Pardubice Athletics Stadium; Czech Republic

This is the athletic stadium, in the Czech town of Pardubice. Home to the local athletics club, but not-as far as I know-any football team. I took these snaps on 25th October 2010; & found the stadium 'trial & error'. I saw it marked on the local town map, in the centre of town, & copied down the directions! Sometimes these strolls come to nothing & you get lose, or the ground is not an actual ground, but a field. But then you can also 'come up trumps' & discover a cracking old venue like this one.



Inside the perimeter fence was a billboard for the town football team, but they do not play here.



From the road this was a closed entrance, in the corner.



This is the back of the main sand.



Through a side gate, here we are in the stadium, by the impressive main stand.



But we're going to save the stand til last, & head round the ground the other way...concrete terracing to the corner.



This continues all the way round the track.



From the top of the corner of the first bend we see the gates that we looked at from outside.



This really is a substantial terrace.



From the top we look back to the stand. You can make out the terracing down the far end too.




These steps are the ones that lead up to the terrace, from the entrance gates.



Same steps, different angle, to see the top of the stand.



Another shot of the gates, & beyond.



And the 'straight' of the terrace again.



Moving on round the curve.



The terracing is magnificent, & in relatively good condition.



Apart from the 'tunnel' in the middle, it continues all the way along the side.



Straight down the track & terrace.



From this bend we see over to the grandstand.



Behind this side terrace, is an open grassed athletics area.



This also has some substantial terracing down the side.



Back in the main stadium, we look over the field.



There are some buildings in the centre of the terrace, at the top.



The tunnel links the two area, with more terracing beyond, on the smaller side. Note the cage further along.



Behind it is some more steps of terracing.



Back again in the main stadium, there are a couple of benches at the top.



At the far end it once again curves round, in a wide bend.



Behind this curve is another sports area.



Moving on, we continue round the terrace.



Up at the top we look over the stadium.



Almost at the end of the terrace now, as we see the stand.



Here we see a full view of it.



Behind this last curve is another entrance, with some sort of bar area by it.



We are now at the bit of straight terrace along the side, before the stand.



Almost there!



Now we are up in the stand.



Old wooden backed seating in it.



This bit for the 'posh' people, according to the sign.



Moving onwards, we look over the rest of the stand.



And in the centre, across to the other side.



Toward the end of the stand, we see over to the first part of the terracing we walked round.



Before turning round & glancing back.



Time to leave, down the steps at the front.

Corny Athletic Stadium; Jablonec, Czech Republic

This athletics stadium in Jablonec was next door to the football ground. I would hazard a guess it was a replacement for the track that would have been in the football stadium, prior to the redevelopment. I do not know if any local football teams uses this as a home venue, but there were no goals up.

This stadium is basically one sided, with these seats down the side.



Here is a view from the bottom, looking along them.



There is a rail behind the track, where spectators can stand.



By the seats is this small area of terracing in the corner.



There was a path above the stand that led to the football ground, which is how I got in there. It was still snow covered from the recent bad weather they had had in the area the week before.



from up above, at the end of the path, we look down at the track, with some seats in view in front. The car park in the background is inside the football stadium.

Horspath Road Athletics Stadium; Oxford.

This small stadium is the base for Oxford City Athletics Club. I was playing on an outer park pitch next to it, in a supporters' football match in October, & took the opportunity to pop in and take a few snaps.

There were no football markings, and I was unsure if it had ever been used for football. So I went to the new 'NON LEAGUE MATTERS' website, which is a work in progress, & asked about it on their messageboard. It has not been, and is first & foremost an athletics venue.



Signs on the perimeter tell you it's home of the Oxford City Athletic Club.



This is the outer view of the main building, which houses the changing rooms & other facilities.



Inside, by the track, is this stand.



From inside we look back at the main building. Note the small plaques on the left.



This tells you how the facilities were part funded.



And here we can see when it was opened.



The track is railed off, but the rest of the stadium is very open.



Here we look across the grass, there appears to be banking over the far side, but I didn't bother to walk over there to have a look.



Here we look down the main spectator side, to the other end. My game was played just behind those trees.



This is a side angle shot of the stand.



And in it we look across the seating.



From up in the stand we look over the track.



And we finish with a view of the seats from down at the front.