Verums GoIF

Ground: Nillavallen

Visits: 1

Date: 8th September 2024

Match: Verum - Farstorp 1-7 (Division 6 Skåne Norra)

Attendance: 80

For Sunday I had a few options but being quite tired from my trip on Saturday I decided to keep it local. Jägersborgs IF and Verums GoIF have a joined team playing in Division 6 Skåne Norra. They play five matches at Jägersborgs IP and five matches at Nillavallen in Verum. When I visited a match at Jägersborgs IP last season I was a bit surprised they played in Jägersborgs colours (and not a new neutral kit). Apparently they change kits though and when playing in Verum they use the colours of Verums GoIF. Quite an interesting thing to do actually and I like it. Kick-off was 16.00 and after driving for around 50 minutes I arrived 20 minutes or so before kick-off. Despite its rural location I have passed the ground several times so no GPS needed today. Nillavallen is named after former Sweden international (189 appearances) Nilla Fischer who started her long career at Verum. She also played table tennis for Verum but as far as I can remember I have never played against her.

With Farstorp going top if they win and Jägersborg/Verum being 2nd from bottom I was expecting an easy ride for the visitors. That was not to be the case, at least not early on as the hosts fought very hard on the pitch. In the end they ran out of energy though and when the final whistle was blown it was 7-1 to Farstorp. The attendance was 80 which for this level is quite good. I enjoyed my visit and with the table tennis league season starting next weekend I probably have to wait a while for my next ground visit.

Nillavallen

Kick-off

North side

View of play

North side

View of play

East End

South side

West End