AD ALCORCÓN (Estadio Municipal de Santo Domingo)

SEGUNDA DIVISION, AD ALCORCÓN 1-0 ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO II, ATTENDANCE: 2,221

After a couple of nights in Valencia, it was back on the fast train and back to the Spanish capital for today's game.

I headed, by train, south west of Madrid (from Atocha to Las Retamas to be exact) to the city of Alcorcón from where it was a five minute walk from the train stop to the home of AD Alcorcón.

Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón were founded in 1971 and have spent most of their history between the Spainsh fourth tier and regional leagues. In 2000 the club won promotion to the Segunda División B, establishing itself as a mid-table outfit before finishing third in 2009 and earning a play in the play offs

Alcorcón lost 3-1 on aggregate in the play off final to Real Unión Club de Irun but the following season they were finally promoted to the second tier, after defeating Ontinyent CF 4-3 on aggregate in the play off final. The club have remained in the Segunda Division since and are currently in the mix for a play off spot from promotion to La Liga.

The club achieved the most famous result in it's history on the 27th October 2009 when they defeated Real Madrid 4-0 in the Copa del Rey. It was Madrid's second string line up but nonetheless still contained nine internationals including Jerzy Dudek, Raúl, Rafael van der Vaart and Karim Benzema.

The Estadio Municipal de Santo Domingo is AD Alcorcón's home ground and has capacity of 5,000. The ground is surrounded by various pitches, with various pieces of football furniture. Some groundhoppers may be able to tick at least four ground in one afternoon if they so wished.

As I arrived at the ground there was a youth game about to kick off on one of the adjacent pitches. I could have watched and bagged myself a double but I preferred the option of walking to a nearby bar and sinking a couple of Estrella's whilst watching Barcelona on the TV.

Today Alcorcón  were facing the B team of Athletico Bilbao, who are currently bottom of the table. The game was dominated by the home side but they found Álex Remiro in the Bilbao goal in good form. The game was settled 10 minutes into the second half when David Rodríguez fired home the only goal of the game (pictured left).

The ground is a bit of a sun trap and it was nice watching the game with a bit of sun on my back, especially when hearing of the freezing temperatures and postponed games back home!

The sun sets on the Estadio Municipal de Santo Domingo