Between Dortmund and Dusseldorf in Germany lies to town of Essen, home to Rot-Weiss Essen and their stadium. Under construction since April 2011 and opened with an initial capacity of 13,500 in August of this year, the ground will eventually hold 20,000.
For day nine of the WSC advent calendar we have a stop-motion Lego Christmas football match for you. The Morgan family, from Stavanger in Norway, have been making these every year since 2010. This time it features Arsenal v Manchester United, a giant Lego figure dance and a football-playing Father Christmas. Enjoy.
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This image is of the Feijenoord Stadion, more commonly called De Kuip (The Tub), home to Feyenoord of the Eredivisie. It has a capacity of 51,177 and was opened in 1937.
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Day six of the WSC advent calendar and we’ve got snowballs for you. When Division Three’s Sheffield Wednesday hosted top-tier Arsenal in the FA Cup in 1979, the pitch was cleared of snow but the open Kop wasn’t. It gave Owls fans plenty of ammunition to hurl at Arsenal keeper Pat Jennings as the second half began – not behaviour we condone, obviously. The game was drawn 1-1, the reply at Highbury 2-2, the second and third replays at Filbert Street 2-2 and 3-3 before Arsenal finally won 2-0 in the fourth replay.
Skip to 5m20s for snowballs
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