Penya Sabadell and Nova Creu Alta

I had the the chance of visiting CE Sabadell's Nova Creu Alta Stadium on Saturday. My brother's English veterans were playing against Sabadell Veterans on the nearby training ground.

Sabadell were away against Murcia so the ground was closed. I took the opportunity of taking a few photos of outside the ground. Then we went for a beer in the Sabadell Penya bar just across the road.

A Veterans Football Match in Sabadell

My Brother Joe - Veteran English Footballer

Sabadell Training Ground from the road

I've had an interesting day today. My brother Joe and some of his mates managed to wangle a game against Sabadell Veterans!

There were photographers and local TV cameras there because CE Sabadell were under the impression they were playing against Bristol Rovers veterans.

It was a cold night and the match started an hour late so I only stayed for 20 minutes. They were already 2-0 down when I left.

The other problem was that, as I speak Catalan and was obviously mates with the team, the local Sabadell fans wanted the lowdown on these veteran  English 'stars' - I didn't have the heart to tell them that it was really our kid and a few of his mates on a weekend piss up
Apparently, they were 8-0 down at half-time - only 8 - was my comment when Joe texted me the score.

The interesting thing is, though, it got me started on the germ of an idea - Organising Football Tours in the Barcelona Area.

It seems to me that a lot of groups of blokes would love to have the opportunity of having a kick around against a team in Barcelona or anywhere else in Spain for that matter!