Category Archives: Football Stadia
Herzlich Willkommen Bei Uns … PPL Park
============================================================= Dass ist der neue PPL PARK, der nahe bei dem DELAWARE FLUSS in suedosten Pennsylvania liegt. In dem Hintergrund ist die beruehmte COMMODORE BARRY BRUECKE, die fuer einen wichtigen Marineoffizier genannt wird. Das Stadion gibt 18.500 Sitzplaetzen und PHILADELPHIA … Continue reading
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Das Stadion An Dresden
================================================================ November 7, 1973 — the former RUDOLF HARBIG STADION, the venerable site now officially known at this point in time as the Dynamo Stadion, and its distinctive “Giraffen Flutlichter” in the city of Dresden played host to the historical … Continue reading
Filed under E Ger - Dynamo Dresden, Football Stadia
Portugal’s Football Quarry
======================================================== Carved into the face of the adjacent MONTE CARLO QUARRY, the impressive spectacle of A PEDREIRA (The Quarry) serves as home ground for local Portuguese side SPORTING CLUBE DE BRAGA and easily stands out as one of the most … Continue reading
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City Cannot Cope With Greek Mystique
======================================================== Argentine striker RAUL BOBADILLA (22) of FC Aris Thessaloniki, recently arrived on loan from struggling German Bundesliga club Borussia Moenchengladbach, eyes the ball in front of the goal with a massive mural hanging behind at the always-decorative Kleanthis Vikelidis … Continue reading
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Filed under Eng - Manchester City, Football Stadia, Gre - FC Aris Thessaloniki, UEFA Europa League
Bloomfield Stadium – Divided Domicile
======================================================== One of the most unique and interesting aspects of the BIG TEL AVIV DERBY is the fact that the two involved football clubs actually occupy the same athletic stadium. Of course, ground sharing is not the way it usually … Continue reading
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Filed under Football Stadia, Isr - FC Hapoel Tel Aviv, Isr - FC Maccabi Tel Aviv
Praterstadion Ist Jetzt Ernst Happel Stadion
======================================================== The old PRATERSTADION, located in the Leopoldstadt district of the Austrian capital city of Vienna, was originally opened in 1931 and had already undergone several major renovation projects when another significant change arrived in the early 1990s. Upon the … Continue reading
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Filed under Austria national team, Football Stadia
Holiday Viennese Stadia Tour – Scheduled Stops
======================================================== (Martin Ortner photo) ======================================================== All aboard…the schedule of stops for the Holiday Viennese Stadia Tour hosted by the blog will be as follows : ERNST HAPPEL STADION — opened 1931 — Austria national team — capacity 53,008 (former Praterstadion) … Continue reading
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Filed under Austria national team, Aut - FK Austria Wien, Aut - SK Rapid Wien, Football Stadia
Altes Praterstadion – Early History
======================================================== A view of the still uncovered Praterstadion, circa 1968, in the Austrian capital city of Vienna; although the foundation had first been laid forty years earlier in 1928, by this time, four years after hosting its first European Cup … Continue reading
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Filed under Austria national team, Football Stadia
Sinister Past Of Altes Praterstadion
======================================================== (docomomo.at) ======================================================== The regular readership has already noted that the old PRATERSTADION, since renamed after the famous Austrian player and manager Ernst Happel, was the venue where the last-ever World Cup hopes of East Germany died thanks to three … Continue reading
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Viennese Stadia Confusion Requires Correction
======================================================== The linesman spots an infraction of the rules and raises his flag accordingly during the 295th Viennese Derby between visiting SK Rapid Vienna and intra-city arch-rival FK Austria Vienna at the FRANZ HORR STADION in the capital city of … Continue reading
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Filed under Aut - FK Austria Wien, Aut - SK Rapid Wien, Football Stadia
