Dela salle fc is a fantastic club, football starts from 4 yr old holding group all the way up to…read moreopen age. The club is run profesionally and has been awarded charter standard development status from the FA. Please visit our website http://www.delasallefc.co.uk for more info

Being a Stockport County fan and finding ourselves in division 6, we do end up visiting a number of…read morenew stadiums that we've never been to before. On this occasion it was the Tameside Stadium to see CA play the might County! Official attendance was 1700+ - their usual gate is 300 so you do the maths in terms of how much of the ground we had! Not a bad little place, easily accessible off the M60 and near a tram stop - there's limited seating over in the main stand but nothing else around the park - lots of standing for over 2 hours. I can't really criticise these guys too much as they're not set up for big away days and visiting fans - but we only had a few portaloos and one pie hut - not great and massive queues. Overall a good day out - shame it was a fairly uneventful 0-0 match! £10 in

At the end of platt fields are astro turf pitches after astro turf pitches all bathed in…read morefloodlight. This football mad complex is the Man city academy, delivering the stars of tomorrow. For locals you can play football many different ways here with indoor and outdoor pitches with stands that cater for the fans with every home game. For those who want the best deal around though, its 70 pounds for a year's membership in the gym. This moderately equipped space has plenty of cardio machines from bikes to rowers. There's a small weights section that can become cramped quite often. But you get what you pay for and at £70 this place is a steal. The gym also has a big car park, bike locks, showers and changing facilities and the staff are very helpful. This could be the tip of a new fitness regime!

I've been playing here for 5 years. Their facilities are magnificent and the staff are friendly…read moreand helpful. Remember to book in advance as they have regular slots. It's losing its mcfc branding soon due to mcfc's new facilities in East Manc. It's staying open though so don't worry too much. Losing the branding is no bad thing if you're a red like me

Boundary Park, home to Oldham Athletic Football Club, currently of League Two. The stadium is…read moreactually much closer to Chadderton and Royton, compared to Oldham town centre, so getting to the stadium via public transport can be a little more difficult than most other clubs in a similar division to Oldham Athletic. I've visited here a couple of times now, including watching my own team, Manchester City play in a pre-season friendly here, as well as visiting the stadium for my own leisure since then. The stadium was renovated in 2014 yet is still showing signs of its' age now especially in the away section which feels run down and sometimes unsafe, and holds just over 13,000 people at full capacity, the blue seats with "Latics" across makes one of the more notable sites in the stadium, which is one of the coldest in the country. 3* - The stadium is fine for a club like Oldham, but there are much better local stadiums within Greater Manchester worth checking out before this one if you're a neutral.

I'm not very good with boundaries. I usually park myself right on them and then cross them…read morefrequently. Which is why all my exs call me "Boundary Park" and this stadium was named after me. I'm also very direct, and I take ages to .com when I am playing indoor bedroom sports. So the sponsored name is for me too. Thankfully my darling doesn't have, nor appreciate, boundaries, so it's okay for me to park there, so we're perfect for each other. First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - Alex (who lives just north of Manchester) and I used to go to stadiums when I lived in the area as a kid. We went to every single one in the Greater MCR area, including Boundary Park a few times. The only time we ever saw a live game there was Oldham vs Rochdale and it was a violent affair on the field, and well supported off it. But as a purely aesthetic person (not really but let's pretend), the stadium is not one of the best. It needs some work and is not the most comfortable nor crowd-friendly. Still, they make a nice din despite that, and hopefully at some point in the future there will be renovations. I was here as recently as 2014. 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 *** This used to be a plastic pitch, much like Luton, and so of course I'm going to like it (who doesn't like plastic? Speaking of my darling) but when it comes to pitches, I like playing on astro but it's pretty awful for professional athletes and used to cause a lot of injuries and so they outlawed it. This stadium is one of the coldest, it opened in 1904, and hosts a meager 10k people. It's a decent stadium but there are much better ones even with the smaller teams in Manchester. There are 4 or 5 other reviews of Boundary Park online but they need to be moved over here.

Power League Ardwick is the closest 5-a-side football centre to Manchester town centre. Power…read moreLeague is the biggest 5-a-side football company in the world and you can tell why. Compared with other places to play in Manchester, for example the Armitage Centre, its just a cut above. Pitches are either sand-based Astroturf or (if you're lucky) the fake grass with the rubbery bits (technical term). Either of these are preferable (and safer) to the concrete of the Armitage Centre. They run leagues every evening of the week for teams of various levels. Once your team have played a few games they'll put you in the right league so you're playing competitive and worthwhile games every week. This is the main thing that makes Power League worth the money. There's nothing worse than winning 25-0 one week and losing 18-1 the next (actually happened to me at the Armitage). You also get a referee which makes a huge difference. Also, they've got a TV so you can watch a bit of football as it should be played after your miserable attempt (if United are on)

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.

An all-weather astro turf pitch. The pitch can be illuminated for use in the evenings, and public…read moretoilets are located within the changing rooms (dependent on opening times). Played here 2 or 3 times. Nice quality pitch. Fences are high so less likely football is kicked over - if your not good. However, if you do kick it over, it could take at least a couple minutes to get it back. If in the most inconvenient place, even longer! You can either hire half the pitch - suitable for about 8-9 a side or the full match - for 11 a side games. The car park is at one end of the pitch - on a previous visit, the "gate" in the fence could be opened. This time, it was locked so you have to walk the long way around - only a problem if your lazy! Also, if people are playing on the full size pitch and the goals over the fence, there is a risk of car(s) being hit.

If your mother really upsets you, you might yell FCUM! But that would be really rude. Anyway, I'm…read moremore familiar with A-grade than F-grade, so you won't get any FCUM from me. First-Hand Experience: They're a very important team... the real Manchester United, if you will. With normal prices for normal fans. So I love the idea, and made it a point to go and see them play in 07, when they were much lower down than they are now. They've risen up a few times since then so I'm looking forward to seeing them at a higher level. If they make it into the football league I will be so happy. I'll probably stop in and watch them again in 2016 since it's been nearly 10 years. Full marks for FCUM who decided that Manchester United were too corporate and too expenive and formed their own club which was more tied to the community and the roots of the team. It's basically an identical club, except that they play in the colours that United did back at the beginning when they were known as Newton Heath. Or at least they used to when I knew them, it looks like they've settled on United red now. They were formed in 2005 and have already been promoted 4 times. Their brand new stadium which is opening now, can hold around 5k people.They're 3 tiers below the Football League and 7 tiers below the coveted Premier League.

An amazing day out full of drama. I'm not a fan of football but I enjoyed watching these.read more