A stadium’s atmosphere can be the difference between three points and none. The roar from the crowd can help drive teams on right until the final whistle, but the abuse aimed at opposition players can be equally effective at making them shrivel from the occasion.
Certain fanbases in English football can be particularly boisterous and can create an atmosphere that’s incredibly intimidating. But, if you haven’t seen what each stadium has to offer, from the terraces of League Two to the back of the world-famous Kop, then it can be quite hard to say how one ground compares to another.
Fortunately, talkSPORT presenter Adrian Durham has visited the stadiums of the 92 professional clubs across England. Having already ranked the 10 best stadiums in the country across all divisions, he’s now picked out the most hostile grounds he came across during his travels, and believes that three of them are among the most hostile in world football.
Durham’s Criteria for Hostile Stadiums
Elaborating on what exactly made a stadium hostile, Durham picked out the qualities which made an away day particularly tough for teams at certain locations. He said: