Football-mad Brit on mission to visit every stadium in the world - from Canada to Japan

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READ MORE: Female goalscorer fakes injury before twerking in celebration that ‘has to be on FIFA’“As I got older, my desire for wanderlust expanded and as I became a bit more financially mobile, I ended up wanting to travel to random backwaters of the UK to watch football, and more recently football abroad.“Outside of the UK I’ve been lucky to watch football in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Japan, Denmark, Germany and Malta.

My top pick was Kyoto Sanga in Japan. The welcoming nature of their fans blew me away as they bought myself and my wife a scarf to welcome us into the ultras section and their fan culture was so passionate.“All groundhoppers have their own little routines, my personal one is to visit the local pub, review the pre match pints, make sure I check out the food available at the grounds and pick up one of the pin badges of the clubs crests to add to my collection as little token from my trip there.Where's the strangest place you've watched a football match?

Let us know in the comments section“I’ve also been very handy with my travel expenses by making use of car shares and with my role of being on the Porchester committee a lot of my away games I get in for free.

Travelling abroad for matches is a different situation as we usually choose a holiday destination and then I’ll look for the local football ground to have another great experience.”Lewis, from Porchester, Portsmouth, has gathered some brilliant experiences from his time ground hopping, from crazy atmospheres to old run down stadiums riddled with history - and he shares his travels with fans on social media.“Craziest match day has to have been Toronto FC vs Philadelphia Union back in 2017, after being in the fan pub we turned a corner on our way to.