Matchday haunts

Kieran Holt

@latebuskieran

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Little running list of places I end up when there’s a game on and I really should be doing readings. Bit of everything in here: actual temples of football, cricket churches, and pubs where the TV count is frankly worrying. If you’re bouncing round town with a Travelcard and poor impulse control, this is basically my brain on a Saturday tbh.

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Matchday haunts — 4 items
Name	Type	Address	City	Nearest station	My take
1Emirates Stadium	Football stadium	Hornsey Road, London N7 7AJ	London	Arsenal (Piccadilly)	Feels like walking into a spaceship that only plays slick passing and drama. Atmosphere’s miles better since everyone stopped sulking about leaving Highbury, and there’s something very student-loan-irresponsible about grabbing a pint here midweek instead
2Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	Football & NFL stadium	782 High Road, London N17 0BX	London	White Hart Lane (Overground)	Ridiculous bit of engineering – like someone crossed a stadium with a shopping centre and then added beer taps everywhere. Proper loud for league games, and on NFL weekends it turns into mini‑America with jerseys, wings and people trying to explain downs
3Wembley Stadium	National stadium	Wembley Stadium, Olympic Way, Wembley HA9 0WS	London	Wembley Park (Jubilee / Metropolitan)	Big national‑feel vibes: England games, cup finals, random mega concerts, the lot. The walk up Olympic Way when it’s heaving is unreal, even if the food prices feel like an economics case study in suffering.
4Lord’s Cricket Ground	Cricket ground	St John’s Wood Road, London NW8 8QN	London	St John’s Wood (Jubilee)	Posh on paper, but once you’re actually in the stands with a plastic pint and someone explaining field settings, it’s just very chill. Perfect exam‑season escape: five hours of sunshine and gentle applause instead of revising elasticity.