It would be fair to say that the Estadio Municipal de Butarque has not seen the best of CD Leganés. Poor form in the second division has been followed by a lack of success in Segunda B. The stadium forms the centre piece of a sports development and is bright, but a little formulaic. That might sound harsh, but a year later the Andalucian town of Algeciras opened a carbon-copy of Butarque. Both stadiums feature a single tier of raised seating and a high cantilevered roof over one side of the ground. Butarque has the edge on capacity, with 8158 blue & white seats placed around the playing surface in an oval configuration. Smart, functional and bigger, but ask any Leganés fan of a certain age, and they will crave for the more personal Rodríguez de Miguel and the days when the club was top dog in the south of Madrid.
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Estadio Butarque - Haven't we seen you somewhere before? |