About the compendium

The compendium profiles 37 grounds in 28 cities across 13 countries. Every stadium page follows the same structure: how to reach the ground, the real names of its stands and where to sit, the away section and its view, the matchday rules on bags, colours, banners and drums, where supporters gather before kick-off, and the tours and tickets that surround a visit.

Around the stadium pages sit the city guides, the country pages and the away-fan guides, which deal with the parts of a trip the ground itself cannot: transport timing, ticket allocations, leaving after the final whistle and how to see more than one ground in a weekend.

This is not a live service. There are no scores, no fixtures data and no prediction content; kick-off times and services change at short notice, so everything here is written to be checked against the club or the local operator on the day rather than trusted as a timetable.

Capacities are quoted as nominal figures. Where a ground has been rebuilt or partly closed, the published number is a guide to the size of the place rather than a promise about the seats on sale for a particular match, and segregation, media seats and temporary works always trim the figure further.

Each arena is described from its physical features and its place in the matchday routine: the size of the ground, the districts around it, the transport that serves it and the culture of the support that fills it. The result is a guide that stays useful from season to season rather than one that has to be rewritten every time a fixture moves.