Doing The 92 is a FREE site dedicated to that very English quest to see a game at every one of the current 92 Football League grounds.
Whilst the site was originally created to give you a place to register the games you've seen and grounds you've visited, it's gradually been expanded and now contains a wealth of information about the Football League and beyond. We're adding stuff all the time so keep checking the Stats zone for new features.
Ground News
Brighton's modifications to their planning application were passed by the Council in Jan 09. These included a redesign of the interior and changes to the roof. Infrastructure work has already begun at Falmer, with a move-in date set for sometime in 2011/12.
Plans for Bristol City's new 30,000 seater stadium at Ashton Vale are currently in the final consultation phase. They hope to have the new ground ready for the start of the 2012/13 season.
Bristol Rovers have announced they no longer intend to move out while the Memorial Ground is rebuilt.
Work is progressing well on the Cardiff City Stadium close to Ninian Park. The ground will be opened on July 22nd 2009 with a friendly against Celtic.
Chesterfield have received full planning consent for their new stadium on the site of the old Dema Glass works and building work is planned to start in May 2009. A 50-week build should see the new stadium open in time for the 2010/2011 season.
Everton's plans to build a new stadium in Kirkby were delayed further in Feb09, when the Council announced it would not be delivering its report until Jun09. Even if the plans are accepted, there would still be a 6 week appeal period, meaning no green light is likely until the start of new season.
Grimsby have been looking to move from Blundell Park since 1994 and in August 2008 were granted consent for a new stadium at Great Coates.
Liverpool have blamed the credit crunch for stopping work on their new ground in Stanley Park. Although some work was done in 2008 it has now been delayed indefinitely while the owners see what impact recession has on their businesses. It is unlikely the stadium will now be ready in time for the 2012 season as originally intended. The Club states it wishes to use the delay to progress proposals to increase the capacity of the new stadium to 73,000.
Morecambe's plans to build a new stadium at Westgate became more certain in Feb09 when they completed a deal to sell Christie Park to Sainsburys. Construction will begin in Spring 2009 with completion in 2010, prior to the 2010/11 season. Christie Park will be handed over in Jul10.
Peterborough council announced in December 2008 that they have ear-marked a plot of land on the North Embankment in the centre of town for Posh to move to. The club feel the new stadium will take 2 years to build so hope to move in for the start of the 2011/12 season
Portsmouth's hopes to start work on their new 36,000 capacity stadium on Horsea Island have been shelved due to the credit crunch. They still hope to build the new ground in time for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup, which England are currently bidding for.
Southend were granted planning permission for their new 22,000-seater stadium at Fossetts Farm in July 2008. They hope to have the stadium ready for the start of the 2011/12 season.
Spurs announced in mid-December 2008 their plans to build a new 50-60,000 capacity stadium alongside White Hart Lane. They have been gradually buying up the land adjacent to the ground for several years.
Site News
We've added another new feature to keep you occupied during the close-season; you can now add a scan of the match program for any game you've been to. This can be done when first adding a game or by clicking on a game in your Chronological view, and then on the link at the bottom. We'll be expanding this feature but wanted to see how popular it was before doing too much work on it. Please feel free to let us know how you get on with it because there's bound to be a few teething problems...
We've started adding cup games to the database. You can now view 2008/2009's FA Cup, Carling Cup, Uefa Cup and Champions League results (involving English League and non-League teams).
Now we have integrated our Results database into the site we can help fill-out information when you add a new League game. Simply enter the date and home team and the code will fill in the rest.
We'd like to welcome Paul Hale on board as our new non-League scout. He has already added all Leagues down to Level 9 in the English Pyramid structure. This includes pretty much every enclosed ground in the country!
On this site you can :
Keep a record of the games you've seen
Simply Enter the games you've seen and let the site automatically work out how many of the current 92 League grounds you have visited.
If you're not sure about a result, use the Seasons area of the Stats zone to viewevery League resultfrom 1888. This is probably the most comprehensive on-line list of League results because it includes all expunged matches and the ground each game was played at. We've included attendances where we know them too.
View all League tables back to 1888
The displays include all Test Matches, Play-offs and point deductions.
Browse information from the Ultimate Guide to British Football Grounds
We've been working with Paul Smith to integrate the content from his definitive book about League Grounds into the site. Paul and his late wife Shirley tracked down every ground to ever host a League game, and this information is now available in the Grounds section in the Stats zone. Paul has updated the information to the end of last season and you will find all the excellent maps they produced for the orginal books.
The stats are now kept up to date automatically, so the ground pages reflect the highest and lowest scores and attendances.
What is Doing The 92?
There are 92 Football League grounds in England, and the aim is to see a game at each and every one. (On this site we use 'Football League' to describe the top four divisions in England. We know it's wrong, but old habits die hard.)
Okay, I'm a ground-hopper but why would I use this site?
Doing the 92 has become more difficult over
the last few years as the trend to relocate has taken hold, not to mention automatic relegation/promotion to and from the Football League. The aim of this site is to make things easy for fans to keep track of the number of grounds they've visited. Once you've entered some games, check the Chronological display to see a list of the games, and a running total of the current grounds you've visited.
Is it expensive?
It costs quite enough visiting one ground, let alone all 92, so this site is still FREE to use. Simply click on the Logon button and sign-up for an account. Otherwise, just have a click around to see what data we've currently got stored. We're expanding the site all the time so feel free to contact us if there's something you'd like to see added.
Which games can be added?
Any game can be added, even if we don't currently have the teams in the database. Most people use the site to keep track of away grounds they've visited, but some use it to keep track of every game they've been to. Some even use it to log games they've seen on TV, which is as good a sign of the times as you're likely to get.
Which games qualify for the 92?
We get asked this a lot. The rules we follow are here, but feel free to use your own and only enter the games you want to count.
Top 5 supported teams in the database at the moment:
Team
Number of Supporters
Watford
59
Tottenham Hotspur
54
West Ham United
53
Southend United
39
Leeds United
35
Top 5 second teams in the database at the moment:
Team
Number of Supporters
England
37
Liverpool
25
Manchester United
23
Tottenham Hotspur
13
Arsenal
12
Top 5 favourite grounds in the database at the moment:
Ground
Number of votes
Wembley
111
Emirates Stadium
61
Millennium Stadium
53
White Hart Lane
39
Old Trafford
33
Least favourite grounds in the database at the moment:
Ground
Number of votes
Kenilworth Road
49
Layer Road
41
Withdean Stadium
28
Millmoor
17
Emirates Stadium
13
Change History: May 09 ~ Added ability to load program scans for games you've seen.
May09 ~ Lots of work behind the scenes to set up changes to be launched during the summer. For now we've added cup games from the 2008/2009 season and will gradually add others as we have time.
Feb09 ~ Add Game code now searches for game in Results database. All Leagues added down to Level 9. Current results now added to the database each day so all stats are bang up to date.
Jan09 ~Major Update! Added results for current season and latest tables. Also fixed several minor bugs. Dec08 ~ Fixed some bugs. Introduced old team names fully into Chron view.
Dec08 ~ Changed the home page round. Introduced the new Ground News section. Split the Users table into Leagues. Double-checked the ground data and added more Microsoft images.
Nov08 ~ Finally completed the integration of Paul Smith's book into the site. Created a front-end to our results database and loaded it into the new Season area of the Stats Zone.
Aug08 ~ Added day of week to Chron and Match views. Enhanced Picture code.
Aug08 ~ Re-wrote Grounds pages to incorporate Paul's data. Added Picture Loading code for Beta testing.
May08 ~ Added Conf North and Conf South to End of Season code. Ran End of Season code to promote the lucky and relegate the not so lucky. Added ground moves and reduced number of League grounds to 91. Lots of code in the background to support our next big version due to be ready for the start of the season, assuming we don't have any more pc crashes.
Apr08 ~ Added a new display showing every ground to have hosted a League game. It's in the Stats/League section. Did some preparation for the end of season, plus yet more minor bug fixes. Started to standardise the database so that each season runs from 1Jun to 31May.
Mar08 ~ Added Dates section to Stats. Either select a date range to see events or click on date in Chronological view to see all events on that day.
Mar08 ~ Added first and last league games at some grounds. Added temporary homes in Stats/Teams and Grounds.
One year in business and another Major Upgrade! New By Division Extended display added. New Locations item added to Stats area linking to maps showing ground locations. New Game Details display added - click on a match in the Chronological view to access it. Match Comments added - you can now add comments when adding or updating a game. These are shown on the new Game Details display. All users can now add grounds to the database.
Jan08 ~ Added the FAW Premier to Leagues. Added Conf North/South and Defunct to leagues. Resolved bugs.
Dec07 ~ Added the capability to display birdseye views of grounds from Virtual Earth.
Nov07 ~ Major Upgrade! Expanded the Stats area to include Team, Ground and Site pages. Started to add club crests and GoogleMap images. Included crests on the Chronological view. Nailed lots of small issues and improved navigation around the site. Oct07 ~ Resolved display problems in the new Display Team screen. Added a new Display Ground screen that can be accessed from Alphabetical and Display Team.
Sep07 ~ Tightened up navigation between screens. Introduced page tags. Completed Scottish league teams.
Started adding infomation for Scottish teams.
Altered the Stats page to show how many seasons each team has played in the League.
Introduced a new Team page that can be reached by clicking on the team name in most displays.
Enhanced the By Division displays to show all non-League teams a user has seen.
Added a new By Division display showing every team a user has seen.
Added every team that has ever played in the League.
Aug07 ~ Fixed bugs. Added rules page.
Aug07 ~ Predictive code added to Add Game panel to select correct ground where possible. Jul07 ~ Went Live! Fixed bugs. Minor changes
Jun07 ~ Forum and Links page added. May07 ~ Home grounds back to 1945 added for all 92 clubs Apr07 ~ All ground moves back to 1980 added as Events to the Chronological view.
Apr07 ~ Promotions to, and Relegations from the league added back to 1980
Mar07 ~ Site first loaded up. Beta testing started
Contact us
if you have any suggestions about the site. Remember this is a free service provided by a few football/computer geeks with a bit of spare time on their hands. So don't be expecting miracles!
