Story
For a number of years now, even though I live in Scotland, I've become gradually obsessed with seeing a match at each of the 92 senior football stadia in England. On 18 September 2016, when I attended Southampton v Swansea City, I chalked up number 64. It was becoming increasingly difficult for me to justify this quest (to my wife, above all!) but, after number 41, I had the idea that, if friends and fellow football fans sponsored me for a good cause, it would make the increasingly long journeys (and often poor football!) all the more worthwhile. Now, it's great to think that my long and often lonely Saturdays are helping brave young people who, quite frankly, are far more deserving of days out than this self-indulgent man approaching middle-age ...
Number 1 - 28 April 1990: Newcastle Utd 2 West Ham Utd 1.
Number 2 - 23 March 1991: Tottenham Hotspur 0 Queens Park Rangers 0.
Number 3 - 21 December 1991: Arsenal 4 Everton 2.
Number 4 - 22 December 1991: Watford 1 Barnsley 1.
Number 5 - 26 December 1991: Queens Park Rangers 0 Liverpool 0.
Number 6 - 19 May 1999: Lazio 2 Real Mallorca 1 (Cup Winners' Cup Final, Villa Park).
Number 7 - 28 May 2003: Milan 0 Juventus 0 (Champions League Final, Old Trafford).
Number 8 - 12 April 2004: Liverpool 0 Charlton Athletic 1.
Number 9 - 31 October 2009: Bolton Wanderers 0 Chelsea 4.
Number 10 - 21 November 2009: Sunderland 1 Arsenal 0.
Number 11 - 14 August 2010: Blackburn Rovers 1 Everton 0.
Number 12 - 4 September 2010: Carlisle Utd 0 Swindon Town 0.
Number 13 - 18 September 2010: Preston North End 0 Norwich City 1.
Number 14 - 6 November 2010: Blackpool 2 Everton 2.
Number 15 - 29 December 2010: Chelsea 1 Bolton Wanderers 0.
Number 16 - 26 February 2011: Wigan Athletic 0 Manchester Utd 4.
Number 17 - 19 March 2011: Accrington Stanley 3 Port Vale 0.
Number 18 - 4 August 2011: Fulham 3 RNK Split 0.
Number 19 - 24 September 2011: Burnley 1 Southampton 1.
Number 20 - 29 October 2011: Manchester City 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.
Number 21 - 25 February 2012: West Ham Utd 0 Crystal Palace 0.
Number 22 - 17 March 2012: Everton 1 Sunderland 1
Number 23 - 25 August 2012: Oldham Athletic 0 Stevenage 1.
Number 24 - 8 September 2012: Bury 1 Preston North End 2.
Number 25 - 29 September 2012: Tranmere Rovers 1 Brentford 1.
Number 26 - 27 October 2012: Stoke City 0 Sunderland 0.
Number 27 - 10 November 2012: Leeds Utd 1 Watford 6.
Number 28 - 19 January 2013: Coventry City 2 Oldham Athletic 1.
Number 29 - 2 February 2013: Crewe Alexandra 1 Scunthorpe Utd 0.
Number 30 - 2 March 2013: Middlesbrough 2 Cardiff City 1.
Number 31 - 16 March 2013: Morecambe 1 Gillingham 1.
Number 32 - 29 March 2013: Derby County 3 Bristol City 0.
Number 33 - 30 March 2013: Nottingham Forest 2 Brighton & Hove Albion 2.
Number 34 - 3 May 2013: Sheffield Utd 1 Yeovil Town 0.
Number 35 - 4 May 2013: Sheffield Wednesday 2 Middlesbrough 0.
Number 36 - 6 August 2013: Stevenage 2 Ipswich Town 0.
Number 37 - 17 August 2013: Rochdale 2 Chesterfield 2.
Number 38 - 7 September 2013: Hartlepool Utd 1 Wycombe Wanderers 2.
Number 39 - 21 September 2013: Shrewsbury Town 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.
Number 40 - 5 October 2013: Huddersfield Town 1 Watford 2.
Number 41 - 12 October 2013: Port Vale 0 Peterborough Utd 1.
Number 42 - 26 October 2013: Bradford City 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.
Number 43 - 1 March 2014: York City 2 Exeter City 1
Number 44 - 22 March 2014: Walsall 1 Leyton Orient 1
Number 45 - 2 April 2014: Peterborough Utd 2 Colchester Utd 0
Number 46 - 8 April 2014: Brentford 1 Crawley Town 0
Number 47 - 21 April 2014: Bristol Rovers 1 Rochdale 2
Number 48 - 26 April 2014: Fleetwood Town 1 Southend Utd 1
[Bristol Rovers relegated from League 2: running total reduced to 47]
Number 48 - 23 August 2014: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Cardiff City 0
Number 49 - 13 September 2014: West Bromwich Albion 0 Everton 2
Number 50 - 4 October 2014: Chesterfield 3 Sheffield Utd 2
Number 51 - 25 October 2014: Doncaster Rovers 0 Milton Keynes Dons 0
Number 52 - 8 November 2014: Birmingham City 0 Cardiff City 0
Number 53 - 7 March 2015: Millwall 1 Norwich City 4
Number 54 - 4 April 2015: Barnsley 0 Sheffield Utd 2
Number 55 - 6 April 2015: Rotherham Utd 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 0
[Tranmere Rovers relegated from League 2: running total reduced to 54]
[Bristol Rovers promoted to League 2: running total increased to 55]
Number 56 - 8 August 2015: Leyton Orient 2 Barnet 0
Number 57 - 5 September 2015: Mansfield Town 1 AFC Wimbledon 1
Number 58 - 6 September 2015: Burton Albion 1 Coventry City 2
Number 59 - 17 October 2015: Scunthorpe Utd 2 Shrewsbury Town 1
Number 60 - 5 February 2016: Brighton & Hove Albion 3 Brentford 0
Number 61 - 6 February 2016: Portsmouth 0 Leyton Orient 1
Number 62 - 25 March 2016: Wycombe Wanderers 1 Mansfield Town 0
Number 63 - 23 April 2016: Charlton Athletic 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 3
[York City relegated from League 2: running total reduced to 62]
Number 63 - 20 August 2016: Reading 2 Brighton & Hove Albion 2
Number 64 - 18 September 2016: Southampton 1 Swansea City 0
[Hartlepool and Leyton Orient relegated from League 2: running total reduced to 60]
[Chesterfield relegated from League 2 / Tranmere Rovers promoted to League 2: running total remains at 60]
[Leyton Orient promoted to League 2: running total increased to 61]
Number 65 - 31 August 2019: Salford City 1 Leyton Orient 1
[Bury expelled from Football League: running total reduced to 61]
[Hartlepool promoted to League 2: running total increased to 62]
Number 66 - 24 July 2021: Cheltenham Utd 2 Coventry City 0