AN EPIC JOURNEY TO EVERY STADIUM IN THIS COUNTRY!
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- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2022
- I visited every football team in the Northern Irish Premiership!!!
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Teams and stadiums that are featured in this vlog:
- Carrick Rangers, Taylor's Avenue
- Larne FC, Inver Park
- Ballymena United, The Showgrounds
- Coleraine, The Showgrounds
- Dungannon Swifts, Stangmore Park
- Portadown, Shamrock Park
- Glenavon, Mourneview Park
- Glentoran, The Oval
- Linfield FC, Windsor Park
- Crusaders, Seaview
- Cliftonville, Solitude
- Newry City, The Showgrounds
I hope you enjoy my journey around the teams of the Danske Bank Premiership!!! PLEASE SUBSCRIBE!!!
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Where would the Northern Irish Premiership teams fall within the Scottish & English pyramid systems???
League 1 or 2 probably… I am from Northern Ireland and we have had some great players transfer over to league 1 or 2 team such as Trai Hume from linfield to Sunderland also i support Portadown and this is great to see for the Irish league
Please come to Derry
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Probably Scottish league 1. Linfield, for example ,would be well beaten by a side like Kelly hearts. In England, the likes of Oldham would win the Irish league,so let's say non league in England
My dad is a Glentoran fan and I went to see a game and I would say about 6th division in England
Great to see you called into Mourneview Park - if you're over again let us know and we'll give you a proper tour of the ground!
There’s nothing too see there ❤️🤍
upa Lurgan Blues 🔵⚪
Can you teach him to pronounce the team name properly while he's there, it seems to be a thing among English youtubers that they pronounce it like they are going door to door selling avon
@@jbeattie02 Its the river avon that the english pronounce it as. Like glen-ayy-von. We pronounce it like glen-ahh-vun in reality. Oh and up the Port's 😉
@@jbeattie02 English can’t even pronounce English places because when AFC Bournemouth made it to the premier league & received attention for the first time since beating Man Utd 3 decades ago only one or two Talksport pundits could pronounce the city the way that everyone in southern England does. They’d all go “ Bourne - Mouth “ when every man & even his dog call it Bore - Muuf .
Ironically a pissed off Notts Forest vlogger called them Boring Muuf ….🏴😁
Great to have you with us Sam 👏
FTG 🇬🇧
COYG
COYG
Upa blues💙🇬🇧
FTG 💙
I am from Greece
i really really love all football associations except the rich one (spain england 1-3 division germany italy )
and I know every team in Europe from all levels even Amateurs .And from your tour around football teams and stadiums I love more my passion for these teams
You are awesome.Greets from Greece
Good to hear, I’m a Clifftonville fan from Northern Ireland
You're telling me you watch the 5th tier of Iceland.
@Anonymous-pn8jt does Iceland have a fifth tier?
@@partickdistel6580 Yes
Really nice to see you give our local sides abit of publicity, as for 4 and 3g pitches they’re allowed at all levels in the Northern Irish League pyramid. They have similar promotion/relegation to Scotland between the pro leagues and amateur leagues. Seen you outside Shamrock Park but couldn’t stop for a chat as I was in a rush. Hope you enjoy your time here
As someone from Belfast, you did a great job.
Impressive work 👏
Met with some Coleraine supporters back in 2000 when they travelled to see their team play Örgryte IS (Sweden) in the Uefa Cup. Had drinks after the game and they were absolute ace the lot of them!
Great video, I’m from Ballymena - unfortunately you went to the wrong entrance to get in, it usually is very accessible at all times. It’s a really big, vibrant, atmospheric stadium full of chanting for the full 90! You have to come back for a game…would be happy to show you around.
I am extremely so happy and heaping my praise on you for your hardwork to be visiting and doing your vlog for all the respective Northern Irish teams,good friend Sam!!!Keep your extremely so fantastic work and long live,good friend!!!:-D
Thank you so much 😊
@@FootyAdventures You are welcome,good friend!!!:-D
Nice to watch the football from smaller leagues.
I'm supporting the Danish club, Viborg FF, a club with some heritage from Britsh and Irish railway workers coming to Denmark in the mid/late 1800s, establishing some of the oldest clubs here.
Viborg FF is an old club after Danish standards, the club dates back to 1896, but it was started as a cricket club back in 1865 - parhaps the first sports club in the country - The railroad workers had some connections with Celtic, so we share the green and white colours and the Shamrock in over logo. I've been playing in the cricket club for more than 30 years.
I can see some of the same developments here as in the smaller clubs in Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland, and I find it fascinating, that my local club here in Denmark share so many things with the clubs in those three countries.
Very interesting, cheers from Dublin shamrock rovers, 🇮🇪
What can I say ? You totally trumped me ! This was EXACTLY what I have wanted to do for about four years, but with my digital camera rather than a Go-Pro ... and you got access inside 10 out of 12 grounds too ! Superb effort ... Having seen the price of taking my car across on a ferry from Liverpool (8 hours journey !!) or hiring one in Belfast for a day or two after flying, I feel there is hardly any point in doing so after watching this, hats off young man ...
Glad to see you visited the one true home of football at 21:04! One thing - it is pronounced 'Glen-AH-von' instead of 'Glen-AY-von' (easy mistake to make tbf). Mourneview Park would be considered one of the best stadiums in the league, but there are elements of the ground that could do with a bit of a facelift now.
You got the time wrong supermarket man, , 32:15 is the
one true home of football, Irelands Football Pioneers,😎
I really love these longer videos where you can just relax and enjoy the journey! Great job covering a league not many people follow!
totally enjoyed this epic trek round the Irish league their is H and W welders who play in the next tier which you could add to list having completed most Fai teams in the republic i need another trip to northern Ireland take in a game
I was in the background of the Windsor Park match. This was a great video. Well done Footy Adventures
Not a football stadium but you should have gone to Ravenhill where Ulster rugby play. Arguably the nicest stadium in Northern Ireland
This was great to see, someone visiting the stadiums around our country and experiencing them for the first time. I only wished you would have gotten inside the Ballymena Showgrounds, because it is a nice stadium and has excellent youth and training facilities.
This trip has been the gift that keeps on giving! I can't get enough of this channel lately
I wasn’t in too good a mental health today but got the enthusiasm to switch computer tablet on & see what was suggested which wasn’t depressing or full of advice or attitude and there yours was. I love Geography History & Football and believe me your work has changed my afternoon. Cheers fella. Thank God you are full of infectious enthusiasm for these locations & teams 👍🏴❤️
Thanks for the kind words mate. I hope you start to feel better. Times are tough just now but wishing you all the best 🙌🏼 thanks again!!
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Yeooo from Carrick
Great videos ,hope you come to Thailand to make footy adventures from Thai fan🇹🇭
Love it mate, glad to see you covering Northern Ireland. Get back ASAP
Great video. Should go to Crusaders vs FC magpies (Gibraltar) next week Europa League Conference Qualifier.
Cliftonville dac would be the better game wouldn’t it?
Amazing vid, such commitment to it and informative as always,
keep up the great work 👍
Love watching your vids and love watching the channel growing even bigger 😀
Just got back from the north. Was fortunate enough to walk into Solitude and the Oval. Absolute relics. Couple of stunning beauties; a time capsule of what football used to be. Solitude has a proper social club in it too. A real boozer. Don’t miss it next time!
Definitely interested in a dedicated video to Belfast Celtic. What a story that is.
You go far and beyond to bring us all football entertainment channel is growing
great video, class to see local teams get featured like this, keep up the good work!
When saying Ballymena say it like ballamena 👌
Loved this. I've been to Glentoran, yes it is definitely old school. Most of the other grounds look very tidy though and I bet they have good atmosphere.
Yeah, Glentoran's stadium is incredible! The full video from there should be out tomorrow or the next day :)
@@FootyAdventures did you go into their away end toilets ? No joke absolutely disgusting you have to piss up against a brick wall the smell is horrendous
They are a totally disgusting club did they happen to tell you that they also have a CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER playing for them and also an IRA SYMPATHISER ? that club are rotten to the core real dirty bunch
BELFAST LINFIELD CHAMPIONS🇬🇧
Belfast Celtic is a club but are now competing in the ballymena provisional and intermediate league, one of the 4th divisions
Newtownards (or simply Ards) was a top club for many years. What I found interesting about Ards ground is that it was next to a private airport and small planes would come into land from time to time ... you would nearly think if the goalie was to take a goal kick he might hit one the planes coming into land. lol
I,think,Ards,drew,,nil,nil,with,Italian,club,roma,,at,Castlereagh,,,park
Many,years,ago,surprised,,this,is,never,mentioned
They have a nice pet/goat farm.
Thank you for coming to visit our Larne grounds 👍
Looks like a great place to watch a game from thar side view
You are amazing with your knowledge and research. We are in the close season and you travel everywhere. Its going to be amazing once you watch some live games again. Do you ever spend time at home lol
Sam u went down in my estimation when you said your a Liverpool fan ( I’m United so I’m sure your not surprised 😂😂) but seriously really enjoy your vlogs visiting so many wonderful and and unique grounds and petrol prices are nuts even here in the Philippines if that’s any consolation. Keep up the great work 👍
This guy is the best vlogger on you tube, love ya work fella 👏
This was excellent Sam. Keep up the good work mate.
Glad you enjoyed it!!
Go to Louth derby Dundalk vs Drogheda on Friday
Enjoyed this one mate 👍 As a footnote, i think its pronounced ‘fi-en-noord’ 😉😂
Your enthusiasm is refreshing Sam! Welcome back anytime.
I will mention a new stand at Cliftonville FC will replace that old stand once the go-ahead comes through, plus renovation work on the other side of the ground is also on the to do list. The old house ( the cricket house ) was there from the beginning as solitude was first a cricket ground before it became a football ground.
Ah cool, thanks for letting me know. I really like the little cricket house. Needs a bit of TLC but adds to the character
It's a good wee ground. The Oval is definitely the best, though. I hope we get a game against you and Glens next year, having player Crusaders and Linfield this year.
@@fitzmadness544 hopefully mate 👍
The official name for that building at Solitude is 'The Whitehouse'. Some call it The Pavillion too. Don't think it's in the new plans for that side of the ground.
@@destobin4425 You could be right as all I ever knew it to be was the cricket house. I know through an uncle telling me where solitude is now was once a small cricket field compared to the bigger cricket field across the road back in the late 1800s. Today I have learned something new, good call Des .
I remember my dad got me into Windsor Park the day before Northen Ireland Vs Greece in the Nations League
Glad tou went to Shamrock. Love Portadown
Mate I reckon your channel is going to blow up!! I don't know how the RUclips algorithm works but I'm from Australia I'm not into soccer but I got recommended your videos and they're pretty good well done buddy
Thanks mate, my first video was Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets! Wanna return one day!
another great video, best footy content on youtube by an absolute mile imho
If you're looking for content SuperCupNI is starting from the 24th July to the 29th July it's one of the best youth tournaments in the world, Beckham and his ilk have played in it, my m8 played against Joe Cole when he played for West Ham when it was known as The Milk Cup.
I started going to games here last season (I moved here right before Covid) and I'm Athoroughly Enjoying getting to as many away games as possible.
I follow Glenavon for games, would be more than happy to drive you to a match when you come back over for one.
Games are usually only £12 in... You really can't argue with that.
The old house at solitude cliftonville is called the White House where the old changing rooms were
Great to see you at shamrock park
Slight correction for when you said Linfield own Windsor Park. Linfield own the land its built on, the IFA own the stadium and pay Linfield rent for the land just. Other than that, i really enjoyable video mate, keep up the good work :)
I live in the US and I had a great time at Cliftonville vs Crusaders. Can’t wait to get back
Brilliant Derby
These videos are different gravy brilliant 👏
That larne ground is really nice and cosy . Looks like a nice town too
Dungannon's ground reminded me a bit of Chippenham Town or Melksham Town. Coleraine a bit more like Bath City FC.
That little mountain you see in Ballymena looks to be St Patrick's Hill, it's about a 10 min drive away. It's a good and steep trek
Epic journey mate! Great vlog
It's amazing when you look at these NI grounds that in the past some great teams and great players have played there in European club competitions.
Yep Marseille played at the oval in 92/93 and they won the champs league that season. Voller , deschamps, desailly, abedi pele, barthez .. some squad
Me being from Carrick and a fan, it's a big thing that we're getting some more publicity as a league and some special visits, Hooe you enjoyed your time over.
The best thing about carrick is leaving so god help you
@@ryandawson857 did we ask for hate
From someone from northern ireland you've made great videos!
Amazing buddy 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Was at Larne last year for the game with Bala and the home leg, they are a pretty good team, cracking setup
The best video showing football in Northern Ireland I’ve seen, great video as always!
Welsh prem teams next?
Newry was where the great Pat Jennings started. Great video.
Who is on the Newry City AFC badge?
That would be St Patrick
Barry Town FC are the most successful Welsh league side in Europe. Years ago they reached the 3rd round of the old UEFA cup, where they were knocked out by Aberdeen. In those days the 3rd round was the last round before the quarter finals
Dungannon have been top flight for 20 years now we got promoted around 2000s and have stayed up
Derry city and Finn harps aren’t to far away from there another to small clubs with a bit of history (Finn harps probably one of the smallest capacity stadiums in Ireland but has a good bunch of fans as it is a fan owned club)
Yeah, I dm him regarding a visit to FP, no reply yet😭
@@OisBosh it would be good if he could go to the shels game or the big derby coming up at Finn park
Shels fan here, love the Harps my second club 🤜🏻🇮🇪🤛🏻
@@jackgault2758 The derby would be class, tension in the air etc
@@AnnesleyPlaceDub70 A second club in the same league, not convinced haha
The old stand at portadown used to be the main stand, the bigger one on the other side used to be the shed end, partitioned down the middle with chain fence to separate the home and away fans, it is for the home fans now. The new wee one is now the away end and used to be terracing. They also had a stock car track around the outside of the pitch. The pitch used to be in some state because of it, ballymena had the same problem.
Also good pronouncing coleraine with a little help from the radio 🤣 glenavon is said like aven not the river avon like you are saying it.
I live just down the road from Drumbo Park stadium home of the once mighty Lisburn Distillery . Used to be a big team in the Irish League who now play in the third tier. Stadium is out in the countryside just outside Belfast and was once a greyhound track.
Has the greyhound racing been removed? Would be a shame with the other tracks going over the last couple of decades.
@@jbeattie02 Yes thankfully I was pleased the greyhound track closed a few years back. Cruel sport and long overdue.
Yes Sam 👏
Thank you for watching!!!
Hi Sam, That was great. I particularly like the Glentoran stadium, and Newry too. Northern Ireland has produced its share of great players over the years, such as George Best, Pat Jennings and Martin O'Neill. Back in the 80s and 90s Luton and QPR had Astroturf/artificial pitches. The ball would bounce much higher than it would on grass and a sliding tackle could burn a player's leg. Is petrol any cheaper in the Republic? Looking forward to your next video.
The plastic pitches have improved since then! I have only ever been to one game on a synthetic pitch at Deepdale circa 1991, which was the last one to be removed.
wow, as a benfica fan, never knew we played a northern irish team, that's amazing!
Good to see. 🟢🔴⚫ Come on ye Glens
Regarding the 3g pitches they are a good revenue for clubs at this level. Solitude the home of Cliftonville is 5 mins drive from the tescos you where at ... and crusaders 5 mins the other way
Sam, next time you go to Lurgan to see Glenavon you have to try the local delicacy. Magic mushrooms washed down with Buckfast tonic wine!
Ballymena is my local. Sorry I couldn’t get in but thanks for visiting
Spent a month working on Belfast and made it a point to visit The Oval on a number of evenings. Incredible stadium, loved it. Shame they don’t have a passionate fan base though, atmosphere was dead dead dead! Big surprise to me.
Upa Swifts 💪🔹
In the house beside cliftonville was where the players walked out before the new stand
Can't wait to see the dedicated glentoran video.
Great video again. Some very real football grounds in Northern Ireland, and some real grass root football grounds as well. Wonder what the crowd numbers are in Irish football, compared with say the english leagues 1 and 2. You certainly are putting some miles on your car mate
Northern irelands irish league has an average of 1 700 and the republics league LOI has an average of 2800
@@gallowglass2630 thanks. One can put them in the same category as say the English Conference, although for local derbies there would be more
@@davidwilliamgay4821 Not sure about the north,but given current stadium capacity it can't be more than 4000.Dublin clubs often have to turn away fans which was a thing unheard of even 5 years ago.
@@gallowglass2630 Depends on the team and the teams playing each other. 2000 maybe at Coleraine up to maybe 3000 for a Linfield or Glentoran. Linfield vs Glentoran maybe 6000 at Christmas. I think the higher number in the league of ireland probably for the top 4 to 6 teams, Shamrock Rovers, Dundalk and Derry probably.
@@gallowglass2630 the traditional big 2 game on boxing day, linfield vs glentoran can see up to 8000 people, regular games between the 2 would get 5000 ish
As a Larne fan make sure you tune in on the 5th and 14th July to watch our conference games. Great video mate
this aged well
@@EFC1878NI 🙈🤣
I was at the Irish Cup Final when Carrick Rangers beat the Big Favourites, Linfield FC. I was also at the Home Cup Winners Cup Tie v Southampton. Which wasn't played at Their own Stadium (Taylors Avenue?). As it didn't meet EUFA Standards! Instead it was staged at Seaview. (Crusaders FC) in Belfast. Keep it up my Friend...O
Love the channel, Just wondering when will you be visiting the Welsh leagues?
You should go to Cliftonville v DAC in the Europa Conference League qualifier
Yeeeoooooo Linfield 💙💙💙
Another great video, how about doing one of the Welsh league clubs that would be interesting.
My team played at Cliftonvilles stadium I don’t know if you saw my last comment but we played lingered crusaders and cliftonville girls when we were on are pre season tour and it was great to play in a professional stadium
These videos get better and better
Great video again, and I love these smallish grounds so full of character. Have you made a video about Belfast Celtic yet? If not, now seems a good time to do so.
Really enjoying these!
Join all the league cups together in Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales!
I'm in favour of this idea!!!
@@FootyAdventures doubt part times can afford the travelling expenses
I would say maybe League 1/2 in England and possibly the second division in Scotland
Great video😀
you should do a Derry City vid as its such an interesting story. and easy to get oin to the stadium.
Larne fc wasn't at the sadium because they're playing in the europa conference tomorrow at St Joseph's in Gibraltar!
Used to work at inverpark, the pitch is a hybrid type,
Crusaders have another record. On 21 August 1979 there were more than 1,900 police officers on duty for a match between Crusaders and Cliftonville, more than has ever been recorded at a football match in the United Kingdom
Another great vid, at the beginning of the vid you were in the Tesco car park basically 100 yards from where I live, and for the viewers in case they are wondering about what is that strange building behind you, well that is the Antrim road Police station. You can see the Police station behind the 25ft red striped corrugated security cladding. I was in the Tesco store earlier so I may have just missed you lol I told ya the chances are high me bumping into ya bud. You could have saved yourself a journey as solitude ( Cliftonville fc ground ) is also not that far away from the Tesco store.
About 100 from me too lol
@@johnnydonaghy6096 small world lol ..you reds, you reds 😉
Great vid..... some effort must of went in to this
Thank you! The editing alone was a slog let along the filming and driving haha. Cheers for watching!!!
#COYG