Date: 18 May 2024 / League: Polish fifth tier Final Score: 2-0 / Attendance: approx. 1,000 By the extraordinary standards of last season, 23/24 has been a little underwhelming in comparison – yeah, there’s been some great trips, but…
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Zamek Kamieniec Zabkowice v Gornik Walbrzych
Date: 12 May 2024 / League: Polish sixth tier Final Score: 0-3 / Attendance: 550 Everyone that travels extensively for football pauses at some stage to consider the madness of the pastime; there are moments doubts can set in…
Date: 1 May 2024 / League: Polish fifth tier Final Score: 1-1 / Attendance: 1,300 This hobby can sometimes grind you down – in fact, I think this football lark isn’t so much a hobby as it is a…
Date: 17 April 2024 / League: Polish district cup (QF) Final Score: 2-2 (2-1 on pens) / Attendance: approx. 750 Experience I’m not sure there’s a country in Europe that has more bizarre or maddening kick-off times than Poland…
Date: 12 April 2024 / League: Polish third tier Final Score: 0-1 / Attendance: 2,098 Experience It was little over a year ago I visited Olsztyn for the first time, and since then I’ve racked the trips up –…
Date: 12 April 2024 / League: Polish sixth tier Experience It was back to Olsztyn for me last Friday, a city that’s fast becoming one of my favourites in Poland. As a creature of habit (usually bad ones), I…
Date: 1 April 2024 / League: Polish second tier Final Score: 0-0 / Attendance: 1,801 Experience If you’ve heard of Znicz Pruszkow, I’m guessing it’ll be for one of two reasons: firstly, as the club that ‘discovered’ Robert Lewandowski.…
Date: 24 March 2024 / League: some unknown local division Final Score: N/A / Attendance: me Experience After a successful start to the day at Hutnik Krakow (for that, CLICK ME!), I decided against staging an early exit from…
Date: 24 March 2024 / League: Polish third tier Final Score: 1-1 / Attendance: 1,100 Experience Long recognised as a major tourist destination for international weekenders, it’s increasingly common to hear foreign voices at Wisla Krakow and Cracovia. But,…
Date: 14 January 2024 Experience Regarded as one of Poland’s most iconic examples of modernist architecture, Katowice’s Spodek Arena makes for an unlikely football venue. Generally known as ‘the UFO building’ given its likeness to a flying saucer, this…
