Poland V Slovakia – UEFA Euro 2020 Group E (14/06/2021)
After week away visiting family and friends back home in Shropshire, England, I had booked myself a free ticket for the evening session of Euro 2020 Group E games at the fan zone in Glasgow. As I’ve never been to a Euros before I’m trying to make the most of it, got my usual train into the Glasgow Queen Street station and made the walk down Argyle Street towards Glasgow Green, where the fan zone was located in Glasgow.
The walk wasn’t too bad about 15 mins or so but it wasn’t without incident as a sea of Scotland fans were heading back into the city centre after their 2-0 loss to Czech Republic in the 1400 kick off, a fan asked me for a lighter to which I politely said “No, sorry I don’t smoke”, to which he replied with disgusting homophobic insult back (people wonder why others have a low view of football fans). Once I reached Glasgow Green it was a little confusing as to where the entrance was as I headed to the People’s Palace entrance to the park and after eventually being directed to the right place to be I began my security checks to get in. I was checked via a security scanner and had my bag searched, oddly the CoVid test bus had finished testing at 1700.
Once I got through security I made my way through the trees towards the main fan zone area, there were a few activity’s for kids to take part in and a merchandise stand which had a good selection of memorabilia. I decided to buy a programme for the Glasgow games so I wouldn’t need to carry it when I go to Hampden on Friday.
I had booked one of the benches in the fan zone and it was really well managed with social distancing well organised, great view of the big screen and table service for drinks and food. One thing that was a bit annoying was the prices of food and drink as I paid £4.50 for a bottle (not a pint) of 0% Heineken!! Safe to say I’ll be taking my own drinks and snacks next time.
As for the game itself it was a tasty affair as the Slovakian side shocked the 10 man Poles as they came away 2-1 winners, must say there was a healthy Polish contingent in the fan zone and they went bananas when they equalised but come the final whistle they weren’t so buoyant.
Roll on Thursday for my next trip to the fan zone for Ukraine V North Macedonia!!
So onto my ratings…
Ticket Price – £0
Programme – N/A
Programme Rating – N/A
Refreshments – 2/10
Stadium Facilities – 7/10
Getting to stadium – 6/10
Stadium rating – N/A
Thanks for reading my thoughts on my trip to the UEFA Euro 2020 Fan Zone in Glasgow.
Daz Carding
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