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US LECCE 0 v PERUGIA 0 - STADIO ETTORE GIARDINIERO - SERIE B - 8th December 2018

US LECCE 0 v PERUGIA 0 - ETTORE GIARDINIERO - SERIE B 8/12

Getting there, getting in and what its like

Getting there

Beware, this venue is far off the beaten track. It’s 370 miles by road from Rome and an 8 hour train ride!  I flew from Stanstead to Brindisi and from there you will need to travel into Brindisi to catch a bus or train onwards to Lecce which is about 30 miles away. Spare a thought for the travelling fans of Lecce and those who travel South to follow their team.


Getting in

Tickets via a friend of a friend for this one.


What its like

Lecce is a beautiful city in the extreme south of Italy, dubbed with good reason as “the Florence of the South”. The city centre is a maze of narrow streets full of bars, coffee shops, restaurants and boutiques. There are excellent Roman remains, fine churches and a clutch of interesting museums.

This part of Italy is quite sparsely populated so it might be tricky to put together a trip taking in several games over a weekend, but there are some Serie C teams in the region and Bari are currently in Serie B. My strong advice is to spend at least a day in this city, it really is lovely.

Unione Sportiva Lecce play in a stadium  around 3 miles from the city centre and is served by several bus routes. The stadium is a large 1960s concrete bowl, with open, curved ends, a covered main stand and an open tribuna opposite. Apart from the main stand there is little cover. I sat in the Tribuna where the view was very good. Be aware that the stadium ends are a long way from the pitch and the Lecce Ultras occupy the upper deck of the Curva Nord.

This is a well-supported team and average 25,000 in Serie A which is still not quite at capacity. When Lecce play in Serie B there is plenty of room. The club tends to yo-yo between the top two divisions.

On match day, there was plenty of pop-up food and drink outlets outside the stadium. There were stalls selling memorabilia and there is also a well-stocked club shop in the city centre open daily.

Travellers of a certain age will be charmed to find that US Lecce play in Melchester Rovers’ colours ! The team nicknamed the “Giallorossi” adopted the Lecce city colours.

The match itself was pretty entertaining until 10 minutes from the end when both teams decided a draw was a good result and there followed a thrilling anti-climax for fans of sideways passing. A purely Italian football spectacle !


US LECCE Website

US LECCE WIKI

STADIO ETTORE GIARDINIERO WIKI




STADIO ETTORE GIARDINO

Via Del Mare, 73100 Lecce Lecce, Italy

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