OH Leuven

Reasons To Adopt

Here is the argument for OH Leuven: Belgium, Belgium Pro League, and a ground called Den Dreef. A second team should give you something your first one cannot, and this is a different country's whole weather system.

• The calendar you inherit

  Belgium Pro League is cold-weather football: mud in February, breath visible under the lights, and a fixture list that rewards anyone who sticks it out. Belgium does not do easy neutrals.

• Modern era club

  Formed in 1957, so the whole story is documented, arguable and still being written. Join now and you were basically there from the start.

• Something to defend

  The cabinet is not empty: Belgian Second Division and Belgian Second Division play-offs. Small enough to recite from memory, big enough to argue about in a pub.

• Close to the pitch

  Den Dreef holds about 10,020. You can hear the defenders shouting at each other, which is the single best argument for lower-capacity football.