SCL run football and Club Energy holiday camps, after school clubs as well as Saturday morning…read morefootball sessions for children at a number of sites across Surrey and Hampshire. My son has been going to these Saturday sessions for 18 months now as well as some of the holiday clubs and he always comes home happy and tired :-) Really reasonably priced - a full half term week is £90 and the Sat football costs £50 for 10 weeks, for 1 hour long sessions.

From the owner: SCL currently provides services to over 130 schools and colleges, with the aim of enhancing…read moreeducation through sport. Services to schools and colleges include: *Football and Club Energy breakfast clubs, after-school clubs, holiday camps and extra curricular courses aimed at Primary and Junior school age students. *National Curriculum PE lessons used to cover Planning, Preparation and Assessment (PPA) time for teachers. *Vocational sports-based accredited courses delivered to secondary schools as part of their alternative curriculum *The NVQ Football Coach Education programme, tutored and delivered by SCL as part of sixth form schools' and colleges' post-16 curriculum.

If you have two amps at your house, one on the North end and one on the South end, and your South…read moreend amp is so loud that you can hear it all over town, then they'll rename your town South Amp Town, and then the local sports team will take the same name too. Which is what happened here. Not. First-hand experience: I've seen Southampton play live maybe 10 times. Several was in the old days when they were facing Oxford United. Then others were more recently I saw them play at home because my sister-in-law lives here. And I saw them play away from home at Liverpool's Anfield on the opening day of last season, when LFC managed to edge them out 2-1, and they went on to have a fantastic season. I actually really like watching Southampton play. This is a truly wonderful provincial team. They were formed in 1885 (Doc Brown anyone?), and they now play at St. Mary's, which has a 32k capacity, and replaced their previous stadium The Dell. They're owned by a girl named Katharina. They play in red and white stripes, but aren't necessarily big fans of the White Stripes unless they have 7 different nationalities represented on the field in which case it's a Seven Nation Army. They have one of the best youth academies in sports and have put out so much talent that it makes me tingle in my groin. Recent products include Adam Lallana, Theo Walcott, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Wayne Bridge, Luke Shaw, and some guy I don't know named Gareth Batman Bale. They're currently doing well in the Premier League having risen up two divisions recently to get there. The team is known as the Saints but they hired my gf once and she confirmed they are sinners. Their best performance ever was runners up in the Prem in 1984. However they went one better in the FA Cup and won it back in 1976, their greatest achievement. Which was celebrated with a Softmint (an achieve mint). They were beaten in the FA Cup Final in 1900, 1902 and 2003. They were beaten in the League Cup final in 1979 but one out of five isn't bad, ask Meatloaf. Their greatest player was Matthew Le Tissier, regardless of what anyone says. Channel Islands ftw.

Not packed always fun to watch staff tell you to sit down one of the best bits (Beacause you sing…read morestand up if you love the saints) great experience

So Joseph was doing what he thought was his wife, and then the moon came out from behind a cloud…read moreand he realized it wasn't her. He said "This ain't Mary!" Indeed it wasn't, and the name of this stadium was born. Along with baby Jesus. First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - well it's the home team of my sister-in-law, so a lot of her family are huge fans. For this reason, I've been to this stadium as recently as about 8 months ago when I was hanging out with the lovely family. I love the walk up to this stadium... in a tight little Soton neighborhood... past all the Chip Shops. And then you go through the turnstiles, and bam. It's one of my fave stadiums to visit. I've only been maybe 3 or 4 times, and 2011 was the very first time. They had a home game on the same day as one of my concerts, so I was able to have 2 awesome experiences in one day in Southampton. I've been to virtually every significant stadium in the UK & US, due to a lifelong obsession with travel, sport & especially footy (soccer to Americans). Born and raised in England, I followed Oxford United (my hometown team) to many stadiums all over the country at away games, and later followed Liverpool (my fave team) around. Every stadium review - like all my reviews - are from personal experience at these stadiums from multiple visits. In 2011, I was on music tour in the UK, and visited these stadiums then, also. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was "stuck" in the UK for 3 months, I visited all of the stadiums as I travelled around the country. I have pictures of many of them which I will post in future. Also, when I'm back in the UK I plan to take more pictures, and add more stadiums too! So watch this space! *** return to regular review *** So it's one of the better stadiums in the UK. It's virtually brand new and spiffy and clean and has a great atmosphere for one of the great provincial teams of the UK down on the south coast. It's got some nice chippies near it. It can hold 32k people and is the largest stadium in the South of England outside London. It is a bowl with a roof which keeps the rain away and keeps the noise inside, so it really has everything going for it.

I came to The Madejski Stadium in late 2013, while in London and I had a nice experience here. I…read morecalled with my friend, who is a Reading supporter and season-card holder, They don't normally do Stadium tours, but the lady on the front desk was very nice, and offered to take my friend and I around the stadium, as long as I didn't mention Reading being relegated (Oops) This is actually quite a nice stadium for a Championship club, named after Sir John Madejski who used to own the club, and is now Co-Chairman and Life President (I believe) The stadium has a capacity of just short of 25,000 so a little smaller than the average Premier League stadium, but pretty average for the Championship really. Aviva Premiership Rugby club, London Irish play here too, in a stadium located in Reading, just off Junction 11 of the M4. The stadium its-self was built and opened in the late 1990's and it is just a single tier on each tier, apart from one side where they is two. Inside the grounds, where you can pick up refreshments, it isn't the nicest of areas, and seemed a little old fashioned compared to other stadiums I have been too, such as The Etihad, St James' Park and Wembley, but it wasn't too bad either, for a Championship club and of course beating Rochdale and Hyde FC. Around the ground they its lots of posters and signs from the club's history, such as their 106 point mark they won the Championship by, the most recent promotion winning team, signed shirts, Trevor Senior's 184 goals etc, if you want to see more take a look at my pictures, they are all nice and colourful, and give the stadium a better feeling and vibe, and a better place for the fan. I was shown in the dressing rooms, somewhat, they weren't too impressive but they were not set out ready for the tour, nothing was, but still the stadium was nice, clean and quiet. I was even ended the tour with a few match programs from past Reading games, and even a historic one. This is a nice stadium, obviously it doesn't compare to most of the other stadiums I have visited, as I have visited a wide range of major stadiums: Wembley, Anfield, The Berneabu, The Nou Camp, Allianz Arena etc, and some parts of the stadium were not really impressive, and for a new stadium just felt a little old fashioned. The staff were really nice in offering me the tour though and shown me around what they could, and I can't fault that but still I feel I can only give a solid 3 stars as the stadium wasn't really impressive, and was merely average for a team like Reading.

I was attacked by a random, rabid boat, the kind that one person rides on the water and stands up…read moreon. It was a Madjetski. I hated it so much that I actually hate this stadium because of it, since this stadium is named after the Madjetski. Actually it's named after the owner, or former owner, and that's one of the reasons I'm giving the stadium 4 instead of 5, since I don't like him. First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - I've been to the Madejski probably 10 or more times, because it's only half an hour from my house in England (or rather my mother's), and about 45 mins from my Dad's place for that matter. It's a spanking shining new stadium which is very close to being 5 stars. I think the fact that it cost me and my friends an absolute fortune to go here at a time when the club wasn't even in the top tier, is why I can't give it 5. But in terms of facilities it is absolutely top notch. I was last here in 2014, just recently, and it was amazing. 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 a fantastic stadium with an amazing atmosphere, absolutely gorgeous, but the price of tickets, parking, and so on, is not conducive with a stadium in a smaller city like Reading, and as much as I have a spiritual connection to Reading (due to a good concert and a car rental agency), I can't give it more than a 4. It opened in 98, it cost 50 mil, and it's right at Junction 11 of the M4. London Irish play here too. It's known as the Mad Stad, by the way. Oh, and hi Sherri.

wowww! 10 floodlit pitches open till 11pm. This place looks incredible. Just what's needed in…read morePortsmouth. The artificial grass is just like real grass... amazing! I have signed up for one of their 5-a-side leagues when it opens in a week or so. Can't wait to play!!!!!

Elmanella is a condition that you would get from eating the pies at Elm Park, before they knocked…read moreit down. It had a capacity of 14k and lasted for 102 years as the home of Reading, from 1896 to 1998. Then it was demolished, and it no longer exists. First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - I followed Oxford United to a match here during the 1990s, when I was much younger. I followed them across the country really, but this was one of the local rivalries so I probably saw this fixture a few times. I liked that Oxford often had their number, but I didn't really like the stadium. The new one is much better, but much more expensive, too. The best thing about Elm Park was how close it was to Oxford... so we could just pop down there for matches. The atmosphere was pretty good but the place was run down and I'm not surprised they replaced it. 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 was a pretty weak looking stadium and it's not remotely surprising that they built a new one, to be honest. But for all the memories that Reading made here, I'll give it a solid 3. Now it's a Pig Farm, named Elm Pork. Hopefully the pork won't give people Elmanella.