Experts from Livefootballtickets.com have ranked European football stadiums based on a satisfaction score from fans.
Their results found that the top ten stadiums in which fans were most satisfied with were all UK stadiums, with Villa Park taking the top spot.
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Each stadium was scored out of 10 over a range of four categories: atmosphere, cleanliness, affordability and food, to create an average scoring that would determine their ranking.
Villa Park scored on average 8.88, with the highest scores for affordability and food in which they received 9.56 for each.
St James’ Park scores were as follows: 8.72 for atmosphere, 7.93 for cleanliness, 7.58 for affordability and 8.96 for food, giving them an average score of 8.19 and putting them in fifth place.
The study based their scoring off content analysis from over 100,000 Trip Advisor reviews and only looked at stadiums that had at least 300 reviews and are homes of teams in the English Premier League, Bundesliga and LaLiga.
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In total 28 stadiums were looked at, with the fans rating Villa Park as the best and Rhein Energie Stadion in Germany as the worst.
The top 10
These are the stadiums fans voted as the top 10 in Europe:
1. Villa Park
Score: 8.88
Team: Aston Villa
Location: Birmingham
2. King Power Stadium
Score: 8.79
Team: Leicester City
Location: Leicester
3. Etihad Stadium
Score: 8.19
Team: Manchester City
Location: Manchester
4. St Mary’s Stadium
Score: 8.19
Team: Southampton
Location: Southampton
5. St James’ Park
Score: 8.19
Team: Newcastle
Location: Newcastle
6. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Score: 7.84
Team: Tottenham Hotspur
Location: London
7. The Amex
Score: 7.76
Team: Brighton & Hove Albion
Location: Brighton
8. Anfield
Score: 7.50
Team: Liverpool
Location: Liverpool
9. Goodison Park
Score: 6.46
Team: Everton
Location: Liverpool
10. Old Trafford
Score: 6.46
Team: Manchester United
Location: Stretford, Manchester
The ten worst stadiums
These are the ten stadiums fans were the least satisfied with after visiting, number one being the stadium they have ranked the worst in Europe.
1. Rhein Energie Stadion
Score: 0.77
Scoring only 0.34 for both cleanliness and affordability.
Team: FC Koln
Location: Cologne, Germany
2. Deutsche Bank Park
Score: 1.03
Team: Eintracht Frankfurt
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
3. VELTINS-Arena
Score: 1.03
Team: FC Schalke 04
Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany
4. Mercedes-Benz Arena
Score: 1.80
Team: VfB Stuttgart
Location: Berlin, Germany
5. Allianz Arena
Score: 1.98
Team: FC Bayern Munich
Location: Munich, Germany
6. Borussia-Park
Score: 1.98
Team: Borussia Monchengladbach
Location: Mönchengladbach, Germany
7. Estadio San Mames
Score: 1.98
Team: Athletic Club
Location: Bilbao, Spain
8. Estadio Santiago Bernabeu
Score: 2.67
Team: Real Madrid CF
Location: Madrid, Spain
9. Wanda Metropolitano
Score: 3.44
Team: Atletico Madrid
Location: Madrid Spain
10. Signal Iduna Park
Score: 3.53
Team: Borussia Dortmund
Location: Dortmund, Germany