Two clubs, one ground: Tifo explains the stadium-sharing puzzle
Milan and Rome supply the examples in a nine-upload week mixing football logistics, tactics and guessing games.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
What happens when teams share a stadium?
Home and away sound straightforward until both teams have the same address. Tifo Football by The Athletic's most-watched new upload, "What happens when teams share a stadium?", takes that practical puzzle into Italian football, asking how shared grounds work and what happens when their tenants meet.
The explainer has reached roughly 619,000 views. Its comments have become a little atlas of ground-sharing, with viewers adding examples from Brazil, Belgium and Mexico. Fixture scheduling is a particular curiosity. Others recall the wonderfully awkward consequence of Milan's Champions League semifinal against Inter in 2003: Milan advanced on away goals despite both legs taking place at San Siro.
There was room for playfulness among the nine uploads, too. Joe Devine and JJ Bull tried to land on the same footballer's name in "Can you guess the same footballer next? Robert Lewandowski and Bruno Fernandes". The newer "Who's on my head? Harry Maguire or Iliman Ndiaye" currently has the channel's strongest daily viewing momentum, narrowly above the stadium explainer.
The tactical side stayed busy with José Mourinho's attempt to balance Real Madrid's attacking talent, plus Joe Devine, Jon Mackenzie and Kaya Kaynak discussing Manchester United's difficulties at Leeds and Arsenal's narrow win at Forest.
Across the channel, weekly views rose by roughly six million while the subscriber count remained unchanged. That put its viewing week between ESPN UK's and The Overlap's among nearby football-media channels. Tifo's daily viewing is also above its usual level, with a shared-stadium question doing a substantial part of the work.
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What viewers say
In the 2002-03 Champions League, Inter and Milan played each other in the semifinals, and both legs were at the San Siro. One leg was 0-0, the other 1-1. Milan went through to the final on "away" goals, as the 1-1 game was when they were designated as the away team.
@boonlincolnSee it on YouTubeBrazil has a famous case of this. Both Flamengo and Fluminense share the Maracanã.
@AntonioZLSee it on YouTubeOk it’s the fixtures I always wondered about, I assumed it alternated but that could be tricky with multiple cup and Europe games
@SeniorSanchezSee it on YouTube
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Chivas and Atlas in México used to share El Estadio Jalisco until Chivas built Estadio Akron
@red92diazSee it on YouTubeThis sounds like a headache for those scheduling fixtures
@JoshMarshainSee it on YouTubeIt's rare in Britain for clubs to share stadiums - we've had instances of clubs without a stadium playing home games at another club's stadium (for example Wimbledon FC playing at Selhurst)
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Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
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- Subscribers
- 1,820,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 6,073,855
- Videos published this week
- 9
- Video published
- October 17, 2026
- Video views so far
- 618,767
- Views on its first day
- 414,651
The numbers
Here is Tifo Football by The Athletic's week in views and subscribers.
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Who joins Joe Devine in this week's same-footballer guessing game?
The video's description names Joe Devine and JJ Bull as the pair trying to guess the same footballer.


