Stade Bollaert-Delelis

Lens's ground is named after a former club president; the enclosed bowl and the "Blood and Gold" crowd make it France's best away trip.

Stade Bollaert-Delelis has been the home of RC Lens since 1933, and holds 38,223 spectators for football. The playing surface is hybrid grass, and the record attendance of 48,000 was set in a fixture that still gets talked about in Lens.

For a matchday, the ground sits in Lens and is served by local rail and bus routes; arriving 45 minutes before kick-off is the difference between a queue and a seat. Away supporters are usually housed in one corner block, and the atmosphere is loudest behind the goal at the home end.