A blog about football in Moravia and Silesia

Last year I started another blog where I intended to post news about football in the Moravia and Silesia region. I got off to a slow start, but I hope to keep it more up to date in the future. I will not be posting results, but only news regarding clubs in the area.

Football in Moravia and Silesia

Guide to football in Olomouc - part IV - FK Nové Sady

The purpose of this post, is to promote the football clubs based in the city of Olomouc. I'll try to provide a little historical background on the clubs and where to find the respective stadiums. With regards to the directions to the stadiums, it'll only be for informational purposes. Please double check the locations before going to a game. I'll do my best to be accurate, but mistakes are possible. Over the next little while, I will feature one club.

FK Nové Sady

Olomoucký Kraj 1. A třída skupina B (6th level)

Map to stadium (The best way to get to the stadium is taking a Olomouc city bus, number 14 or 16. From the bus stop it is just a short walk. You can also take a train to the Olomouc-Nové Sady stop, but this isn't really that pratical.)

Nové Sady is a part of Olomouc with a population of around 15,000. The football club was founded in 1922, but unfortunately I don't have a lot of information at hand. If anyone has some historical information, feel free to send me an e-mail - jpott78 (@) centrum.cz. It can be in Czech, as I will just translate it.

A few years back Nové Sady actually played in the 4th division (Divize E), but since then they have fallen on tough times, and look all but certain for relegation to the 7th level after the 2009/10 season.

Guide to football in Olomouc - part III - Sokol Chomutov

The purpose of this post, is to promote the football clubs based in the city of Olomouc. I'll try to provide a little historical background on the clubs and where to find the respective stadiums. Withregards to the directions to the stadiums, it'll only be for informational purposes. Please double check the locations before going to a game. I'll do my best to be accurate, but mistakes are possible. Over the next little while, I will feature one club.

Sokol Chomoutov

Olomoucký Kraj - Okresní Přebor (8th level)

Map to stadium (The stadium can be reached by taking Olomouc city bus #20. From there you just need to walk down Horecka street for about 150 meters). The ground will be on the right.)

Chomoutov is a small village of 1,000 people located around 10km north of the Olomouc city centre. The club currently plays in the 8th level, where they have been for the last 5 season. In the 2004/05 season, they were promoted from the 9th level of football. I don't have a lot of information on the club, but I hope to get to the ground sometime in the near future.

Summer break

I am away from the Czech Republic for most of the next two months, and as such there won't be as many updates. However, I plan on posting a few old games later this month, and continuing the series on Olomouc football clubs.

June 6th, 2010 - Olomoucký kraj - Prostějov - IV třída skupina B - Sokol Ivaň 2 FC Morávia Doloplazy 2

June 6th, 2010 - Olomoucký kraj - Prostějov - Skupina B (10th level)

Sokol Ivaň 2 FC Morávia Doloplazy 2

Attendance - 30

Admission - Free ?

Distance travelled - 30km

Ivaň is a small village of around 500 located roughly between Prostějov and Přerov or Tovačov, if like. Getting to the village by public transportation is impossible on the weekends, as no buses go to the village. So, you either have to go to car, or take a bus to a near by village. In my case, I took a bus to Klopotovice and walked the last 2km to Ivaň. Klopotovice is a small village of 300 people which I have been to a number of times, as it has a decent bus service, and is located between a number of villages with football clubs.

The pitch at Ivaň was slightly unusual as it looked like it was built into the side of a hill. On one side you can see a small hill rising up from the pitch. Facilities were basic, very basic. They had portable toliets, and the main building looked rather run down. There was a small shed where beer was sold, and I assume other drinks. With all this being said, it was not too bad for a club at the bottom of the Czech football pyramid. Most people stood during the game, but there were a few benches scattered around.

This was the first weekend of warm weather since last year, and it seemed the players had problems dealing with it. The pace of the game was quite slow. Doloplazy needed the three points as they were fighting for promotion to the league above. However, they did not seem to play with any sense of emergency. Ivaň took the game to them a number of times, and they were unlikely not to come away with the three points in the end.