Groundhopping24

 When you think of football in Prague, it's likely the first name that pops into your head is that of either Sparta or Slavia. Those of a more hipster distinction may think of the likes of Dukla, Bohemians, or  Viktoria Žižkov. But of course beyond these five relatively big dogs is a whole world of footballing history in the Czech capital. Beyond the B teams (and rather farcically, the one C team in Slavia Prague C), the third tier A division has four Prague teams - Loko, Admira, Aritma, and Motorlet. For today's blog, we'll be visiting Admira, with the aim of visiting the others at some undefined point in the future. Though an early start would likely have me questioning my sanity, there was an end goal in that I'd be visiting friends in Prague, and hopefully seeing the Optical Illusion Museum I'd been meaning to visit for a while. As for the football, Admira are enjoying the better season of the two sides up in sixth, though promotion is highly unlikely for either...

A quaint spot just outside the ground.  When considering the title for this blog, it was essentially a choice between an Amy Winehouse reference, or an AC/DC reference. Naturally I went for the former, as I much prefer Winehouse to a band whose singer legitimately sounds like Elmo. In any case, it's still perhaps a little too subtle, especially for those unfamiliar with Winehouse's seminal 2006 album. All that said, after a disappointing and dull trip to Vienna last week, I was staying a little more local this week via the half hour train up to Blansko, and things weren't looking so rosy so far this season. Before the game, only Polánka, Karviná B, Slovácko B, and Hlučín are keeping Blansko off the bottom of the MSFL, with the former of these actually having beaten their kind hosts 3-1 a couple of weeks back. That said, there have been three wins so far - at the aforementioned Karviná B (1-2), at home to Vsetín (2-0), and a huge one at Unie Hlubina (0-4).  As far as every...