Football Grounds Of Clubs Who’ve Won A European Or UEFA Cup
This is another idea, that might be easier. Only clubs, that have won the European Cup, Champions League, Cup Winners Cup or UEFA Cup qualify.
Aberdeen
Amsterdam – Ajax
Anderlecht
Barcelona
Belgrade – Red Star
birmingham – Aston Villa
Bremen – Werder
Bratislava – Slovan
Bucharest – Steaua
Donetsk – Shaktar
Dortmund – Borussia
Eindhoven – PSV
Florence – Fiorentina
Frankfurt – Eintract
Gelsenkirchen – Schalke
Genoa – Sampdoria
Glasgow – Celtic and Rangers
Gottenburg
Hamburg
Ipswich
Istanbul – Galatasary
Kiev – Dynamo
Leverkusen – Bayer
Lisbon – Benfica and Sporting
Liverpool – Everton and Liverpool
London – Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United
Madrid – Athletico and Real Madrid
Magdeburg
Manchester – City and United
Marseille
Mechelen
Milan – AC and Internazionale
Monchengladbach – Borussia
Moscow – CSKA
Munich – Bayern
Naples – Napoli
Notts Forest
Oporto – Porto
Paris – PSG
Parma
Rome – Lazio
Rotterdam – Feyenoord
St. Petersburg – Zenit
Seville
Stuttgart
Tbilisi
Turin – Juventus
Villarreal
Valencia
Zragoza – Real
I got all of these from this list in Wikipedia.
An Open Letter From The Leader Of Blackpool Council
This letter written by the leader of Blackpool Council and published in the Blackpool Gazette has been discussed on the BBC.
I couldn’t resist penning a reply.
In 2011, to raise money for Cancer Research after the death of my wife and son from the disease, i visited all 92 Football and Premier League clubs alphabetically by public transport.
Of all the towns and cities I visited Blackpool was the worst and most visitor-unfriendly. Turn up at any station and try to get a bus to Bloomfield Road or even find a map. Compare the town to Bournemouth, where the public transport is easily understandable.
But after my experience of Blackpool, I kept asking people I met, within day trip distance, if they ever went to the town. A plumber from Wigan said that he never went although he had many times until a few years ago. But now if he wants a day by the sea, he’ll go to Liverpool or Southport.
Blackpool needs a real change of attitude and must look at everything it does to make sure that it does the best for everybody and every business in the town.
Incidentally, I’m an Ipswich Town supporter and travel to a lot of away games from London where I live. I’ve done Blackpool twice, but I suspect never again, when I can enjoy the friendly atmosphere in places like Barnsley, Burnley, Derby, Hull and Nottingham.
I’m also a coeliac, which means I must have gluten-free food. Last time in the town, all I found was a banana and a coffee. Compare this to the lovely meal I had in that noted holiday resort called Crewe.
As it is I think I kept it quite mild!
Ipswich Finally Get A Win
I was there on Saturday, when at St. Andrews in Birmingham, Ipswich finally got a win.
What a relief!
A Pedestrian Crossing From Hell
I could have labelled this crossing between Bordesley station and Birmingham City’s ground of St. Andrews, the worst I’d seen, but the pictures didn’t do it justice.
A Pedestrian Crossing From Hell
They don’t show how there was no signs, lights or a policeman on a road, where cars took the junction at well over the legal limit. Two cars actually touched as I waited to cross.
But nothing will be done, as a proper solution would slow the cars. And cars are of course kings in Birmingham, with only losers using public transport.
One day, there’ll be a serious accident.
No Football Today
Ipswich are at home and there’s rail replacement buses both way. I’ve normally nothing against buses, but rail replacement ones generally have a standard that leaves a lot to be desired and given the weather they’ll probably be icy.
More Football Travel Problems To Ipswich
Sometimes to get back from Ipswich after a match, a friend drops me at Newbury Park tube station.
But not for the next few days, as the line is closed from today until November the 4th, according to this on the TfL website. Explaining the need for the closure, they said this.
By closing the line for a longer period (instead of multiple weekend works) the overall time needed for the work will be cut from 19 to 12 days and will save more than £2.
It seems a lot of hassle for a saving of just £2.
I’m Watching Celtic
As it’s a choice between Chelsea, Manchester United and Celtic, it’s a bit of a no-brainer really. Especially, as the two English clubs are losing.
FIFA Sees Sense On Goal-Line Technology
At last! It’s all here about how the old farts have caved in to technology!
I’ll believe it when I see it in action.
Putting It Straight
I liked this sign at the KC Stadium in Hull.
Putting It Straight
No-one was smoking, so the message must be getting through.
Greek Football Team Turns To Brothels For Sponsorship
I spotted this in one of the small articles in The Times yesterday. But the only place I can find it on the web is here on a New Zealand web site.
Here’s a couple of paragraphs.
Players on a cash-strapped Greek football team now wear pink practice jerseys with the logos “Villa Erotica” and “Soula’s House of History,” two bordellos it recruited as sponsors after drastic government spending cuts left the country’s sports clubs facing ruin.
Other teams have also turned to unconventional financing. One has a deal with a local funeral home and others have wooed kebab shops, a jam factory and producers of Greece’s trademark feta cheese.
But the amateur Voukefalas club – whose players include pizza delivery guys, students, waiters and a bartender – has raised eyebrows with its flamboyant sponsorship choice.
Times are obviously hard in Greece.
The Anonymous Widower 