3rd Division/League 1
Accrington Stanley - The Crown Ground
Capacity: 5,057 (2,000 seats)
Nicknames: Stanley, Spaccy, The Reds
Colours: Red shirts, red shorts
Year Ground Opened: 1968
Famous Fans: Jon Anderson, David Lloyd
Mascot: Winstan the Dog
Nearest railway station: Accrington (Preston to Bradford/Leeds line)
Trivia: The original founder members of the football league in 1888 were callled "Accrington" and not "Accrington Stanley" as many think. The present Accrington Stanley was formed in 1968
Accrington Stanley FC Website
Match attended: Accrington Stanley vs Southend United 5/4/2011 3-1 (LD2) For report press here
Capacity: 4,720 (1,265 seats)
Nickname: The Dons/The Wombles
Colours: Blue shirts, blue shorts
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Famous Fans: Alun Armstrong, June Whitfield, Arthur Smith
Mascot: Haydon the Womble
Nearest railway station: Norbiton (on the London Waterloo to Kingston-upon-Thames line)
Trivia: The ground belongs to Kingstonian FC
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Football Ground Guide
Match attended: AFC Wimbledon vs Newport County 2-2 (Blue Square premiership) 30/8/2010
Capacity: 23,000
Nickname: The Tykes
Colours: Red shirts, white shorts
Year Ground Opened: 1888
Famous Fans: Michael Parkinson, Dickie Bird, Darren Gough, Arthur Scargill
Mascot: Toby Tyke
Nearest railway station: Barnsley Interchange
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Football Ground Guide
Match attended: Barnsley vs Southend United 2-2 (League 1) 17/4/2006
Capacity: 16,000
Nickname: The Seasiders / Tangerines
Colours: Tangerine shirts and white shorts
Year Ground Opened: 1901 (redeveloped since 2001)
Famous Fans: Bill Beaumont, Graham Kelly, the Nolans
Mascot: Bloomfield Bear
Nearest railway station: Blackpool South - on the slow line to Preston (10 minutes walk)
Trivia: Bloomfield Road is called "Bloomers" by Blackpool fans
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Football Ground Guide
Match attended: Blackpool vs Wolves 2-1 (Premiership) 20/11/2010 For visit report press
Capacity: 25,136 (all seated)
Nickname: The Bantams
Colours: Claret and Amber shirts, Claret shorts
Year Ground Opened: 1903
Famous Fans: George Layton, Peter Firth
Mascot: The City Gent
Nearest railway station: Bradford Forster Square (terminus station off the Leeds to Skipton line)
Trivia: There is an NHS dental surgery within the stadium perimeter
Match attended: Bradford City vs Southend United 0-2 (League 1) 9/8/2005
Capacity: 12,001
Nickname: Gasheads, Pirates
Colours: Blue & white squared shirts,
Year Ground Opened: 1921
Famous Fans: Ronnie Size,
Mascot: Pete the Pirate
Nearest railway station: Filton Abbey Parkway (on Bristol Temple Meads to Bristol Parkway line)
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Match attended: Bristol Rovers vs Huddersfield Town 1-0 (League One) 22/08/09
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Nearest tram station: Bury
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Match attended: Bury vs Chester City 2-1 (League 2) 21/8/2004
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Nearest railway station: Burton-upon-Trent
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Match attended: Burton Albion vs Hereford United 3-2 (League 2) 21/11/2009
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Nearest railway station: Charlton
Trivia: At one time the Valley had the largest capacity of any English football team at around 70,000
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Match attended: Charlton vs Bolton Wanderers 1-2 (Premiership) 23/3/2002
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Match attended: Doncaster vs Southend United 3-1 (League One) 29/12/2007
Fleetwood Town - Highbury Stadium
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Nearest Railway Staions: Blackpool North/Poulton-le-Flyde
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Match attended: Fleetwood Town vs Southend United (LD2) 26/4/2014 1-1
Capacity: 33,000
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Eddie Jordan, Alistair MacGowan, Brian McFadden
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Nearest railway station: Coventry
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Match attended: Coventry vs Southend United 1-1 (Championship) 30/12/2006
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Nearest railway station: Gillingham
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Match attended: Gillingham vs Southend United 1-2 (League 1) 1/10/2005
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Famous Fans: Paul Young, David Renwick, Monty Panesar
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Nearest railway station: Luton
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1st match attended: Luton Town vs Southend United
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Nearest railway station: Oxford
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1st match attended: Oxford United vs Southend United 0-1 (League Division 3) 24/8/2002
Last match attended: Oxford United vs Southend United 0-2 (League 2) 1/1/2011 Visit report here
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Nickname: Posh
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Nearest railway station: Peterborough (on London Kings Cross to York line)
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1st Match attended: Peterborough United vs Northampton Town (League Dvision 3) 26/12/1980
Last match attended: Peterborough United vs Southend United 1-1 (League Division 3) 22/8/1998
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Nearest railway station: Plymouth
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Match attended: Plymouth vs Southend United 2-1 (Championship) 21/4/2007
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Nickname: Pompey
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Nearest railway station: Fratton
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Match attended: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United 0-0 (Premiership) 12/4/2008
Capacity: 10,249
Nickname: The Dale
Colours: Blue shirts, white shorts
Year Ground Opened: 1906
Famous Fans: Lisa Stansfield, Tommy Cannon
Mascot: Desmond The Dragon
Nearest railway station: Rochdale (Manchester Victoria to Bradford Interchange)
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Rochdale Website
Match attended: Rochdale vs Carlisle United 23/4/2011 For visit report press here
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Nickname: The Iron
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Nearest railway station: Scunthorpe
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Match attended: Scunthorpe United vs Ipswich Town 1-1 (Championship) 25/9/10 Visit report
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Nickname:Shrews, The Town
Colours: Blue shirts, white shorts
Year Ground Opened: 2007
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Nearest railway station: Shrewsbury
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1st match attended: Shrewsbury Town vs Leicester City 0-5 (Friendly) 25/7/2009
Last match attended: Shrewsbury Town vs Stockport County 2-0 (LD2) 16/4/2011 For visit report press here
Capacity: 12, 392 (all seated)
Nickname: The Shrimpers, The Blues, Seasiders
Colours: Navy Blue shirts and shorts
Year Ground Opened: 1955
Famous Fans: Alison Moyet, Terry Alderton, Phil Jupitas
Mascots: Sammy The Shrimper / Elvis J.Eel
Nearest railway station: Prittlewell (on London Liverpool Street to Southend Victoria line)
Trivia: Roots Hall was officially opened by Sir Stanley Rous, later to become president of FIFA
1st Match attended: Southend United vs Hartlepool United 3-3 (League Division 4) 9/11/1985
Last match attended; Southend United vs Stevenage Town 3-1 (League 2 Play off 2nd leg) 14/5/2015
Sunderland - Stadium of Light
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Match attended: Sunderland vs Liverpool 1-0 (Premiership) 17/10/2009
Walsall - Bescot Stadium
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Nearest railway station: Bescot Stadium
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Match attended: Walsall vs Southend United 0-2 (League 1)20/10/2007
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Year Ground Opened: 1990
Famous Fans: Bill Turnbull
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Nearest railway station: High Wycombe (on the London Marylebone to Birmimgham Snow Hill Chiltern route)
Trivia: Wycombe Wanderers share the ground with London Wasps rugby union team
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Match attended: Wycombe vs Southend United (League 2) 0-2 26/12/2004
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