I Visited The World's BIGGEST Football Stadium
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- With a capacity of 250,000, the Great Strahov Stadium in Prague is over twice the size of Barcelona's Camp Nou, and three-and-a-half times the size of Manchester United's Old Trafford and the $6 billion SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
Unfortunately, it has been closed to the public since the beginning of the 2000s, but Sparta Prague were kind enough to grant me rare and exclusive access to the stadium.
So in this video, Alfie Potts Harmer takes a look inside and out the world's largest stadium, reflecting on it's unique history, and how - in some ways - it tells the modern history of Prague and the Czech Republic as a whole.
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
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🤣🤣🤣
i knew i recognised this guy's voice.
The 2nd channel finally has got a video, after 2 years of constantly promoting it
I mean, briliant strategy!
Undeniable.
2????
Yes
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
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!
“Without further Adu, who never played in this stadium”
*Freddy Adu
@@hello-friend990 God that joke flew over your head
r/woosh 👀@@hessen5498
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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
Alfie is unleashed
We got Alfie to touch grass before GTA 6
wake up babe, alfie potts harmer finally uploaded...
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. 😳
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
The moment we've all been waiting for...
Alfie gotta be the most 80 year old sounding not 80 year old Football youtuber out there.
And we LOVE HIM for it 🎀✨️
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.
Yes Alfie!! Congrats on the imminent success for this channel, you deserve it mate
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/
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
Yaaasssss. You are the saviour of TH-cam Alfie, keep going mate.
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?
Wait, I thought this was HITC
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 went here 2 years ago with my friend and when we entered we couldn’t see anyone there so we just climbed around the whole stadium. perhaps not the safest thing i’ve done lol
i really like your humor it reminds me of david mitchell
Last night my 5 year old daughter randomly asked what was the biggest stadium in the world (we recently took her to Wembley to watch the women's F.A cup final). Now I can show her this video today lol (or at least the key points as I doubt she would sit through the whole half hour)
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!
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
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.
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.
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.
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!
The best football content creator on the platform strikes again! Thank you for your years of producing amazing content for us to enjoy!
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.
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.
Need more videos on here. Keep going❤
THE SECOND CHANNEL FINALLY HAS A VIDEO. THIS IS HISTORY
Felt like more than half an hour, but you won me back with the spiral coin thing
great video and incredibly insightful
Wicked first video mate!
Oh my god, the legends were true. Alfie is finally posting on his own channel!
He posted even before he hit 25k , Man of the people indeed! ❤
Holy crap! The mad lad did it! He finally actually posted something here! 😮
31:00 now that's the type of content I subscribed for!
The last scene was just *chef's kiss*
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.
Top job Alfie. Starting off with a banger. Now how about a new video for The Reluctant Investment?
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.
"without further Adu who actually never played in the Great Strahov Stadium"
History in the making alfie out there getting the job done
Sparta prague, this years FM save. Wish i could have a 250k seat stadium
These vlogs are better than the actual channel
Been waiting for the first video in your own Channel, and alas it has finally come ✨
On board for that ride to the millions
Been waiting years to see coin stunts! 😂
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.
Id love to see a match there.... even if it was only a second team preseason friendly!
Great vid Alfie 👌
The long awaited beginning of the 'other' channel
Ive been subscribed chanel since it only had 2k subscribers weird that it finally has a video
Great video and a terrific history lesson!
Congratulations on your first vid. Great topic !!
Really enjoyed this video, well done Alfie
Came for the quality content subscribed for the money fountain at the end. Cheers
Who needs to go to school to learn world history when you have alfie
what a cracking first video alfie , well done mate
Absolute banger of an outro! Rest of the video wasn't too shabby either, unlike the stadium.
FINALLY. YOUR CHANNEL. THE PEOPLES CHANNEL!!! ❤ Walk on Alfie!
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!
Brilliantly interesting and informative, thank you Alfie :)
Your partner's face at the end is an absolute delight! I have felt that look so many times.
People do indeed love watching stuff like that!
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!
Alfie, great job! Thank you. 😄
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
Love from the 254 Alfie🇰🇪 excited on your EUROS coverage & next endeavours on here
Brilliant video Alfie, very interesting. I appreciated you going into the history of the stadium and the country, very well done. Thank you.
Superb stuff Alfie!
You are the best football TH-camr when you don’t put Messi on top of all you’re lists.
I am excited for this Channel
Finally you put a video in this channell.
Finally video for this channel 🎉
this is so nice! sad to say I'd fallen off HITC because I felt a little worn out by the format (assuming that's not your fault, alfie). so glad you've taken some creative risks and long may it continue.
The ending was amazing
Amazing video. If only the Strahov can be overhauled and hold football and music again. The Czechs would make a mint.
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 vid! Keep up the good work!
Ive actually been lucky enough to visit this monster of a stadium. You really did it a proper justice.
Damn, I had stuff to do but thought I'd just have a quick look at TH-cam to see if there's anything new. There goes another 30 minutes of my time
Wow, the work I had to do was translating a book from Spanish in which it references Sokols
Beyond excited to see where this channel goes. You’re too restricted by the HITC format, this is great.
if the videos are going to be on location/additional commentary like this one I would love to see teams that interest you all over Europe outside of the Premier league or Top5 leagues & maybe even outside Europe if the budget allows it 😅
Can confirm, did enjoy the coin drop in the last part of the video. Thanks Alfie
Always great seeing you after a long time. Loved your vlogs in the last Euros, looking forward to them again 😄
Alfie, by measuring things in amounts like Dean Courts, you have made all of America very happy, as we measure everything by units such as giraffes, football fields (American, of course), and eagles per gun.
Alfie, that was EXCELLENT. Keep going, lad!
He has made his appearance 🎉
I like the Doug Demuro influenced intro. APH from East Yorkshire to Eastern Europe and probably beyond 👊👊
Gotta say, as a "people" myself, I do love to see those things (although that one in particular was quite short)
It's happened! He's finally debuted on his own channel!
I've been subbed since you've made this channel and wondered would you ever upload 😅😂 well in aph
Good shit Alfie, good luck!