Brother, your name is long & not very catchy. Consider changing to something everyone can remember...something like "Football 'eritage" (or any name you could build a brand around). Keep up the great work, I'm a fan. Hope to see you move on from HITC in the near future 👍
...or perhaps 'Much Adu about Football' 🙃 If you hold a competition to name this channel, then not only will you get engagement for your switch from HITC, but everyone will be aware of this channel (and the correct spelling!)
What's happening, Where's the list of 7 football related things, where all the pictures gone. I'm scared and confused. Why is there a handsome man talking to me now. I just realised Alfie said he'd use this channel if he ever got sacked from 7's... please tell me this man still has a job
@@pentu7738 You should better knock it off; trying to be the clever one. The stadium has experienced many occasions over the decades with higher attendances than "your" 65 Grand. One example for all; in 1985 during the sixth Spartakiad the building welcomed more than 1,206,000 spectators over the course of two days and four shows. Meaning that each individual show was visited on average by 301,500 people. That also means that the individual attendances went above the stadium's official/recommended capacity of 250,000. This was possible largely because of the stands' being mostly allocated for standing room whilst also sporting "only" 56,000 seats. And this was only one (or actually four) of quite a few events when the "full house" was achieved or even surpassed. Anyway, while I am at it, here are three more random examples (music concerts for a change): The Rolling Stones (1990) - 100,000+ visitors Pink Floyd (1994) - 120,000 The Rolling Stones (1995) - 127,000 So you like "facts", yeah? 😀 😀 😛
Hi Alfie, as your fan from Czech rep and also Prague citizen I gotta give you props for the research on czech history and some of the pronunciation of czech words. "Fun" fact, you were correct that Prague was less heavily bombed than other cities, but it was in 1945 and couple of historic building were destroyed. Ironically it was bombed by an accident by the US army, when they mistook it for Dresden.
This is football heritage ...am I talking about Alfie in general, the fact that this is the first video on this channel, the subject of the video, or the video itself? Uhhh... Yes.
As a Brazilian expat living in Prague, I was really happy to see you coming to Czech Republic and visiting the Strahov. It is equally a great piece of engineering and a great piece of History itself.
Stadion Plovdiv is worth a visit in a similar sense. Mostly abandoned and left to crumble, it’s a 55k seater which is now only used for some local athletics training. Not sure if there’s anyone who could officially let you in, but you can easily freely wander around as it’s left open for locals to use the track.
Great video. I live in Prague and this taught me some stuff about my city. Strahov is indeed a strange part of the city. It feels like you are much further East. It's also a terrible waste of space in a city with a housing shortage BTW, in Czech, 'c' is pronounced /ts/ so the smaller stadium is /roʒitskeho/
I wonder if they have any urban legends/campfire stories of the abandoned stands passed between the Sparta Praha youth academy pupils or some kind of tradition or right of pasaage when they sneak out and go there exploring
I still remember when Sparta built and opened there the academy and training grounds some 20 years ago. The facilities were brand-new, modern, quite nice, and . . . . . . they stood in the middle of friggin' dilapidated ruins. Just crumbling RUINS!!! 😀 All that contrast.... I found it very strange and I still do even today. Plus, just imagine that you are someone who doesn't know the history of the place and the context, and arrives to train there for the very first time; like the West Ham United players, for example. You'd probably go like, "What the heck is this place? Why did they build it in here? What happened here?" 😀 😀
Before I had kids,I used to while away my time on google earth and I've been fascinated by this building/structure ever since. Thanks for educating me.
I used to play for Sparta Prague until the U17’s and let me tell you training in this facility was absolutely insane. They recently renovated the main building. Love the history bit, made no mistakes!
I think this is the first video on this channel I've watch after being subscribed for like 2 years. Pretty embarassing by me given how good this channel is
I don't know about getting an M.O.T but cars are definitely repaired at Central Park in Cowdenbeath. You should visit that stadium. A beautiful place of the world.
I was writing a similar comment about Barrow AFC's Holker Street. I'm not sure you can get a full MOT there but there is a garage built into one of the stands that does repairs and is a bodywork specialist. Perhaps this type of arrangement is more common than we might assume?
Love Prague, went last year for the first time and got to watch the Sparta vs Aris Limassol Europa League match, atmosphere was incredible and it was a brilliant game too.
Thoroughly enjoyed this Alfie! Felt strange seeing you dictate so much of it though, like when you finally see a radio dj you've listened to for years 😜
Just more of this! I love the calm energy of the video, all the history, facts and giving your opinion. I hope to see you visit more interesting places.
Alfie, big fan. Here some videos ideas: 7 most important games in football history (or most defining area games) 7 most important players before Pele (the goat) 7 teams with the biggest influence on football history 7 most influential players of all. Time 7 best football RUclips channels (other than you)
This was an eye opener, I've been to Prague several times, love the city. The castle and the Strahov Monastery are near this place, both of which I've been to more than once, and yet I never knew this enormous stadium existed. Just as informative and well researched as your HITC Sevens stuff, even though presumably you had to do all this research solo. Pretty damn good first video.
Jeez, I sure loved watching the coin thing at the end. All the talk about that polish race track or whatever sucked, but I'll sure be back for some sweet, sweet coin rollage!
I really like the historical research you conducted for making this film and all the infos you put in there on the 1920s and 30s, it really gives the right context for this unique structure. With Sparta Praha just announcing that they will build a new 35 000 seat stadium on the grounds of the now defunct Stadion Evžena Rošického, quite a bit of investment will go into the site (and also Strahov) during the coming years.
so happy he finally uploaded to this channel, I like this long form, on location filming about niche football topics wonder if Alfie will do just football related videos on this channel, or expand to other topics? Most of this story wasn’t football related tbh and I throughly enjoyed it, reminds me of Stunt Pegg or Tim Traveller, and that’s a very good thing
Well that was a fantastic history lesson & despite being the biggest football stadium I have never heard of it before. Speaking off stadiums now that my team Oxford United are in the championship if I can get time & the right weekend I shell be visiting Hull City stadium just for you & for me
If Sparta Prague were to have a reconstruction at Summerhill Park, they could restore one corner of this stadium & play their home matches on one of the 9 pitches in there, building temporary stands on another two. After moving back to Summerhill, they would leave Strahov ⅙ renovated.
I remember spotting this stadium whilst walking around the nearby observation tower. The sheer size made me spend the rest of the afternoon reading up on it whilst site seeing around Prague
Congrats on your first video, Alfie! Very interested one, I was genuinely unaware of all of this, thanks for once again enlightening the candle of football wisdom. I’d love to see you make a video on the team that is closest to my heart, 1. FSV Mainz 05, either here or on sevens, I truly believe it would make for quite the interesting video for many people and there’d be a lot to cover ever since the first promotion twenty years ago! Would absolutely love that. Either way, all the best for you and your channel, already eagerly anticipating the next of your excellent videos. Lots of love from Germany!
Been subbed for a MINUTE and am an avid HITC SEVENS watcher, really excited for the more laid back historical, and especially in-person vibe of this video. One piece of criticism id give is the sharpness of a lot of the in-person video, especially as those clips fade in from the “studio” voiceovers. They’re a little harsh on the ears for the first couple seconds. Otherwise excellent video, excited for more!
Mate, I love your videos and ofc I love this one but one minor criticism is that with the handheld portion of the video at around 2:40 it felt like I was on a boat with all the swaying of the camera... I personally don't mind it but I know you'd appreciate the constructive feedback.... but i love the content and your humor is always on point!
Feel like this channel provides an opportunity to branch out from football content a little bit if you're interested. Sporting history or even just history in general must be a goldmine of possible subjects for videos.
Wow yes! Subscribed here on day one and been waiting since then. Top start to the channel and looking forward to seeing what other topics you will cover.
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Just want to say a huge thanks to all of you for watching, subscribing, and commenting. The response has been overwhelming and I really appreciate it.
Well chuffed for you Alfie. You've earned it mate! 🎂
Brother, your name is long & not very catchy. Consider changing to something everyone can remember...something like "Football 'eritage" (or any name you could build a brand around).
Keep up the great work, I'm a fan. Hope to see you move on from HITC in the near future 👍
the record attendance on the stadium was not even 65k in the 70s......
...or perhaps 'Much Adu about Football' 🙃
If you hold a competition to name this channel, then not only will you get engagement for your switch from HITC, but everyone will be aware of this channel (and the correct spelling!)
Wait, you're not the Irish guy?!
I’m subscribing to HITC 7s in case you ever get sacked from the Alfie Potts-Hammer channel
This
Goated
😂
🤣🤣🤣
i knew i recognised this guy's voice.
Without further Adu, here comes Alfie ....
Watmore, it's still football content
Maaaan, I knew when he said "without further hesitation" yesterday, that Freddie would feature in the video
Ndidi
Hoever...
Fuchs' sake
Alfie is my favourite extremist youtuber
The 2nd channel finally has got a video, after 2 years of constantly promoting it
I mean, briliant strategy!
Undeniable.
2????
Yes
Genuinely nice bloke. He should start a football channel with documentaries and top 7s
That is a game breaking idea! I bet it would get o er half a million followers in about 5-6 years!
He's in his StuntPegg era
Almost as pretty too.
not true, it's over 8 minutes long
@@friendlybanehe’s prettier I think you’ll find
He should do a collab with StuntPegg when he gets the chance
@@friendlybanei love young, attractive pseudo-socialist indie football youtubers with good music taste and quick wit
“Without further Adu, who never played in this stadium”
*Freddy Adu
@@hello-friend990 God that joke flew over your head
r/woosh 👀@@hessen5498
🤣
Alfie is unleashed
My misses literally shouted in and said "is that Alfie I hear?" When I told her it was his own channel, she dropped everything!
goals
You sir have the woman of many men’s dreams
My misses would drop everything, including her knickers, for Alfie.
wake up babe, alfie potts harmer finally uploaded...
We got Alfie to touch grass before GTA 6
What's happening, Where's the list of 7 football related things, where all the pictures gone. I'm scared and confused. Why is there a handsome man talking to me now.
I just realised Alfie said he'd use this channel if he ever got sacked from 7's... please tell me this man still has a job
oh no
He still has a job, he just decided to release a video on this channel now
Sorry, we need to talk about the biggest stadium
This is my favourite part of Alfie's videos, history, politics, and sports all together.
the big problem that he hates facts.. the stadiums record attendance was 65k in 1964
@@pentu7738 You should better knock it off; trying to be the clever one.
The stadium has experienced many occasions over the decades with higher attendances than "your" 65 Grand.
One example for all; in 1985 during the sixth Spartakiad the building welcomed more than 1,206,000 spectators over the course of two days and four shows. Meaning that each individual show was visited on average by 301,500 people. That also means that the individual attendances went above the stadium's official/recommended capacity of 250,000. This was possible largely because of the stands' being mostly allocated for standing room whilst also sporting "only" 56,000 seats.
And this was only one (or actually four) of quite a few events when the "full house" was achieved or even surpassed.
Anyway, while I am at it, here are three more random examples (music concerts for a change):
The Rolling Stones (1990) - 100,000+ visitors
Pink Floyd (1994) - 120,000
The Rolling Stones (1995) - 127,000
So you like "facts", yeah? 😀 😀 😛
Hi Alfie, as your fan from Czech rep and also Prague citizen I gotta give you props for the research on czech history and some of the pronunciation of czech words. "Fun" fact, you were correct that Prague was less heavily bombed than other cities, but it was in 1945 and couple of historic building were destroyed. Ironically it was bombed by an accident by the US army, when they mistook it for Dresden.
...and that was the last time the US military made a mistake overseas. 😳
Is Alfie turning into the Football version of Tom Scott (but long form)? I am all here for it
There is a Tom Scott sized hole on this site at the moment.
The moment we've all been waiting for...
I’ve only been subscribed for about two years to get a video 🎉
This is football heritage
...am I talking about Alfie in general, the fact that this is the first video on this channel, the subject of the video, or the video itself? Uhhh... Yes.
Alfie kinda looking like a young Trotsky in the thumbnail.
Lets get this channel to greater heights, Comrades✊️✊️✊️
✊✊✊
hope he doesn’t go to Mexico
so long as it doesn't devolve into perpetual 5 year plans and slavish increases in productive capacity, I'm all in favour
Alfie Товарищ ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
@@bacchic6676wouldn’t it be 7-year plans?
As a Brazilian expat living in Prague, I was really happy to see you coming to Czech Republic and visiting the Strahov. It is equally a great piece of engineering and a great piece of History itself.
expat? refugee you mean....only brits are expats
Alfie gotta be the most 80 year old sounding not 80 year old Football youtuber out there.
And we LOVE HIM for it 🎀✨️
Finally Alfie Botswana has arrived! 🇧🇼
I love the community you’ve built Alfie, always a laugh going through the comments.
Yes Alfie!! Congrats on the imminent success for this channel, you deserve it mate
Stadion Plovdiv is worth a visit in a similar sense. Mostly abandoned and left to crumble, it’s a 55k seater which is now only used for some local athletics training. Not sure if there’s anyone who could officially let you in, but you can easily freely wander around as it’s left open for locals to use the track.
Great video. I live in Prague and this taught me some stuff about my city. Strahov is indeed a strange part of the city. It feels like you are much further East. It's also a terrible waste of space in a city with a housing shortage
BTW, in Czech, 'c' is pronounced /ts/ so the smaller stadium is /roʒitskeho/
I wonder if they have any urban legends/campfire stories of the abandoned stands passed between the Sparta Praha youth academy pupils or some kind of tradition or right of pasaage when they sneak out and go there exploring
I still remember when Sparta built and opened there the academy and training grounds some 20 years ago. The facilities were brand-new, modern, quite nice, and . . . . . . they stood in the middle of friggin' dilapidated ruins. Just crumbling RUINS!!! 😀
All that contrast.... I found it very strange and I still do even today.
Plus, just imagine that you are someone who doesn't know the history of the place and the context, and arrives to train there for the very first time; like the West Ham United players, for example. You'd probably go like, "What the heck is this place? Why did they build it in here? What happened here?" 😀 😀
Before I had kids,I used to while away my time on google earth and I've been fascinated by this building/structure ever since. Thanks for educating me.
Yaaasssss. You are the saviour of RUclips Alfie, keep going mate.
Crumbling, like how Leeds crumbled in the playoff final
30:54 "How good was that?" lol used to love these back when they had them in shops.
they should have em where you can pay contactless and it'll give you a 2p to put in there
I used to play for Sparta Prague until the U17’s and let me tell you training in this facility was absolutely insane. They recently renovated the main building. Love the history bit, made no mistakes!
The best football content creator on the platform strikes again! Thank you for your years of producing amazing content for us to enjoy!
I think this is the first video on this channel I've watch after being subscribed for like 2 years. Pretty embarassing by me given how good this channel is
Fantastic video Alfie, it perfectly straggles both your usual content and a vlog-style look at the actual stadium. Hopefully it's the first of many!
Very impressed with the quality of you research! As a Sparta fan I really hope we bring new life to otherwise kinda forgotten part of Prague.. ACS!
Also love stadiums, especially older/unusual styles, estadio mestalla being one of my favourites
Wicked first video mate!
Need more videos on here. Keep going❤
wow I thought this day would never come!!! congrats Alfie, big fan of your work
31:00 now that's the type of content I subscribed for!
I don't know about getting an M.O.T but cars are definitely repaired at Central Park in Cowdenbeath. You should visit that stadium. A beautiful place of the world.
I was writing a similar comment about Barrow AFC's Holker Street. I'm not sure you can get a full MOT there but there is a garage built into one of the stands that does repairs and is a bodywork specialist.
Perhaps this type of arrangement is more common than we might assume?
Love Prague, went last year for the first time and got to watch the Sparta vs Aris Limassol Europa League match, atmosphere was incredible and it was a brilliant game too.
Thoroughly enjoyed this Alfie! Felt strange seeing you dictate so much of it though, like when you finally see a radio dj you've listened to for years 😜
Just more of this! I love the calm energy of the video, all the history, facts and giving your opinion.
I hope to see you visit more interesting places.
So happy to see this channel. Let's go alfie!!
Alfie, big fan. Here some videos ideas:
7 most important games in football history (or most defining area games)
7 most important players before Pele (the goat)
7 teams with the biggest influence on football history
7 most influential players of all. Time
7 best football RUclips channels (other than you)
I never thought I'd see the day. I subscribed to this channel years ago. The Channel For The People.
I like the format! Good work. As ever!
Happy to see this! Been a fan for half a decade and always appreciate your wonderful wisdom. Keep up the good work, Alfie!
Great video! Loved the last 2 clips! Looking forward to more!
This was an eye opener, I've been to Prague several times, love the city. The castle and the Strahov Monastery are near this place, both of which I've been to more than once, and yet I never knew this enormous stadium existed. Just as informative and well researched as your HITC Sevens stuff, even though presumably you had to do all this research solo. Pretty damn good first video.
Thanks for this Alfie, and well worth the wait. A great mix of football and history - what's not to love! Keep them coming 😊
Jeez, I sure loved watching the coin thing at the end. All the talk about that polish race track or whatever sucked, but I'll sure be back for some sweet, sweet coin rollage!
I really like the historical research you conducted for making this film and all the infos you put in there on the 1920s and 30s, it really gives the right context for this unique structure. With Sparta Praha just announcing that they will build a new 35 000 seat stadium on the grounds of the now defunct Stadion Evžena Rošického, quite a bit of investment will go into the site (and also Strahov) during the coming years.
I keep coming back to this video to see if you put up more vids on this channel. Either way i've been a big fan for whats like a decade now. much love
Alfie Potts Harmer finally arrives! 👏🙌
Fascinating watch, keep doing more videos like this if you can Alfie. I enjoyed the more casual nature and slower pace of a video like this.
These vlogs are better than the actual channel
Been subbed to this channel since you launched it. Great to see you uploading here. Your a star Alfie
so happy he finally uploaded to this channel, I like this long form, on location filming about niche football topics
wonder if Alfie will do just football related videos on this channel, or expand to other topics? Most of this story wasn’t football related tbh and I throughly enjoyed it, reminds me of Stunt Pegg or Tim Traveller, and that’s a very good thing
That ending 😍 - absolutely unbelievable, 10/10, love watching stuff like that, so happy you got it on video 🙌
Top job Alfie. Starting off with a banger. Now how about a new video for The Reluctant Investment?
THE SECOND CHANNEL FINALLY HAS A VIDEO. THIS IS HISTORY
Well that was a fantastic history lesson & despite being the biggest football stadium I have never heard of it before. Speaking off stadiums now that my team Oxford United are in the championship if I can get time & the right weekend I shell be visiting Hull City stadium just for you & for me
Holy crap! The mad lad did it! He finally actually posted something here! 😮
Great! Good video on a stadium I don't think I've ever heard of before
Wow, finally putting a face to a voice, and what a face! Looking forward to more videos Alfie!
If Sparta Prague were to have a reconstruction at Summerhill Park, they could restore one corner of this stadium & play their home matches on one of the 9 pitches in there, building temporary stands on another two. After moving back to Summerhill, they would leave Strahov ⅙ renovated.
Love from the 254 Alfie🇰🇪 excited on your EUROS coverage & next endeavours on here
I remember spotting this stadium whilst walking around the nearby observation tower. The sheer size made me spend the rest of the afternoon reading up on it whilst site seeing around Prague
He posted even before he hit 25k , Man of the people indeed! ❤
What a start to the week. Much love ❤
Your partner's face at the end is an absolute delight! I have felt that look so many times.
Brilliant video Alfie, very interesting. I appreciated you going into the history of the stadium and the country, very well done. Thank you.
great video and incredibly insightful
Really enjoyed this video, well done Alfie
The tower in the background at 22:35 is a ventilation shaft for a tunnel.
I lived in Prague as a toddler, & I was obsessed with the thing at 30:55.
Loved this mix of anthropology, history and current events! All in context of football!
Been waiting for the first video in your own Channel, and alas it has finally come ✨
Congratulations on your first vid. Great topic !!
Great start Alfie, keep them coming.
Beyond excited to see where this channel goes. You’re too restricted by the HITC format, this is great.
Congrats on your first video, Alfie! Very interested one, I was genuinely unaware of all of this, thanks for once again enlightening the candle of football wisdom.
I’d love to see you make a video on the team that is closest to my heart, 1. FSV Mainz 05, either here or on sevens, I truly believe it would make for quite the interesting video for many people and there’d be a lot to cover ever since the first promotion twenty years ago! Would absolutely love that. Either way, all the best for you and your channel, already eagerly anticipating the next of your excellent videos. Lots of love from Germany!
what a cracking first video alfie , well done mate
Ngl this is a great video. Really nice to relax to after busy work day. Thanks Alfie!
Brilliantly interesting and informative, thank you Alfie :)
Came for the quality content subscribed for the money fountain at the end. Cheers
i really like your humor it reminds me of david mitchell
Alfie, that was EXCELLENT. Keep going, lad!
Great video and a terrific history lesson!
Oh my god, the legends were true. Alfie is finally posting on his own channel!
Been subbed for a MINUTE and am an avid HITC SEVENS watcher, really excited for the more laid back historical, and especially in-person vibe of this video.
One piece of criticism id give is the sharpness of a lot of the in-person video, especially as those clips fade in from the “studio” voiceovers.
They’re a little harsh on the ears for the first couple seconds.
Otherwise excellent video, excited for more!
Mate, I love your videos and ofc I love this one but one minor criticism is that with the handheld portion of the video at around 2:40 it felt like I was on a boat with all the swaying of the camera... I personally don't mind it but I know you'd appreciate the constructive feedback.... but i love the content and your humor is always on point!
Great video! This channel will be huge I can feel it!
Always great seeing you after a long time. Loved your vlogs in the last Euros, looking forward to them again 😄
Feel like this channel provides an opportunity to branch out from football content a little bit if you're interested. Sporting history or even just history in general must be a goldmine of possible subjects for videos.
Most anticipated video of the year 😊
Amazing video. If only the Strahov can be overhauled and hold football and music again. The Czechs would make a mint.
Wow yes! Subscribed here on day one and been waiting since then. Top start to the channel and looking forward to seeing what other topics you will cover.