UK for 3 months, I went to hundreds yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at most, which I'll post later. Also, when back in UK I'll take more pix, and add more stadia! *** return to regular review *** The largest stadium in North Wales, the 5th largest in Wales, with a capacity of 15k (10k sometimes), it opened all the way back in 1807, I mean this place is steeped in history and has an intense atmosphere, too. They even name their big stand "The Kop" after Anfield's stand. They once had 35k people show up to watch them face Manchester United. This all leads up to one thing... such a grand stadium, even for a non league team, and they are the pride of the conference and destined to get back in the football league someday. Add to the fact that it's a supporter owned team (Wrexham AFC) and it's 5 stars across the board for these Welsh wonders.

A decent multi purpose stadium. Maybe lacks a bit of a football feel compared to Etihad or Anfield.read more

As Peter Gabriel once sang, "Ricoh... Ricoh, Ricoh, Ricoh." Steven Ricoh, a South African…read moreanti-apartheid hero, a teacher who was brutally murdered by the police. Racism is one of the most f***ed up concepts on the planet, so if you have racial prejudices, trust me, if you ever trust me about one thing, trust me on this, get the f*** over them. We are all the same. You are wrong. Thanks. Speaking of wrong, it's wrong to put this stadium where it's hard to get to, and to put the prices so damn high, and for that reason I have to give it a 4 instead of a 5. First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - I couldn't believe how much I had to pay for a ticket. Is this the Premier League? I think not. I paid more here than I paid even at a Fulham game... a home Premier League game in London! I'm not sure why this is the case and believe me it's the only reason it scores a 4 instead of 5. Because this is an absolutely remarkable stadium. State of the art, beautiful, magnificent, with intense and loud support from the rabid Coventry fans. I love it. It's a great place to watch concerts too. It's twice the stadium Highfield Road was. But as long as the prices are this high, I can't give them more than 4. The last game I saw here was 2011, and I'm hoping to go back to another one in 2016... if I can afford it. It reminds me of Manchester City's stadium, believe it or not. I've been inside both - lucky boy. I've been to most UK & US stadiums, due to lifelong obsessions with travel, sport & especially footy (soccer to Americans). Born & raised in England, I followed Oxford United (hometown team) to stadia all over the country at away games, and later Liverpool (fave team) around. Every stadium review - like all my reviews - are from first-hand personal experience, usually from several visits. In 2011, I was on music tour in the UK, and visited most stadiums for fun in my spare time. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was "stuck" in UK for 3 months, I went to hundreds yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at most, which I'll post later. Also, when back in UK I'll take more pix, and add more stadia! *** return to regular review *** But I still love this place. It's capable of a great atmosphere (the team will need to get back to the Prem for that, they're 2 tiers down), it's held rock concerts like the awesome Bon Jovi an the awful Nickelback and someday hopefully me, and it's a cute sky blue like the team. It looks great inside and out like my gf. It was part of the Olympics and can hold a whopping 32k fans which is fantastic for a new stadium. It cost a whopping 113 million which is crazy. Because the stadium is owned by ACL I'll keep it at 4 stars, they're really mean to the club itself. It's an AMAZING stadium, but CCFC need to own it in order for this to work properly.

The Alexander Stadium is a world class athletics venue and has hosted many big Athletics events…read moreincluding the Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix as well as European Trials and UK Championships. It is also the home of the Birchfield Harriers. Ashia Hansen, Kelly Sotherton and Mark Lewis-Francis are some of the members at Birchfield Harriers. The Stadium itself is a great place to watch Athletics and this place really is worth a visit. Alexander Stadium has recently had a £12.5 million expansion and refurbishment. The money has gone towards building a new stand which has a capacity of 5,000. That means the overall capacity of the Stadium is 12,700. So many of the world's best Athletes have competed at the Alexander Stadium and if you are in Birmingham and fancy watching some Athletics, pop in and see why the Alexander Stadium has received so many positive reviews.

For Athletic venues, you can't go wrong here. It is truly first class and famous for the Birchfield…read moreHarriers. With many different leisure activities available here, you are spolit for choice! The staff are all very helpful and so friendly. The only draw back with Alexander Stadium is the gym, its quite old and very small compared with a lot of other gyms out in Brum, I mean compared with Kingstanding gym, Kingstanding wins as it is larger and has more updated equipment, but it is still goodwhen it is quite like in the day. All in all, a great stadium with equally great staff.

When men spend all their money does that mean they are "Lads Broke"? I guess so…read more First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - after a concert at the Wulfrun didn't work out awhile ago, my concert-friends took me here. Dog racing isn't my thing. I thought it would be a one-time thing, but then in 2012 after a meal at nearby Indian deliciousness spot Cafe Champagne, my friend K took me and her boyfriend out here of all places. I don't do gambling or dog racing, so the odds that I'd go to a Greyhound track even once, are slim. That I'd go to one twice, is unheard of. There certainly won't be a third time but nevertheless I can't give it less than a 3. It's very popular with the locals, that's for sure. I mean, 2 of my 4 or 5 friends in Wolverhampton go here more than they go to Molineux. If I lived in Wolverhampton I'd be in Molineux all the damn time! This is a Speedway track (4 stars) and a Greyhound racing track (2 stars for being cruel), it's one of the better facilities of its type that I've ever been to, but nevertheless I honestly just disagree with the concept. But as the other review said there is a nice atmosphere here and it's very popular around Wolverhampton.

Great place - has a both a dog track and speedway track. Never been to the speedway but go now and…read moreagain to "the dogs." Its a great night out and also easy to get a bus to (if drinking). Also plenty of parking if in the car. Great night out.

If your town puts mushrooms in a grave and then fills it in, then you live in a Shroomsbury Town…read more Which is sort of like this. First-Hand Experience: I saw them play at home twice at their old stadium, Gay Meadow... and also in Oxford once. I liked their old stadium, but the fans were never the most intense and are even quieter now. The team never really inspired or did much or won many games. So I can't really give them more than a 2. I last saw the team play live in the 00s but will be seeing them live again next year. They are in League Two (fourth tier) and were recently in the third tier, yet they have very little web presence, under 10k attendees, and a horrible blue colour for their kits. Hmmph. Not the biggest fan of this team, am I? They've been around since 1886 but haven't got much to show for it except my Uncle serving as a prison guard here before he died. They've never been above the second tier, and haven't even been in that for a very long time. They once beat Everton in a League Cup Quarter Final (lolling). They fell out of the football league at one point, but now they're back and doing fine. Their stadium is new and they moved there in 2008. It's pretty nice, but tiny, and everyone misses Gay Meadow. They demolished their own stadium. Oh, and can anyone say, David Moyes played for them? Hmmph.

I fulfilled a boyhood dream this year…read more Badminton is Malaysia's favourite sport and one of the sport's premier events, the All England Championships, has been held at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham since 1994. I recall being allowed to stay up late to watch my badminton heroes play on live telecast when I was growing up in Malaysia. It all seemed so far away, so exotic, so out of reach. So, I was overjoyed this year to find out that my parents were visiting me from Malaysia exactly on the dates that the All England Badminton Championships would be taking place this year. Booking tickets for all of us on line proved quite painless. We were able to walk to the NIA from our city centre hotel in about 15 minutes. There is parking available at the arena though it does seem to be in the middle of a fairly residential area. The excitement built as we ran into more badminton fans and we kept passing posters advertising the All Englands with Malaysia's world number 1 Lee Chong Wei taking centre stage. The only delay was in collecting pre-booked tickets. It wasn't really clear which of the many windows to join and lots of people were kept outside in the rain as people shuffled forward slowly to get the tickets. Once in, we could hardly believe we were actually at the finals of this legendary event that we used to watch on TV for so many years. The venue seemed a little more friendly than the rather stark Wembley Arena which used to host this event before it moved to Birmingham. There were enough fast food stands serving the usual fare and the toilets were clean. There were a lot of stands selling badminton kit and memorabilia. They had laid on some pre-match entertainment in the form of a classical music trio playing live before the badminton began. The actual set up for the badminton was good with side lighting making it easy for the players to spot the shuttles when they were lifted high and sightlines were good for spectators. The full house of good-natured supporters from all over the globe created a wonderful atmosphere, chanting and cheering on their favourites. Unlike football, no crowd segregation was necessary to keep the peace. The final icing on the cake came for us when we watched Lee Chong Wei defeat his personal nemesis and close rival Lin Dan in the final match of the championship to successfully defend his All England title. One of the best live sporting events in my life

Disney or any production by Disney isn't usually my thing but went to see Disney Frozen on ice with…read morea friend who had a spare ticket so I thought why not. The Barclaycard arena was like any other venue for concerts or shows. It seemed very organised with the Stuards ushering people into lines to go through. Lots of little girls dressed as Elsa so I felt little left out! Once in there it was chaos with so many stands of Frozen merchandise, food and memorabilia. The seating area was quite a large arena. I'm not sure I would go again unless my favourite artist was playing and seemed like the place for kids shows.

The Britannia Stadium is home to Stoke City Football Club, although now known as the Bet365 Stadium…read morefor sponsorship reasons, or the Stoke Stadium in terms of UEFA competitions (jokes, Stoke will likely never qualify for them anyway). My first visit here was on a cold, wet rainy night in Stoke, as the legend claims, and I came to watch my team, Manchester City beat Stoke 2-0. The stadium has a capacity of just over 30,000 following the expansion in 2017. Outside the stadium, there is a statue of Sir Stanley Matthews, who played for Stoke City for 15 years, his ashes are also buried under the stadium. The stadium seems a little old-fashioned in some regards, especially when considering it was built in 1997, the concourse area does not appear to be wheelchair accessible and the wheelchair seating was basically a free for all. The stewards around the ground seemed friendly enough, although it was annoying that they would constantly block the view throughout the game, through walking in front of the pitch non-stop and refusing to sit down at first. The problem was worsened at the second half due to cameramen standing and setting themselves up all infront of me, making it once again difficult to view the game, especially being on one of the first few rows. The stadium is accessed on a match-day through a shuttle bus from the city centre, near the train station, these are basically the old London buses, the bus was quite uncomfortable and charged at £2 each way. Also due to being on a hill, this stadium can get cold at times and due to overall facilities, especially where stewards did not even know how to scan my ticket into the ground and due to issues with view, I sadly feel the Bet365 Stadium is actually a poor ground for a current Premier League team, even for a Championship team (where it looks like Stoke are heading based on current performance), this ground isn't good enough, so sadly warrants a one-star rating.

Stock City is a retail store that is a bit like Asda or Walmart or something. You can buy things in…read morebulk and stock up on whatever you need. Luckily this is not that place, this is a really impressive football club with one of the toughest stadiums to play in for visiting fans because the wind really whips through it like Indiana Jones in a crowd of Nazis. First-Hand Experience: I saw Stoke City play live at the Britannia once, and have seen them at other venues once or twice. The Britannia is very very loud. They were formed way back in 1863 and are one of the oldest teams in the world. The club has had lots of problems with hooligans which causes it to lose 1 star. West Brom, Wolves and Port Vale are the rival teams. They have never won the league or even come close to it. They were FA Cup Runners Up in 2011, and League Cup Winners in 1972, and runners up in 1964. That's their entire history really which is a shame for such an old team. Any club which asks the man that built the Premier League incarnation of the club (Pulis) to leave and then hires mid-table-Mark-Hughes, it just left a sour taste in the mouth and was very disloyal.