Euro 2016: Icelandic Clap spreads around Europe

Outside the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

The lazy day on the beach and relaxed evening beers watching Ireland draw against Zlatan in Monaco gave us our next energy boost, before heading off to Lyon. We only got as far as the train station for two hours, finding out our train had been cancelled, really good after the painfully early wake-up. The next available train would take us back via Marseille. Our delay meant we had less time in Lyon, before heading to St. Etienne, a forty-minute train journey away, for our evening match of Portugal, with star players at Real Madrid, Monaco and Fenerbahce, playing the… Read more »

Euro 2016: Nice to see you, to see you, Nice

After the madness in Marseille, we were relieved for our early sojourn to Nice for the Northern Ireland vs Poland game, with a brief stop to purchase breakfast in Avignon. Our onwards train was overcrowded due to some French striking action and it was causing problems for other travellers, meaning our seat reservations were taken, and despite a brief disagreement on principles of people in seats who were victims of their train being cancelled, we all settled down to enjoy conversation, befriending three Canadian ladies who were taking their vacation to enjoy the Euro 2016 experience, discussing our journey so… Read more »

Euro 2016: Marseille with Love from Russians

In a normal summer, eight weeks between football seasons can be hard for a football fan. No build up to the weekend game, no midweek cup action and the awaiting of other results to affect your team’s league position. Then every even year, there is a tournament to make 4 of those 8 weeks intense, with football almost everyday throughout. This year, if you didn’t know, was Euro 2016, with two time winners France the hosts. The Journey Begins Several friends and I jumped at the chance to trace across the southern parts of France, through Lyon, Nice, Marseille and… Read more »

The quiz of the 92 league grounds for the 2015/16 season

craven cottage floodlight

With the league season over and with a gap until the European Championships we thought we’d help fill a little of one of those quiet evenings. We taken a look back over the past season and put together a bumper quiz of 30 questions to test how well you know your stuff about the 92 grounds over the past season. Good luck and be sure to drop us a tweet to @the92dotnet to let us know how you got on [playbuzz-item url=”//www.playbuzz.com/the92dotnet10/the92-net-quiz-of-the-season-2015-16″] If you’re new to the92.net you can JOIN NOW to create your 92 plus rate and review the… Read more »

Championship Football moves a step closer at the Pirelli Stadium

burton albion pirelli stadium

As the Football League season entered its penultimate round Michael Pilcher made another lengthy journey from Kent following Gillingham. Burton was the destination as the Brewers sought to inch closer to Championship football while the Gills still had hopes of a play off place. Ground: The Pirelli Stadium 78/92 Game: Burton Albion 2 – 1 Gillingham Date: 30/04/2016 Burton was in a cluster of grounds around the middle of the country I had yet to tick off, and what was supposed to be a top-of-the-table clash against my team Gillingham looked a good opportunity to get it ticked off. Alas,… Read more »

Villa Park – A stadium that deserves Premier League football

Villa Park the home of Aston Villa

The once vibrant Villa Park located in Birmingham’s B6 area has cut a lonely figure this season after the side that has played there for 119 years endured one of the worst if not the worst domestic campaigns in living memory. Aston Villa, a club who have won everything there is to win in the game including the European Cup back in 1982 thanks to some heroics from Villa legend Peter Withe, have broken the hearts of fans and football purists alike with the poor form they’ve served up on the football field this season. Located just a stone’s throw… Read more »

De Geusselt – A trip to see MVV Maastricht

The players warm up.

Dutch football has produced some of the best football and footballers our planet has ever seen. The invention of ‘Total Football’ from Ajax and further expansion with the national team to lead European and International football, and the introduction of some of the best coaches and footballers the world has ever seen. Clubs such as Ajax, Feyenoord, PSV and more recently Twente, have been competitive in European football competitions. Arguably one of the smallest nations to maintain such a prestigious hold within European football circles. But what lies beneath the glamour of the illustrious clubs? I went to see some… Read more »

David Watkins join the 92 club

Colchester Weston Homes Community stadium pitch

If you follow us on Twitter you will no doubt have seen a few tweets from David Watkins over the past year. The Leeds fan has put his time to good use popping up at grounds all over the country in the last 12 months to get his 92 finished. We caught up with David to find out more about his journey. Groundsman: Firstly congratulations on completing the 92! Which was your final ground and did you commemorate the occasion? David: Thank you! My final ground was Roots Hall for the League One game between Southend United and Crewe Alexandra…. Read more »

We speak to man behind Football Weekends Magazine

Football Weekends Magazine

Do you love Football? Are you a fan of grounds? If so we’ve found the mag for you! Introducing the Football Weekends Magazine. We caught up with Jim Stewart, the man behind the publication to find out more… Groundsman: For a fan seeing Football Weekends Magazine for the first time what’s behind the cover? Jim: Essentially it’s a fan’s guide to watching football at home and overseas. This isn’t about the footballers, it’s about the experience of watching football and all that entails – the stadiums, the clubs, the destinations, the pubs. Each issue has a country guide and several… Read more »

Is the Emirates Stadium set to have a roof?

The Emirates Stadium Arsenal

Well a sunroof. Yes, that’s right. Gunner’s fan woke to the news that the club are planning to add a sunroof to the Emirates Stadium. In partnership with major French car manufacturer Citroen they are looking to harness technology from the C1 Airscape model to create the roof ready for launch on 1st April 2017. The canvas roof, in red of course, will open in a record 11 seconds plus be used to project message and replays. And that’s not all. Every game an Arsenal fan will be selected at random to choose whether the sunroof is open or closed…. Read more »