Boro to play Real Betis............. at Chesterfield

[UgoAfro]

Commercial incentives obviously. America, China, Chesterfield. The obvious places for pre-season friendlies.

Trying to crack the lucrative Derbyshire market. We'll be signing players born in Chesterfield next just to sell shirts.

Wonder if it will attract bitter Derby fans coming along to boo Steve Gibson?

 

[BoroMart]

Sod it, I’m in.

It’ll be a bit weird with 3 blocks for Boro fans and 1 block for Betis fans. Probably only 1,000 fans in a 10K+ stadium.

 

[spanishman]

I hope Boro do better than Almería did against them last season. We lost both home and away.

 

[Brick_Tamland]

Only 7 miles from my house so I'm going.

 

[Redwurzel]

Its a chance for a lot of us to to knock off another stadium - did we play C'field in the league in 1986/7?

I remember a two legged league cup tie in 1983 that we lost on pens there under Big Mal.

I assumed this game was part of a mini tournament centred on Chesterfield, but don't think it is now.

 

[Quicksilvera]

This will be a great quiz question in 30 years!

 

[Steve Bee]

Very odd, not that it bothers me, just funny there's no explanation.

Edit: Above may well be the reason.

Rather than play at St George's

 

[bencha]

Tickets bought, been to Saltersgate to watch Boro but they moved to a new stadium out of town so must count as a new stadium.

 

[Train Man]

Its a chance for a lot of us to to knock off another stadium - did we play C'field in the league in 1986/7?

I remember a two legged league cup tie in 1983 that we lost on pens there under Big Mal.

I assumed this game was part of a mini tournament centred on Chesterfield, but don't think it is now.

Yes we did play them in 86-87 season and seem to remember there was a fair bit of bother

 

[newyddion]

tickets for chesterfield sorted.. think it's only the game in bradford that i'm missing now

 

[changingman]

As I can get a bus from outside my house straight to the ground it would be rude not to!

Went to Betis v Marseilles there last year, incredible seeing Payet in a small ground like that. Joaquin (yes that one!) still looked great for Betis too.

Marseilles ultras singing Chris Waddle's name throughout who had turned up for the occasion

 

[Zoophonic]

Random choice, but if it was a ground I hadn't been to before, I'd have probably went. Went to Chesterfield when we played them in the League Cup. Just checked and it was 13 years ago!

It will be a new ground that you haven’t been to before as Saltergate no longer exists.

 

[spanishman]

My pilates tutor is a Betis supporter. He was talking about this match with me yesterday. He had never heard of the Boro until I was talking to him about footy a month or two ago.

 

[bencha]

Went to Seville V Girona last season but really wanted to go to Betis so this will be second best. Love Bjoras Iglesias, Fekir and Juanmi, can't wait for tomorrow. How sad am i?!!

 

[BoroMart]

Went to Seville V Girona last season but really wanted to go to Betis so this will be second best. Love Bjoras Iglesias, Fekir and Juanmi, can't wait for tomorrow. How sad am i?!!

Sad?! Don’t be daft, geeky maybe, but geek is the new chic

 

[fmttmadmin]

It will be a new ground that you haven’t been to before as Saltergate no longer exists.

We have played Chesterfield at their new stadium - it was 2010 in the League Cup. It was brand new at the time.

 

[Borehamwood_Boro]

Will there be half and half scarves? Asking for a close friend.

Surely we will get torched tomorrow, weaker squad for us and they finished 6th in la Liga.

 

[Tryasize10]

Betis over here for some cold weather training?

 

[Boro4life]

Surly they will be a stream for this for real betis fans if nothing else don't care if the commentary is in Spanish

 

[BoroMart]

Setting off early in the morn for this one, see y’all there