Celtic Park Stadium Review

Inside Celtic Park

In 1967, Celtic won the European Cup with a starting eleven drawn entirely from within roughly thirty miles of the ground they were about to play in front of. The Lisbon Lions, as that team became known, remain the only squad in the competition’s history assembled so locally, and the achievement sits at the emotional […]

Camp Nou Stadium Review

Inside Camp Nou

Whatever you read online about Camp Nou, including parts of this review, some of it will be out of date by the time you arrive. Barcelona’s stadium has been in the middle of a major redevelopment since 2023, and the capacity, the accessible sections and even which entrance you use have all shifted more than […]

San Siro Stadium Review

The San Siro, Milan

Most football stadiums belong to one club. The San Siro belongs to two, and has done for nearly eighty years, which creates problems that a single-tenant ground never has to solve. Who gets to decorate the concourses. Who pays for what repairs. Whose colours appear on which day. AC Milan and Inter Milan have shared […]

Signal Iduna Park Review

The Yellow Wall at Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund’s south terrace is routinely called the loudest stand in world football, and unlike most stadium superlatives, this one has actually been tested. Acousticians and broadcasters have measured crowd noise inside Signal Iduna Park at over 130 decibels, a level closer to a jet engine at close range than to a football match, and […]

Emirates Stadium Review

Inside the Emirates Stadium

Opposing supporters call it the Library, and Arsenal’s own fans have never quite shaken the nickname off. It is unfair, and it is not entirely wrong, and holding those two things together is the only way to review the Emirates Stadium properly. This is one of the most comfortable and best-connected grounds in the country, […]

Anfield Stadium Review

The Kop at Anfield

Ninety seconds before kick-off on a European night, sixty thousand people raise their scarves and sing You’ll Never Walk Alone, and for those ninety seconds Anfield is the most powerful place in English football. That moment is why supporters cross continents to sit in a ground that, in almost every other respect, asks more of […]

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Review

Inside Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

A billion pounds is an almost meaningless figure until you stand inside the thing it built. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium cost more than any football ground in Britain, and unlike the older stadiums around it, every pound went towards a single question: what would a football stadium look like if it were designed today, from nothing, […]

Old Trafford Stadium Review

Inside Old Trafford

Water pouring through the roof onto supporters during a Premier League match is not the image Manchester United want attached to the Theatre of Dreams, yet footage of exactly that has circulated widely in recent seasons. It captures the central tension of a visit here. Old Trafford is the biggest club ground in England, holding […]