Sporting's Alvalade rocks on a big night, and Lisbon is one of the best-value city breaks in Europe. We line up cheap flights and match tickets for a top weekend away.
Sporting play at the Estádio José Alvalade in the north of Lisbon, a colourful, modern ground wrapped in the club's green and yellow. It's reached on the metro to Campo Grande and rocks on a big night — not least for the Lisbon derby against neighbours Benfica, one of the fiercest local rivalries in Iberia.
As with any Lisbon trip, the airport is close to town and linked by metro, and that same network runs up to Alvalade on matchday. It's an easy, affordable city to fly into from Britain and Ireland, and the mild Atlantic climate makes autumn and spring especially comfortable for a weekend of football.
Sporting's home in the north of the city puts you a short metro ride from Lisbon's classic sights — the Alfama viewpoints, the riverside at Belém with its tower and monastery, and the custard tarts that were first baked there. A proper capital-city break at some of Western Europe's friendliest prices.