European Stadiums You Have Visited to Watch a NON-City Match

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

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Shakhtar Donetsk's new stadium vs Dnipropetrovsk back in 2011. Sat next to the ultras area (usual giant flags, occasional flare, relentless singing led by dude with megafone, seats removed as they never sit down). Was 0-0 if I recall, strange for a game played by so many Brazillians!

Think it was designed by same architects as did the Etihad, Emirates and Allianz.

It has one of those massive black granite globes outside in a cradle that kind of floats on a thin layer of water so you can move it around. All landscaped in the walk-up and really impressive lovely looking part of the city...until you spy the slag heaps on the horizon.

Overall a good day out, thankful to my in-laws for pulling a few favours so we could go.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

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Watched Spartak Moscow v some team with lots of letters in it in October as we stayed in Moscow until the Sunday evening after City played there.

We wondered why there were thousands of police everywhere, tanks and all sorts. But it turns out Spartak fans can be slightly....boisterous:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c0RN-8IbwY[/youtube]

I also went to the Mecca of world football, Ewan Fields to watch Hyde vs Nuneaton, someone. It was pissing it down, but you could take pints in the ground, which could explain how this happened:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8xeeUA7V1k[/youtube]

Used to go to Ewen Fields to watch the Manchester Spartans play gridiron on Sundays. Happy memories. Bloody AstroTurf burns from diving around on it back in the late 80s though.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

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I went to Fulham v Villa at Craven Cottage earlier this season, just before Christmas. Was working down there and fancied a match.

 

[AlgarveBlu]

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Went to benfica juventus game week before and it was a great atmosphere...my 7 year old still prefers the etihad though as his ears were hurting with all the noise..god bless

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

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Couple of La ligue games - Barcelona v Valencia when the real Ronaldo was around and he scored a hatrick.

Cadiz v Bilbao - crap game and can't remember the score, 0-1 I think. Good atmosphere though, all the Bilbao fans' were mingling with the home support and us (a few British lads) and having a beer. My abiding memory during the game was that of the locals smoking the herb in the ground around us.

 

[BigOscar]

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I think I've been to most of the Portuguese stadiums that were built/renovated for the EURO's, all of which are spectacular, if sparsely populated. Braga's ground, the Quary, is probably my favourite I've visited, as it's just a bizarre experience to have an actual cliff face behind one of the goals, just mental. The Estadio Da Luz is definitely mey favourite for atmosphere though, it's like if the Emirates had a soul

 

[Blue Mist]

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I went to Fulham v Villa at Craven Cottage earlier this season, just before Christmas. Was working down there and fancied a match.

Fred, call me picky and a little hung over after a great night but I do not think you quite grasped the point of this thread, (or maybe it is me !) but when the OP put 'European Stadiums you have visited' I don't think he had Fulham in mind !!!!

 

[ob]

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Been to

Celtic Park
Ibrox
Hampden
Aviva Dublin
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Tenerife
Landsdowne Road

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

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I went to Fulham v Villa at Craven Cottage earlier this season, just before Christmas. Was working down there and fancied a match.

Fred, call me picky and a little hung over after a great night but I do not think you quite grasped the point of this thread, (or maybe it is me !) but when the OP put 'European Stadiums you have visited' I don't think he had Fulham in mind !!!!

I see your point but if Ibrox and Celtic Park count, why doesn't Craven Cottage? Its in Europe.

 

[Blue Mist]

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I went to Fulham v Villa at Craven Cottage earlier this season, just before Christmas. Was working down there and fancied a match.

Fred, call me picky and a little hung over after a great night but I do not think you quite grasped the point of this thread, (or maybe it is me !) but when the OP put 'European Stadiums you have visited' I don't think he had Fulham in mind !!!!

I see your point but if Ibrox and Celtic Park count, why doesn't Craven Cottage? Its in Europe.

At least Ibrox and Celtic Park are in a different country !!! using your thinking I watched Burnley Town play AFC Frinckley a few years ago and I can tell you that the locals were definitely weird.


(Actually I just made that up )