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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?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 YouTube
  • Brazil has a famous case of this. Both Flamengo and Fluminense share the Maracanã.
  • Ok 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
  • This sounds like a headache for those scheduling fixtures
    @JoshMarshainSee it on YouTube
  • It'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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The videos drawing views on Tifo Football by The Athletic right now

The facts
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.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels
talkSPORT
14,585,787
The Overlap
8,953,968
Overlap Daily
5,894,364
ESPN UK
5,050,116
AFTV
1,729,334
FOX Soccer
463,419
subscribers
1,820,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
748,396,979
views per day
1,070,896
typical day: 887,489
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
talkSPORT
1,970,000
AFTV
1,840,000
The Overlap
1,800,000
ESPN UK
1,610,000
FOX Soccer
1,580,000
Overlap Daily
1,540,000
As of October 19, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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