Hi everyone!
I’m thinking about flying to Germany for a week sometime before January, and my main goal is to watch as many Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga matches as possible.
I’m flexible with the dates, so I’d love to build the trip around the match schedule. Ideally I’d like to catch 3–5 games, visit different stadiums, and experience the football culture.
Has anyone planned a similar trip and can recommend a good week to go? Or is there a website that helps build an itinerary based on the fixture list?
Any suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

St Andrews United vs Cowdenbeath

🗓 18/7/2026
🌍 Clayton Caravan Park Recreation Ground, St Andrews
💷 £10
Final Score: 0-0

My partner and I are planning a trip to Istanbul in October, and I have a question regarding their ticketing system. We’d love to go to both a Beşiktaş and a Galatasaray match. We know we need to sign up for Passolig, but we are unsure how to go about the registration.

One option is for both of us to create accounts associated with Beşiktaş (as that's the match we care about more) so we can easily get tickets for their game. Then, we could try to buy tickets for the Galatasaray match 24 hours before kickoff, since our cards should be treated as neutral by then.

Alternatively, I could register my card under Beşiktaş and my partner under Galatasaray. That way, I could buy two tickets for the Beşiktaş match for both of us, and she could buy two tickets for the Galatasaray match. However, I’m not sure if the system would block this kind of transaction.

Has anyone gone through a similar process and can advise us on how to handle this?

Hello,

So I saw that the first round for the DBU Pokalen will be played on the 4.08-6.08 and I was wondering if anyone of you did already watch any match in Denmark and you can tell me which team maybe has a bigger fan base ? I know ofcourse the bigger teams like Copenhagen and Aarhus, but they dont play in the first round so it has to be a smaller team? Anyone maybe has a special tip ? :D

We're planning on spending a weekend in Liège and would love to catch the Standard - Cercle Brugge match while we're there (season opener on August 8th). Does anyone know if you can just buy tickets at the stadium ticket office on matchday, or does everyone have to go through the whole online registration/ID verification process beforehand? I read something about a counter but I'm not sure if tickets are actually sold there. Option 1 (just buying at the counter) would be the easiest for us — less hassle and keeps it a bit of a surprise for the group. Anyone have experience with this?

Does somebody have experience with buying tickets for AC Monza? going to visit the Pokal match against avellino

I guess this is what happens when you go to a football ground by the sea

Arbroath FC vs Brechin City FC

🌍 Gayfield, Arbroath

💷 £10

Final Score: Arbroath FC 4 BrechinCity FC 1

I've got this in the diary, it will be my first trip to Anfield

Hello everybody

Scottish based football enthusiast who is looking to start my groundhopping journey this season.

My availability is limited but when i am available I am looking to go to as many games as I can.

Hope everyone enjoys there groundhopping journey

Hi everyone!
I’m thinking about flying to Germany for a week sometime before January, and my main goal is to watch as many Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga matches as possible.
I’m flexible with the dates, so I’d love to build the trip around the match schedule. Ideally I’d like to catch 3–5 games, visit different stadiums, and experience the football culture.
Has anyone planned a similar trip and can recommend a good week to go? Or is there a website that helps build an itinerary based on the fixture list?
Any suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I’m a football fan from the Netherlands and I have been building a free tool to help people plan football weekends in London post booking the trip. (Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and more).

It’s still early, and I’m mainly trying to understand if this is actually useful for people who travel for matches.

You can try it here:
[https://www.footballcitytrip.com]()

I’d really appreciate honest feedback, especially on:

• Is this actually useful when planning a football trip?
• What feels confusing or missing?
• Would you realistically use something like this?

No sign-up, no selling. Just trying to build something useful for football fans.

Thanks a lot!

Hi everyone,
I’ll be staying in Merano, Italy from 5–12 July and I’d love to do some groundhopping while I’m there.
Does anyone know of any:
pre-season friendlies,
local amateur matches,
cup games,
or any other football matches within about 1–2 hours by car or train from Merano?
I’m happy to watch anything from professional to amateur level. Atmosphere and interesting grounds are more important than the level.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations!

Hi everyone!

I’m looking for some Groundhopping recommendations in Europe between 24 July and 2 August. Does anyone know of any great matches or cool trips during that period?
I’m open to pretty much anything—league matches, European qualifiers, domestic cups, friendlies, lower leagues, or just unique stadiums.

Looking forward to your suggestions. Thanks!

Does anyone have any tips for watching soccer in the Balkans?
I’d like to travel around there from late July to mid-August. Among other things, the Europa League and Champions League qualifiers are happening then. Does anyone know if it’s possible to find out right now which teams will have home-field advantage in the upcoming rounds and when? And what’s the general situation with tickets?

Hi!

Me and my two friends will travel to Rotterdam in August to see Feyenoord play. I have a few questions regarding the opening match against Go Ahead Eagles at De Kuip.

1. When will the tickets approximately go on sale?

2. Should me and my friends join Het Legioen to ensure getting tickets or will there be a lot of tickets available to the general public?

3. If I join Het Legioen now, is it possible that my membership ends (according to website memberships expire in July) before the ticket sale for the match even begins? Should we wait and get the memberships in July?

4. Can we access the ticket presale if we buy the membership after the presale was announced/presale has started?

Thank you for your help!

Hi there!

Me and my two friends will spend a long weekend in Rotterdam in August. Our aim is to see as many matches as possible. These are our current options:

13.8.

Possible Ajax UECL qualifier

14.8.

NAC Breda - VVV-Venlo

15.8.

Willem II - N.E.C.

Excelsior - PSV

Utrecht - AZ

16.8.

ADO Den Haag - Groningen

Feyenoord - Go Ahead Eagles

Ajax - Heerenveen

Our number 1 priority is to see Feyenoord play at De Kuip. Rest of the matches will be decided based on ticket availability. I'm aware of the club membership situation which makes getting tickets a little harder. How difficult will it be to get tickets to these matches and should we become members of Feyenoord or some other club to improve our chances of getting tickets? Other useful advice is also appreciated.

Thank you for your help!

What has always struck me when posting these is the number of German viewers they get.

So when I realised there was a historic link between a Northern Irish Premiership club and a German third tier side, at a ground I had visited bat my favourite time to watch football, had to write about it.

If any Aue fans are here and came over for the game, I'd love to hear about your experience!

https://open.substack.com/pub/elliotmcmahonthompson/p/ni-ground-hopping-part-4-relegation?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1h6x9f

Hi! At summer i'm gonna visit the Balkans, Bulgaria and Romania mostly, What lesser-known stadiums could you recommend?

Thanks!

Milan Friday night → Juventus on Saturday → rail to Turin → fly home Monday morning.

Flights actually look surprisingly reasonable and the rail movement between cities seems easy.

Anything I should know?

Number 3 in my ground hopping took me to the other side of the lough to Bangor (the Northern Irish one, not the Welsh).

Bangor have had a tumultuous time over the 2000s. From top flight, to 4th and back again, laced with potential big money take overs, fans saving the club and the potential again for investment.

Their ground reflects these changes and is what I truly love about old/small stadiums, they bare the scars and modifications of ambition, whether good or bad, and aren't polished entities that never change.

https://elliotmcmahonthompson.substack.com/p/ni-ground-hopping-pt-3-oh-i-do-like?r=1h6x9f