Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: “The Wild Cats” Żbik Nasielsk play “The Airport Boys” RKS Okęcie Warszawa

Posted on August 27, 2023August 27, 2023 by Jonny Blair

My new life without alcohol and late nights doesn’t mean no football and this weekend, I was in little Nasielsk to watch “The Wild Cats” play “The Airport Boys”! This match was between MLKS Żbik Nasielsk and RKS Okęcie Warszawa and it was my first time to visit this town, Nasielsk. It’s very reachable on Read more about Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: “The Wild Cats” Żbik Nasielsk play “The Airport Boys” RKS Okęcie Warszawa[…]

Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: Poland 3-0 Northern Ireland in Police (Peelers)! Men’s Under 16 Match!

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Jonny Blair

What a birthday surprise this was! On Thursday March 30th 2023, I headed by train from Warszawa to Szczecin by train for a three day trip. The plan was to visit the little town of Police! While Police in Northern Ireland means “peelers”, in Poland it is pronounced “Pollitzay” and is a small town not Read more about Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: Poland 3-0 Northern Ireland in Police (Peelers)! Men’s Under 16 Match![…]

Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: Introducing Loughgall FC, Europe’s Smallest Ever Top Flight Football Club

Posted on June 9, 2023June 9, 2023 by Jonny Blair

“Something changed” – Pulp. This post rings some bells, doesn’t it? Well a few years ago, I backpacked all the way to Krakow, then Tarnow, then Zabno, then Zalipie then the tiny village of Nieciecza in Poland! Nieciecza was once the village that has hosted Europe’s smallest ever top flight football club. That post was Read more about Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: Introducing Loughgall FC, Europe’s Smallest Ever Top Flight Football Club[…]

Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: KS Warka 1-1 KS Powiślanka Lipsko – Local Derby In Warka

Posted on June 6, 2023June 8, 2023 by Jonny Blair

“Suddenly I found that I’d lost my way in this city. The streets and the thousands of colours all bleed into one” – Noel Gallagher. My football groundhopping adventures continued in May 2023. In terms of football matches I’ve attended, I haven’t counted properly for years but it’s over 1,000 matches, watching around 500 different Read more about Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: KS Warka 1-1 KS Powiślanka Lipsko – Local Derby In Warka[…]

Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: Watching Northern Ireland in Poland Again!! Republic of Ireland 1-0 Northern Ireland in Swarzędz!

Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: Republic of Ireland 1-0 Northern Ireland in Swarzędz! Women’s Under 19 Match!

Posted on October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 by Jonny Blair

“Holding back the years” – Simply Red. I rolled the back the years recently in the wake of deep depression. Down in the doldrums, going nowhere in Warszawa, I took a 4 hour train to Swarzędz, about 30 minutes by train from Poland’s perky Pozzie, Poznań. Northern Ireland women’s football team would be playing three Read more about Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: Republic of Ireland 1-0 Northern Ireland in Swarzędz! Women’s Under 19 Match![…]

Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: Kolejarz Łódź 1-2 Saints Łódź, Watching A “Boat Derby” in a Forest in Łódź

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Jonny Blair

“If you go down to the Łódź (woods) today, you’re in for a big surprise” – The Teddy Bears’ Picnic. I recently completed a random groundhopping hat-trick in Poland, and it was certainly full of surprises. The hat-trick was transport related and spanned 3 years in 3 different Polish cities. A perfect story for my Read more about Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: Kolejarz Łódź 1-2 Saints Łódź, Watching A “Boat Derby” in a Forest in Łódź[…]

Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: Attending the “Otwock Train Line Derby”, Józefovia Seconds 1-3 PKS Radość

Posted on August 16, 2020August 19, 2020 by Jonny Blair

“It’s like being a grasshopper but you jump between football stadiums instead” – Definition of “Groundhopper”. Football continues and thankfully in Poland, it has continued with supporters in the stadiums. In fact, since the COVID-19 Coronavirus crisis hit Poland, there was only ONE Legia Warszawa home match without supporters, a 6-1 Legia win over Arka Read more about Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: Attending the “Otwock Train Line Derby”, Józefovia Seconds 1-3 PKS Radość[…]

Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: Polish World Cup Winners

Posted on May 26, 2020June 1, 2020 by Jonny Blair

Football prepares to start again in Poland tonight, with the Miedź Legnica – Legia Warszawa cup match tonight (26th May 2020). This is one of the remaining two quarter final ties in a tournament which only had 5 matches left to run, when the country shut down due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. While that match Read more about Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: Polish World Cup Winners[…]

Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: Introducing Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza, Europe’s Smallest Ever Top Flight Football Club

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Jonny Blair

“The only way is up, baby. For you and me now” – Yazz. As a football fan, this story and this adventure was one of my most exciting groundhopping trips in the last few years, so apologies for the delay in including it in my series, Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce (Football Adventures Read more about Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: Introducing Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza, Europe’s Smallest Ever Top Flight Football Club[…]

Reminiscing: My First Ever Visit to Poland, 12 Years Ago

Reminiscing My Birthday: My First Ever Visit to Poland, 15 Years Ago Today

Posted on March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 by Jonny Blair

“Is this the way to Legia Warsaw? Every night I’ve been eating my coleslaw” – Northern Ireland fans (2005). First of all today is my birthday! Sto lat, happy birthday to me! Ask me fifteen years ago today as my train rolled into the Polish capital city of Warszawa if I expected to live here Read more about Reminiscing My Birthday: My First Ever Visit to Poland, 15 Years Ago Today[…]