By buckeye 
One day, I was chatting with a friend at a bar, and his son couldn’t name a few Premier League teams. I thought to myself, many children are interested in soccer, but they don’t know where the teams are located. So I thought, why not make a simple and clear map of Premier League teams? That way, everyone can see where each team is located at a glance.
I started looking up the home stadium locations of all 20 Premier League teams one by one. Each team’s official website listed the stadium address, but some were buried deep within the site, requiring several clicks to find.
I wrote down each address and verified it on Google Maps. For example, I checked if the postal code was correct and if the street view showed the stadium entrance. There couldn’t be any mistakes, or people would laugh at me.
I didn’t want to use anything too complicated, so I ended up choosing a simple online map generator. It supports uploading markers and adding images. It’s easy to use, perfect for someone like me who isn’t very tech-savvy.
All I needed to do was mark the stadium locations, add the team logos, and write the names. No dynamic data or complex features required.
The tools I used were:
- A blank map of the UK
- Team logos downloaded from the official websites (PNG transparent format)
- A Google spreadsheet with the latitude and longitude of each stadium
- Cup after cup of tea to keep me awake
The team logos were different sizes, so I used an image editing tool to resize them to 40×40 pixels for a neat look.
The most challenging part was London. There are six teams here: Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham, Tottenham, Fulham, and Brentford. Their stadiums are too close together, so if I marked them directly, the icons would overlap and be impossible to see.
I had to slightly adjust some markers, like moving Chelsea to the south bank of the Thames and shifting Fulham westward, then adding a line to point to their actual locations.
Manchester also has two teams: Manchester United at Old Trafford and Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. Although both are in the city center, they are not in the same place.
I marked both stadiums with different colored dots. The Etihad is in the east, and Old Trafford is in the southwest, which is actually quite far away.
Liverpool and Everton’s home stadiums are only a street apart, with Goodison Park and Anfield facing each other. If marked at their actual locations, the two icons would overlap.
I used an offset arrangement, placing one north of the road and the other south of the road, and added a small note stating “for illustrative purposes only, not exact locations.”
I added a small horizontal line below each marker in the color of the team’s home jersey. For example:
- Arsenal is red
- Newcastle is black and white stripes
- Liverpool is red
- Brighton is blue
This way, even without looking at the text, you can roughly recognize which team it is.
I added a small feature: when you hover your mouse over a stadium, its nickname pops up. For example:
- Stamford Bridge (Chelsea)
- Old Trafford (Manchester United)
- London Stadium (West Ham)
- The Stadium of Light (Sunderland)
This is especially familiar to old fans, who will understand at a glance.
On the map, Brighton and Southampton are on the coast with no other teams around them, making them look isolated. For aesthetic reasons, I added some wavy lines to the coastline to make the picture more balanced.
This way, it doesn’t look so empty and has a more designed look.
I remember that Swansea and Cardiff City were both Premier League teams. Although they are no longer there, Cardiff City’s stadium is still on the map of the UK.
I checked the location of Cardiff and marked it in the Wales region to avoid anyone mistaking it for England.
After finishing the map, I posted it on social media. Many people said it was very useful, especially for parents to show their children. However, some pointed out that West Ham was 200 meters off.
I could only smile wryly: next time I make a map, I’ll have to get a London taxi driver’s license.
This map supports:
- Switch between standard view and satellite view
- Filter by region, such as “London teams”
- Mark local derbies, such as North London and Merseyside
- Click to view team information
Although simple, it’s sufficient.
Creating this map took me an entire weekend.
It wasn’t because of technical difficulties, but because of the countless details.
Every single point had to be accurate, otherwise it would confuse others.
But seeing someone use it to teach their child about football teams made it all worthwhile.
florida