How to complete the 92 Club: a practical 2026/27 plan

Completing the 92 Club means attending a qualifying first-team football match at every current ground in the Premier League, Championship, League One and League Two. The list changes when clubs cross the League Two and National League boundary or move to a different home ground.

This page is the planning guide. For the rules and complete current list, use the 92 Club rules and ground list. For the exact summer changes, use the 2026/27 92 Club update.

1. Start with a clean current checklist

Do not plan from last season's spreadsheet. First separate your record into:

• Current 92 grounds: the stadiums required now.
• Historical grounds: valid matches you attended at former league grounds or previous stadiums.
• Planned fixtures: trips that do not count until you attend the match.

For 2026/27, York City and Rochdale enter the current set, while Barrow and Harrogate Town leave it. The other promotion and relegation changes move established grounds between divisions without changing the overall 92.

2. Prioritise the grounds most likely to change

The most time-sensitive targets normally fall into two groups:

1. League Two clubs close to the National League boundary.
2. Clubs with an officially confirmed move to another stadium.

That does not mean guessing who will be relegated in July or treating a planning application as an opening date. Reassess the table after Christmas and follow club announcements for confirmed moves. A proposed stadium is a watch-list item; a confirmed first-team fixture at the new ground is actionable.

3. Plan around fixtures, not dots on a map

Two nearby grounds are only a useful pair when their kickoff times and ticket access work together. Build each trip in this order:

1. Find a qualifying fixture at a ground you need.
2. Confirm the venue on the official fixture and ticket pages.
3. Check ticket eligibility and sale dates.
4. Check the final realistic train or driving plan.
5. Add a nearby backup match before booking inflexible travel.

Use the Football Match Map to see dated opportunities and the Travel Planner to compare nearby fixtures.

4. Use regional clusters carefully

Regional planning reduces repeated long journeys, but the fixture calendar still decides what is possible.

London

London contains Premier League and EFL grounds across a wide area. A Friday-to-Monday broadcast schedule can create a real multi-match weekend, but do not assume two Saturday 15:00 fixtures can be combined. Start with the London football weekend guide.

North West

Manchester, Liverpool, Lancashire and Greater Manchester offer many grounds within a manageable rail network. The strongest combinations usually involve one weekend fixture and one Monday or midweek match rather than a rushed same-day double.

Midlands

Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Burton, Walsall and Wolverhampton make a useful base region. Check which clubs are actually in the current 92 before copying an older route.

Yorkshire and North East

York, Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Hull and the North East can support a longer trip with a midweek fixture. York's LNER Community Stadium is a particularly relevant 2026/27 target because it enters the active list this season.

South West

Plymouth and Exeter often require a dedicated journey. Build the trip around a confirmed match rather than adding them as an optimistic detour.

5. Use cups and midweek dates without assuming they count

League, FA Cup, EFL Cup and other first-team fixtures can make a difficult ground easier to access. The competition label matters less than the match and venue satisfying the rule set you follow.

Pre-season friendlies, academy matches, women's matches and events in another sport are handled differently by different collectors and organisations. Do not tell yourself that an unrelated stadium event automatically completes a football-ground challenge. Decide your rule set before the trip and keep evidence of the actual fixture.

6. Treat ticket access as part of the route

High-demand Premier League grounds such as Old Trafford can be harder than distant lower-league trips. Use official club channels, read membership eligibility before paying, and never let a cheap train fare pressure you into an unofficial ticket purchase.

For a difficult ground, a cup match or lower-demand opponent may be more realistic than a headline league fixture. The Premier League away-ticket guide explains the difference between an attractive fixture and a fixture you can genuinely access.

7. Keep the budget flexible

There is no reliable universal price for completing the 92. Your cost depends on where you live, which grounds you already have, rail timing, accommodation and ticket access.

Useful principles are more durable than a made-up total:

• Compare flexible and advance travel before committing.
• Price the whole trip, including the journey after a late kickoff.
• Prefer one confirmed match over a speculative multi-ground itinerary.
• Keep a backup fixture near the same route.
• Do not count hospitality as "cheap" simply because it guarantees entry.

8. Log the match immediately

Record the date, competition, teams, score and stadium while the details are fresh. Photos and ticket emails are useful evidence, but a searchable match log makes the collection usable.

Footbeen links every attended match to the stadium, club and personal map. The 92 Club Challenge shows the current target, while your historical stadium map preserves visits even when a club leaves the EFL or moves home.

A simple next-week action plan

1. Compare your visited grounds with the current 2026/27 list.
2. Mark York and Rochdale correctly and remove Barrow and Harrogate from the current target.
3. Pick the five nearest missing grounds.
4. Search the fixture calendar for one realistic match in the next eight weeks.
5. Verify venue, ticket route and return transport.
6. Log the match after you attend.

The fastest route to 92 is not the most aggressive itinerary. It is a current list, a verified fixture and a record you keep updating.

Keep reading

• The 92 Club in 2026/27: new grounds and the updated checklist
• The 92 Club list 2026/27: rules and all 92 teams
• De Kuip matchday guide for visiting fans
• Eredivisie groundhopping by train: 3-city route