Fratton Park (Portsmouth FC)

I've been to Fratton Park three consecutive seasons as an away fan and unfortunately i have been less impressed each visit. When you enter Portsmouth by road, you'll be in a lot of traffic on a match day but the good thing is that there is enough residential parking areas very close to the ground to make the journey easy. If it wasn't for the floodlights you would have trouble locating the ground with it being tightly surrounded by residential areas. I found it quite comical on the way out the ground seeing a Portsmouth fan just walk a few metres down the road to his front door. Once inside the ground, you can see that it isn't a glamorous ground but an old ...  Read the complete review

From my perspective as an away fan the ground is terrible. However after my team recently got relegated i wont have to worry about that as i will no doubt be visiting grounds alot worse. I think this is possibly along with craven cottage the worst ground in the top flite however i can say the fans are up there with the best in the league. After a move to the south coast i often head over to fratton when the top teams are playing there to watch a game of football and i am never dissapointed. Yes the ground is a let down, but the fans and there players certainly give there all week in week out which is more than can be said for some of these top clubs. A credit to the ...  Read the complete review

Fratton Park is the home ground of Portsmouth Football Club who play in the English Premier League. Most stadiums of teams in this league are very modern now days, either new builds or redeveloped over the years, Fratton Park is one of the few exceptions. The stadium is like no other in the division and a very tough place for away teams to come, just last night they almost beat the mighty AC Milan and I bet players like Ronaldinho and Seedorf had never played in an arena like it! Although the ground is old, it is all seated and has a capacity of 20,700; very small in Premier League terms. However, what the ground lacks in size it makes up for in atmosphere ...  Read the complete review

From away fans perspective it is the worst ground in the league. To be honest, there are many better grounds in lower leagues than Fratton Park. I've been to Fratton Park twice as an away fan and definitely none better each time. The first time i arrived just in time for kick off which i wasnt happy about as it gave me no time for drinks, singing in the pub and everything which helps make it a better day with all away games with Man United. My first opinion was the poor facilities around the ground and the amount of police compared to most other away days. The site of portaloo's are not good as well as it taking a long time to get in to the ground ...  Read the complete review

Having been born in, and living in Portsmouth all my life, when it comes to football there can be only one team for me... Portsmouth (or Pompey as it is commonly known). My first trip to Fratton Park, Pompey's home ground, was back in 1992, and I now go to every match that I can get to. Fratton Park is notorious for being "the worst ground in the Premiership" - but is this opinion justified ? Admittedly, the ground is very old - not a lot has changed from my first visit apart from the obvious transformation of the terraces where I first stood into an all seater ground. The seats are plastic, with not a lot of leg room, but serve their purpose. ...  Read the complete review