A Daily Mail Sport journalist has completed a tour of all 92 current English Football League grounds for a second time, finishing the challenge on February 23, 2026 at Hill Dickinson Stadium, the new home of Everton, for a match against Manchester United.
The writer first completed the set on April 1, 2025, at Harrogate Town's Exercise Stadium. That achievement was short-lived. Everton moved out of Goodison Park and into the new stadium on the banks of the River Mersey, leaving the writer one ground short again until the trip to Merseyside in February 2026.
To mark the milestone, the journalist ranked all 92 grounds from worst to best for Daily Mail Sport, covering clubs from the Premier League down to League Two.
Millwall's Den bottom of the list
The Den, home of Millwall, was ranked 92nd and last. The writer said they are currently banned from the ground in a professional capacity after the Daily Mail reported on a challenge by Millwall goalkeeper Liam Roberts on Crystal Palace's Jean-Philippe Mateta during an FA Cup tie at Selhurst Park in March last year.
MK Dons, Oxford and West Ham fill out the bottom five
Stadium MK, home of MK Dons since the club moved from Wimbledon in 2003, was ranked 91st.
Oxford United's Kassam Stadium was 90th. The ground has only three completed sides after the fourth was abandoned because of rising costs when the club moved from the Manor Ground around the turn of the century. Firoz Kassam still owns the stadium but not the club, and Oxford are hoping to move to a new stadium north of the city within a couple of years.
West Ham United's London Stadium, built as the Olympic Stadium for London 2012, was ranked 89th.
Hillsborough and grounds in the 80s
Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough was 88th. The writer noted its association with the 1989 disaster that killed 97 Liverpool fans, and said fans of Newcastle United and Leeds United have reported serious safety concerns in the Leppings Lane End in the last couple of years.
Northampton Town's Sixfields was ranked 87th, with the writer citing redevelopment delays and questions about missing money.
Crawley Town's Broadfield Stadium was 86th. The club is owned by Wagmi United LLC, a group of US cryptocurrency investors; Wagmi stands for "We're All Gonna Make It."
Coventry City's Coventry Building Society Arena, formerly the Ricoh Arena and once owned by the hedge fund SISU, was ranked 85th. The writer watched Coventry beat Wayne Rooney's Birmingham City there last season under new owner Doug King.
More grounds near the foot of the table
Colchester United's JobServe Community Stadium was 84th. The writer saw Colchester beat Chesterfield 1-0 there on a foggy night last March.
Walsall's Poundland Bescot Stadium, close to the M6 and a seven-minute walk from Walsall station, was ranked 83rd.
Wigan Athletic's Brick Community Stadium, formerly Springfield Park, the JJB Stadium and the DW Stadium, was 82nd. The writer recalled Wigan's first Premier League home game there, against Jose Mourinho's Chelsea in 2005.
Shrewsbury Town's Croud Meadow, successor to the flood-prone Gay Meadow on the banks of the River Severn, was ranked 81st.
Reading's Select Car Leasing Stadium, formerly the Madejski Stadium and once known as the "Mad Stad," owned now by Dai Yongge, was 80th.
Derby County's Pride Park, described as bland and featureless, was ranked 79th as the club sits near the foot of the Championship.
Tyson Fury's jaw threat at Bolton
Further up the list, the writer placed Bolton Wanderers' Toughsheet Community Stadium 38th, recalling an interview there with Tyson Fury ahead of his world title fight with Wladimir Klitschko. After the interview was published, Fury said his brother, Shane, would break the writer's jaw "completely" with a straight right hand, telling the writer, addressed as Oliver: "He's 6ft 6in and 25 stone... that's the face you're going to see before you hit the deck."
Stockport County's Edgeley Park tops the countdown
At number 20, Chelsea's Stamford Bridge was named the writer's pick for best food in the Premier League, thanks to the press room at the Bridge.
The top 10 opened with Manchester United's Old Trafford at number 10, praised for the Holy Trinity statue of George Best, Bobby Charlton and Denis Law, and for memories of United beating Diego Maradona's Barcelona 3-0 in the Cup Winners' Cup in March 1984. Leeds United's Elland Road was 9th, followed by Newcastle United's St James' Park at 8th, where the writer urged the club not to go ahead with plans to build a new stadium next to the current site.
Barrow's Holker Street was ranked 7th, praised despite restricted views for its atmosphere during a Cumbrian derby against Carlisle United in late February. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, opened in 2019, was 6th, and AFC Wimbledon's Cherry Red Records Stadium, visited for a game against MK Dons last September, was 5th.
Exeter City's St James Park, fan-owned for more than two decades, was ranked 4th. The writer described the ground's Big Bank terrace, now the biggest in English football, and a note left for visiting Stockport County fans thanking them for travelling 474 miles, with every away fan given a free cup of tea.
Everton's Hill Dickinson Stadium was ranked 3rd, with the writer calling it a standard-bearer for the new generation of English stadiums and highlighting its position on the Mersey next to the Victoria Tower, also known as the Dockers' Clock.
Liverpool's Anfield came in at number 2, with the writer singling out the 2005 Champions League semi-final second leg against Chelsea as the noisiest atmosphere they had witnessed there.
Stockport County's Edgeley Park was ranked number 1. The writer, a Stockport season ticket holder, first attended a game there on April 9, 1979, with their father, and credited current owner Mark Stott with rebuilding the club and its Cheadle End facilities since it returned to the Football League.
