RAAL La Louvière

Reasons To Adopt

Here is the argument for RAAL La Louvière: Belgium, Belgium Pro League, and a ground called Easi Arena. A second team should give you something your first one cannot, and this is a different country's whole weather system.

• Something to defend

  The cabinet is not empty: Belgian National Division 1 and Challenger Pro League. Small enough to recite from memory, big enough to argue about in a pub.

• Close to the pitch

  Easi Arena holds about 8,050. You can hear the defenders shouting at each other, which is the single best argument for lower-capacity football.

• You get a nickname

  Known as |founded = as Cercle Sportif Couillet as Football Couillet-La Louviére as FC Cha. That is your new shorthand, your search term and your excuse for buying a scarf.

• Easy weekend

  Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) is about 18km from the ground, and La Croyère railway station is 2km closer still. A home fixture is a genuinely doable two-night trip.