Stadion TJ Slovan Velvary

Stadion TJ Slovan Velvary holds a quiet place in the Czech football landscape. It is a local fixture for the community and the club that has called it home since the early twentieth century. The main pitch is natural grass, while a secondary artificial turf field sits nearby. The absence of a running track around the perimeter gives the pitch a tighter feel, bringing the stands closer to the action.

The stadium’s reputation shifted briefly in September 2021, when it hosted a match that defied its usual scale. On that autumn evening, the club welcomed SK Slavia Prague for a MOL Cup third-round tie. The result was a 4–2 defeat for the hosts, but the occasion drew a crowd larger than the town might normally sustain. Reports on the exact size of that gathering vary, with some sources citing 2,000 and others 2,700, a discrepancy that remains unresolved. What is clear is that the small ground saw its largest-ever attendance that night, a moment that lingers in local memory despite the loss.

More recently, the stadium found itself at the centre of a different kind of drama. In March 2025, manager Martin Pulpit was dismissed after just one match in charge, a swift end to his tenure that left the dressing room in disarray. The ground has floodlights, allowing play to continue into the evening, but there is no official website to document its current state, leaving its present condition to those who walk through its gates. It is a place where football is played at a human scale, far from the glare of the big leagues.