Spain
Segunda Division
Sunday 18th February 2024
Kick Off 18.30 On Time!
Sociedad Deportiva Huesca 0 Sociedad Deportiva Amorebieta 0, attendance 5,630
@ Estadio El Alcoraz
Finca C. Ensenanzas Integradas
22004 Huesca
€15 Admission + €2 booking fee, Print at Home ticket
No Programme.
It was only 152 miles south east from Irun, in Gipuzkoa, to Huesca, in the region of Aragon, but it took just over three and a quarter hours to drive, as the last hour or so was non motorway and very arduous, but with some absolutely beautiful scenery. Again, tickets had been purchased online, but we arrived in ample time and could easily have picked up tickets at the stadium. We managed to park in a small side road/wasteland only five minutes walk away, following the lead of the locals, rather than try and park on the official car park.
The stadium takes its name after a battle that took place there in 1096 and was opened in 1972. In 2009, promotion to the Segunda Division resulted in extensive renovations and further work, following promotion to La Liga in 2018, now sees the ground with an all seated capacity of just over 9,000. That certainly wasn’t tested tonight, not helped by the visiting section behind the goal end to our left only having 24 fans in it! Not surprising though, as Amorebieta are rock bottom in the league table and it is just a matter of time before their relegation is confirmed.
Huesca came into this game in 16th place and would surely have looked at this as very much three points there for the taking. They didn’t take their opportunity though, in a game that was very poor. In fact, poor is probably being kind. It was absolutely dreadful. Nothing else to say. I didn’t even make a note of anything that barely resembled a real goal chance.
We stopped overnight in Huesca, less than 2 miles from the ground. It was a 200 mile drive back to Bilbao Airport on Monday morning, which took just under four hours and our 13.55 flight back to London Gatwick left about seven minutes late. Another successful trip. Some decent grounds, but not so good as far as the actual football went. Oh yes…plenty of driving too. Despite being a short stay, we still managed to clock up 790 miles.
