It was a reasonable match, the home side winning 2-0, and thoroughly enjoyable, on a cold but bright Saturday morning.
Not a place I would usually visit, but it tied in nicely with my evening match destination of Mlada Boleslav.
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Here is the entrance to the ground.
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Mestsky means 'city' or 'town' I believe, and many Czech grounds are called this, I suppose we would translate it as 'Municipal Stadium', or something like that.
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Yhis was the ticket booth, where you paid your admission, & there was also a small black & white photocopied programme.
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3o Kc is just over a pound!
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The buildings on the right are part of the bar & changing rooms, entrance round the other side. The pitch is straight ahead.
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Immediately behind us is a small training area.
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Turning right, toward the pitch, this is the view, as we look over it, with the stand in the background.
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To the left is a childrens' play area, which seems to be not that unusual at lower division Czech grounds.
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We are turning right though, & heading toward the warmth of the clubhouse, pre-match, the sun slowly rising and thawing out the ground frost.
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Here we see the bar, & the changing rooms further along. note the club crest on the side of the building at the end.
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Before we do a circuit of the ground with camera we are round the other side as the teams enter the pitch.
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The usual shaking of hands. Look at the dark shirts of the visitors on the left...
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And clock the very similar dark top of the referee as the game kicks off...
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While the game has started it's time to head back round the other side, where we first came in, to start our photo compilation, going round the ground in a clockwise direction. Here we look at the game in the pitch rails, where the team enter the field of play.
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On three sides the spectators are set back from the pitch, from an old, now long disused, running track, I would guess. But on this side a perimeter fence has been erected to put you close to the action; with a row of benches set a fair way behind.
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Getting close to the barrier w see over the pitch from this corner.
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There is no hard standing down this side, just grss underfoot, so warm shoes & thick socks must be needed as you get closer to the mid-season 'winter shutdown'.
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Stepping back we see down this side from the benches area.
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Directly over the pitch, to the main stand.
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Here we see the linesman. No reason to snap, except to see his badge.
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You can see here how it has thawed out, as the morning sun rises.
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A bit more frosty still, as we stand back in the shade.
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Here we see the 'old' perimeter on this side, back when there was an athletics track in use, presumably.
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Moving along, we glance back down the 'close to the action' side.
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Now we are at the next corner, & you can clearly see the steep grass banking, where the stand is, opposite.
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Now we are moving behind the goal, and we look over to the main stand.
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Moving further back, this is how far from the action you are, from behind the pitch railing!
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The grass slope starts behind this corner, and this is the view from the top of it.
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Moving a bit closer to the stand side.
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A similar view, but down by the railings.
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Looking down the side now, you can clearly see how far back the pitch is, where the old track used to be.
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The grass bank is fiarly steep along the side, and you can see there is a 'double' pitch rail at the front, with the training goals stored inbetween.
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Moving closer to the stand, the other side of the barriers.
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Almost there!
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A row of benches & seats in the front part, with an other single row of plastic seats at the back of the covered part, making it a 'mix' of covered terrace and seating.
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The dugouts are in front, set down into the ground, old fashioned 'traditional' style.
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Here we look at the dugouts from the other side of the pitch, with the scoreboard in view as well.
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A close up of one of the dugouts, at half time.
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A front view of the stand, pitchside.
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Back under it, we look along it, from the back.
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From the centre we look over the pitch, between the dugouts.
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Then we turn to our right, where we can clearly see where the grass slope starts behind the goal we have come from.
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And then down the rest of the stand, to our left.
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Old fashioned stretcher, & indicator board. A 'must' at all Czech football matches, I presume it's in their FA rules & regulations to have them.
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Still in the middle of the stand, we are looking down the front section. The nearest young man has his laptop with him, I am guessing he must be connected to their website; & the person next to him was reading out the announcements over the tannoy system.
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I'm not one to list teams, and had a programme, but I asked to take a snap of the line ups on their official sheet.
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Moving along to the back of the stand once more, we glance over the pitch once more.
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At the other end of it now,the upper part...
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& the lower section.
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Past the stand is the grass bank, to the corner.
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Same area, but down by the railing.
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Turning round, we look back at the stand.
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Set way back from the pitch, the railing curves behind the goal. Note the benches set up on the slope.
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A good vantage point for one fan.
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I climb up the slope to see what the panoramic view is like from up here.
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The stand, through the trees.
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Moving on...going round the bend, so to speak!
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The slope fades, as we head toward the main club buildings.
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It really is a long way from behind the goal, behind the fence, to the action!
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Behind thhis goal is a banner from the local town council.
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We are now heading toward the outdoor refreshment hut, in the corner.
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Various Czech sausages on sale.
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I plumped for a delicious klobasa, without mustard! Can't stand the stuff...but the sausage is lovely!
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Tables to enjoy your snacks & beers at.
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This is the view, where the players' enter the pitch.
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And here we are, back at the corner where we began.
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Looking down the hard standing arrea, in front of the clubhouse, with various noticeboards on the wall.
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The players come off the pitch at half time.
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This is the inside of the clubhouse.
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What I'd call a 'typical' Czech non-league bar. Note the beermats in the holders on the table. Another one to add to my collection, which I am in the process of listing, as if this blog didn't take up enough of my time!
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There are some old team posters on the wall.
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Now back outside, & some photos of the game, to finish off. Remember that 'colour clash' I mentioned earlier, mentioned earlier, regarding the referee & the visitors. In the first half he signalled for a bib...
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As someone else went back to the changing rooms to get his alternative red one, stopping the game again to change once more!
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That's better!
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The rest are some action photographs from the match, a few more than I would usually include, but why not, as I'm never going to return here?
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The final score..
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