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GROUND // Loughshore Hotel Arena - Carrick Rangers FC (Northern Ireland)

In our previous post on Crusaders FC we mentioned there was one stand that was bought by another team a couple of decades ago. We found...

GROUND // Seaview Stadium - Crusaders FC (Northern Ireland)

We received a lot of positive feedback on our Glentoran story. We already experienced the hospitality of Belfast people when we were...

GROUND // The Oval - Glentoran FC (Northern Ireland)

There are groundhoppers all over the world and everyone has their own favourite team or stadium to visit. But we can say without any...

GROUND // Hubert-Houben-Kampfbahn - KTSV Preußen Krefeld 1855 (Germany)

Back to the many treasures in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Everyone knows the wonderful and magnificent Grotenburg stadion where KFC Uerdingen 05...

GROUND // De Kraal - VVV Venlo (lost ground) (Netherlands)

Lost ground alert! Although it's not fully a lost ground, we can still consider this one. And what a gem it is! De Kraal is the former...

GROUND // Fortuna Sittard Stadion - Fortuna Sittard (Netherlands)

Sometimes we go on a stadium journey and recently one of our journeys brought us to the cosy Dutch Limburg province, Sittard to be exact....

GROUND // Stade Raymond Bonnardel - USJOA (lost ground) (France)

Even in France there are quite a lot of beautiful lost grounds to be found. This time we went almost completely to the south and we found...

GROUND // Stade Pierre Lamstaes - US Bray-Dunes (France)

It was only a matter of time before we visited a French ground. After Belgium (duh), Holland, Germany, England, South Africa, Argentina...

GROUND // Estadio Ulrico Mursa - Associaçao Atlética Portuguesa (Brazil)

Still in Brazil we went to a beautiful and charming "lower league" ground as well, mainly because of the stadium but also because Neymar...

GROUND // Estadio Urbano Caldeira - Santos FC (Brazil)

After having witnessed a game in the Pacaembu stadium, Sao Paulo, with Santos FC as home team, and seeing the home team could almost fill...

GROUND // Estadio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (aka Pacaembu Stadium) (Brazil)

Pitch'd is going international again and once again we are in South America. After having visited Argentina, we thought Brazil would be a...

GROUND // Opel Arena - 1. FSV Mainz 05 (Germany)

Since our visit to Germany last year (Bochum) was such a success we decided to go back to our eastern neighbours to attend a game. This...

GROUND // Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti - CA River Plate (Argentina)

Still in Argentina we also visited the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, more commonly called El Monumental. It's the stadium...

GROUND // Estadio Marcelo Bielsa - Club Atletico Newell's Old Boys (Argentina)

Pitch’d is travelling the world. For the first time we visited stadiums outside of Europe. First real stop: Argentina and the Newell’s...

GROUND // Vicarage Road - Watford FC (England)

Back to the UK for one last time. On our small trip to the home of football we have also been able to visit a Premier League team. We...

GROUND // Sportpark Höhenberg - FC Viktoria Köln 1904 eV (Germany)

Last week we posted the magnificent lost ground of VfL Köln 99. This week we are still in Cologne, but on the completely other side of...

GROUND // Weidenpescher Park - VfL Köln 99 (lost ground, Germany)

Germany is packed with wonderful stadiums for groundhoppers. Even more than Belgium one can spend weeks and months wandering around in...

GROUND // Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion - FC Dordrecht (Netherlands)

Just across the border with Belgium there are a lot of fantastic Dutch stadiums and teams. We have visited a couple of them already and...

GROUND // Ship Lane - Thurrock FC (England)

It doesn't happen that often a fairly new team and new ground is extremely interesting for nostalgic groundhoppers, does it? Well......

GROUND // Fullicks Stadium - Folkestone Invite FC (England)

After we visited Dover and its stadium, we immediately went to Folkestone. Another absolute gem was waiting for us and after having...