Wednesday, 6 October 2010

FK Viktoria Zizkov B; Prague, Czech Republic

I saw a game at this ground, currently home to Viktoria Zizkov B, on my first groundhopping trip to Prague, back in October 2003, when it was the home of SC Xaverov Horni Pocernice. As I remember it it was very cold, & a bloody awful match, but there you go, they can be sometimes!

I'm no 'expert' on Czech football politics, but I believe this club was bought out by the 'fake' Bohemians, who then moved elsewhere, & thus this place became the FK Viktoria Zizkov training ground, & home for their B team.

Whatever, it's a nice little ground, & worth a visit, on the edge of Prague, about a mile from the nearest Metro, uphill, but there are a number of buses, if you've got a one day public transport pass.



Here is the entrance from the road.



To the right of that is this entrance, round the corner. Note the beer stands through the gates.



Moving along, still outside, is the back of the main stand, which has the bar restaurant area on the first floor, with changing rooms & offices down below. Note the sign ,that still says Xaverov.



We go inside through the open gates we saw a couple of photos ago. To our right is the refreshment area, with the main stand just past it.



To our left, behind the goal, is an open stand, which, if momory serves me right, was the 'away' section.



In the corner beyond the seats is the scoreboard.



From this spot we turn round, and get our first look at the main stand.



Now at the front of the main stand we glance back at that open end.



To our right, at the other end is another bank od open seating, set above the pitch, with other club buildings, for the secondary pitches, & the rest of the complex, behind.



Here we are, by the players tunnel, looking up into the stand.



The small telly gantry in the stand.



Looking at the far goal, from in the 'VIP' seats.



And the other end, from on the gantry.



Over the pitch, we see there is nothing at all on the down the far side. This is a three-sided stadium.



Another view across the seats.



On the pitch now, we look at the main stand.



Looking directly at the tunnel & dugouts.



An angled shot of the dugouts, stand in view behind.



Stepping back a little, we get a side angle of the seats from the pitch.



Moving along we turn toward the higher seats behind the goal.



Back behind the pitch perimeter, it's open hard standing, along with assorted 'football ground junk', to the bank of seats behind the goal.



Now we are behind the goal, at last. Time to see what's the other side of those buildings...



Fenced & locked, it open hard standing...



Here's a better view, through the fence behind the goal.



This is the same goal area, as the photo above, local indoor tennis club behind.



The far side of this pitch is railed off.



And there is a sction of terracing, further along.



Behind that there is a third pitch.



And along the far side of that is a stretch of covered terrace.

Tuesday, 5 October 2010

FC Gordic Praha Kacerov; Prague, Czech Republic

This football team are currently known as FC Gordic Praha Kacerov & come under the Meteor Kacerov sports club banner. Gordic being their major sponsor. They currently play in the third level of the Prague leagues, which is the 7th rung, nationally.





This is the back of the main club buildings, which you can see from the adjacent Branik ground.



Entering from the corner, we see it is an all weather pitch. Hard standing down the side, with an beer/refeshment hut in this corner.



The gates to the ground are open, but I decide to walk round anti-clockwise, to save any 'embarrassing questions' from people in the club house, which is behind the goal. Believe me it is strange trying to explain you're an English tourist whose hobby is taking photos of obscure football grounds when on holiday! There appears to be a step of terracing further along...



We go on past the beer stall.



This must be really pleasant, early or end of season, in hot weather.



On closer inspection that 'row of terrace' appears to be a low wall, with open dugouts in front...



Except they are behind the railings around the pitch.




We look back to the clubhouse 7 changing rooms behind the goal, at the corner where we came in.



And that row of seats must be for spectators, as the dugouts are opposite.



Here we see the rows of seats, and hard standing beyond...



Which turns out to be more of a drainage gully!



This continues behind the goal.



From this end we look down the pitch.



And here's the same view, but from outside the ground.



At the next corner, & there's nothing this side at all.



Just the dugouts.



Beyond them still very open, but no hard standing.



And here we finish, back behind the goal.