Quiz: can you identify these former football grounds?

1. 

   Let's kick off in the Premier League. Which former ground is this?

   1. Highbury

   2. Upton Park

   3. Maine Road

   4. Ayresome Park

2. 

   Steve Heighway of Liverpool shoots for goal at which ground in 1975?

   1. Vetch Field

   2. White Hart Lane

   3. The Baseball Ground

   4. White City Stadium

3. 

   Which northern footballing fortress is pictured here?

   1. Ayresome Park

   2. Roker Park

   3. Maine Road

   4. Burnden Park

4. 

   A grim scene outside which former lower-league ground?

   1. Feethams, Darlington

   2. Boothferry Park, Hull

   3. Belle Vue, Doncaster

   4. Elm Park, Reading

5. 

   Which much-loved former Premier League ground is this?

   1. The Dell

   2. White Hart Lane

   3. Upton Park

   4. Highfield Road

6. 

   Over to mainland Europe now – where are these Manchester United players training?

   1. Vicente Calderón, Madrid

   2. Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin

   3. Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

   4. Kirov Stadium, St Petersburg

7. 

   A wintry scene at which club's former home?

   1. Brighton

   2. Bristol Rovers

   3. Brentford

   4. Bradford Park Avenue

8. 

   One picture, 198 caps: Gordon Banks and Peter Shilton are pictured in training at which Midlands venue?

   1. The Victoria Ground

   2. Filbert Street

   3. The Baseball Ground

   4. Saltergate

9. 

   Which former ground in the north of England is seen in this aerial photo?

   1. Springfield Park, Wigan

   2. Burnden Park, Bolton

   3. Millmoor, Rotherham

   4. Roker Park, Sunderland

10. 

    Back to the continent now. Which European giants used to play here?

    1. Porto

    2. Atlético Madrid

    3. Bayern Munich

    4. Barcelona

11. 

    Which current top-flight side used to play here?

    1. Manchester City

    2. West Ham

    3. Tottenham

12. 

    This is a picture of the farewell ceremony – from which stadium?

    1. Roker Park

    2. The Dell

    3. The Victoria Ground

    4. Griffin Park

13. 

    A couple of questions for the football ground purists now. Which UK city is pictured here?

    1. Belfast

    2. Cardiff

    3. Edinburgh

    4. London

14. 

    Here's a memorable World Cup match from 1974 – played in which German team's former home?

    1. Bayern Munich

    2. Schalke

    3. Fortuna Düsseldorf

    4. Borussia Mönchengladbach

15. 

    Time to turn out the lights. But first: where is this?

    1. Griffin Park

    2. The Dell

    3. Millmoor

    4. Christie Park

Solutions

1:A - It's the former home of Arsenal – now redeveloped into 650 flats, with a communal garden where the pitch used to be. The most expensive apartments will set you back over £1.5m., 2:C - Derby won this game 2-0 on their way to the title, with Liverpool finishing second. The Rams left their historic home for Pride Park in 1997, and it was demolished in 2003. A Derby fan, George Glover, scored the final goal at the ground in a friendly match between supporters., 3:A - It's the former home of Middlesbrough FC. The game in question is perhaps the most famous to be played at the old stadium – North Korea's shock 1-0 win over Italy at the 1966 World Cup., 4:C - In 1995 the ground's Main Stand was damaged by a fire, with the club chairman, Ken Richardson, eventually found guilty of conspiracy to arson and jailed for four years. Doncaster Rovers left the stadium in 2005; it has since been replaced by a housing estate., 5:C - The Boleyn Ground, to use its proper name, was West Ham's home from 1904 to 2016 before they relocated to the London Stadium in Stratford. Before it was demolished, the old ground was used as the setting for Final Score, a 2018 action film starring Dave Bautista., 6:B - United players returned the following day to beat Juventus 3-2 and reach the 1999 Champions League final. The stadium was built for Italia 90 but was never popular with Juve or Torino fans, and in 2006 it was knocked down, with the Allianz Stadium built in its place. Torino returned to their previous home, the renamed Stadio Olimpico., 7:A - The Goldstone Ground in Hove, pictured in 1963, was the Seagulls' home until 1997 when chairman Bill Archer sold it, plunging the then fourth-tier club into uncertainty. After 14 nomadic years, Brighton moved into the Amex Stadium in 2011. The Goldstone is now a retail park., 8:B - Banks and Shilton both played for Stoke and Leicester but their careers overlapped at Filbert Street. The two England keepers are pictured in 1965, a year before Banks won the World Cup., 9:B - This picture was taken in 1992, by which time one corner of the ground was taken up by a supermarket. Wanderers relocated to the Reebok Stadium in 1997 and, while the Normid store didn't last, the town-centre site is now home to an Asda., 10:B - It's the Estadio Vicente Calderón, Atléti's home ground between 1966 and 2017., 11:A - It's Maine Road, home of City through their initial glory years and prolonged decline. The club were back in the Premier League for the ground's final season, but ended with a 1-0 home defeat to Southampton. A move to what was then the City of Manchester Stadium led to dramatically better days; the old ground in Moss Side is now a housing estate., 12:C - 'The Vic' was Stoke's home for 119 years before they moved to the Britannia Stadium in 1997. Sir Stanley Matthews, pictured above, was one of the club legends there to wave it goodbye., 13:B - It's Ninian Park, former home of Cardiff City. The match in question is Wales' 1958 World Cup qualifying playoff against Israel. Wales went on to reach the quarter-finals at the tournament., 14:B - The Parkstadion in Gelsenkirchen, former home of Schalke, hosted this game between Brazil and Zaire, as well as Yugoslavia's 9-0 win over the African debutants. , 15:A - The former home of Brentford – with a pub on each corner – closed in 2020 when the Bees moved into the nearby Gtech Community Stadium. It's currently being redeveloped into social housing.

Scores

1. 13 and above.

   It's a full house – congratulations

2. 7 and above.

   A decent turnout – well played

3. 0 and above.

   Unlucky – the fans are leaving in droves