Zlín

Why Zlín

Here is the argument for Zlín: Czech Republic, Czech Republic First League, and a ground called Letná Stadion, Zlín. A second team should give you something your first one cannot, and this is a different country's whole weather system.

• Old enough to matter

  1919 is the founding date, old enough that the club has survived a war, a rebuild and at least one financial scare, young enough that the good years are still in living memory.

• Something to defend

  The cabinet is not empty: Czechoslovak Cup/Czech Cup and Czech-Slovak Supercup. Small enough to recite from memory, big enough to argue about in a pub.

• Close to the pitch

  Letná Stadion, Zlín holds about 5,898. 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 Ševci (The Cobblers). That is your new shorthand, your search term and your excuse for buying a scarf.