You can now read through this summary
of grounds I have visited. Only 20 in total sadly, but more away
days are planned for the coming season. Its impossible for me to
visit every league ground whilst following North End, and with my
ambition to visit all the 92 league grounds I do intend to attend
some games as a neutral. I also intend to visit one or two non-league
grounds but this will probably be done during pre-season - started
with Bamber Bridge and Morecambe last Summer.
Further down the page is some statistics of my away trips such as
the number of PNE wins etc. The distances shown in the table below
are worked out the EXACT distance from Deepdale to the opposing
team's ground - i.e North End's postcode & the opposing team's
postcode. All distances were found out using www.rac.co.uk
Ground No.
Team Name
Ground Name
Date Visited
Distance*
(miles)
No of Visits
Rating
Fixture / Result
1
Preston NE
Deepdale
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--
--
--
--
2
Bolton Wanderers
Reebok Stadium
21/02/98, 11/04/98
18.2
2
8
Bolton 1-1 West Ham; Bolton
2-1 Blackburn
3
Stoke City
Britannia Stadium
26/12/98
69.3
1
6
Stoke City 0-1 PNE
4
Huddersfield Town
Galpharm Stadium
21/10/00
54.7
1
8
Huddersfield Town 0-0 PNE
5
Norwich City
Carrow Road
17/03/01
236.2
1
8
Norwich City 1-2 PNE
--
--
Millenium Stadium
28/05/01
210.5
2
10
Bolton Wanderers 3-0 PNE;
PNE 0-1 West Ham
6
Portsmouth
Fratton Park
27/10/01
265.1
1
6
Portsmouth 0-1 PNE
7
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Molineux
26/12/01,
22/10/05
98.1
2
9
Wolves 2-3 PNE, Wolves 1-1
PNE
8
Barnsley
Oakwell
01/04/02
72.1
1
8
Barnsley 2-1 PNE
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Swansea City
Vetch Field
24/01/04
247.3
1
6
Swansea City 2-1 PNE
9
Derby County
Pride Park
17/04/04,
08/05/05, 19/05/05
107.6
3
9
Derby 5-1 PNE; Derby 3-1
PNE; Derby 0-0 PNE
--
Bamber Bridge
Irongate
18/07/04
3.5
2
8
Bamber Bridge 1-4 PNE, Bamber
Bridge 0-7 PNE
10
Morecambe
Christie Park
28/07/04
27.3
1
8
Morecambe 2-0 PNE
11
Leeds Utd
Elland Road
16/10/04
66
1
7
Leeds Utd 1-0 PNE
--
Coventry City
Highfield Road
03/11/04
131.4
1
7
Coventry City 1-1 PNE
12
Wigan Athletic
JJB Stadium
05/12/04
20.1
1
8
Wigan Athletic 5-0 PNE
13
Plymouth Argyle
Home Park
22/01/05
303.8
1
9
Plymouth Argyle 0-2 PNE
14
Watford
Vicarage Road
19/03/05
206.6
1
9
Watford 0-2 PNE
--
Rotherham Utd
Millmoor
09/04/05
79.1
1
7
Rotherham Utd 1-2 PNE
--
Chorley
Victory
Park
09/07/05
11.7
2
8
Chorley
0-3 PNE
15
Accrington
Stanley
Crown
Ground
19/07/05,
14/04/07, 28/04/07
22.1
3
7
Accrington
Stanley 0-1 PNE, Accy 4-1 Grimsby Town, Accy 3-2 Macclesfield
Town
16
Bury
Gigg
Lane
23/07/05
32.1
1
7
Bury
0-1 PNE
17
Millwall
New Den
10/09/05
226.2
1
8
Millwall 1-2 PNE
18
Crewe Alexandra
Gresty Road
05/12/05
58
1
6
Crewe Alexandra 0-2 PNE
19
Reading
Madjeski Stadium
25/02/06
210.1
1
7
Reading 2-1 PNE
--
FC Barcelona
Camp Nou
21/03/06
--
1
--
FC Barcelona 3-1 Getafe
20
Coventry City
Ricoh Arena
01/04/06
126.3
1
8
Coventry City 0-1 PNE
21
Southampton
St Mary's
26/08/06
246.9
1
7
Southampton 1-1 PNE
22
Birmingham City
St Andrews
09/12/06
110.1
1
7
Birmingham City 3-1 PNE
23
West Bromwich Albion
The Hawthorns
26/12/06
103.8
1
7
West Brom 4-2 PNE
24
Cardiff City
Ninian Park
23/02/07
211.4
1
8
Cardiff City 4-1 PNE
--
Shrewsbury Town
Gay Meadow
24/03/07
88.51
1
8
Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Torquay
Utd
25
Sheffield United
Bramall Lane
20/10/07
81.89
1
8
Sheffield United 1-1 PNE
26
Charlton Athletic
The Valley
08/03/08
241.4
1
8
Charlton Athletic 1-2 PNE
27
QPR
Loftus Road
05/04/08
220.4
1
6
QPR 2-2 PNE
28
Bristol
City
Ashton
Gate
04/05/08
192.3
1
7
Bristol
City 3-0 PNE
29
Sheffield
Wednesday
Hillsborough
23/08/08
74.6
1
7
Sheffield
Wednesday 1-1 PNE
Summary
Key
*
Journey there only. For grounds visited more than once, the
total journey distance is not included in this figure but
is included in the ground stats figures below.
Non
League Grounds
Play-off
Final
Attended
as a neutral
Grounds
no longer used/remain
Foreign
Ground
Away Day - Match Stats
(including
Derby V PNE play-off semi 2nd leg)
Number of League Grounds
Visited: 29 (out of current 92) Number of Non-League Grounds: 2
Number of Other Grounds Visited: 6
Biggest Attendances: 70,275 - PNE V West Ham (Millenium
Stadium) For League Game: 30,458
- Leeds Utd (Elland Road) Lowest Attendance: 4,678 - Shrewsbury Town
(Gay Meadow) (*lower crowds at some friendlies
but actual attendances unknown) Longest Distance Travelled: 303.8 miles -
Plymouth Argyle (Home Park) Shortest Distance Travelled: 3.5 miles -
Bamber Bridge (Irongate) Total Distance Travelled (journey there):
4655.1 miles (not inc. Millenium Stadium)
5076.1 miles (inc. Millenium Stadium) Total Distance Travelled (there & back):
9310.2 miles (not inc. Millenium Stadium)
10152.2 miles (inc. Millenium Stadium) Average Distance Travelled To an Away Game:
125.8 miles (not inc. Millenium Stadium) Highest Rated Grounds: Millenium Stadium
10, Molineux (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Plymouth Argyle (Home
Park) 9 Lowest Rated Grounds: Britannia Stadium (Stoke
City), Fratton Park (Portsmouth), Gresty Road (Crewe), Vetch
Field (Swansea City) 6, Loftus Road (QPR) 6.
