The top 50 best stadiums in Britain were named and ranked with Liverpool’s Anfield only coming third

The top 50 British stadiums have been ranked – and the ground that captured the top spot may surprise you.

Football stadiums are part of a club’s makeup. Years of history and thousands of memories have been created within each ground.

Of course, ranking the ‘best’ stadium is entirely based on opinion.

You may like modern architecture associated with multi-purpose stadiums such as West Ham United’s London Stadium or Spurs’ Tottenham Stadium.

Or you may prefer the classic purpose-built style that can be seen at Everton’s Goodison Park or Aston Villa’s Villa Park.

Your choice may not even be based on the way a stadium looks.

For example, Blackburn Rovers fans will absolutely love Anfield because they lifted the Premier League trophy there back in 1994.

Manchester City fans will forever have an affinity with Southampton’s St. Mary’s, as it was the ground where City reached the historic feat of 100 points back in 2018.

But in 2023, FourFourTwo ranked the 50 best British stadiums based on ‘matchday experience’. Can you guess what number one is?

Top 50 British stadium ranked

50. Gtech Community Stadium (Brentford)

49. St Mary’s Stadium (Southampton)

48. The Toughsheet Community Stadium (Bolton Wanderers)

47. Edgar Street (Hereford)

46. Cae Clyd (Blaenau Ffestiniog)

45. bet365 Stadium (Stoke City)

44. Deepdale (Preston North End)

43. Dumbarton Football Stadium (Dumbarton)

42. Stadium of Light (Sunderland)

41. Earls Orchard (Richmond Town)

40. Cwm Nant-y-Groes (Abertillery Bluebirds)

39. John Smith’s Stadium (Huddersfield Town)

38. Pittodrie Stadium (Aberdeen)

37. Mill Road (Arundel)

36. Etihad Stadium (Manchester City)

35. Bloomfield Road (Blackpool)

34. Victoria Park (Ross County)

33. Huish Park (Yeovil Town)

32. Blandy Park (Garw S.B.G.C.)

31. American Express Community Stadium (Brighton and Hove Albion)

30. The Enclosed Ground (Whitehawk)

29. Molineux Stadium (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

28. Hampden Park (Scotland)

27. The Den (Millwall)

26. King Power Stadium (Leicester City)

25. Adams Park Stadium (Wycombe Wanderers)

24. Hillsborough Stadium (Sheffield Wednesday)

23. The City Ground (Nottingham Forest)

22. Champion Hill (Dulwich Hamlet)

21. Valley Parade (Bradford City)

20. Fratton Park (Portsmouth)

19. Goodison Park (Everton)

Everton are playing their last season at Goodison Park (Credit:Getty)

18. Easter Road (Hibernian)

17. Carrow Road Stadium (Norwich City)

16. Elland Road (Leeds United)

15. The Hawthorns (West Bromwich Albion)

14. The Dripping Pan (Lewes)

13. Stamford Bridge (Chelsea)

12. Bramall Lane (Sheffield United)

11. Emirates Stadium (Arsenal)

10. Wembley Stadium (England)

9. Tynecastle Park (Heart of Midlothian)

8. St James’ Park (Newcastle United)

7. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (Tottenham)

6. Villa Park (Aston Villa)

5. Old Trafford (Manchester United)

4. Craven Cottage (Fulham)

3. Anfield (Liverpool)

2. Celtic Park (Celtic)

1. Ibrox Stadium (Rangers)