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,…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
