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Presenter who visited all 20 Premier League grounds has ranked them from 1-20
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Updated 11:56 19 Oct 2024 GMT+1Published 11:51 19 Oct 2024 GMT+1

Presenter who visited all 20 Premier League grounds has ranked them from 1-20

He recently completed visiting every ground in 'The 92'.

Jack Kenmare

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A presenter who visited every ground in the Premier League has ranked them from 1 to 20 – and his selections might just surprise a few.

Not many people can say they have been to watch a game at every stadium in England's top flight but talkSPORT broadcaster Adrian Durham is one of the lucky few.

In fact, the 55-year-old recently entered 'The 92' – a club for people who have visited all 92 league football grounds in England.

From the Premier League and Championship to League One and League Two, Durham declared Loftus Road, the home of Queens Park Rangers, as his personal favourite.

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"It's in the middle of a housing estate in London. The corners are filled in, it's tight to the pitch," he said. "I just absolutely love it. It's another one where the atmosphere, when they're doing well, is fantastic."

But what about the Premier League? Durham named West Ham's London Stadium as the worst, saying: "It's not a football ground, is it? It suffers because of the comparison with the old ground. Upton Park was terrific."

Here are the rest of his selections, featuring some quotes from this article with talkSPORT.

19 - Molineux (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

"I just can't warm to Wolves' ground. Molineux has hosted England internationals and some of the earliest European club games in the 1950s - but it's not for me."

18 - Etihad (Manchester City)

"It's not a football ground. Because I work there, whenever I go there I never experienced it as a football fan. City took it over after the Commonwealth Games and even though they kind of reconfigured it, it just still doesn't feel like a proper football ground."

17 - St Mary's (Southampton)

"It's so soulless. It's in a really weird part of town where there's no life."

16 - Vitality Stadium (Bournemouth)

"It's just tiny. It just isn't fit for purpose, really - and they've been in the Premier League for so long."

15 - Selhurst Park (Crystal Palace)

"Quite a number of people quite like Selhurst Park, but I don't. And it's slightly personal because we [Peterborough] got relegated there in 2013.

"But it just feels like there's no cohesion to the ground. So the main stand is quite old, none of the stands really look like each other. It just feels like it's just all different stands plonked together and doesn't have that cohesive feel."

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Image credit: Getty

14 - Stamford Bridge (Chelsea)

"I don't mind it but it is ageing. I've been in all the stands and watched from various different angles at Chelsea. Some of the inner stadium has tiny, quite narrow corridors and little stairways and things that are very old and not really part of modern football anymore."

13 - AMEX (Brighton)

"It really does look like a spaceship plonked in the middle of the Sussex Downs... It's one of the better new grounds, I would say."

12 - Goodison Park (Everton)

"It's very old. Very, very old and about to be replaced. I like the romance of it, how old it is and the history of it and the players that have played there. And it was part of the '66 World Cup as well. But it's so ancient now, it's tough to defend it."

11 - Portman Road (Ipswich)

"It's old, but I think they've done quite well with it. It's still got the look of an old stadium and the feel of an old stadium and the history of it as well. So I feel really positive about Portman Road - and it's near the train station in the middle of town. I love grounds like that."

10 - Old Trafford (Manchester United)

"It's falling apart, but the history keeps it special. When you walk up Matt Busby Way and there's all the stalls with the scarves and the food and all that, you know you're heading to somewhere special."

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Image credit: Getty

9 - King Power Stadium (Leicester)

"It's another modern stadium and there are reasons why you wouldn't like it. But I went a lot during the title winning season, and the atmosphere was off the charts. It was very, very special."

8 - Anfield (Liverpool)

Anfield's always been very special. What they've really done well that I can appreciate is that it couldn't stay as it was because it was too old, too small."

7 - Emirates (Arsenal)

"There's no bad view in the house... It's taken a long time, but it's started to develop its own history, its own character. It's a nice looking stadium from the outside and on the inside as well."

6 - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (Tottenham)

"Now this is stunning inside - I mean, truly stunning. Outside, it looks terrible. It's a big grey mess and it doesn't look like a stadium. But inside, it's incredible."

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Image credit: Getty

5 - GTech Community Stadium (Brentford)

"It's a bit weird, this one, because it's so small. I'm kind of contradicting myself a little bit, compared to the Bournemouth one, but this is so much more interesting."

4 - City Ground (Nottingham Forest)

"I love grounds that are near city centres. It's by the River Trent. The other ground in Nottingham, Notts County, is a short walkway. When you look at Forest you think of the rich history."

3 - Craven Cottage (Fulham)

"I just love that walk through Bishops Park by the Thames. Everybody says it. And then you've got this quaint cottage which is the centre piece of the ground. They've even built this new stand and the quaint cottage is still the centrepiece of the ground."

2 - St. James' Park (Newcastle United)

"I used to live up there. I went a lot and it's right in the middle of town. It's a unique ground. One side that can't be built up and it's quite shallow. The stand is not bad, it doesn't look terrible, but the other three sides are gigantic and this one side is quite small... When it's full of fans and flags, it is a magical place."

1 - Villa Park (Aston Villa)

"The first stadium other than Peterborough that I went to. It was the size of it, the architecture of it. I mean, the steps that lead up to the stand, they just look amazing really.

"So things looked spectacular, it took my breath away. Again, it’s an emotional thing because of the feelings I had at that time. Villa's home is the best in the Premier League."

Image credit: Getty
Image credit: Getty

Thoughts on the rankings? Let us know in the comments.

Featured Image Credit: Getty Images - talkSPORT

Topics: Premier League, Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham, Aston Villa, Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur

Jack Kenmare
Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is the Senior Journalist for SPORTbible, one of the world’s biggest social publishers. He specialises in long-form feature writing and has an encyclopedic knowledge of Football Manager wonderkids from 2005 to the present day. He has a BA (Hons) in Journalism and News Practice.

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