SK HORNÍ MĚCHOLUPY (Stadion SK Horní Měcholupy)

CZECH 4.LIGA DIV. B, SK HORNÍ MĚCHOLUPY 7-1 SLAVOJ ŽATEC, ATTENDANCE: 68 (h/c)

The final game of my Prague weekend was a 40 minute bus ride from town into district 15. SK Horní Měcholupy were taking on Slavoj Žatec in a Czech division 4 game. 

The club were founded in 1932 and play at their own ground at Hornoměcholupská 300. The ground has a small covered stand with wooden benches but is pretty open to the elements.

Opposite the ground there is a fantastic brew pub, Pivovar Hostivar, with great beer and food, so that was pre-match sorted!

Inside the ground there were plenty of other groundhoppers present, mainly from Germany. after chatting to them it turned out they were following much the same itinerary as myself.

The game was ridiculously one-sided as SK Horní Měcholupy ran out 7-1 winners. The goals came from, well I will let readers decipher from the club's very own match report! http://www.skhornimecholupy.cz/news/kdo-neprisl-prohloupil/ The visitors were reduced to 10 men in the second half but the game was long gone by that stage.

A fine end to a cracking weekend in the Czech capital.

FK VIKTORIA ŽIŽKOV (Viktoria Stadion)

FOTBALOVÁ NÁRODNÍ LIGA, FK VIKTORIA ŽIŽKOV 4-0 KOLÍN, ATTENDANCE: 1,271

There were no issues making this early kick off as I was back in the hotel at a very reasonable 2am this morning! The Viktoria Stadion was an easy tram ride from where our hotel was taking around 15 minutes but could be easily walked from the main square in about 30 minutes.

The ground is situated amongst the flats and houses of a residential area in Prague 3. It is four sided but only three sides were open this morning.

Kolín are struggling at the bottom of the Czech second league and they looked like a team bereft of ideas as Viktoria Žižkov ran out very comfortable 4-0 winners. If their finishing had been better it could have easily have been double that.

The goals came courtesy of Josef Marek (14) Igor Sukeník (27pen) Ondřej Karafiát (65) and Zdeněk Folprecht (75).

FK KRÁLŮV DVŮR (Stadion Králův Dvůr)

CZECH FOOTBALL LEAGUE, KRÁLŮV DVŮR 2-5 PŘEVÝŠOV, ATT: 220

This game was supposed to be the second leg of a double header but when you are still supping the old Pilsner Urquell at 5am in the morning then it obvious you are not going to make a 10am kick off!

In fact it was touch and go whether we made this Czech 3rd Division game but we made a late decision to take a taxi to the ground. Our hotel booked us the cab (and sorted the price out) and we made the 35km journey to Králův Dvůr.

Králův Dvůr is a pretty non-descript town, indeed the Hotel receptionist was puzzled as to why we wanted to go there in the first place, telling us in his finest English that it was basically a dump.

Anyhow thanks to the taxi driver flooring it, we made it in time and within 10 minutes the home side were two goals down - Sabou (7) Šultes (10) - and four goals down - Urbanec (30) Sedláček (38) - before half time.

The home side finally replied - Branky (65) - before Sedláček (68) added his second. Králův Dvůr netted their second through Šlapák (84) to round off the scoring.

The ground was a typical old Eastern bloc ground and I was so glad I made the effort to get to it. The £30 taxi was worth it, especially in the context of the admission being a mere £1.20 and beer around 50p. A great afternoon!

FK DUKLA PRAGUE (Stadion Juliska)

CZECH 1.LIGA, FK DUKLA PRAHA 2-2 SK SLAVIA PRAGUE, ATT: 6,080

"All I want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague away kit" is the title of Half Man Half Biscuit's legendary 1986 song and has given Dukla Prague cult status to people like me, so naturally when in Prague it would have been awfully rude not to go and pay homage!

Dukla Prague play at the Stadion Juliska, which is high upon the hills overlooking the city. From the back of the stand you get views right across the city, so i'm told, but as it was pitch black all I could see was lights glowing in the dark.

The current incarnation of Dukla Prague is not the original club immortalised in song, nor the club that played Everton in the UEFA Cup in 1978, that club actually merged with FC Portál Příbram in 1996 and currently play in the Czech 1st League as 1.FK Příbram, so legally they are the original club.


The current club was founded in 1958 as FK Dukla Dejvice before becoming FK Dukla Praha in 2001, whilst playing in low level leagues.

In November 2006, the Dukla Prague management agreed to takeover the rights of Jakubčovice Fotbal, thus taking their place in the Czech 2nd League in 2007. The name Dukla Praha returned to the Czech top flight in 2011.

Tonight was a big local derby as Dukla took on Slavia, a game broadcast live on TV. The game ended all square as Dukla came from behind twice to gain a point.

All the goals were scored in the first half as Martin Dobrotka (16) gave Slavia the lead before Matthew Hanousek (25) levelled for Dukla. Milan Škoda (29) restored Slavia's lead before Dukla drew level again through Jakub Považanec (35).

Here is a link to the Slavia Prague fans in action at this game, it is worth a look!

AC SPARTA PRAGUE (Stadion Letná)

EUROPA LEAGUE GROUP, AC SPARTA PRAHA 4-0 SK SLOVAN BRATISLAVA, ATT: 13,875

The first game of my long weekend in Prague began at Stadion Letná, currently known as the Generali Arena for sponsorship purposes. Sparta are the most successful Czech side, winning the Czech title on 36 occasions and reaching the semi-final of the European Cup in 1992.

Tonight they were in Europa Cup action, having dropped into the competion by losing on away goals to Malmo in the Champions League 3rd qualifying round. They were renewing their rivalry with Slovan Bratislava, as when the country was Czechoslovakia these were two of the biggest teams.

This seasons Europa League was the first time these two sides had met in over 20 years, since the break up of Czechoslovakia, and the first game in Bratislava (which Sparta won 3-0) was marred by crowd trouble (click here).

The game passed without incident as Sparta completed back to back wins over Slovan as they scored four without reply. David Lafata (29, 83) Ladislav Krejčí (32) and Costa Nhamoinesu (74) netted the goals.