Daniel Scanlon

It’s been a tad hot this weekend, but another 45k steps under the belt with the camera.

Mostly central this weekend, next week scouting some abandoned and yugostalgia stuff I believe are getting knocked down soon.

I wouldn’t be so sure with the political happenings here currently. This weekend was a nightmare on the train front, and there’s murmurs of timetable changes from August related to the Bar line…

Picked up a new camera, so the first thing I did was head to the bits of Belgrade people don’t usually go to…

Pisa 2-0 Bari
Serie B
Arena Garibaldi
€35

First domestic game in Italy, and what a cracker. Excellent support from both sides, pyro and a really entertaining second half.

Milan 2-1 Zvezda
San Siro
Champions League
Entry - €60

Fiorentina 7-0 LASK
Stadio Artemio Franchi
Conference League
Entry - €20

The next stop on the European tour…

Estrela da Amadora - FC Arouca
Estadio Jose Gomes
Liga Portugal (1. Div)
€15 entry
€3 Bifana

Certainly one of Europe’s finer cities…And the location for the first of 4 games this week.

Lisbon.

#FloodlightFriday

Some more from yesterdays trip west

Sloboda Užice v Voždovac
Prva Liga 🇷🇸
300/€2,50

Ground I’ve wanted for ages. Shame a city this size can’t get bigger support, nor a team for Superliga.

Last minute winning for the visitors in a god awful game in freezing conditions.

Welcome to Užice…

Early start this morning to head to the Western Mountains of Serbia for today’s game.

30cm of snow apparently waiting the other end, hoping I’ve packed enough layers!

Zvezda 101-77 Bayern
Euroleague
Beogrdska Arena
€0 - Season Ticket

Last game in Serbia of the year for me tomorrow, so heading West 4 hours by train.

A Quick Look at the forecast and news and it looks like I’ll need to nip out to buy some snow boots & gloves.

Zvezda 5-1 Stuttgart
Champions League
Marakana
€0 - Season Ticket

One of those nights that’ll be spoken about for a long, long time. Unexpected.

Kelti v FK Blokovi
6th Division 🇷🇸
Stadion Sava ‘45

No pitch inspection needed, game on.

A look inside the Belgrade Arena for the Derbi last night.

Basketball is amazingly popular in Serbia, which is unsurprising when the best player in the world is a Serb. It’s hard not to get hooked.

But it doesn’t matter the sport, if Zvezda play the fans turn up.

All the footballing goodness you need for those train and plane journeys wondering where to go next 👇

Thursday night is the Belgrade Derby in Euroleague basketball.

Even without away fans, it’s better than football for me…But this week 1,000 away fans will be allowed, the first time in 2 years.

Here’s a little look at Zvezda’s home victory last season…

No worries chief.

Killed a few hours of the layover wandering around Amsterdam.

A look over Newcastle from the plane this morning.

#StadiumsFromPlanes

Italian soirée including; Milan v Zvezda, Fiorentina v LASK & Pisa v Bari in a few weeks

Berwick Rangers v Armadale Thistle
£10 entry
£3 Scotch Pie
East of Scotland Qualifying Cup

Last weekend I made a long overdue return to Bucharest after a number of years.

The 11am game in Voluntari last Saturday is the location for this weeks #FloodlightFriday

Evening, Dan 🫡

Looking forward to bringing some of the best of Serbian football over here ☺️

#Groundhopping