The Oval, home of Belfast’s Glentoran FC. The club was founded in 1882, and since its formation have played all their home matches at The Oval. Glentoran is the home town of George Best, who grew up supporting the club. Published by Staantribune, Estadio contains almost 200 pages full of stories and photos with text in both Dutch and English and comes in an A4 format in full colour.

From the publisher: Estadio is a new series about stadiums. An entire issue dedicated to one stadium. More than two hundred pages in depth with many photos and text, with beautiful images by Marco Magielse and stories by Joris van de Wier.

The first edition of Estadio was about the Adelaarshorst, home of Go Ahead Eagles, and the third about Valencia’s legendary Mesatalla. The second Estadio is about The Oval of Glentoran FC!

A monumental stadium full of unique stories, the harbour where the Titanic was built and the house in which George Best grew up. Nowhere is history more visible than in and around The Oval.

Topics covered include:

• Belclasico between Glentoran and Linfield
• Elvio van Overbeek’s memories of The Oval
• Griffiths Memorial Room, a secret room in the main stand
• The 1914 Vienna Cup
• Glentoran supporter Sam Robinson’s amazing shirt collection
• People at The Oval
• Away day to Portadown
• The streets of East Belfast
• Ballymac (Glentoran Supporters Club)
• The Bunker
• Spence’s Chippy

If buying from Europe but outside the UK we recommend that you purchase a copy directly from Staantribune.