Gelora Bung Karno Stadium
Gelora Bung Karno Stadium is one of the great Sukarno-era monuments of Jakarta. It is the home of Persija football club and also the offices of the PSSI – The Indonesian Football Federation. (Official page is here, Persija, and fans page, is here JakOnline). The venue is used for rock concerts – Deep Purple, Metallica […]
Stadia Indonesia
Last year I visited a few soccer stadiums in Yogyakarta. Here are some of my photos. Krida Sono, Yogyakarta Krida Sono, from the South End, looking North Mandala Krida, from the South, looking North Mandala Krida, Southern End and Eastern-stand Rennovations Tridadi Stadium, South End, looking South Tridadi Scoreboard, Northern Yogyakarta Tridadi Panorama *If you […]
Sriwedari Stadium
Sriwedari Stadium Solo and Yogyakarta are two central Javanese cities separated only by some 60km. The fans of the two main teams, those of PSIM in Yogyakarta and Persis Solo in Solo, fight when they pass through each others cities. In the Divisi Utama season of 2013-14, arrangements were made so that the teams played […]
Lapangan Minggiran
An anthropology of Lapangan Minggiran, Yogyakarta In the mornings, I walk to Lapangan Minggiran: about one kilometer from my house. To get there, I walk through the small yard of a kampung, in which a few children play and where the elders burn rubbish. A middle-aged woman has a stall on the corner and she […]
Tambak Sari Stadium
Tambak Sari Stadium, Surabaya There is something mournful about an empty football stadium. The stands are empty; the pitch is free of action. The air lacks the buzzes of expectation and the urgent statements of PA announcements indicating which player is coming off, which player is coming on or which player has been awarded a […]
Football Soundscapes
Each stadium has its own architecture. The gently rising terraces of suburban football grounds or the steep stands of the MCG. Stadium architecture is a response to the size of the field upon which the game is played. Australian football developed in borderless paddocks: and the grounds we have now reflect the early expanses. I […]