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South Poland Unknown Gems

Szombierki Bytom

When it was opened in 1968, this stadium held 30,000, a fitting home for a team that at the time was playing in the top league – and games in the European Cup were swiftly to follow. The years…

Central Poland Unknown Gems

Targowek 1953

Disclaimer: after enjoying a brief homecoming in 2021, it appears that Targowek are again living the life of a gypsy club, playing their home games anywhere but home – that’s possibly due to redevelopment issues. If that’s the case,…

Central Poland Epic Away Ends

Targowek 1953

This tiny away pen encapsulates the lower leagues with its tangled, overgrown entrance, half-broken seats and flimsy fencing. From what I understand, this ground is in danger of being modernized, so it stands to reason that this cage will…

South Poland Unknown Gems

Strzelcy Krakow

A ruin wrapped inside woodland would be the best way to describe this horseshoe-shaped stadium, and it’s particularly striking when carpeted in the auburn colours of autumn. Stepping over jagged piles of stone, it’s a magical trip back in…

Epic Away Ends South Poland

Slavia Ruda Slaska

Away ends do not come any worse than that found at Slavia Ruda Slaska – accessed up a densely overgrown path, visitors will eventually find themselves on a disintegrating terrace littered with felled tree branches, rocks and accumulated debris.…

South Poland Unknown Gems

Slavia Ruda Slaska

There’s just one side to speak of at Slavia Ruda Slaska, and that’s a decaying concrete bank hewn into a natural slope that vanishes into the forest; crowning it sits a half-destroyed press cabin that wobbles so much you…

Epic Away Ends South Poland

CKS Czeladz

Dropped at an angle in the corner of the ground, this new age away pen lends added appeal to a ground not short of mind-boggling flavours. I get the idea that away fans are a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon at this…

South Poland Unknown Gems

CKS Czeladz

With the ground facing the threat of renovation, it’s quite possible that by the time you read this it’ll be completely different to the place that I enjoyed. Hope that’s not the case, for this is one hell of…

Epic Away Ends South Poland

Gornik Wojkowice

Just what is it with Poland and its away ends? Defying description, Wojkowice’s contribution to the loopy world of local football is little more than a grass slope enclosed by rusting wire fencing: it looks more like a chicken…

South Poland Unknown Gems

Gornik Wojkowice

Wrecked, ruined grounds are quite a forte in Poland, but Wojkowice is something else. A true, one-off rarity, it appears like a lost relic from a different world. Presenting itself as a mass of broken terraced steps that run…