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Unia Oswiecim v Beskid Andrychow

Date: 6 April 2019 / League: Polish 5th tier Final Score: 3-1 / Attendance: approx. 400 In A Nutshell An explosive pyro display steals the show at this regional derby… Getting There Well, personally I had a bit of…

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Sola Oswiecim v Stal Rzeszow

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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Wawel Wirek

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…

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RKS Grodziec

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,…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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Szombierki Bytom

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…

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Kmita Zabierzow

In my eyes, a good ground demands a special away end – and Kmita have just that. Slotted diagonally in the corner of the ground, this temporary-looking structure is made all the more special for the way in which…