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Man who's been to over 2,000 football grounds was 'rushed out' of most unusual match he's watched

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Published 15:29 27 Apr 2026 GMT+1

Man who's been to over 2,000 football grounds was 'rushed out' of most unusual match he's watched

Football broadcaster and commentator Tony Incenzo has attended 2,695 English football grounds.

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A football fan and journalist who has been to over 2,000 grounds across English football says that one match stood out more than any other - for an incredible reason.

Tony Incenzo, a reporter, commentator and broadcaster who has worked for Sky Sports, talkSPORT and ClubCall among many others, is well-known to fans of English non-league football.

He writes columns for the Non-League Paper and bookmakers William Hill.

Incenzo is a fan of Championship side Queens Park Rangers, and both works as a matchday press liaison officer at Loftus Road and writes for the club's programme. He has attended every QPR match home and away since 1973.

The 62-year-old spoke to BBC Sport earlier this month after he completed a 54-hour journey of attending a match at all 996 non-league clubs between steps 5 and 10.

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Step 5 represents the National League, the top tier of non-league football, with step 6 divided regionally into the National League North and South.

Step 7 is divided into four regional divisions, while step 8 spans a further eight divisions.

It is below that where things really start to get more complex, with 17 divisions in both steps 9 and 10 of English football.

Incenzo collects a matchday programme from every ground he attends, and completes an entry in his scrapbook featuring the date of the match, the teams, the result and the goalscorers.

But he couldn't collect a programme during one of his most surreal match attendances back in 2011 - given it was inside a prison.

"I got a special invitation to go inside Feltham Prison in 2011 to watch a match as the only spectator," he explained.

"The prison team was in a league alongside companies with shift workers and obviously couldn't play away games.

"I had to get there an hour before kick-off, had my phone taken off me, got searched and then three prison guards took me and the away team through to a nice little ground in the prison with proper dugouts.

"On the way out, some of the prisoners came out of their cells and started lambasting the away side for losing the game.

"One of their guys replied, 'Lost the match, but at least we're going home lads'. And we were then rushed out of there very, very quickly."

Feltham Prison is labelled as Category C, meaning it houses prisoners who are ruled as 'those who cannot be trusted in open conditions but who are unlikely to try to escape'. There are four categories in total down to Category D prisoners, who reside in open prisons.

As well as his incredible groundhopping journey, Incenzo also publicises details of upcoming non-league games on his Twitter account, which has over 71,000 followers.

He attended his 2,695th ground last Sunday as Yatton & Cleeve United won 2-0 at Chard Town in the Somerset County League.

Featured Image Credit: BBC

Topics:Ā QPR

Ryan Smart
Ryan Smart

Live in constant hope of the top flight as a Preston North End fan. Written in the past for SPORF, GiveMeSport and more.

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