Off season init. 

What games or grounds have you lucky enough to have been to and which do you want to check out? 

Boca Juniors / River Plate derby.

And this one.

Galatasaray / Fenerbahce.

Jealous of my mate's trip he is on at the moment. He has been to:

Liverpool v Tottenham
Man City v whoever they played the same weekend
Crystal Palace the same weekend
Real Madrid (v Alaves?)
Another game in Spain, can't remember who it was
Juventus v Salernitana
Wimbledon tour
Anfield tour
Juventus tour
San Siro tour
Ajax tour
About to do Roland Garros for a couple days
And then off to do the first week of Euros (only game I can remember he is doing is Italy v Albania as the last game before he comes back)

My dream games if I went to travel, would be to go and watch Catania, Chelsea and possibly Juventus. Would love to do an Asian Cup again / see Australia win a major trophy.

Aldershot Town on the bucket list. 

Altona93 for backsies.

Not having the A League comp being played with byes.

to add, not enough Clubs large enough comp, no P/R are my struggles getting into it fellas as much as I luv the game.

Cheez NCB, that intinerary of your mate is a rippa, must have some good $$$'s in his accounts for having done EU a number of times myself ticks arn't under 100bucks our $ lol.....

Its not offseason really MCG :)
Looking forward being at Lambert Park/The Palace/Edensor now and then rest of the current season.
They have a vibe I appreciate.

Some posts have nailed some rippas ie Muz's Bocs/Plate derby, what a buzz that would be.
Argentina games would be epic to experience, one day.
I actually would luv any country around those parts.
Chile for eg....
Been to Liga/Bernabeu - what a stad, watched RM play Sevilla pre covid - like to see the Barca derby or Copa Del Ray.
Any games in Italy get me excited, was at the Inter derby @ San Siro season before last, what a buzzzzzz just getting to the ground 2hrs before koff - like to watch any games at lower levels as NCB mentions and will look into it coming Feb when there.
Went to a Spurs/Chelsea at White Heart Lane, what a buzz even though not my clubs.
UK bucket list is
LFC/Toffees
LFC/United
Championship games.
Wrexham is great storey and like to see a game at the Racecourse.
Croatia another league I'd like to see, Zagreb vs Rijeka (my ol mans home town) and also say gday to Dukes at his cafe.

Could put down heaps but dreaming re OS, my local grounds/Prem1/NPL and Aus Cup are keeping me busy.

My dad and nonno also born in Rijeka!
Shame they stuffed up this season, on top for so long.

Wow you must have similar familia storey ! 

Off season init.   

Nah, mid season


What games or grounds have you lucky enough to have been to and which do you want to check out? 

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Ive done Hajduk and Dinamo!

Red star partizan 
Boca RIver (saw river last year was awesome)
Gala fener 
Old firm
Some greek clubs in euro ties 
Romania hungary 
Serbia croatia 

For those playing at home, one day you're living in Italy, the next you're suddenly living in Yugoslavia.
And in our case my family, even though they're ethnically Slav - although I think even then they identified as Italian, had issues and for their safety decided to move on - it was a complicated situation as it often was in those times.

spot on mate, my side Poppa's Mum/Nonna her blood line goes Cro - yep religions and take overs/complications, glad we had Italian side tbh, to this day my father says how lucky being here having lost everything.

Like your list tsf !

Pretty much my bucket list to the letter :) except Ive seen Pana in Europe tie and not yet blessed with a visit to the Bomboniera :)
Ill add
Anfield and Craven Cottage
Anything at the Maracana (even a friendly)
World Cup Final
Champions League Final

Unfortunately I've never travelled abroad so.... not counting Griffith + Leeton local grounds (outside of NPL), but unfortunately also counting other sports...

Solar Mad Stadium (Griffith NSW - NPL)
Greenway (Tuggeranong ACT - NPL)
Gungahlin (Gungahlin ACT - NPL)
Deakin Stadium (Deakin ACT - NPL)
Riverside Stadium (Queanbeyan NSW - NPL)
O'Connor (O'Connor ACT - NPL)
McKellar Park (Belconnen ACT - NPL & ALW)
Bruce Stadium (Belconnen ACT - ALM, ALW, AFC Asian Cup & Socceroos)
AAMI Park (Melbourne VIC) - ALM & NRL
Melbourne Cricket Ground (Melbourne VIC) - AFL & WWE
Stadium Australia (Sydney NSW) - NRL & Socceroos
Central Coast Stadium (Gosford NSW) - NRL
Parramatta Stadium - pre-renovation (Sydney NSW) - NRL

Within Australia, the two I really want to do that I haven't (because who knows if/when I'll get to travel) are Suncorp (maybe the Olympics is my chance to go there for packed out football?) and Lakeside in Melbourne.

Oh boy, dont wanna even go down the path of listing all the stadiums already visited (the only benefit of 20 years of NPL is there is no excuse to miss a match home or away) :P ...
Im expecting you at Lakeside next year... NO EXCUSES :)

Been to Craven Cottage twice.
Once against Wednesday when they were in the Championship, and a few years later because the website still recognised my "membership" I found getting tickets easy for a game there against Huddersfield when in the EPL.
Their fans are known for not being the noisiest - but it is a good atmosphere - especially if you get tickets in the 'tourist area' next to the away section.

If I can get to Melbourne in season, absolutely! haha

Anfield is like a library most of the time, totally underwhelming.

Thats awesome... I honestly dont know what it is about it that appeals to me so much, I have just always wanted to visit... Something about a little "house" in the middle of a soccer stadium just seems so..... um I dont know, English.  :)

Yeah Ive heard the same from mates that have visited... still on my bucket list though.... 

Oh and I forgot to add the Westfalen in Dortmund ... gotta stand in the great yellow wall at least once in my life (will have to be in a Socceroos jersey though i refuse to wear anything else yellow lol) 

Yep, my mate was spewing he wasn't able to fit a game there into his itinerary. Well, between that and his distain for the Khan's hahahaha

See you in the "FTBL fans" section at Lakeside :P

Hahahaha yeah my Fulham connection is very very tenuous, I mean Georgie Karagounis played there and big Mitrovic but Ive never really liked the team, just the ground :)

Some good Socceroos memories there as well - undefeated at Craven Cottage from what I see...

I saw a match in Pula with my then GF (wife now). They were so blown away that a woman turned up they let her in for free.

Anfield has become a shrine you could say instead of library.
Been there and done it a few times - thankfully 1st was long ago during the long 30yr sentence lol but it was great back then.
Most EPL grounds have become too biz like and filled with wealthy asians etcetc....

My last real ol ground experience was one of the last games at White Heart Lane vs Chelski.
Nothing beats the old stads imo as old and unsafe they became and obviously not enough seating for more $$$$$$$$.
The Cottage is cool I agree.

Not just that but its a "old fashioned" football ground. You get off the bus and walk down a typical London residential street and suddenly there it is in front of you.
You squeeze through the turnstiles to hear lots of cool music blaring out - Fat Boy Slim, Buzzcocks, The Clash...
The tourist section is actually right next to the tunnel so you have both a good view of the cottage (if that's what excites you) and the players running out as the security high five them. And Mitrovic scored a late winner if I remember rightly.

The latter time I visited I also fit in a game at Stamford Bridge for my chelsea loving son. 
What a bore that was - ok so it was a 0-0 but still the atmosphere was rubbish.
And the way you have to go through the merchandise shop to get to your seats is just so cynical.

WHL had the same good vibe - and the train station is close to the ground as well how we got there.
Such a good time, the atmosphere was great and also did it for my spurs following son and I ended up singing in the chants ffs lol....

2025 call out to NCB, we get behind APIA vs SMH at Lakeside when the draw comes out, you will have ample time to get sorted and we catch up :)