I saw a game here on Saturday 24th October, a morning kick off. Less than a hundred people watching, in a basic railed off ground. Not the best games, one nil to the hosts. But a keen game on a bright autumn morning. Can't complain about that!
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This is the entrance to the ground.
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No turnstiles, just the man in the photo collecting the gate money...less than a quid!
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The entrance is at the corner of the ground, here we look down the touchline in the direction we will head.
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The building includes all the club facilities. Changing rooms, offices & the bar.
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The overhang you can see here is the only cover in the ground.
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Further along-we're dashing ahead a bit here- the game is about to kick off. The pylon you see in the background is for the Slavia Praha athletics ground, though I didn't visit it to document with my camera. I'll save that for another visit!
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Moving back in front of the brick building here is a bit of early match action. Note the scoreboard up on the far pylon.
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Moving on past the structure there is this outdoor refeshment area at the side of it.
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The bar is inside, and here is a picture of it.
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Hanging up on the wall was this t-shirt. I'm guessing they were champions that year.
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Moving back outside, and onward around the ground, there are benches alongside the pitch railings.
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From the halfway line we look over to the dugouts.
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From here we see the steep grass bank behind the far goal.
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Playing up on the banking for a lot of the game were some primary school children, who had their own home made flag.
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The game was being videoed from this gantry.
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As we reach the corner you can see how steep the banking is.
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At the corner flag we look over the pitch.
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From here we have a shot down the side we've just strolled along.
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Behind the goal, at the bottom of the grass bank, is open hard standing.
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This is the view down after I've climbed up to the top of the banking.
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A similar shot, but to the other side of the ground.
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Back at the bottom, we now head towards the far side.
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Again simply railed off, with hard standing.
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One of the dugouts.
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Beyond them is more of the hardstanding.
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The dugouts again, with both in the picture this time.
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The dugouts once more, with the grass bank end in the background.
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Here we are now at the scoreboard corner, a shale type area behind, for a car park, &/or training area.
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Here we see behind the goal, from the scoreboard corner.
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And here we are, with cornerflag, looking over the pitch.
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Behind the goal, a full length view down the pitch.
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Here, round in front of the club building, some of the home side come off at half time. The rather rotund chap actually scored the only goal of the game!
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And how's this for a psychedelic goalkeeping shirt?
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This is one of the linesmen, sorry referee's assistants, with the local Prague FA badge on it.
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A bit of a goalmouth tussle back up at the banked end to end our visit.
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