Ben drew the City Ground as a private commission a couple of years ago and the prints, which we sell via StavesArt, have been popular on line and at markets. There are quite a few Forest fans knocking about! On the market stall we must remember not to refer to Forest as “Notts” forest – it really winds them up!
Ben drew West Ham’s old ground, Upton Park, or to be more precise “The Boleyn Ground”, before Christmas this year as we had a Christmas show on in the capital. I’ve yet to hear a West Ham fan tell me they prefer the London Stadium to Upton Park!
One day, we will have all the grounds drawn (perhaps). For the time being, and in order of our sales (based on 2023 figures), our football league table is as follows;
- Liverpool Anfield
- Newcastle United St James’ Park
- Leeds United Elland Road
- Manchester United Old Trafford
- Manchester City Etihad Stadium
- Arsenal Highbury and Emirates
- Chelsea Stamford Bridge
- Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane
- Everton Goodison Park
- Nottingham Forest City Ground
- Sunderland The Stadium of Light
- Aston Villa – Villa Park
- Glasgow Celtic – Celtic Park
- Glasgow Rangers Ibrox
- West Ham United Upton Park (only available part of the year)
- Crystal Palace Selhurst Park
- Brentford Gtech Community Stadium
- West Bromwich Albion The Hawthorns
- Wolverhampton Wanderers Molinuex (only available part of the year)
- York City Bootham Crescent
Since the start of this year, the Sheffield grounds – Hillsborough and Bramall Lane have been added to our collection and Old Trafford has been updated. It’s been needing a renovation for a while (that’s the real ground) so we thought we’d show them how it’s done!