National League North Stadiums

We showcase the grounds of the National League North, part of English Football's 6th tier. They are actually better than you might expect from 6th tier grounds. Thanks for watching!

[@jamesBFC1887]

The fact that thousands of people (including myself) still go to watch matches in the SIXTH TIER is one of the best things about English football

[@jamesgill3759]

Let’s not forget that the clubs in the National Leagues North and South sit 117th to 139th in our pyramid

[@217ken]

I think it would be 117 to 164 (48 teams combined between them)

[@jamesgill3759]

24 teams (I thought there were 22) but they all sit at level six

[@TH1RDP3RSON]

@@jamesgill3759 but there's two divisions in that tier hence 48 teams

[@jamesgill3759]

@@TH1RDP3RSON yes but the winners of each division will both finish 117th in the pyramid

[@robdavies82]

True fact about Chester FC. Their geographic location nearly got them into trouble, as technically most of the seating is in Wales, and there were times during the pandemic when England & Wales had different rules regarding events. Wales still hasn’t legalised large gatherings, but England had, so the club were investigated when thousands of fans “had a gathering”.

[@davidandrewartha5275]

Kiddy beating reading 😉

[@mrgreatbritain]

Just shows how illogical the rules really where if gatherings were dangerous in most of the stadium but not the rest

[@vinniesuperstar8923]

he used the google maps boundary on the video, is there another boundary drawn somewhere because how can there be any debate of how much of the stadium is in Wales? Not most of the seating, ALL of the seating. All of the stadium apart from a slither of the clubhouse.

[@captainwealthy]

The greatest socialist hoax of all time. It died a death, once people 'used it' to get rid of three World leaders the Woke disapproved of. We know.

[@georgemaund4964]

Lockdown....the worst political decision ever, responsible for many of our current problems.

[@9EscFan5]

It barely matters which league you cover, your voice over-ing is always very enjoyable to listen to!

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

Glad you enjoy them. Cheers!

[@kentdc86]

look forward to seeing the national league south stadiums

[@G.F0RD]

As an American, I like these small league stadiums. Bradford was my favorite, based on the video.

[@Forestgravy90]

Flamingoland is actually a bit of a thrillseeker's paradise with loads of big roller coasters and thrill rides, for what it's worth

[@archstanton6102]

Been there a few times in my yputh

[@luxford60]

I worked there during the summer when I was at university in York, a long time ago now.

[@markjenner7199]

The ups and downs of following scarbrough FC 🤔☺️

[@edinsoncavanirespector9078]

You sir have won a new subscriber love your delivery whilst describing these stadiums

[@lee2thea863]

Nice to see The Walks here. It's not often that little King's Lynn Town gets mentioned. Especially since who else plays football in Norfolk.

[@markjenner7199]

Coming from Ipswich I agree. That's the only decent club in Norfolk 🤭

[@johntopley3737]

Boston United is a fantastic stadium and will be a great stadium when it is finished

[@Sportspenguin77]

The Curzon Ashton stadium has a statue of the 3 world cup winners born in the town. Geoff Hurst, Jimmy Armfield of England and Simone Perotta🇮🇹

[@Jamie-ye7fu]

8:13 - Gloucester City are interesting because they have only just returned to that stadium in December 2020 after playing 15 miles away in a different town for 13 years after flooding in 2007 left the ground almost 8 feet under water. A combination of a lack of insurance due to previous flooding - this being the third time in seventeen years - and contamination by sewage water, the club had no choice but to abandon the ground

[@chrisjackson9626]

Some of these clubs have played further up the ladder and have had some interesting histories. For example in 1972 Hereford knocked Newcastle United out of the FA Cup and this occurred at the mentioned Edgar Street.

[@vinniesuperstar8923]

different club.

[@stephenreardon2698]

@@vinniesuperstar8923 Regrettably so. As my dad says old Mr Weston would be turning in his grave if he could see how badly its last owners treated it

[@jamesBFC1887]

Darlo put 7 past Chelsea in the 1958 fa cup fourth round. (Admittedly that 7 was across 2 games, the initial 3-3 draw and the 4-1 replay victory but still)

[@bionicgeekgrrl]

I believe Southport were a long standing league team until the 70s?

[@markthomas1668]

@@bionicgeekgrrl Replaced in the league by Wigan Athletic via the re-election process in 1978 - they had been Division 4 champions in 1972/73. Subsequently won NPL in 92/93 and Conf North in 2004/5 and 2009/10, spent a good few years in the Conference too.

[@neilwhitaker6284]

yes probably the latter :) I really like the Hereford United stadium and the Buxton one for the peak of the peaks of the Peak District in the background. King's Lynn was pretty good too.

[@colinuk1984]

I'm a Darlington fan and can say that's a good view to have. That bigger stadium is used by a rugby team now. Was always cold too

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

That big stadium in Darlington is ridiculous but at least someone is using it.

[@colinuk1984]

@Chester Donnelly yep. Should never have been built. The owner was crook. It gets 800 fans in for a rugby game. Used now for mainly concerts

[@samuelpinder1215]

​@@chesterdonnelly1212 it was a covid jab centre for a while as well

[@neilbowers6956]

I'm originally from Brackley Town and the stadium has changed so much since I last went to watch them. I am old enough to remember when they celebrated getting their flood lights in 1988.

[@JDS07]

I love this channel, found it through your Super (rugby) League video, come on Wigan. I support my hometown Chorley who are in this league, thanks for the video!

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

Thank you for watching!

[@mrgreatbritain]

Loved Edgar Street! Such character behind it. The two tiers is cool and curved stand sets it apart from the rest! Nice go see Hereford’s phoenix club on the up again

[@stephenreardon2698]

Whilst the 2 ends form relatively conventional stands for a stadium of it era, the Len Weston stand actual curves in toward the centre as it follows the course of the road at its rear not the straight line of the pitch in front. Edgar Street was also the only stadium regularly outside the top tier of English football to have 2 two-tier stands until 1990's. At the time a good investment of the money they got from the council when road widening led to the destruction of the stand's predecessor.

[@mattt8253]

Great to see 'The Walks' featured. I enjoy the atmosphere more at some of these smaller stadiums with terracing, rather than at the larger all seater sterile arenas.

[@markjenks2027]

Love your vids and humour. Hoping to do my 23rd ground in the division next week let down by the conference South this weekend arrived at Hungerford to find the game off despite no advertised pitch inspection after a three and a half hour drive!

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

Glad you enjoy them. Thanks for watching.

[@richl6966]

Yeah great except he does zero research and doesn't know anything about the grounds.

[@paulalexander8874]

Totally disagree with a lot you say in the video, but it was well put and I really enjoyed it! Maybe a generation gap between us but I love Kiddermister’s ground. In years time when people have forgotten what an “old, traditional English stadium” looked like, you can just direct them straight to Kiddie as their place still has a lot of life in her yet 💪

[@richl6966]

It's a poorly researched video by a guy with little interest in the subject and a boring voice.

[@redbeardRL]

What song is playing in the background of the video itself? The song in the description is for the outro.

[@1414Tricky]

I came through the youth system at Farsley in the early 90's played at the Citadel (formerly Throstles nest) many times.

[@theamatuerarchivist]

love your vids

[@misterjoao8792]

I m a fan to English Football ❤❤, i m portuguese. I follow this league

[@vamoscruceros]

Forward Madison (USL League One) needs to play a friendly at Flamingo Land.

[@AvaSchutte]

AFC Telford United's stadium New Bucks Head is called that because the old stadium (which was on the same site as the new one) was called The Bucks head, which was also the name of a pub attached to the ground. The clubs nickname is the Bucks! The pub was still there when the new ground was built but unfortunately in recent times it has now been converted into a dominoes pizza! Maybe we should change the name of the stadium to dominoes Park or something lol

[@richl6966]

One thing you can't accuse this guy of tbf is knowing what he is on about or doing any research.

[@shaunybwfc123]

I've spent a lot of time in victory park as Chorley are my second team brilliant stadium and an amazing club. I've also been to AFC Fylde in the away end and it's not a good day out hahaha

[@thunderspike1892]

Remember playing The Manager in the early 90's on Amiga. Always had 3-4 teams. Always Telford and Altrincham because I thought their names sounded cool. And of course my favorite team West Ham

[@hamburghsteelers]

My favorite english club played on New Windmill park of Leamington one week ago. My favorite club in England is actually Leamington.

[@nleak92]

You should also do national league South as well

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

It's in the works.

[@Courtneyobrien19]

Can i ask will you be doing a video on j-2 and J-3 stadiums?

[@TeeeganPRODZ]

Can you please do a video on ASUN basketball arenas,I’m a big fan of your channel because I like learning about all of these different stadiums so why would I not be subbed to you,P.S your my fav KZbin channel

[@TeeeganPRODZ]

Since you put a heart can you maybe?

[@luckytronasmrluckyfri4276]

great content

[@robbiefindlay]

Croft Park Blyth my favourite Football Venue apart from Park View Road, Welling home of my home town Team Welling United FC.

[@richinleam]

Leamington's ground has a great view of the nearby Chesterton Windmill.

[@Liverpoolarcool]

Thanks so much

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

Enjoyed that very much, love the humour. 23 out of 24 names pronounced correctly 👏 (it’s ‘Lemmington’ not ‘Leamington’), though you lose half a mark for ‘Pederborough’ - which has unfortunate connotations!

[@davidyaconis7002]

Thank you for the Moon Dance.

[@subparnaturedocumentary]

they really have some neat grounds even for this low tier!

[@ianpodmore9666]

It's called New Bucks Head because it was built on the site of the original Bucks Head. It was called the Bucks Head after the pub virtually outside the ground.

[@richl6966]

Well this guy isn't going to do any research. It's like a rubbish year 9 presentation with stock footage and droning voiceover.

[@robbiefindlay]

Are you doing the National League South Stadiums?

[@archstanton6102]

The World Wide of Stadiums - now sponsored by Aldi

[@richardandalison1]

Blackwell Meadow, Darlington is primarily a rugby ground, owned and used by Darlington RUFC.

[@jones1068]

I waa at the Flamingo Land Stadium in Scarborough on Good Friday watching Scarborough Athletic v Curzon Ashton.

[@edwardburek1717]

I agree that Fylde's ground is the best, but the New Bucks Head and the Jakemans stadium don't look too shabby. Although Leamington's ground is closest to me, I still can't figure out why they call it the New Windmill ground, when their nickname is the Brakes. If they get round to building a new stadium, the three examples mentioned previously could be used as suitable templates. Thanks for highlighting the National League North - on to the National League South.

[@richinleam]

The original Windmill Ground, was situated next to The Windmill pub (still there). A windmill itself stood until 1968 in what is now the pub’s car park. The reference to The Brakes is a nod to Lockheed whose factory was opposite, at the time they produced brake parts for the automotive industry.

[@HatterTobias]

Don't Leamington have a windmill in their logo?

[@ryanking7787]

Would like to just make a correction. Boston did not own the stadium they previously played at. They paid a very high rent. The landlords also wanted them to move out say they could sell the land. It was in the interests of Boston to build their own stadium. They can now look to make some progress as a club, something that wasn't really possible before.

[@squidtentoes8110]

Maybe you can do a little history with stadiums as a video idea 💡 like wimbledons stadium

[@Shakemon]

Next National League South and IPL Please

[@jamisbillson4872]

Love these videos.

[@dazzer273]

Have you done the Irish second tier Airtricity First Division yet? Cool video

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

It's in the works.

[@dazzer273]

Brilliant, looking forward to seeing it. They are all very different in that league and hopefully Finn Harps can finally finish their new stadium soon 🙄

[@davidyaconis7002]

Not all heroes wear capes.

[@kdlofty]

New Bucks Head is called that because the old ground on the same site was called Bucks Head.

[@ciaranburke6252]

Great job next up national league south surely

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

It's in the making.

[@benmichaelblackwell1880]

Getting closer to the northern premier league

[@indochinajames3372]

Will you do the south?

[@BOMBADIDIL]

I’ve played at horsfall stadium against park avenue and it is a very good pitch and is artificial grass.

[@1bkrr]

Cold up northhh Buxton FC 🔵⚪️🔵⚪️

[@TheDucatiPilot]

I love these smaller stadiums. I'm surprised some of these are in the 6th DIV.

[@drewswallow6043]

It’s just shows how good the English league system is. Some of these wouldn’t look out of place in some countries second tiers!

[@n0p6861]

I’ve always liked Banbury

[@1984aok]

Hereford probally my favourite

[@sync232]

KING OF THE NORF

[@vinniesuperstar8923]

Our ground is newer than Scarborough if theirs opened in 2017, ours opened in 2020.

[@Joshua-uw7wm]

It is blowing my mind how many soccer stadiums and teams an island has

[@stevecooksley]

You can go down the pyramid even further and still get teams attracting over 2,000 people. Telly is rubbish on a Saturday afternoon.

[@luxford60]

To be fair, it's a relatively large island with 60 million people living on it.

[@bionicgeekgrrl]

4 league tiers of professional teams above this league, plus the 5th tier (national league). There are loads of tiers below 6th as well as every town will have small teams, which is the real root of the game.

[@declanthomas1996]

National League south stadiums next please

[@doommonger7784]

Were is the Southport stadium Haig Avenue capacity 5.400.

[@bionicgeekgrrl]

Its featured, its not been called haig avenue since 2012. Though like the Coventry stadium, the locals will still call it by the original name (in the case of Coventry that'd be ricoh arena). Visited haig avenue many many years ago as my mums side of the family all live there.

[@yellowbelly2855]

Although Boston's new ground has better facilities, I still prefer the old York Street ground. Fantastic little football ground right in the town centre, such a shame we had to lose it.

[@supravatpoddar8746]

Please do ISL stadiums

[@dennisud]

The 6th Teir... Really?!?!?!? That's a lot of little Stadiums! BTW, Did you know there are 5 Professional Soccer Leagues in North America? Just a thought! ;-)

[@cxllen9314]

can you make a keuken kampioen divisie video?

[@willjennings5252]

Heres hoping that Coalville Town are in this round up next year

[@jimmy-stourbridge-fc8980]

As a Stourbridge I bloody hope just to wipe the smile of the those arrogant barstewards at Tamworth.

[@jacklacoste2613]

Where they doo the match is beautiful💖💖💖💖💖💖💖❤

[@davidpreston9909]

It would be good if someone looked at a map and explained to me why some of these clubs are in the National League NORTH.

[@richardfurness7556]

Of the three leagues at Tier 7, two consist of clubs from the south of England. Under the present system, the Northern Premier League provides only 2 of the 8 teams promoted to the National League. The rest will almost certainly all be based south of Birmingham. This has resulted in the north/south divide at Tier 6 shifting gradually southwards.

[@georgerubypoppy1063]

Further to Richard`s answer, there are simply far more clubs in the south of England. The National League could probably do with a Midland division too.

[@prideofdurham4776]

Spennymoor have one of the highest attendance/ town population ratio in non league (10% ) higher than Man Utd and Liverpool (2%)

[@kambatabg5308]

Can you do Bulgaria🇧🇬

[@gavinsmith857]

Ah man , didn’t invclude promoted teams South Shields needs a retrospective add

[@Ra1nman_FM]

WATCHING BANBURY UNITED! PUTTING ON A SHOWWWWWWW

[@Ra1nman_FM]

And our stand now only has red and gold seating

[@rockerjim8045]

kettering town play in Burton Latimer. You might need a mask as the town reeks of Weetabix

[@markjenner7199]

Bet you can't eat three☺️

[@rossgamer2007]

Yeah I watch them sometimes and also play for one of their youth teams and it's reeks of Weetabix I know why it's because there is a Weetabix factory near the stadium

[@gothestags09]

Lived in Leamington for a year once. It was the year they got promoted up to this league. Anyway, a big fuck you for not wanting to talk about them :) Supposedly the same stadium as Fylde is getting built for them, that process has been ongoing for a long time already.

[@timotejaleksandersimonic2048]

Come on, pleaseeeeeee do The Slovenian First Football league soon.

[@luxford60]

National League South next I guess.

[@nickmullerITFC78]

Have u done national south yet 🚜🚜🚜🚜🔵⚪️⚫️

[@miguelalves3765]

Day 2 of asking TWWS to make a video on the portuguese league's stadiums

[@wobblybobengland]

Big hello to all you Scunthorpe United fans!

[@MikeP2055]

I thought putting an artificial turf pitch in a UK football ground was punishable by unspeakable acts of torture followed by immediate deportation?

[@user-lf8cm3op4r]

esos equipos los conozco porque jugue el fifa 2005

[@ryleehancock2289]

How about the south

[@the_tersorium]

C'mon Chester

[@swindontownfantv8148]

Please do national league south too

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

It's in the works.

[@stevecooksley]

@@TheWideWorldofStadiums Please be kind to Welling - we don't have much money.

[@vakama4923]

Glanford Park?

[@georgerubypoppy1063]

Not until next season.

[@vakama4923]

@@georgerubypoppy1063 More of a joke tho they're pretty much there, no chance we stay up now

[@neilpountney9414]

It is sad that some these clubs were in the top tiers of the English leagues it makes me sad for their fans but I guess that is just the way it is. With the cost of attending games people could do worse than to go follow their local 'Non-league" team. I am sure they would appreciate your support.

[@davidelliott6304]

Brackley North

[@Midfielder12]

The Bradford stadium looks very American honestly

[@jimmy-stourbridge-fc8980]

As a Stourbridge fan since 1986 I have been to most of these grounds. Kidderminster has the best food in England and as a Stourbridge fan that bloody kills me to say it. On a negative note you don't have much knowledge on these grounds or teams.

[@simonbell401]

You can't beat a bowl of wheat bisks in the morning covered in milk with a sprinking of sugar on top

[@jaydendowley]

Do nls please !!

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

I'll try to get it done by next week.

[@jaydendowley]

@@TheWideWorldofStadiums great

[@leopard708]

Can you do the rfu championship stadiums next?

[@stbu9709]

Scunny on tour! 😂 🏴🏳️🏴

[@Sportspenguin77]

As a York City fan . You have my sympathies . I hope you get out of The Dog and Duck Recreation League quicker than we managed to .

[@jacklacoste2613]

I all the player the are beautiful💖💖💖😘😘😍

[@emmadestcroix9079]

Darlo