Liberating football travel

Las Palmas

Gran Canaria capital, outpost of the European game

Stranraer FC

Sponsored by ferries, cheered on from the Coo Shed

Stranraer

No more ferries but SFC still here after 150 years

Exeter City

Grecians regain integrity thanks to supporters’ trust

Exeter

Tales of St James and St Sidwell in the Cathedral city

Empoli FC

A century of calcio from Tuscan Terza to Serie A

Empoli

No fine art or leaning tower but calcio merits visit

Annecy

Lakeside resort a footballing backwater once more

Baník Ostrava

Baniček saved thanks to ambitious Moravian millionaire