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Anybody else interested in it?
I mean, the teams from the old Eastern Block, such as:
Red Star Belgrade (Crvena Zvezda)
Steaua Bucharest
CSKA Sofia
Sparta Praha
Bohemians Praha
Dynamo Kiev
Kispest-Honvedand such likes.
And the players? I remember players by the name of Marius Lacatus, Josef Kiprich, and Jan Urban from the 80’s. Really good players. In fact, the best player I’ve had the pleasure to see playing live was Dejan Savicevic, playing for Red Star Belgrade. He was class.
Watch him here, in the game I saw him in. He really was class. The ball just stuck to his foot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DigDkqVUIA
Can anybody tell me any decent books that cover the subject of Communist/Iron curtain football, as I’m after getting some.
That just about sums you up that, I reckon.
Why don’t you f**ck off to Toddler.net? With all the other pre-pubescants.
Maybe then I can have a decent conversation on here with people who know the REAL score about football, rather than some acne faced nob who’s all p*ss and vinegar.
Probably don’t even remember Communism.
“Why don’t you f**ck off to Toddler.net? With all the other pre-pubescants.”
Nah!, he’s probably already downloaded all the porn he needs off that site, it’ll be dogs and elephants next
Anybody else interested in it?I mean, the teams from the old Eastern Block, such as:
Red Star Belgrade (Crvena Zvezda)
Steaua Bucharest
CSKA Sofia
Sparta Praha
Bohemians Praha
Dynamo Kiev
Kispest-Honvedand such likes.
And the players? I remember players by the name of Marius Lacatus, Josef Kiprich, and Jan Urban from the 80’s. Really good players. In fact, the best player I’ve had the pleasure to see playing live was Dejan Savicevic, playing for Red Star Belgrade. He was class.
Watch him here, in the game I saw him in. He really was class. The ball just stuck to his foot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DigDkqVUIA
Can anybody tell me any decent books that cover the subject of Communist/Iron curtain football, as I’m after getting some.
I saw Metallist of Kharkov play at Springy
Also saw one of the Moscow teams, not sure, but I think it was Moscow Torpedo.
I know they are not a Communist block team, but I went against the National Team of Zambia.Saw Liverpool well beaten by Crvena Zvezda at Anfield in 1972.
Always liked the mystery of those teams – Dynamo Dresden, Dynamo Berlin, Ferencvaros, Dukla Praha. One of the first games I remember seeing live on TV (VERY rare then) was in grainy black and white from White Hart Lane of Spurs against Gornik Zabrze.
Was in Warsaw not long after the Poland national team had done well in the 1974 World Cup – Deyna and co. Good sense of national pride.
I haad a holiday to Butlins quite pleasant it was too :D
i saw curly watts from communist street at springy when we played cith i gave him loads ahhhh what a day that was
Saw Liverpool well beaten by Crvena Zvezda at Anfield in 1972.Always liked the mystery of those teams – Dynamo Dresden, Dynamo Berlin, Ferencvaros, Dukla Praha. One of the first games I remember seeing live on TV (VERY rare then) was in grainy black and white from White Hart Lane of Spurs against Gornik Zabrze.
Was in Warsaw not long after the Poland national team had done well in the 1974 World Cup – Deyna and co. Good sense of national pride.
Yes, that’s what I mean, GL, the mystery that surrounds those clubs. Or should I say ‘surrounded’ those teams, before the days of the internet and blanket TV coverage.
I already follow Herta Berlin, but whether you would class them as ex Eastern block or not, I’m not sure, as they actually play in WEST Berlin. They were relegated due to mis-dealings in the 60’s, and replaced by FC Tennis Berlin, who were actually mediocre, and got hammered. Dynamo Berlin would definitely fit in the category though.
Crvena Zvezda, or ‘Red Star’, are an absolutely massive club. Back in the 90’s, I had a penpal who was a big face in their ‘Ultras’, known as the ‘Delije’. He used to send me photo’s of their games and fans, and they were nuts. Pyrotechnics like you’ve never seen.
I’ve also been and watched games at both Sparta Prague, and Bohemians Prague, who were once Ipswich Town’s opponents in their 80’s Uefa Cup run.
They have a 6000 capacity stadium, which was full, and they too, had some mad ‘Ultras’ with pyrotechnics and the loudest exploding ‘bombs’ I have ever heard. The roof shook. Imagine Rochdale with mad ultras, and you’ll get the picture!
As for Dukla Prague……they actually STILL exist. The club was ‘moved’ to Pilbram, and became Marila Pilbram. I think there may be plans to move them back to Prague and re-name them Dukla. Like many successful Eastern European clubs, they used to be the club of the Army, or other government run associations, and after the fall of communism a lot of these clubs had to adapt to coping without the, dare I say ‘favours’ and assistance they had once had.
The problem that these clubs have, is not unlike Latics, in the fact that they struggle to keep hold of their best players, who more often than not head West.
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