Groundhops

  Brøndby Stadion, Brøndby Visited 07/05/2008 SAS Ligaen: Brøndby IF – Viborg FF 1-1 Attendance: 11.320 Brøndby IF, in full Brøndby Idræts Forening, is probably the most famous Danish football club outside of the national boundaries. Besides arch rival FC … Continued

Bezirkssportanlage Köln–Süd “Südstadion“, Köln Visited: 01/11/2008 NRW–Liga: SC Fortuna Köln – FC Gütersloh 2000 4-0 Spectators: 720   Putting a label on a club like Fortuna Köln is not easy. For some it is a typical “Stadtteilverein”, for others it … Continued

  Mommsen-stadion, Berlin – Charlottenburg Visited 10/09/2010 NOFV-Oberliga-Nord: Tennis Borussia Berlin – 1. FC Union Berlin II 0-2 Attendance: 600   If I had passed by the Mommsen Stadium last year I probably would have written a whole different article. Because back then everything was … Continued

  ADO Den Haag Stadion, The Hague Visited 13/12/2009 Eredivisie: ADO Den Haag – Heracles Almelo 1-4 Attendance: 11.679 It is as if our Sparta-trip from a year ago was only yesterday when we board the Benelux train on this cold Sunday morning … Continued

  Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion, Potsdam – Babelsberg Visited 11/09/2010 3. Liga: SV Babelsberg 03 – FC Hansa Rostock 0-2 Attendance: 7.045 If you are a policeman in Babelsberg or surroundings and wanted to spend a day with family or loved ones today you would be in for … Continued

  Stadion Lichterfelde, Berlin – Lichterfelde Visited 12/09/2010 NOFV-Oberliga Nord: LFC Berlin 1892 – Ludwigsfelder FC 1-0 Attendance: +/- 120 (66 paying) While almost 48,000 people in the Olympiastadion marvel at Hertha BSC versus Arminia Bielefeld, I go in the southwest of … Continued

  Stadion im Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach Visited 11/04/2009 Bundesliga: Borussia Mönchengladbach – VfL Wolfsburg 1-2 Attendance: 49.152 When I ordered the tickets for this contest over a month ago I did not anticipate that this afternoon the current (co)-leader in the Bundesliga would come … Continued

  Gaelic Park, Bronx, New York Visited 04/09/2009 NCAA Division I, MAAC: Manhattan Lady Jaspers – Canisius Golden Griffins 1-1 Attendance:+/- 30 My second trip to New York is a disillusionment when it comes to football. The Red Bulls should have … Continued

  Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Ma. Visited 11/09/2008 Major League Soccer: New England Revolution – Chivas USA 4-0 Attendance: 7.606 The 6 States that make up New England; Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island, are not brimming with professional sports … Continued

  Allianz-Arena, München Visited 13/05/2007 2nd Bundesliga: TSV 1860 München – FC Hansa Rostock 1-2 Attendance: 36.100 Maybe the name of the 2nd club of Munich is a bit misleading: the more than 20,000 members of the “TSV 1860 von München” will … Continued