ON TRACK FOR A GOOD GAME

In 1964 a major fire at the National Railyard at Shoreditch caused so much damage that it was scrapped and sold. Bought by investors the 2 and a half acre site area has been turned into a "pop up" sports' centre holding 8 five a side football pitches, 2 seven aside pitches a netball court and a cricket pitch, at the cost of £20 million. Very good news for the locals and good use of an old railway yard.

More remarkable is the Slovakian amateur football club, TJ Tatran Cjerny Balog, who host a working rail track along the side of their pitch, literally on the touchline and between the crowd in a stand and the pitch. The scheduled trains seem to run on time despite a match being on and the crowd gets a great view through the smoke and steam as well as the opportunity to do a bit of train spotting and listen to a train whistle.

Have a look at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXIBP-gUz9o

Elsewhere, there is always something better than this clip provided by a trainspotter. How many league pitches can you see on a journey from Plymouth to Aberdeen? needless to say the answer is found in this article from the Guardian newspaper. There is a bit of "license" allowed.......
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/nov/04/football-grounds-seen-from-train-trips