The rules for membership in the 92 Club have some quirks. If a fan has been to the stadium of a team that has been relegated but then returns to League 2, that team can be counted on an application. But friendly matches and testimonials cannot. The rules state that applicants must have visited every club’s current home, meaning that a fan who watched Arsenal decades ago at its longtime home, Highbury, must return for a match at its new arena, the shiny new Emirates Stadium, before being eligible to join.

Steve Wilson, a Blackpool fan who said he once attended close to 70 matches a season, claims visits to more than 300 stadiums at home and abroad. He said that he had completed the 92 eight times; Wilson, though, includes preseason friendlies from his summer vacations in his counts, which meant that he has never been eligible for the club.

“Whether I am counted as being in the club or not is irrelevant,” said Wilson, 65. “I know I’ve been to the grounds, I’ve seen the game, and that’s all that matters. You know what the rules are, and it’s up to you if you want to abide by them.”

As well as abiding by such rules, doing the 92 requires the sheer willingness to travel long distances and appreciate the game at a range of levels. As a result, many members complete the challenge alone.

“Ultimately, it doesn’t matter to anybody that you’ve been to all these grounds except you,” Mike Kimberley, the club’s secretary, said.

Kimberley, 56, estimated that since 1967, he had seen his club, Crystal Palace, play at more than 50 stadiums before deciding to complete the 92 in the mid-1990s. Weiler, through spells living in London and Exeter on England’s southwest coast, built up a base following Brentford, Tottenham Hotspur and Exeter City. He decided after his retirement in 2014 to visit the 16 stadiums he had remaining to complete his 92.

“Some people tend to run out of steam around the 50s mark and think, you know what, it’s taken me 10 years to get here — it’s going to be a concerted effort to do the rest,” said Pat Bristow, 55, a Charlton Athletic fan who has visited more than 80 of the current 92 but has never completed the list. “I think that’s why so few people manage it; you have to be quite dedicated to get around all 92.”