Shortlisted for the 2023 Illustrated Sports Book of the Year Remarkable Football Grounds is a
collection of some of the most memorable places to watch and play football around the world.
Ranging from the stellar stadiums of the Premier League to windswept islands in the Scottish
Hebrides or the far-flung Pacific including stadia that resemble flying saucers a crocodile
and an armadillo! Remarkable Football Grounds features a range of the oldest biggest highest
quirkiest and furthest flung stadia and the stories behind their existence. Italian Serie B
team Venezia can be reached by canal with moorings nearby Bamburgh Castle football ground
lies in the shadow of a Game of Thrones -scale fortress while Estadio Silvestre is a full-size
pitch on the roof of a building in Tenerife. Some of the oldest storied stadiums are here
including Anfield for Liverpool Fulham which has a tunnel under the pitch and the two Dundee
football clubs that have sizeable grounds Tannadice and Dens Park just 183 metres (200
yards) apart. At the quirkier end of the scale the Aveiro stadium in Portugal looks like a
giant children's playset while in Gangwon South Korea the football pitch doubles as a ski
jump landing area. Many of the stadiums come with spectacular views. The Faroe Islands have
produced some strong football teams in the past and many of their grounds are set in picture
perfect landscapes. The same can be said of Norway's Lofoten Islands where flat land is at a
premium and the pitch sides are used for drying fish. In Slovakia the Janosovka football pitch
has a narrow gauge railway that runs between the pitch and the grandstand. Others are located
in some of the most dangerous parts of the world. Nobody loves the 'away' fixture at Coroico
which entails tackling the 'Death Road'. Grounds include: the impressive new Qatari World Cup
venues Wembley Stadium Camp Nou Monaco Old Trafford Allianz Arena Petrovsky (Zenit
St.Petersburg) Trogir in Croatia Longgang in China and the Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
