Yesterday I got this idea to map every Premier League team‘s home stadium location because I was watching a match and realized I didn’t know where half these places actually were. So I grabbed my laptop and got to work.
Finding Stadium Locations
First thing, I searched for this season’s Premier League clubs and wrote down all 20 teams. Then I looked up each stadium one by one. Some were easy like Old Trafford for Manchester United, but others like Brentford’s Gtech Community Stadium took forever because I kept typing “GTech” wrong.
Map Plotting Struggles
Opened this free online mapping tool where you drop pins manually. Had to:
- Search city names first to get the right area
- Zoom in crazy close for London clubs since there’s six teams in one city
- Redo three pins because my cat jumped on the keyboard
- Almost messed up Merseyside derby locations when placing Everton and Liverpool pins
Final Touches
Made the map proper colorful so it’s actually useful for regular fans. Used club colors for each pin – purple for Chelsea, claret for West Ham, etc. Took five tries before Brighton’s blue didn’t blend into the ocean background though.
What Surprised Me
Seeing all pins together was wild. London looks packed with football grounds while Bournemouth’s Vitality Stadium sits all alone down south. Never realized Newcastle’s St James’ Park is further north than any Canadian city I’ve visited.
Now whenever fans ask me about stadium locations, I just show this map instead of explaining. Saves everyone time and nobody gets confused about which Manchester team plays where.
