Guest alex Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 In that Alex Belios book 'Futebol' about Brazilian football (funnily enough) has a section about 2 or 3 4th tier (or thereabouts) Brazilian players who moved to the Faroe Islands. I think one of them married a lass and stayed on but it must have been some fucking culture shock when the rolled up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5941 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Aye, I remember that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 In that Alex Belios book 'Futebol' about Brazilian football (funnily enough) has a section about 2 or 3 4th tier (or thereabouts) Brazilian players who moved to the Faroe Islands. I think one of them married a lass and stayed on but it must have been some fucking culture shock when the rolled up there. Better than kipping in a phone box though. I couldn't remember how mad it was when Isidro Diaz and Roberto Martinez came from Spain to play for Wigan in Division Four. It's almost the norm now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 In that Alex Belios book 'Futebol' about Brazilian football (funnily enough) has a section about 2 or 3 4th tier (or thereabouts) Brazilian players who moved to the Faroe Islands. I think one of them married a lass and stayed on but it must have been some fucking culture shock when the rolled up there. Better than kipping in a phone box though. I couldn't remember how mad it was when Isidro Diaz and Roberto Martinez came from Spain to play for Wigan in Division Four. It's almost the norm now. They weren't destitute though. Poor, aye. But they ended up as semi pros working in a fish canning factory in the Faroe Islands (or something like that) so they were hardly living the dream. Think I'd rather have stayed in Brazil tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I like this one, probably the best supported club in the whole American continents these Chivas. It was built to resemble a nearby volcano, and I think they've done a canny job. Capacity goes up to 75,000 for some games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 For younguns who can't quite remember the Gallowgate. I reckon this photo was from 1981 or 1982. There was no fences up and the old scoreboard was up which was changed in 1988. Later on about 85 as well The Corner had an iron walkway put in the middle. Brings a tear to t'eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleeToonFan 1 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Strahov Stadium... with 9 pitches inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolly Potter MD 0 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 One of the better looking 20k seaters around, and it's a genuinely hostile venue too thanks to the supporter base (and reputation) of one half of the stadium's co-tenant clubs. Stadium's architecture incorporates that of the city landscape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6308 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 The seat colours make it look like a lego model where they didn't have enough of the same colour bricks tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolly Potter MD 0 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Lawson Tama Stadium, Solomon Islands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 One of the better looking 20k seaters around, and it's a genuinely hostile venue too thanks to the supporter base (and reputation) of one half of the stadium's co-tenant clubs. Stadium's architecture incorporates that of the city landscape. Where's that like? Some rogue state? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 More of a hill than a stadium (the Solomon Islands one). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 More of a hill than a stadium (the Solomon Islands one). Must be the only ground where you have a chance of getting bitten by a scorpion. Actual death trap that if they scored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I went to see Sparta Prague a few years back and it was much nicer a ground than I thought it would be. It basically had one end that was batshit mental, full of ultras, flags, flares, and noisey as fuck. The away fans were to the right of where we sat (we were right behind the goal, literally) and we were only separated from them by a metal fence, which home and away fans quite happily exchanged punches through while the plod and stewards dozed off. Great experience like, I took a photo of the sign they had outside the ground which basically had 'no knifes, no guns, no bombs' on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I've been to loads of stadiums at home and abroad many which are more highly rated than this, but it's my favourite stadium. Everything a ground should be. Stands are so steep, atmosphere immense, facilities amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I've been to loads of stadiums at home and abroad many which are more highly rated than this, but it's my favourite stadium. Everything a ground should be. Stands are so steep, atmosphere immense, facilities amazing. That's a great stadium but the away end is fucking shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I've been to loads of stadiums at home and abroad many which are more highly rated than this, but it's my favourite stadium. Everything a ground should be. Stands are so steep, atmosphere immense, facilities amazing. That's a great stadium but the away end is fucking shite. I was there for England v Portugal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I've been to loads of stadiums at home and abroad many which are more highly rated than this, but it's my favourite stadium. Everything a ground should be. Stands are so steep, atmosphere immense, facilities amazing. That's a great stadium but the away end is fucking shite. I was there for England v Portugal. PSV v Newcastle 03/04 UEFA Cup QF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I know someone who went there when we played them in CL (under Dalglish). Apparently it was Baltic but the stadium has heaters which blow out hot air (and they actually worked). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themags 0 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I was there for our game with them and the heaters were spot on, shame they turned the fuckers off dot on full time and kept us back for ages. The away end at PSV is the most steepest stadium i've been in, with us all stood up, people with flying everywhere when Jenas (i think) equalised. Still a cracking European adventure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 There was a coffee shop 200 yards from the ground, was mint seeing as many peaceful England fans. The dutch police were absolutely fantastic, as opposed to the Belgians who were bigger cunts than wor police even. Terrible people. I think that's the first stadium I'd ever drunk beer in my seat as well. Surely in the all seater era they should allow that in this country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolly Potter MD 0 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 One of the better looking 20k seaters around, and it's a genuinely hostile venue too thanks to the supporter base (and reputation) of one half of the stadium's co-tenant clubs. Stadium's architecture incorporates that of the city landscape. Where's that like? Some rogue state? Teddy Kolek Stadium, Jerusalem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolly Potter MD 0 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 More of a hill than a stadium (the Solomon Islands one). That's pretty much what it is. A football ground carved into the side of a hill, and i think they cram 10k+ in for the national team's fictures. With the scenery, surrounding greenery, when it's overflowing at capacity it looks great on the television. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 One of the better looking 20k seaters around, and it's a genuinely hostile venue too thanks to the supporter base (and reputation) of one half of the stadium's co-tenant clubs. Stadium's architecture incorporates that of the city landscape. Where's that like? Some rogue state? Teddy Kolek Stadium, Jerusalem. You should've just said "aye" then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolly Potter MD 0 Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 One of the better looking 20k seaters around, and it's a genuinely hostile venue too thanks to the supporter base (and reputation) of one half of the stadium's co-tenant clubs. Stadium's architecture incorporates that of the city landscape. Where's that like? Some rogue state? Teddy Kolek Stadium, Jerusalem. You should've just said "aye" then. ......... and potentially hijack the thread with cut & pasted articles, on the new wave of anti-semitism, in response to all this patter. Is it the only venue where a goal hero (from a previous EC qualifier: Arab-Israeli scored against the Dutch iirc and kept them alive in the comp, before receiving a disgraceful homecoming) has had widespread 'death chants' directed against them from the terraces, at an international friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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