Completing the 92 Through Hand Painted Football Stadium Art
For many football supporters, the 92 is a journey measured in train tickets, turnstiles, floodlights and away ends. It means watching a live association football match at the home stadium of every club in the top four professional tiers of English football: the 20 Premier League teams and the 72 clubs across the EFL Championship, EFL League One and EFL League Two.
My route was different.
I completed the 92 with paintbrushes, sketching, composition and colour. Instead of ticking off each ground by attending a match there, I painted a “going to the match” stadium scene for every one of those clubs. The project was completed about eight years ago, but it never really stopped. Since then, I have painted more scenes for most clubs, which means I have effectively completed the set more than once.
That one challenge has grown into a much larger body of work: over 400 unique football stadium paintings, along with rugby grounds, NFL stadiums, Cambridgeshire rural scenes, UK landmarks and cityscapes.
What completing the 92 usually means
Completing the 92 is one of English football’s great supporter challenges. The idea is simple to describe and much harder to finish. A fan has to visit the home stadium of every club in the top four professional divisions and watch a live match there.
The exact list changes as clubs move between divisions. Promotion and relegation keep the challenge alive. One season’s 92 becomes slightly different the next. That is part of the appeal. It is never just a fixed checklist. It is a living map of English football.
For many people, the memories come from the full matchday experience:
finding the ground from the station
seeing the floodlights over the rooftops
walking past terraced houses, pubs and chip shops
hearing the build-up before kick-off
taking in the first view of the pitch
remembering the result, the weather and the people there
That matchday walk has always interested me as much as the stadium itself. A football ground is not only steel, brick, seating and floodlights. It sits inside a town or city. It has a route towards it. It has a mood before the game begins.
That is what I wanted to capture.
My version of the challenge was completed in paint
When I began painting the full set, I wanted each club to feel like part of the same wider project, while still keeping its own identity. Some stadiums are hemmed in by streets. Some rise out of open land. Some are modern bowls. Others carry the marks of many decades of rebuilding, expansion and change.
The aim was not to make architectural diagrams. I wanted the paintings to feel like football days.
That meant placing each ground in a recognisable matchday setting. A “going to the match” scene gives the viewer a way into the picture. It suggests movement, anticipation and memory. Supporters do not just look at a stadium from the outside. They approach it. They walk towards it with family, friends or strangers in the same colours. They carry old routines and new hopes.
Completing the 92 in this way gave me a different relationship with the clubs. I was not just making one generic football image 92 times. Each painting needed its own character. The ground, the street, the sky, the scale and the sense of place all mattered.
Some scenes called for a wide view, with the stadium as part of the town around it. Others worked better closer in, with the ground filling the scene and the supporters drawing the eye forward. Colour choices also mattered. Football is emotional, and club colours carry a lot of weight. They need to appear naturally in the scene without taking over the painting.
Why the “going to the match” view matters
A stadium print can show a famous stand, a dramatic floodlit night or a clean front elevation. Those all have their place. My favourite scenes often begin slightly earlier, before the match has started.
The walk to the ground carries so much of football’s appeal. It is where memory gathers.
It might be a parent taking a child to their first game. It might be a group of friends following the same route they have used for years. It might be an away supporter turning a corner and seeing a ground they have only known from television, old programmes or photographs.
A painted scene can hold those feelings without needing to explain them. The viewer brings their own story to it. One person sees a beloved ground. Another sees a former home, a family link or a club followed from afar. That is why stadium art can make such a personal gift. It is rarely only about the building. It is about the connection.
Many of the most meaningful comments I receive are not about technical detail. They are about recognition.
People remember:
where they used to stand
who they went with
the season they first fell in love with the club
a promotion year, a cup run or a survival fight
a relative who introduced them to football
That is why I try to keep the paintings warm, accessible and full of life. The artwork should feel familiar even when it is newly seen.
The project kept growing after the first 92
I completed my first painted version of the 92 about eight years ago. At the time, that felt like a major landmark. It still does. Painting a scene for every club in the Premier League, Championship, League One and League Two took patience, research and a lot of hours at the easel.
But football does not stand still, and neither has the artwork.
As time has passed, I have painted additional versions for most clubs. Some grounds have changed. Some clubs have had new moments worth marking. Some scenes simply deserved another treatment from a different angle, in a different mood or with a fresh composition.
That means I have now done the 92 at least a couple of times over in practical terms. The number of unique stadium paintings has passed 400, covering clubs across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland Europe, and USA
The wider portfolio also includes:
rugby grounds
NFL stadiums
Cambridgeshire rural scenes
famous UK landmarks
cityscapes from across the country
Football remains a central part of the work, but the same interest runs through the non-football paintings too. I like places that mean something to people. Grounds, villages, streets, skylines and landmarks all have their own emotional pull.
From original paintings to prints, posters, canvas prints and mugs
Not everyone can own an original painting, and many people want artwork in a format that suits a particular room, budget or gift idea. That is why my work is available across a range of products.
At andrewrobinsonart.com, you can find framed and unframed fine art prints, posters, canvas prints and mugs featuring my artwork. The website is the only online store where my full portfolio is available in one place.
That matters because the collection is now large. Over 500 paintings which when made into a range of products totals well over 3000 different product listings. If you are looking for a particular club, ground or favourite scene, the best chance of finding the full range is on my own website. It also offers the widest choice of print types from my portfolio, and I keep prices as low as possible there as Im not hit by ever increasing fees that are applied on the major online selling platforms.
For anyone searching for football stadium art prints gifts posters mugs artwork grounds paintings, the site is built around that exact need: finding a meaningful piece of sports artwork connected to a club, stadium or matchday memory.
I also sell a smaller range of framed and unframed fine art prints through Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Folksy and Mademe. Those platforms can be convenient, but they do not carry the full collection. The complete range belongs on andrewrobinsonart.com.
Choosing a stadium artwork as a gift
Football stadium artwork works well as a gift because it can be personal without needing a long explanation. If someone supports a club, the ground usually means more than a neutral landmark. It holds seasons, routines and shared memories.
A print might suit:
a birthday
Christmas
Father’s Day or Mother’s Day
a leaving gift
a retirement present
a new home
a thank-you for a coach, volunteer or lifelong supporter
Framed prints are ready to hang and make a strong gift when you want something finished. Unframed prints work well when the recipient may prefer to choose their own frame. Posters suit a more relaxed space, such as a bedroom, study or games room. Canvas prints give the artwork more presence on the wall. Mugs are a smaller everyday option, especially for someone who likes a reminder of their club with a morning brew.
The best choice depends on the person and the place it will live. A lifelong supporter may love a framed stadium scene for the living room. A younger fan might prefer a poster. A collector may enjoy building a set over time, especially if they follow several clubs, grounds or sporting codes.
Why the full portfolio lives on my own website
As a full-time artist, I add new work regularly. That makes it important to have one central place where the full portfolio can be seen clearly.
andrewrobinsonart.com is that place.
The website includes the widest range of my artwork and print options. It is also where new paintings appear as the collection grows. If I paint a new stadium view, a fresh cityscape or a new landmark piece, the website is the best place to look for it.
This matters more now than it did when I first completed the 92. Back then, the project had a clear endpoint. Today, the collection is much broader. Supporters may find more than one painting of their club. They may see a favourite ground from different angles. They may also find related work, such as a local landmark, a rugby ground or a rural scene with personal meaning.
A painted record of football places and memories
Completing a painted version of the 92 changed the direction of my work. It began as a challenge linked to English football’s top four divisions, but it became much more than a checklist.
It taught me how much a ground can mean to people. It showed me that stadiums are not just venues. They are meeting places, memory holders and landmarks in supporters’ lives. The walk to the match, the first glimpse of the stands and the familiar shape of a ground can stay with someone for decades.
That is what I keep trying to paint.
The collection now reaches far beyond the original 92, with hundreds of football stadium scenes and many other sporting grounds, landmarks, rural views and cityscapes. New work continues to appear because there are always more places to paint and more memories to capture.
If you are looking for something for yourself, a loved one or a friend, I hope you find a piece that feels familiar, personal and worth keeping. The full portfolio is available at andrewrobinsonart.com.
