How we research
Every fact in a guide has a source, and every guide says when it was checked.
Where the facts come from
We use these sources, in this order:
- The club’s official site and its ticketing pages.
- The league or competition.
- Transport operators.
- City and national tourism boards.
- OpenStreetMap, for maps and positions.
- Wikipedia and Wikidata, for history, records and coordinates only.
- Established press, for renovations and plans.
Local rules are read in the local language, from the local source, and written up in English.
What we do not use
Other stadium guides, forums, review sites and AI answers are never sources.
One fact, one source, one quote
Each fact is recorded with the page it came from, the date we read that page and a short quote from it, so the fact can be checked again without reading the whole source. A fact that cannot be confirmed on the page it cites is removed.
Verified
Every guide shows the month it was last checked against its sources, on its first screen, and lists all of its sources at the end.
What we leave out
Prices, opening hours, kick-off times and fixtures go out of date, so a guide links to the official page instead of repeating them. We do not name hotels, bars or restaurants.
If we have no sourced facts for a section of a guide, that section is not there.
Not first-hand
The guides are compiled from sources. We do not claim to have been to a ground, sat in a seat or taken a tour.
Corrections
If a guide is wrong or out of date, write to hello@travellingfan.com and tell us which page and which line.