Post by sandbachhatter on May 14, 2017 10:50:55 GMT
Morning all
A little earlier than usual, here is Week V. Your host this week, as we head along the CHASM home straight, is young Macc Jnr....
If you ever visit Veranópolis and don’t want to watch the team, you can go into the town and eat in Brazil’s first rotating tower restaurant!
Over to you - get voting!
A little earlier than usual, here is Week V. Your host this week, as we head along the CHASM home straight, is young Macc Jnr....
Vissel Kobe (Japan)
Japan’s Vissel Kobe were formed from the Kawasaki Steel Soccer Club in 1995. ‘Vissel’ is a word that combines ‘victory’ and ‘vessel’ (because Kobe is a port city), and their nickname is Ushi which translates as ‘Cows’.
Their ground is the Noevir Stadium which can hold over 30,000 fans, and they have been in the J1 League for all but two seasons since 1997. But they don’t often finish in the top half because they have problems with management and money.
Their black and white colours were changed to crimson by Hiroshi Mikitani when he was Club President, because he ran a company called the Crimson Group and it is also the official colour of Harvard Business School where he studied.
An old County player from the 1970s called Stuart Baxter has managed them twice - but not even my Dad remembers him!
Víkingur Gøta (Faroe Islands)
Víkingur can be found on Eysturoy, which is one of the Faroe Islands, and are the current Faroese Premier League (Effodeildin) champions - which means the ‘Vikings’ will play in next season’s Champions League.
Their Serpugerdi Stadium only has room for 2,000, so I don’t know what they will do if they draw a really big club!
They have already been in the Europa League six times, and in 2014/15 became the first-ever team from the Faroes to get through two rounds of a European club competition.
The club is very young, as it was formed in 2008 by bringing together two teams, Gøtu Ítróttarfelag and Leirvík ÍF. This has meant that the club is based in Leirvík, but the stadium is several miles away in Gøta. I wonder how many away fans turn up at the wrong place!
Veranópolis Esporte Clube Recreativo e Cultural (Brazil)
Veranópolis are from the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, and the oldest of my three clubs. But they are still quite young, and will only be 25 this year after being formed from the Dalban and Veranense teams in 1992.
Their best season was 10 years ago, when they reached the semi-finals of the Campeonato Gaúcho. This is a Rio Grande state competition that starts out as a league and then becomes a knockout.
They play at the Estádio Antônio David Farina, with an 8,000 capacity, but the best thing about them is their shirts which include blue, yellow, red, green and white stripes. Their nickname is Pentacolor - meaning ‘five colours’.
If you ever visit Veranópolis and don’t want to watch the team, you can go into the town and eat in Brazil’s first rotating tower restaurant!
Over to you - get voting!
