Part three of the grand stadium tour began one early May morning.  In the quest to visit all 92 football league stadiums, they set off on this leg with a long 5 ½ hour drive to Newcastle to see St James Park.

Our young person had helped with the planning, and he was excited and looking forward to seeing all the stadiums in the northeast of the country. After a very long first day spent visiting a total of 7 stadiums, with Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesborough being some of the highlights, everyone was looking forward to getting dinner and rest in the hotel.  However, upon arrival they were told the hotel had been booked for the night before, and subsequently both hotels were booked for the incorrect dates!  This was all part of the fun, which was accepted in good spirits, and a new plan was formulated. 

They decided to travel another hour and a half to the hotel near Sheffield (which had been accidentally booked for night one, instead of night two). On day two they came up with a new plan, whereby all the stadiums would be visited that day with no need for a third day.

They set off at 7am and began the challenge of visiting the remainder of the stadiums.  One of the highlights was meeting the head groundsman at Grimsby who let them into the stadium.  After a longer day than originally planned, they arrived back at Turnstone House at 23:45 with 71 of the 92 stadiums completed. 

There is now one more trip to go………