By kentucky 
Yesterday I decided to map all the Premier League club locations properly. You know, for fans wanting to do a stadium tour or just see where their team is based.
How it started:
First, I grabbed my laptop and opened up Google Maps. Figured it’d be easy. Just type in the club names, right? Wrong. Manchester United popped up at Old Trafford, cool. But then some weird stuff happened. When I searched Arsenal, it showed me Emirates Stadium but also threw in some random sports bars called “The Arsenal” halfway across London. Had to zoom in and out like crazy to actually find the pin for the real stadium. Already messy.
Tried the next obvious one: the official Premier League site itself. Went straight to their club directory section. Good info on teams… but nope, zero map feature. Like, they have the addresses listed but no visual view? Come on! That’s useless for what I wanted. Scratch that off.
The hunt got real:
Started Googling like mad. “Map Premier League clubs UK.” Saw a bunch of results claiming to be dedicated fan sites for this exact thing. Clicked the first couple. Annoying. One loaded super slow with giant ads covering half the screen. Another asked me to sign up just to see anything. Ain’t nobody got time for that. Closed those tabs fast.
Remembered something about a “public transport map” style site people sometimes use for stadiums. Pulled that one up. Okay, the map itself was clean – looked like an underground map. And there were little football icons! Finally! But… hold up. Only showed ten clubs? Like, where’s Liverpool? Where’s Newcastle? Seems it hadn’t been updated for a couple of seasons. Total letdown. Thought that was my golden ticket, and it crapped out.
How it’s going:
After that disappointment, I was ready to give up and draw it myself. But then, on like the fifth page of Google results, I spotted this unassuming site labeled “Sports Geography Maps.” Sounds dull, but hey, desperate times.
Gave it a shot. Here’s what worked:
- Tool #1 (Green Icon Site): Opened super quick. Simple map of England. Already saw little crests scattered around. Zoomed out – bam! All twenty clubs present and correct. Each pin had the full stadium name and exact address underneath. No login, no popups. Exactly what I needed without the fuss.
- Tool #2 (Football Stats Site Map): Almost missed it because it wasn’t the main feature. Digging into a section labeled “Team Stats” or something, found an “Interactive Venues Map” tab buried in there. Clicked it. Loaded a bit slower, but it showed every ground clearly. Clicked a crest like Tottenham, and it even showed the capacity and a tiny picture of the stadium front. Neat extra touch.
That second one? Took some finding, honestly. But it delivered.
So yeah, lesson learned:
Google Maps is okay-ish for one-offs if you zoom right in, but clunky for the whole league. Premier League’s own site? Forget mapping. Those “dedicated” fan map sites? Mostly annoying junk. The outdated transport map site? Disappointment city. But those two tools I stumbled on last – Green Icon Site for simplicity and completeness, and that stats site’s buried venue map for extra info – they were solid, free, and got the job done without headache. Just thought people should know before wasting an hour like I did. Call me an insider now, I guess.
BTW, I’m just saying – don’t pay someone to do this. It’s easy once you know where to poke around.
David 
arlington