Welcome to the time machine. The benches that once lined the stands of this cosmic commie era bowl were removed in 2009, and today all that remains are ever-stretching acres of vast concrete terracing. For stadium nerds, this football…
Unknown Gems
Behold, one of Webber’s great discoveries! I could talk all day long about the little away cage snuck into the corner, the abandoned terrace running down the side and antique ticket kiosk that marks the entrance of the ground.…
As a stadium nerd, this is precisely the kind of place that I love to uncover. Entered under a sign written in a groovy 70s-style script, the ground presents a motherlode of curiosities, inconsistencies, contrasts and treasures – all…
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…
Representing the idyllic side of Polish football, Huragan’s ground is a pleasure to visit: sat right next to a placid lake, its charms are copious and abundant – fringed on another side by woodland, it’s a relaxing alternative to…
Aimed at the truest of football connoisseurs, Czuwaj is not merely the most picturesque ground in Poland, but also one of the best you’ll find anywhere in Europe – centred around an outsized timber chalet, this place has you…
Personally-speaking, my evening at KSZO went pretty bloody miserably, but even so there’s much to note about this strange little ground – completely out-of-sync with each other, the stands here are a puzzling assortment of oddities that appear to…
I imagine a high risk match at Koluszki being one where the wind blows above a breeze – yikes, you can practically hear the roof creaking here. But what a stadium this is: if you like your football raw…
Gdansk sees plenty of football tourists, but it’s to Lechia the majority will go. You should as well, but not before a visit to Stocznowiec. Simply one of the most extraordinary grounds I’ve seen, this lost world of football…
If you think modern football is rubbish, then you haven’t visited Zabierzow. The main stand is the principal talking point and it’s an absolute marvel: think lots of varying levels, pointed stanchions and curvy steel finishes wrapped in creeping…