Date: 6 April 2019 / League: Polish 4th tier Final Score: 2-1 / Attendance: approx. 80 In A Nutshell Behold, one of Poland’s classic away pens! Not even fit for battery hens, it’s a cage with few equals –…
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Date: 9 December 2018 / League: Polish top flight Final Score: 0-0 / Attendance: 20,856 In A Nutshell A clunky football match inside a white elephant of a stadium – but a great night anyhow… Getting there When you’re…
Date: 15 September 2018 / League: Polish 4th tier Final Score: 5-3 / Attendance: 1,000 In A Nutshell A bonkers eight-goal thriller inside a shabby ground once graced by Terry, Lampard and that golden generation of prancing tarts… Getting…
Date: 22 August 2018 / League: Polish regional cup, 2nd round Final Score: 7-0 / Attendance: approx. 400? Preamble I’ve written about Kartofliska previously, but to remind you, they’re essentially the creation of a lower league blog that places…
Date: 30 September 2017 / League: Polish third tier Final Score: 0-0 / Attendance: 1,000 (official number released) In A Nutshell A minnow and a giant grind out a draw in a top of the table clash marked by…
Date: 1 April 2017 / League: Polish tier 4Final Score: 2-0 / Attendance: 3,050 Preamble For me, this is where it all really began – my love affair with Polish football started here at this very match! Why? See:…
Wawel Wirek’s away end is the size and style of a wendy house – and flanked as it is by a decorative Christmas tree that stands there in all seasons, you can’t help but wonder if it serves as…
To call this ground a stadium is a bit of a madness – it offers one low bank of seating running down one side of the pitch and, then, well… that’s your lot. But despite this quite unpromising description,…
Opened in 1925 on the seventh anniversary of Polish independence, this stadium is neither in Poznan nor Warta’s legitimate home. Found in a tiny town by the name of Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Warta’s temporary lodgings though are not short on…
Szombierki is something of a special ground and that much is emphasized by a bizarre away end – seen as a shallow, oblong strip of fenced concrete, find this plopped at random onto a vast, grassy bank. To see…
