Anatomy of a matchday
Six steps that decide whether an away day runs smoothly — tap any step to open the matching guide.
Ticket
Pick the sale route before the date: membership window, then general sale, then the club resale.
2Travel
Where a match ticket doubles as a travel ticket, as it often does in Germany, the day starts at the station.
3Pre-match
Visiting support usually gathers on a street or a square near the ground, not in the concourse.
4Seat
Choose the tier before the block: sightlines change more between tiers than between blocks.
5Full time
Leave with the stand rather than against it — staircases empty one way at a time.
6Getting home
Check the last service before kick-off and plan the walk back to the station.
Clubs on the site
Six grounds with a full pair of guides: how the tickets are sold, and what to expect inside.
Union Berlin
Members first: the home end sells through a membership application, not an open queue.
Real Betis
Simple general sale on an ordinary matchday, and a different calendar in derby week.
St Pauli
One of the smallest grounds in the league, so the route in is the fan resale board.
Boca Juniors
Socio membership and member guest passes; open sale is not part of the model.
Borussia Dortmund
The first ground on most lists: member pre-sale clears it, then general sale.
Where to sit
What each part of the ground gives you: sightlines, atmosphere and the price band to expect.
- View
- The whole shape of the ground, at the cost of distance from the pitch.
- Atmosphere
- Calmer than the ends, and the easiest tier for a first visit.
- Price band
- The top price band at most grounds.
- View
- Level with the touchline and close enough to hear the bench.
- Atmosphere
- Families on one side, singers on the other, depending on the ground.
- Price band
- The middle band, and the first to disappear for big matches.
- View
- Behind the goal, with the sightline running through the net.
- Atmosphere
- Standing, continuous noise, flags and a drum.
- Price band
- Usually the cheapest band — and the first to sell out.
- View
- A corner block or the upper tier of one end, rarely both.
- Atmosphere
- Small, loud, and separated from the home support by stewards.
- Price band
- Priced by the visiting club rather than the host.
Groundhopping table
Capacity figures and ticket routes for the grounds covered on this site.
| Ground | City | Capacity | How tickets are sold | Best stand |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stadion An der Alten Försterei | Berlin | 22,012 | Membership window, then general sale and the club resale | Waldseite terrace |
| Estadio Benito Villamarín | Seville | 60,721 | General sale; the away corner through the visiting club | Gol Sur, the south end |
| Millerntor-Stadion | Hamburg | 29,546 | Membership, then the fan resale board | South stand terrace |
| Stadio Diego Armando Maradona | Naples | 54,732 | Phased sale tied to a supporter card | Curva B |
| La Bombonera | Buenos Aires | 58,305 | Socio membership and member guest passes | Vertical stand sectors |
| Signal Iduna Park (Westfalenstadion) | Dortmund | 81,365 | Member pre-sale, then general sale | Yellow Wall, the south terrace |
| Veltins-Arena | Gelsenkirchen | 62,271 | Club ticket portal | — |
| Ruhrstadion | Bochum | 26,000 | Club ticket portal | — |
| San Siro | Milan | 75,817 | Club ticket portal | — |
| Anfield | Liverpool | 61,276 | Club ticket portal | — |
| Hill Dickinson Stadium | Liverpool | 52,769 | Club ticket portal | — |
| Estadio La Rosaleda | Málaga | 30,778 | Club ticket portal | — |
| De Kuip | Rotterdam | — | Club ticket portal | Steep upper tier |
RoutesAll guides →
Weekends that fit two grounds into two days without a car.
Two grounds in one weekend Ruhr: Saturday in Dortmund, Sunday in Bochum
A Ruhr weekend works because the grounds sit on the same S-Bahn and regional network, so two matches in two days need no car.
North West England football weekend: Anfield, the Hill Dickinson and the trains
Liverpool now has two stadiums within a mile of each other, which is unusual in England and makes a two-match weekend realistic.
Andalucia football trip: Seville and Málaga on the high-speed line
Andalucía makes a comfortable football trip because the high-speed line connects Seville and Málaga in under two hours.
Ticket GuidesAll guides →
How to Buy Tickets for Union Berlin
Union Berlin sells most of its home end to members, so the route in is a membership application rather than a lucky refresh at 10am.
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Real Betis Tickets: How to Buy Them
Betis makes it simple for visitors on ordinary matchdays and almost impossible on derby week, and the difference is all in the sale calendar.
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St Pauli Tickets: How to Get Them
The Millerntor is one of the smallest grounds in the Bundesliga, so St Pauli tickets reward planning rather than luck.
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Alte Forsterei stadium guide: one tier, one wall of sound
The Alte Försterei holds 22,012 people and one of the loudest terraces in Germany, a quarter of an hour outside central Berlin.
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Benito Villamarin stadium guide: Real Betis at home in Seville
The Benito Villamarín seats 60,721 and the south end is the loudest part of a ground that has grown stand by stand since 1929.
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Millerntor stadium guide: St Pauli, the terrace and the district
The Millerntor holds 29,546 people and sits ten minutes from the Reeperbahn, which is why the pre-match walk is part of the experience.
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Away Days in Germany: How Visiting Supporters Travel
German away ends are usually sold through the visiting club, and the match ticket frequently doubles as a regional transport ticket.
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Away day Seville: Real Betis, Heliópolis and the walk back
Seville is one of the easiest big-league away days in Europe: an airport, a tram and a stadium fifteen minutes from the old town.
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Away day Rotterdam: De Kuip, the trams and the river
Rotterdam is a compact away day: the stadium sits south of the river, and a tram from the centre gets you there in twenty minutes.
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Two grounds in one weekend Ruhr: Saturday in Dortmund, Sunday in Bochum
A Ruhr weekend works because the grounds sit on the same S-Bahn and regional network, so two matches in two days need no car.
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North West England football weekend: Anfield, the Hill Dickinson and the trains
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Andalucia football trip: Seville and Málaga on the high-speed line
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How Football Ticket Memberships Work
A membership is often the only realistic route into a small ground, and the maths usually works in the visitor favour after one or two matches.
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Away allocation explained: how visiting blocks are sold
Away allocations are usually a percentage of capacity, but the number that reaches open sale is far smaller than the block suggests.
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Official ticket resale football: the rules, the platforms and the traps
Every major club now runs its own resale platform, and using it is the only route that keeps the ticket valid at the turnstile.
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