Post by Daedalus on Apr 23, 2012 13:29:34 GMT
Check out this article by an Italian ground hopper who loves English Non-League football and enjoyed a day out at Clarence Park for the recent Weymouth match: londracalcistica.blogspot.co.uk/
You can use Google Translate to get a translation of this article. I will make some brief notes below on what he says for those who don't have it. This will be a rough translation from Google Translate as unfortunately I don't have good Italian myself!
The article begins by describing his decision over the Easter weekend to visit a City that he loves dearly - St. Albans!
He talks about his journey and arrival in the city. Also about meeting another ground hopper who is visiting St. Albans City on his way to the ground.
Next, he pays to get into the ground and admires the stadium. He describes the main stand and terraces. He knows all about the famous picture of the tree taken in the 90s.
He describes his difficulty in finding the club house and once he finds it he talks with some supporters of Weymouth there. He also talks to a gentleman who was in Italy to see a Juventus match.
He enjoys the first-half and then goes to the Club Shop and talks with some of the people there. He wanted to meet with the person running the official St. Albans City Twitter feed but was unfortunately unable to see him as it seemed that he was not at the match.
At half-time, he meets two St. Albans City fans who he agrees to watch the second-half with. He tells them that he is a fan of Cremonese and one of the supporters knows Cremonese and little about Italian football. In the second-half, he talks with the two fans about English Non-League football and Italian football.
He ask the fans about the legendary tree and finds out that it was cut down a number of years ago and that they couldn't play in the Conference with the tree there.
He finishes off this bit by talking about St. Albans City being under new leadership in terms of the new owners and chairman. The aim, he says, is to return to the Conference.
During the last time in the Conference, there were sometimes up to 2,000 spectators. Now, he says that 500 is not bad.
The fans he talks to understand his love for their city. The fans tell him that now he has also to be a St Albans City supporter!
St Albans City go to 2-0 but at the end Weymouth equalised. The match ends with a final score of 2-2.
Then he goes on to talk about whether St. Albans City might one day have a new ground. He says the fans would rebel and that they would not want to leave the beauty of Clarence Park.
There are also some great photographs on the blog. Be sure to check it out!
Great article!
You can use Google Translate to get a translation of this article. I will make some brief notes below on what he says for those who don't have it. This will be a rough translation from Google Translate as unfortunately I don't have good Italian myself!
The article begins by describing his decision over the Easter weekend to visit a City that he loves dearly - St. Albans!
He talks about his journey and arrival in the city. Also about meeting another ground hopper who is visiting St. Albans City on his way to the ground.
Next, he pays to get into the ground and admires the stadium. He describes the main stand and terraces. He knows all about the famous picture of the tree taken in the 90s.
He describes his difficulty in finding the club house and once he finds it he talks with some supporters of Weymouth there. He also talks to a gentleman who was in Italy to see a Juventus match.
He enjoys the first-half and then goes to the Club Shop and talks with some of the people there. He wanted to meet with the person running the official St. Albans City Twitter feed but was unfortunately unable to see him as it seemed that he was not at the match.
At half-time, he meets two St. Albans City fans who he agrees to watch the second-half with. He tells them that he is a fan of Cremonese and one of the supporters knows Cremonese and little about Italian football. In the second-half, he talks with the two fans about English Non-League football and Italian football.
He ask the fans about the legendary tree and finds out that it was cut down a number of years ago and that they couldn't play in the Conference with the tree there.
He finishes off this bit by talking about St. Albans City being under new leadership in terms of the new owners and chairman. The aim, he says, is to return to the Conference.
During the last time in the Conference, there were sometimes up to 2,000 spectators. Now, he says that 500 is not bad.
The fans he talks to understand his love for their city. The fans tell him that now he has also to be a St Albans City supporter!
St Albans City go to 2-0 but at the end Weymouth equalised. The match ends with a final score of 2-2.
Then he goes on to talk about whether St. Albans City might one day have a new ground. He says the fans would rebel and that they would not want to leave the beauty of Clarence Park.
There are also some great photographs on the blog. Be sure to check it out!
Great article!
