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…
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…
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…
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.…
More’s the pity, on the day I visited the visiting team’s fans had been banned from travelling, therefore meaning that the away stand had been generously given over to some local blokes eating sandwiches. But what an enclosure this…
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…
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…
