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  • CharltonMadrid
    CharltonMadrid Posts: 5,091
    Currently watching Union Adarve vs Celta Vigo B in the Spanish third division. Around about 1000 here and a beautiful sunny day. Unfortunately it looks like it could be the third successive home nil-nil for Madrid's fourth professional team.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,024
    CharltonMadrid said:

    Currently watching Union Adarve vs Celta Vigo B in the Spanish third division. Around about 1000 here and a beautiful sunny day. Unfortunately it looks like it could be the third successive home nil-nil for Madrid's fourth professional team.

    Looking to go to Madrid in May.

    How would I get there on public transport?
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    ElfsborgAddick said:

    ricky_otto said:

    ElfsborgAddick said:

    Aveley beat Bury Town 1-0 yesterday in the Bostik North.

    This is their first year at the new ground. They only had 281 yesterday but that is a improvement on their old ground.

    With Aveley having a 3G pitch I went for the safe option of the game being on. My preferred option of South Park was called off

    As I do not drive, Kent to Essex is a 2 1/2 journey by train, tube, bus and legs. Fortunately I bumped into a friend of arsenetatters and I was back in Swanley at 17.25, the time the bus was due at Aveley!

    You should have poped round for a cup of tea - only 15 mins in a cab from me.
    I want to enjoy my Saturday afternoons.

    Thanks for the offer though.

    Are you still based in Dagenham docks?
    Dagenham Docks! They only time I go there is to ship odd dead bodies.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    ElfsborgAddick said:

    CharltonMadrid said:

    Currently watching Union Adarve vs Celta Vigo B in the Spanish third division. Around about 1000 here and a beautiful sunny day. Unfortunately it looks like it could be the third successive home nil-nil for Madrid's fourth professional team.

    Looking to go to Madrid in May.

    How would I get there on public transport?
    I’m going there in 3 weeks and hopefully be going see Real Madrid v Real Socieded (hopefully I can tickets).
  • CharltonMadrid
    CharltonMadrid Posts: 5,091
    ElfsborgAddick said:

    CharltonMadrid said:

    Currently watching Union Adarve vs Celta Vigo B in the Spanish third division. Around about 1000 here and a beautiful sunny day. Unfortunately it looks like it could be the third successive home nil-nil for Madrid's fourth professional team.

    Looking to go to Madrid in May.

    How would I get there on public transport?
    Metro Begoña, a few stops up from the Santiago Bernabeu. Games at the Estadio Vicente del Bosque are free entry until it's full - not bad for third level football!
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,024
    CharltonMadrid said:

    ElfsborgAddick said:

    CharltonMadrid said:

    Currently watching Union Adarve vs Celta Vigo B in the Spanish third division. Around about 1000 here and a beautiful sunny day. Unfortunately it looks like it could be the third successive home nil-nil for Madrid's fourth professional team.

    Looking to go to Madrid in May.

    How would I get there on public transport?
    Metro Begoña, a few stops up from the Santiago Bernabeu. Games at the Estadio Vicente del Bosque are free entry until it's full - not bad for third level football!
    Thank you.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,024
    Hungerford v Bognor yesterday.

    I was sweating at 1.30 with them having a pitch inspection. Amazed it was not called off to be honest.

    A 1-1 draw for the 280 attending.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,024
    Westfield are running away with the Combined Counties league and easily beat Guildford 5-0 yesterday.

    A shame for a successful team playing a local derby that the attendance was only in the region of 80. At this level the admission is very cheap, Westfield charge only £6 and a reasonable programme was £1.
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,970
    ElfsborgAddick said:

    Hungerford v Bognor yesterday.

    I was sweating at 1.30 with them having a pitch inspection. Amazed it was not called off to be honest.

    A 1-1 draw for the 280 attending.

    Much worse than Blackpool :neutral:
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,024
    Arsenetatters said:

    ElfsborgAddick said:

    Hungerford v Bognor yesterday.

    I was sweating at 1.30 with them having a pitch inspection. Amazed it was not called off to be honest.

    A 1-1 draw for the 280 attending.

    Much worse than Blackpool :neutral:
    AFC Blackpool staged their game on the same day.
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  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Real Madrid v Real Sociedad. 15 mins until kick off.
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  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,024
    ricky_otto said:

    Real Madrid v Real Sociedad. 15 mins until kick off.
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    Like x 200
  • cafc4life
    cafc4life Posts: 4,632
    ricky_otto said:

    Real Madrid v Real Sociedad. 15 mins until kick off.
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    Quality mate! Good seats aswel
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,024
    ricky_otto said:

    Real Madrid v Real Sociedad. 15 mins until kick off.
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    Any touts flogging?
  • CharltonMadrid
    CharltonMadrid Posts: 5,091
    ricky_otto said:

    Real Madrid v Real Sociedad. 15 mins until kick off.
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    Did they have the heaters on in the roof? Impressive ground eh. Hope the fans were on decent form as well.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    CharltonMadrid said:

    ricky_otto said:

    Real Madrid v Real Sociedad. 15 mins until kick off.
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    Did they have the heaters on in the roof? Impressive ground eh. Hope the fans were on decent form as well.
    Yes the heaters were on which which were much needed! It’s an very impressive stadium, I’ll be doing the stadium tour tomorrow so we can see a bit more of it.

    Fans were on top form, and was a much better atmosphere then I anticipated. Real were on fire in the first half, so as usually happens, the 2nd Half was bit of a non event.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    ElfsborgAddick said:

    ricky_otto said:

    Real Madrid v Real Sociedad. 15 mins until kick off.
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    Any touts flogging?
    Didn’t see any mate.
  • CharltonMadrid
    CharltonMadrid Posts: 5,091
    ricky_otto said:

    CharltonMadrid said:

    ricky_otto said:

    Real Madrid v Real Sociedad. 15 mins until kick off.
    imageimage

    Did they have the heaters on in the roof? Impressive ground eh. Hope the fans were on decent form as well.
    Yes the heaters were on which which were much needed! It’s an very impressive stadium, I’ll be doing the stadium tour tomorrow so we can see a bit more of it.

    Fans were on top form, and was a much better atmosphere then I anticipated. Real were on fire in the first half, so as usually happens, the 2nd Half was bit of a non event.
    Excellent - hope you're enjoying Madrid!
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,024
    In stark contrast to Otto, about 35 fans(half from Eastbourne) saw the away team win 4-1.

    This is the last season before Broadbridge move across the road to a new ground of their own.
  • RedPanda
    RedPanda Posts: 4,984
    edited February 2018
    I went to three in Germany at the weekend.

    Friday - Kaiserslautern 3-1 Holsten Kiel (14 euros, 2nd division, 20000 there)
    Saturday - Eintracht Frankfurt 4-2 Koln (35 euros, Bundesliga, 48000)
    Sunday - Wehen Wiesbaden 2-2 Werder Bremen II (11 euros, 3rd tier, 1400 with 22 away)

    I've seen 11 games now in Germany and Kaiserslautern goes down as my favourite ground. It's a grand old stadium with 3 sides having one, towering tier a la Liverpool's Kop or Dortmund's 'wall'. It's also sat on a big hill overlooking town and the fans are as good as any in Germany, hopefully they stay up.

    Eintracht was fun but it was like a lot of German atmospheres - decent, fairly loud but not overly impressive. Wiesbaden was a quick and easy one before flying home, it's 45 minutes and about 10 euros' worth from Frankfurt but that was covered by our match tickets. If you do Germany it's worth buying early and printing at home as they usually include a day's travelcard for the area.
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  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,024
    edited February 2018
    Abbey Rangers v Epsom and Ewell in the Combined Counties League.

    A low crowd of approximately 40 watched a poor 0-0 draw. The Epsom fans no doubt would have been pleased with a clean sheet as they had conceded 85 goals before yesterday.

    Another ground, programme, and badge to add to the collection.
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,140
    RedPanda said:

    I went to three in Germany at the weekend.

    Friday - Kaiserslautern 3-1 Holsten Kiel (14 euros, 2nd division, 20000 there)
    Saturday - Eintracht Frankfurt 4-2 Koln (35 euros, Bundesliga, 48000)
    Sunday - Wehen Wiesbaden 2-2 Werder Bremen II (11 euros, 3rd tier, 1400 with 22 away)

    I've seen 11 games now in Germany and Kaiserslautern goes down as my favourite ground. It's a grand old stadium with 3 sides having one, towering tier a la Liverpool's Kop or Dortmund's 'wall'. It's also sat on a big hill overlooking town and the fans are as good as any in Germany, hopefully they stay up.

    Eintracht was fun but it was like a lot of German atmospheres - decent, fairly loud but not overly impressive. Wiesbaden was a quick and easy one before flying home, it's 45 minutes and about 10 euros' worth from Frankfurt but that was covered by our match tickets. If you do Germany it's worth buying early and printing at home as they usually include a day's travelcard for the area.

    If you get a chance go and see Stuttgart Kickers...They have a sign there written in English as you get to the ground " welcome to hell". The ground is right next to the fernsehen tower. A television tower you can access and has superb views including views to FC stuttgart stadium on the other side of the city.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,024
    edited February 2018
    Newhaven v Haywards Heath in the Sussex League last Saturday.

    The 82 that braved the biting wind saw Newhaven win 3-1. A basic ground, but quite quirky.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,033
    Went to Club Brugge v Kortrijk tonight. 1st v 6th in the Belgian top flight, finished 2-1 to Club Brugge. Pretty much sold out stadium and decent (English Championship probably) level of football.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,024
    se9addick said:

    Went to Club Brugge v Kortrijk tonight. 1st v 6th in the Belgian top flight, finished 2-1 to Club Brugge. Pretty much sold out stadium and decent (English Championship probably) level of football.

    Do they still share with Cercle Brugge?
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,024
    edited March 2018
    Edgware v Harpenden yesterday in the Spartan South Midlands League.

    A great effort by the groundstaff and volunteers to get this one on, even though they have a 3G pitch with the weather as it has been it required a rare pitch inspection at 12.

    A cracking game which opened up in the second half saw the earlier efforts rewarded with a 3-1 home win, unfortunately there was only about 70 there. With this being one of only about 5 games on in the London area it was a shame they did not get the three figure crowd the officials were hoping for.

  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,033
    ElfsborgAddick said:

    se9addick said:

    Went to Club Brugge v Kortrijk tonight. 1st v 6th in the Belgian top flight, finished 2-1 to Club Brugge. Pretty much sold out stadium and decent (English Championship probably) level of football.

    Do they still share with Cercle Brugge?
    Yeah, Cercle have a tiny little section of the stadium in their colours, the rest of it is decked out in blue and black for Club Brugge
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,024
    se9addick said:

    ElfsborgAddick said:

    se9addick said:

    Went to Club Brugge v Kortrijk tonight. 1st v 6th in the Belgian top flight, finished 2-1 to Club Brugge. Pretty much sold out stadium and decent (English Championship probably) level of football.

    Do they still share with Cercle Brugge?
    Yeah, Cercle have a tiny little section of the stadium in their colours, the rest of it is decked out in blue and black for Club Brugge
    I saw Cercle play there in about '92, a few more at the game last night!
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,218
    Slough Town this evening at their new ground
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,030
    Currently watching the Portuguese second tier game between Nacional ( Ronaldo's old club) against Porto B.

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