WHAT'S IN A NAME?

Glasgow's Hampden Park, is the home of Queen's Park FC, the oldest club in Scottish football (since October 1873) and the Scottish FA. The first Hampden Park was overlooked by a nearby terrace named after John Hampden, an Englishman, who fought for the roundheads in the English Civil War. Queen's Park played at the first Hampden Park for 10 years beginning with a Scottish Cup tie on 25 October 1873. The ground hosted the first Scottish FA Cup Final in 1874, and a Scotland v England match in 1878. Below is the site of the "second Hampden" 1884, acquired when the Cathcart District Railway made its way through the original ground. Below is a more extensive account of HP.

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Wycombe Wanderers' FC ground, Adams' Park, is located in a valley at the end of the Sands Industrial Estate, surrounded by Chilterns' green downland on three sides. Whereas Wycombe's previous Loakes Park ground was very close to the town centre, Adams Park is two miles due west of High Wycombe town. The stadium was opened in time for the 1990–91 season, and had a capacity of 6,000. The ground was named Adams Park in honour of benefactor and former captain Frank Adams (above). Adams had bought the former ground Loakes Park for the club, whose sale financed the move to the stadium named after him. The new stadium coincided with an upturn in the club's fortunes as, under manager Martin O'Neill they won the FA Trophy at Wembley, following a 2–1 win over Kidderminster Harriers.

Newcastle United play at St James' Park, which was originally a patch of sloping grazing land, bordered by Georgian Leazes Terrace, near the historic Town Moor, owned by the Freemen of the City. (I was hoping there might be a more interesting link to St James, but nothing crops up!) 

Both factors above later affected the development of the ground, with the local council being the landlord of the site. The site was also near the gallows of the city, last used in 1844, lending the Gallowgate End its name. The first football team to play at St James' Park was Newcastle Rangers in 1880. They moved to a ground at Byker in 1882, then returned briefly to St James' Park in 1884 before folding that year. Newcastle West End took over the ground in 1886. West End were wound up in 1892 and effectively merged into their rivals Newcastle East End,  who took over the lease of St James' Park and became Newcastle United later that year.  While the stadium is now synonymous with the "Black and Whites", Newcastle United actually played in red and white at St James' Park until 1904.

David Whelan, above, (born 24 November 1936) is a former English footballer, who played in the Blackburn Rovers team that lost the 1960 FA Cup Final to Wolves 0-3. Whelan is the former owner of Wigan Athletic (from 1995), having also been the chairman of the club for twenty years. His name (well initials) go to the naming of Wigan Athletic FC stadium, The DW Stadium. He stepped down in 2015 handing over to his stepson.

The Madejski Stadium is located in Reading and is the home of Reading FC.  The stadium is named after Reading's chairman Sir John Madjeski. It is an all seater stadium with a capacity of 24,161 and is located close to the M4. Built on the site of a former household waste dump it is surrounded by methane vents. The West Stand contains the Millennium Madejski Hotel. Opened on 22 August 1998 it replaced the club's traditional home of the Elm Park.

The land on which Hartlepool United's, Victoria Park, stands, was originally a limestone quarry owned by the North-eastern Railway Company. In 1886, the land was bought by West Hartlepool Rugby Football Club for the development of a new rugby ground. The ground was then named the Victoria Ground in celebration of Queen's Diamond Jubilee. In 1908, West Hartlepool R.F.C. went bust, leaving The Victoria Ground vacant and shortly afterwards, the ground was registered under the name of "The Hartlepools United Football Athletic Company Limited", a football team representing both the town of West Hartlepool and the original settlement of Old Hartlepool. This football team developed into Hartlepool United. From 1908 to 1910, Hartlepool United shared their ground with the amateurs of West Hartlepool until the club broke up leaving Hartlepool United as the sole occupiers of the ground.

One of my favourites is the New York Stadium, Rotherham United, opened in 2012. The stadium is named after the local area to the east of Sheffield city, on the site of the old "Guest and Crimes" Iron Foundry. Since you are observant urban geographers, the industrial part of the Sheffield conurbation is sited EAST of the city, ensuring that any fumes from the associated industries (mainly iron and steel) are driven away from the settlements by the prevailing winds blowing from the WEST! Hence a football ground amongst the populous to the east of the city. There might be other factors influencing the residences, but it's a good idea! So why New York? The foundry manufactured the fire hydrants that you see on American movies when a car chase in the Big Apple, ends up with one of the vehicles smashing into the "fire hydrant" on the sidewalk and creating a fountain.  They named the area in Rotherham after the place!