About the SEAS-NVE Park - Capacity 7,500
A mish-mash of a ground, located just outside the village centre.  The biggest stand sits behind the north goal and houses the main press and team administration.  Down one side is a traditional single tier covered seated stand which offers some good views and then behind the south goal is a shallow open terrace, reserved for the away fans.  It is the fourth side that is unusual.  Bits of terracing, some executive boxes on stilts and then a sport centre all compete for space.  Very strange.  Views are good from all parks though and the home teams fans do go out of their way to generate a decent atmosphere.

Who plays there?
Twenty four miles south of Copenhagen here in the land of the Danes is a small seaport of just under 35,000 people called Køge. It is a pretty little town with some of the oldest surviving buildings in Denmark. For the past few years it has been notable for not really being notable. Until May this year.

Fifty five years ago the town's football club, Køge Boldklub became the first Danish team outside the capital to win the national league. The club went on to play thirty four years in the top division and won the title for a second time in 1975. The good times came to an end in the proceeding years and in February 2007 the club were made bankrupt, owing money to the tax man and players alike. Sound familiar in this country? Then the club came up with a great idea - merge with local rivals Herfølge, a tiny little village to the south of Køge. They were actually Danish champions as recently as 2000 and played Rangers in the Champions League qualifying round the following season (losing 6-0 on aggregate).

The Danish football association initially said no. Herfølge were in the 1st Division at the time and went on to finish the 2006/07 in 9th place.  Last season they stormed the league and won the championship and thus prepared for a season in the Supa Liga. The club then decided to engineer a "reverse take over" and essentially bought the assets of Køge, who were technically bankrupt still and formed a new club - Herfølge Boldklub Køge to start the new season. Can you imagine a similar situation in England with say Rochdale taking over Accrington Stanley?

So all's well that ends well? Not really. The season started as a disaster for the club and as the weeks went by it was obvious that their stay in the top division was going to be brief.  But fear not. Highly rated coach Auri Skarbalius, who had steered the club to the top divison of sorts wasn't going to let a small matter of depressing defeats interfere with his philosophical press conferences, starting with his opening salvo of "We will try to finish as far up the table as possible." . Inspirational stuff indeed.

How to get to the SEAS-NVE Park
The stadium is in the village of Herfolge, a few miles from Køge.  If you are coming from Copenhagen then the easiest way to reach the ground is to take S-tog line A to its southern end at  Køge (approx journey time from central station is 35 minutes) and then cross the platform and take a regional train one stop south to Herfolge (in the direction of Naestved).  On exiting the station follow the rural road southwards to the main road and then turn left.  You should see the floodlights ahead of you and the entrance to the ground is 150 yards on your right.  Bus 502 also runs between the two stations.

How to get a ticket for the SEAS-NVE Park
Whilst the stadium has a capacity of 7,500, the visits of some of the bigger teams will result in sell outs this season.  Ticket prices for Adults for the bigger games (v FCK or Brondby) are 120DKR and 60DKR for Children over 7 (free if they are under).  For B-grade games it is 100DKR and 50DKR respectively.  Tickets can be reserved by emailing brit@hb.dk.  They currently do not have an online facility to order them.