Supporter guides
Practical guides for supporters who go to the stadium: the stats worth keeping, how grounds are counted, how to get a ticket when you are not a member, and how not to ruin a trip abroad. No prices, no timetables — those change. Methods, which do not.
Lire en françaisAn honest comparison of the apps that log the football matches you attend — Futbology, Footbeen, Kopio and the ground trackers — and the one question that decides between them.
Players have stats, so do supporters. The eight numbers worth recording from the matches you attend, what each one really tells you, and the ones that only look impressive.
Every supporter suspects their team does better, or worse, when they are in the stadium. How to calculate your real record, compare it fairly, and tell a pattern from luck.
Groundhopping is the hobby of visiting as many different football stadiums as possible. Here is where it came from, what counts as a ground, and how to start.
Does a friendly count? A rebuilt stadium? A ground you only toured? The counting conventions groundhoppers actually use, and how to pick your own.
How to plan a groundhopping trip to another country: what to sort before you book, what to check with the club, and what to do on matchday itself.
General sale, membership schemes, hospitality, official resale and neutral allocations: how each route actually works, and which ones to avoid.
How stadium segregation works, why the section on your ticket dictates what you can wear, and the matchday habits that keep a groundhopping trip uneventful.
Winter breaks, midweek European nights, cup rounds and non-league kick-off times: how the football year shapes when it is worth travelling, and when it is not.
The three ways groundhoppers record the matches they attend, what each one is genuinely good at, and how to move your history from one to another without losing it.
