I’m doubtful as to whether I should count this game or not in my list of grounds that get a tick. On one hand, it was an eleven a side game on a full-size pitch with a proper ref. I can’t remember whether it had linos or not, but it may well have done.
On the downside, I only watched for ten minutes at the most and the players were twelve or thirteen-year-old kids. I’ll have to give it some thought, but I’m leaning towards not counting it. It’s more a gut-feeling than a strict application of my personal groundhopping rules.
It was taking place on the adjacent pitch to the main San Vincente del Raspeig stadium where I’d been watching a tier five fixture. I wandered in at half-time in my game and some kids very helpfully wrote down the team names and told me the age group and which team were which. For what it’s worth Gimnastic were in green with La Nucia in red and black.
I even managed to see a goal before I had to head back to the adult game next door, although I’ve no idea what the score was at the time or at the end. Anyway, even if I don’t tick off the ground, I’ve got a record of having been there. That will save me from racking my brains as to why it looks familiar if I do happen to turn up there again a few years into the future.
Tags: Spanish football, U13 football
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