Proud Groundhoppers

A group for like-minded football fans who want to visit lots of different grounds and stadiums. Open to all who support inclusivity and reject discrimination.

[Proud Groundhoppers @ProudHoppers]

Welcome to Proud Groundhoppers! Our group is inclusive regardless of whether you’re LGBTQ+ or an ally. We’d love to see your footballing adventures taking you to new grounds!

[Proud Groundhoppers @ProudHoppers]

@TenterdenTownFC Is that for certain? Full Time has this fixture but also you away at Ramsgate Athletic and Fleetdown playing Metrogas!

[Proud Groundhoppers @ProudHoppers]

@OxfordSpeedway song request please! Disco Cop by Blue Adonis #oxfordspeedway

[Proud Groundhoppers @ProudHoppers]

@SoVeryBritish Upperthong and Netherthong, tucked away in West Yorkshire

[Proud Groundhoppers @ProudHoppers]

It’s been a busy 2022 for visits to new grounds! I wonder what 2023 will bring? Hopefully a trip outside of GB too 😊

[Proud Groundhoppers @ProudHoppers]

I was at this game yesterday and there was lots of niggle between both sets of fans behind the goal. It was obvious from a distance something had happened but had no idea it was as repulsive as it turned out to be. Sympathy with the Warrington GK who ended up red carded

[Warrington Town FC @theyellows]

STATEMENT | An update from the club following the incident at yesterday's FA Trophy match.

https://t.co/io9K32ukRG

[Proud Groundhoppers @ProudHoppers]

Tonight, I’m visiting a ground which will mean I’ve seen a game at all 92 football league (PL + EFL) grounds! Anyone able to guess which one it is?

[Tom Brodrick @BadgeWatford]

@WatfordFC have written this excellent piece about the museum football exhibition which I have been fortunate enough to co-produce along with @Well_Met_ and @SarahKerenza

It runs till 24 September - do come and visit!

https://t.co/y8iNsWGAN8

[Watford Football Club @WatfordFC]

🏛 The free Vicarage Road Centenary exhibition at Watford Museum is open tonight until 7pm!

Head down before the match to experience 100 years of our stadium's history. 🤩

#WatfordFC | #Vic100

[Proud Groundhoppers @ProudHoppers]

✅ World’s first football club ⚽️
✅ World’s oldest football competition 🏆
✅ Club who once played in England’s top-flight

It’s all here at the Home of Football Ground with Sheffield FC taking on Glossop North End in the FA Cup 😊

[Lionesses @Lionesses]

🏆 OUR ENGLAND. OUR CHAMPIONS. 🏆

[Proud Groundhoppers @ProudHoppers]

I was at this game yesterday… lovely ground and a great goal to witness!

[Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC @ValeDynamos]

This was the opener from @KLFCofficial yesterday. Take a bow young man!!! What a goal

[Proud Groundhoppers @ProudHoppers]

Look forward to visiting @Benfleet_FC soon - sounds like a great club run by great people!

[Benfleet FC @Benfleet_FC]

Contender for worst and rudest groundhopper of the season so far

[Proud Groundhoppers @ProudHoppers]

A lovely little ground for some Tuesday evening football … Berkhamsted v Hemel at the Broadwater ground in Hertfordshire

[Proud Groundhoppers @ProudHoppers]

Yesterday marked the last ground I visited in 2021/22. It was a terrible season for my ‘most visited’ club but a really enjoyable one for me from a groundhopping perspective. I wonder what 2022/23 will bring?

[Proud Groundhoppers @ProudHoppers]

@Crossways23 @tnsfc @RylandsFC Happy to stand corrected. But near Oswestry, and in Shropshire

[Proud Groundhoppers @ProudHoppers]

IIRC, nine grounds in England have hosted UEFA Champions League football in the last decade. I bet most people would get the ‘big 6’ plus Leicester, and also recall that Wembley hosted Spurs matches.

But which is the ninth?

It is in fact in Oswestry in Shropshire!

[Proud Groundhoppers @ProudHoppers]

@cringle100 @BarrowAFC Thanks. You’re right, I walked past there on the way to Holker Street and I’ve got my photos muddled. Thought that looked a classic venue at the time too, though

[Proud Groundhoppers @ProudHoppers]

With not much football at the moment, here’s a look back to a great ground I visited last summer: Holker Street, the home of @BarrowAFC .
A former League club who lost their place in the re-election process in 1972, Barrow returned to the EFL as National League champions in 2020

[Proud Groundhoppers @ProudHoppers]

Barrow is located in the SW corner of Cumbria next to the stunning Lake District, but in 1972 they were still in Lancashire as the county boundaries hadn’t been changed. Nearby is the highest point in old Lancashire - the ‘Old Man of Coniston’, which I had to visit for the views

[Proud Groundhoppers @ProudHoppers]

Pleasingly, the overall appearance of the ground appeared to have changed little since Barrow’s previous stint as a League club. My visit coincided with a preseason friendly against Bolton, which the visitors won 1-0 with a first-half goal @proudwanderers1