All of the supporters carry Stanley knives and have been "Accruing" debts all their lives. And…read moredespite this, ASFC get a 5/5 and are the first football league team I am reviewing. First-Hand Experience: I've seen ASFC play at home and it was amazing. I know a couple of ASFC fans and they're lovely and very unbiased about other clubs and very positive. In 2011 I saw ASFC lose here live and in person, but I also think based on another experience, that they are a great club that always put up a great fight for great fans. Wonderful to have them back in the big time. I will always have a soft spot for them and will probably see them again in 2016. They're a legend, and until recently they were an absent legend, having dropped out of the football league long ago, long after their heyday before colour TV was invented, in fact, before TV in general. Their legend was immortalized when they were featured on a commercial with two Liverpool fans roughly 10 years old. One said "if Ian Rush didn't drink milk, he'd only be good enough to play for Accrington Stanley." "Accrington Stanley? Who are they?" says the other one. "Exactly!" comes the reply. Well now, everyone remembers who ASFC are, because they are back in the league. The original club was founded in 1891 but was liquidated in the 1960s. This club has the same name, and replaced them. Formed in 68 and finally getting back in the league in 2006. They play in red and are from a pretty part of Northern England in the hills north of Manchester. Hassan Khan recently saved the club by convincing his father Ilyas to invest in them. It pays to have young fans with rich family connections. Their rise has been pretty amazing, with half a dozen promotions in the last 20 years. Congrats to them. Here is there commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pieK7b4KLL4 By the way, in my opinion, milk and dairy in general is essentially toxic to the human body, and nobody should be drinking it, much less kids.

Dedicated fans to be found at Turf Moor. I had a great experience for a Premier League game in the…read morethe little town of Burnley. We drove up north from Liverpool to Burnley to watch their match against West Ham. We got to check out their Jimmy McIlroy social area before the game and we had a great time. The field is a bit antiquated, but sufficient for the steadfast Claret fans. It may be one of the oldest parks in the Premier League. The grounds were well tended to, the seats although a bit old were faded but not cracked or uncomfortable to sit in for the 90+ minutes of the match. The social area was first rate, we had our own ushers that kept us from going astray, and helped us find what we needed. We had to pay for drinks, but the food presented was delicious. Before kickoff, they had three food stations. They offered a Korean Rice Bowl station with pork belly or fried tofu, chilli cucumber pickle, gochujang mayo. I had like three of these... they were amazing. The second offering was a Katsu Chicken Burger with kimchi, katsunnaise, on a brioche bun. It was also pretty good. The third pre-game offering was the beech smoked pork sausage on a brioche bun with smashed nachos, crispy onions, ketchup, and mustard. I passed on this one. After half they served butter chicken & spinach pie, also pretty good - and tea or coffee. The fans were dedicated. There was a lot of chanting, a lot of C'me On Burnley!" They really wanted to will their team to victory. My daughter got a pic with a minority owner, JJ Watts, as he was in the building for the match as well. Unfortunately for the Clarets, they fell short on the "will of one nil," as the Hammers scored two in the final minutes and beat the home team. The Burnley fans were not happy. Warning: It's cold up in the NW England, so bundle up.

Turf Moor is one of your traditional, older stadiums in the Premier League, it has been home to…read moreBurnley since 1883 and as I recall it is one of the oldest football stadiums in the Premier League, older than Goodison Park and Anfield yet a few years later than Stamford Bridge. For an old stadium especially for one of Burnley's structure, I was quite impressed with Turf Moor which has a capacity of just over 22,000. More recently, they have expanded disabled seating to meet Premier League requirements which the ground was behind in for a long time, they previously only offered away supporters 3 wheelchair bays (The average is around 12-15 often reaching 25), but due to a reformat of the stadium they've now increased that to 18 which is impressive. The staff at the stadium seemed mixed - the stewards actually used common sense by not blocking the view (often they stand at the front and refuse to move, meaning you can't see the view), however on the front enterance the person scanning tickets seemed to be talking to a friend - he didn't even look at me which surely was a security flaw (anyone could have gotten in without a ticket, he wasn't paying any attention). Obviously I was happy with the result being a 4-1 win for Manchester City, my team and I also felt welcome as an away supporter from the club, I booked parking in advance which was pretty expensive at £10 considering a large amount of street parking and car parks nearby and the fact there is a good wait to get out of the car park until all the pedestrians have gone, but still how close the car park was to the stadium was remarkable, it was so close I could have probably watched the game from my car (Okay I wouldn't go that far - but it was so close!), and being a first-timer to the ground and it being a freezing, cold night in December I was glad of the parking space. The one big screen at the other end of the Cricket Field (away stand) seemed pretty small, but I did have a decent view of the pitch even if the writing on the big-screen was impossible to read and poorly formatted. Despite being an old stadium, it has been improved of late to meet UEFA requirements and Premier League requirements (more seats for disabled people in both home and away areas AND removing the wooden seats for plastic ones in the Cricket Field Stand) 3* - Pretty cool stadium for a club like Burnley, they have tried to improve it as much as they could while they still don't have the facilities of a big club's modern arena (concourse is not disabled-friendly, you go in from outside), it still is a stadium which has improved and I really hope they won't revert on the changes when Burnley's inevitable relegation comes around.

Every time I see a guy looking at my girl, I think to myself, it's obvious Ewood go home with her…read moreif Ecould. But Ecan't. Well I mean it's up to her. But knowing her, Ewood, if Ecould, but Ecan't. Ewood Park is full of men that "would" and women that probably won't let them. First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - Ewood is one of the stadiums I am most familiar with. I stopped supporting Liverpool when Dalglish left, I was only a kid so I am allowed. When he resurfaced with Blackburn I began supporting them instead and went to some games during their 2nd place season. I was only a tiny kid. It was amazing! What a crowd. What a feeling. Then I saw them play a few times more recently. But my fave experience at Ewood was when I sneaked into this stadium through an open gate and was able to take pix of myself right on the field. Pretty amazing. That was in 2005. I have been back here since, in 2014 to be exact. It's a big and impressive place that should fill in the corners to keep atmosphere inside and earn an extra star. I've been to most UK & US stadiums, due to lifelong obsessions with travel, sport & especially footy (soccer to Americans). Born & raised in England, I followed Oxford United (hometown team) to stadia all over the country at away games, and later Liverpool (fave team) around. Every stadium review - like all my reviews - are from first-hand personal experience, usually from several visits. In 2011, I was on music tour in the UK, and visited most stadiums for fun in my spare time. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was "stuck" in UK for 3 months, I went to hundreds yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at most, which I'll post later. Also, when back in UK I'll take more pix, and add more stadia! *** return to regular review *** It's not the best attended stadium, and it has open corners, so I have to dock it a point, but for a little town like Blackburn it's a really fabulous size and a good atmosphere and a very tough place to come and play for any given team. Some of my fave games were here, it has really great memories. A long time ago, I snuck into the stadium through a gate that a groundsman left open, and managed to go on the pitch. That was a really glorious moment. Maybe 10 years ago. Hopefully it will be a Premier League stadium again soon. Jack Walker pretty much built this stadium. Yay him. It was built in 1882!

Most fans love going to Ewood Park, well away fans anyway. Not that you're guaranteed three points…read more- Blackburn Rovers, although they will always struggle to regain their Jack Walker and Alan Shearer inspired success of the mid-nineties, have consistently been a club that are well managed and will take points of even the top teams. But going to Ewood Park is one of the closest things to going back in time to those days when football didn't have the sugar coated pretensions it has today. For a start, Blackburn being under-supported (or under-populated, depending on who you ask) means that away fans get a good allocation - up to 8,000, plus however many can sneak into the home end. This, together with the excellent pre-match drinking opportunities both outside (The Fernhurst being the biggest and most popular is within spitting distance of the ground and will even put up a marquee outside for the better supported teams) and inside means that there can be a great atmosphere. It rivals Wigan for its choice of pies, and you can normally park on the road a mile or at the most two from the ground. It's nearer Darwen railway station than Blackburn. Get off there and either catch a bus or pub crawl the two miles to the ground. The only thing stopping Ewood getting a 5 star rating is the dreadful electronic entry system that always leaves well supported away fans queing for ages after kick-off. Oh, and it always rains. Get in early and bring a coat with a hood on it. Sorted.