Tottenham Top and Bournemouth Bottom in Premier League Grounds Zombie Survival Scores
With UK Google searches for "what to do in a zombie apocalypse" and "could a zombie apocalypse happen" surging by 5,000% over the past month, the experts at SeatPin ranked all 20 Premier League clubsto reveal which football grounds would offer the best chance of surviving a zombie apocalypse. ¹ While stadiums might look like natural fortresses, factors such as stadium design, open corners, entrances and exits, and proximity to essential resources could make all the difference when the undead arrive.
From grounds that could provide the perfect place to hold out to those that might leave fans dangerously exposed, here's where you'd want to be when the dead start walking. Premier League clubs ranked by zombie apocalypse survival score Rank Premier League Club Stadium Capacity Transportation score (/10) Amenity Score (/10) Open Corners Proximity to Hospital (miles) Fan Entrances/Exits Zombie apocalypse Survival Score (/10) =1 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 62,850 7.35 5.47 0 0.9 24 8.13 =1 Arsenal Emirates Stadium 60,704 9.34 9.15 0 1.8 16 8.13 3 Manchester United Old Trafford 74,244 7.66 6.55 2 3.2 35 8.07 4 Liverpool Anfield 61,276 7.13 6.12 2 1.9 29 8.00 =5 Everton Hill Dickinson Stadium 52,769 7.01 8.57 0 2.6 20 7.87 =5 Chelsea Stamford Bridge 41,312 8.45 9 4 1.6 13 7.87 7 Manchester City Etihad Stadium 52,900 8.91 8.69 0 2.3 23 7.59 =8 Newcastle United St James' Park 52,264 8.91 8.65 0 0.5 30 7.49 =8 Brighton & Hove Albion Amex Stadium 31,876 3.34 2.48 0 2.4 31 7.49 10 Leeds United Elland Road 37,645 6.67 7.87 4 3.3 21 7.20 11 Brentford Gtech Community Stadium 17,250 7.13 7.28 0 2.3 14 6.82 12 Crystal Palace Selhurst Park 25,486 8.07 6.7 4 1.3 14 6.67 13 Coventry City Coventry Building Society Arena 32,609 3.09 3.2 0 3.8 7 6.47 14 Fulham Craven Cottage 28,800 7.56 8.21 4 1.4 8 6.26 15 Aston Villa Villa Park 42,640 6.17 5.08 2 2.9 4 6.04 16 Nottingham Forest City Ground 31,042 8.07 8.41 4 1 22 5.86 17 Sunderland Stadium of Light 49,000 6.9 5.83 0 1.6 9 5.82 18 Ipswich Town Portman Road 30,056 6.54 4.95 4 3 4 5.68 19 Hull City MKM Stadium 25,586 3.56 6.39 0 0.8 20 5.63 20 Bournemouth Vitality Stadium 11,307 3.56 5.59 4 1.3 10 4.88 You can access the full dataset here.
Tottenham and Arsenal lead the way If the undead came knocking, Spurs and Arsenal fans would have reason to feel cautiously optimistic. Both clubs finish joint first with a survival score of8.13/10, although their strengths are quite different.
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium looks like the more traditional fortress, withno open corners, four seating tiersand an edge-of-city location. It is also just0.9 miles from the nearest hospital, giving Spurs one of the shortest distances to essential medical facilities in the ranking.
Arsenal, meanwhile, have plenty of resources at their disposal. The Emirates Stadium records thehighest transport score at 9.34/10and thehighest amenity score at 9.15/10, which could prove useful if supporters need to stock up on supplies or find a way out of the city.
What makes a stadium a good hideout? A good football fortress needs more than just high walls.
Enclosed stands, plenty of entrances and exits, nearby resources and reliable transport links could all make a difference if fans needed to shelter from a zombie horde. But the rankings show that no single feature guarantees survival.
Brighton are a good example, finishing joint eighth with a survival score of7.49/10despite a transport score of just3.34/10. The Amex hasno open corners and 31 fan entrances and exits, the second highest number in the ranking.
Its enclosed design and multiple access points help demonstrate why a stadium's layout can matter just as much as what is available nearby. Leeds United also make the top half, finishing 10th with a score of7.20/10, despite havingfour open corners.