By kentucky 
So today I wanted to see where all the Premier League clubs actually sit on a map, right? Sounded straightforward, but man, figuring out how to actually build this view took some fiddling. Here’s what went down.
The Frustration Point
I was browsing stats tables, but just couldn’t picture the geographic spread. Sure, I knew Manchester teams up north and London teams down south, but where exactly? Typing each club’s home ground into some map app felt clunky and stupid. There had to be a smarter way to see them all together in one glance.
Hunting Down Locations
First step? Got a simple text file going. Opened my notes app and listed all 20 current Premier League clubs. Then, for each club, I manually searched “[Club Name] stadium address”. Tedious? Yeah. Copy-pasted every stadium’s street address and the club name into my list. Mistakes happened – autocorrect mangled “Brentford Community Stadium” into something weird. Had to double-check every single one.
The Map Tool Tangle
Alright, addresses ready. Now what? Needed some map thing to display them. Knew about fancy map services, but struggled finding how to bulk add locations without manual clicks.
- Tried Platform A: Created an account, clicked “New Project”. Saw an import button! Got excited… until it only wanted special formatted files I didn’t have.
- Switched to Platform B: Friendlier looking. Let me paste my list of addresses directly into a box! Hit “Go”… and got errors on half of them. Turns out UK addresses are fussy about commas and postcodes. Went back, fixed formatting like adding missing commas after city names.
Finally – success! All 20 locations appeared as little dots on a map of England. Felt like magic.
Frustrations & Fixes
But the dots were useless! Couldn’t tell Tottenham from West Ham. Needed labels. Platform B had a “Customize” tab. Clicked each marker, typed the club name. Took ages, but now each dot proudly displayed the club badge. Much better.
Another issue: All clustered in the northwest and London. Zooming out helped, but the map defaulted to showing Europe. I wanted focus. Dug into settings, found the map bounds option, and manually dragged it tight around England and Wales.
The Payoff & Next Steps
After some back-and-forth – boom! There it was: A clean map showing all Premier League club stadium locations correctly labeled and easy to see. The concentration in the North West? Crazy obvious now. London felt surprisingly crowded too. Pretty cool stuff.
Thinking ahead: Maybe I’ll color-code markers based on recent league position next time. Or hunt down exact coordinate points instead of addresses to be super precise. Maybe even try making the pins clickable for more club info? Seems possible, but that’s a weekend rabbit hole.
Wasn’t instant, but definitely worth the effort to actually visualize the league’s spread. You really see things differently on a map.
David 
arlington