Anfield tops English league stadiums on Google with 4.7 stars, Stevenage's SPORTA Arena bottom on 4.0
Reader audit ranks Anfield highest
"As someone who occasionally has to search for stadiums to find directions and the like, I always enjoy that people take the time to rate their experience of visiting a football ground," writes Will Unwin. "Hull City, for example, have 4.3 stars from 3,655 reviews. I therefore ponder … which grounds have the highest and lowest Google rating?"
Pete Tomlin replied with a full sweep of the Football League: "I have literally searched every home football ground in the Football League via Google and I have recorded the rating and number of votes for every one," he says.
The range is narrow. The highest recorded rating is 4.7 and the lowest is 4.0. Where scores are tied, the higher number of votes decides the ranking.
Top of the table
"The highest overall is Anfield (Liverpool) with a rating of 4.7 from 54,546 votes. Only two other clubs have achieved a 4.7 rating: Tottenham Hotspur (26,545 votes) and Nottingham Forest’s City Ground (2,245 votes)."
Just behind on 4.6 are:
- Old Trafford/Manchester United – 54,535 votes
- Emirates Stadium/Arsenal – 34,778 votes
- City of Manchester Stadium/Manchester City – 32,246 votes
- Stamford Bridge/Chelsea – 25,434 votes
- St James’ Park/Newcastle United – 12,116 votes
- Elland Road/Leeds United – 10,066 votes
"Not surprisingly, the bigger and more successful clubs tend to have the higher ratings. The nine highest-rated grounds are all Premier League clubs."
Division leaders
The highest ranked Championship ground is Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Molineux in 11th position with a rating of 4.6 from 7,408 votes.
League One fares better than the Championship at the top end: Leicester City/King Power Stadium is 10th with 4.6 from 7,573 votes.
League Two’s highest rated ground is Exeter City’s St James’ Park – ranked 31st with a score of 4.5 from 246 votes.
Bottom of the table
The lowest ranked Premier League ground is Hull City’s MKM Stadium at 4.3 from 3,676 votes.
The lowest Championship ground is QPR (Loftus Road), down in 85th position with a rating of 4.1 from 3,458 votes.
Only two grounds in the Football League have been rated at 4.0: Oxford United’s Kassam Stadium (2,506 votes) and Stevenage’s SPORTA Arena in 92nd position – "my club!" – with 350 votes.