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Shane Donovan

Famous Youtuber recommends trip to League of Ireland ground over Camp Nou

You heard it here first - Cork City F.C are better than F.C Barcelona.

That's according to renowned YouTuber Smiv, who travels all around Europe making videos and judging the overall experience at football grounds.

The YouTuber - who boasts and impressive 126K subscribers - judges the clubs he visits on a number of different bases, including the facilities, match day grub, ticket price and atmosphere.

His latest trip happened to be Cork City F.C and it's safe he enjoyed the visit.

Smiv was on hand to watch The Rebel Army stroll to a convincing 4-1 win against Athlone Town on the night.

So far, he's visited clubs like Fulham, Coventry, Watford, and the aforementioned Barcelona but Turner's Cross has ranked pretty high in his standings.

City and Turner's Cross have ranked second in the standings, only half a point behind London club Fulham.

The ticket cost was an attractive part of his visit, as the price would be low in comparison to English and European clubs, but the atmosphere was a very high point of Smiv's visit.

The 'City fans are famous for gathering in huge numbers and getting behind their team so it was no surprise to hear the YouTuber enjoyed the songs from 'the shed'.

He rated the atmosphere at the 'Cross a 4.5/5, matching the score he gave the same on his trip to the magnificent Camp Nou.

He even popped into The Corner Flag for a pint of Cork's finest Beamish.

You can watch Smiv's vlog of his trip to Leeside below:

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