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Is almost upon us, I have it on good authority that our first signing will be a Serbian goalkeeper, to be announced next week.
If a player signs at the beginning of the transfer window does he have to wait until the window shuts before he can play?
http://www.rts.rs/page/sport/sr/story/3 … Vigan.html
its all in foreign, mind you
If a player signs at the beginning of the transfer window does he have to wait until the window shuts before he can play?Blimey, that’s the sort of question the wife asks. :lol: Er, no, he doesn’t.
Sky Sports News say this has all been done. Nowt on our official site mind you (no suprise there)
And i think we might be signing a Ponce too – no Gary Teale isnt coming back – if my grasp of Spanish hasnt eluded me
http://www.rts.rs/page/sport/sr/story/36/Fudbal/395921/Stojkovi%C4%87+odlazi+u+Vigan.htmlits all in foreign, mind you
I actually think this says he’s signing a three year deal, not a loan.
It’s a pity I’m not in touch with my old pen-pal from Serbia. We corresponded on a weekly basis in the late 90’s. It got difficult after the NATO bombing, and he actually telephoned me at one point, (with air-raid sirens very audible in the background during the call!) and asked me “David, why do you bomb us?” I couldn’t answer. Then the telephone exchange in Belgrade got took out and it was a while before we spoke again. But he was ok.
His name was Branko Vucinic, and he was a big face in the Red Star ultras. He used to send me all kinds of photo’s, magazines, scarves, etc. Even sent me a shirt he reckoned had been worn by Sinhisa Mijhailovic for Red Star, in 1990-91. Quite possibly, as it was numbered authentically and looked the part. I can’t find it for love or money now.He had invited me over there, to watch the Belgrade derby. I really thought about it, but as I was with a bird at the time, decided not to. Good job, as it all kicked off with NATO at the time I would of been there.
Eastern European goalkeepers are traditionally very good. They are brought up playing sports such as handball and basketball, giving them great ability and agility. Lev Yashin, Groscics (Hungary), are two that spring to mind.
Dave,it sounds like you have lived a very full and varied life !! So much so that I am amazed you havent had the inspiration to pen your own material instead of copying others !
It’s a pity I’m not in touch with my old pen-pal from Serbia. We corresponded on a weekly basis in the late 90’s. It got difficult after the NATO bombing, and he actually telephoned me at one point, (with air-raid sirens very audible in the background during the call!) and asked me “David, why do you bomb us?” I couldn’t answer. Then the telephone exchange in Belgrade got took out and it was a while before we spoke again. But he was ok.
His name was Branko Vucinic, and he was a big face in the Red Star ultras. He used to send me all kinds of photo’s, magazines, scarves, etc. Even sent me a shirt he reckoned had been worn by Sinhisa Mijhailovic for Red Star, in 1990-91. Quite possibly, as it was numbered authentically and looked the part. I can’t find it for love or money now.He had invited me over there, to watch the Belgrade derby. I really thought about it, but as I was with a bird at the time, decided not to. Good job, as it all kicked off with NATO at the time I would of been there.
Eastern European goalkeepers are traditionally very good. They are brought up playing sports such as handball and basketball, giving them great ability and agility. Lev Yashin, Groscics (Hungary), are two that spring to mind.
I went to Red Star’s stadium three years ago, and the whole area around the two Belgrade stadiums is as intimidating as f@ck.
As you walk into the main entrance at Red Star, they actually have a sign instructing you to hand in all weapons to the security staff on duty. A nice picture under the sign details that by weapons, they mean knives, guns, grenades, and petrol bombs.
At UK grounds, they stop kids going into grounds with closed bottles of water and pointy sticks on their flags. In Serbia, they fully expect a fair percentage of those going through the gate to have at least a knife tucked into their sock if not a self-loading rifle hidden down a trouser leg. There’s not a health and safety chimp in sight.
It wasn’t high on my list of fun places to visit, and I shall not return there in a hurry.
It’s a pity I’m not in touch with my old pen-pal from Serbia. We corresponded on a weekly basis in the late 90’s. It got difficult after the NATO bombing, and he actually telephoned me at one point, (with air-raid sirens very audible in the background during the call!) and asked me “David, why do you bomb us?” I couldn’t answer. Then the telephone exchange in Belgrade got took out and it was a while before we spoke again. But he was ok.
His name was Branko Vucinic, and he was a big face in the Red Star ultras. He used to send me all kinds of photo’s, magazines, scarves, etc. Even sent me a shirt he reckoned had been worn by Sinhisa Mijhailovic for Red Star, in 1990-91. Quite possibly, as it was numbered authentically and looked the part. I can’t find it for love or money now.He had invited me over there, to watch the Belgrade derby. I really thought about it, but as I was with a bird at the time, decided not to. Good job, as it all kicked off with NATO at the time I would of been there.
Eastern European goalkeepers are traditionally very good. They are brought up playing sports such as handball and basketball, giving them great ability and agility. Lev Yashin, Groscics (Hungary), are two that spring to mind.
I went to Red Star’s stadium three years ago, and the whole area around the two Belgrade stadiums is as intimidating as f@ck.
As you walk into the main entrance at Red Star, they actually have a sign instructing you to hand in all weapons to the security staff on duty. A nice picture under the sign details that by weapons, they mean knives, guns, grenades, and petrol bombs.
At UK grounds, they stop kids going into grounds with closed bottles of water and pointy sticks on their flags. In Serbia, they fully expect a fair percentage of those going through the gate to have at least a knife tucked into their sock if not a self-loading rifle hidden down a trouser leg. There’s not a health and safety chimp in sight.
It wasn’t high on my list of fun places to visit, and I shall not return there in a hurry.[/quote]
The ‘Marakana’. Yeah, Red Star fans absolutely detest Partizan, or ‘Grobari’ as they are known. (Gravediggers-their stadium overlooks a cemetery)
My old pen-pal used to send me all kinds of photo’s, magazines, etc. Loads of mad hooligan stuff in them. They always have mad battles with pyrotechnics and at one derby, a Red Star fan got killed after getting hit with a rocket. And that was INSIDE the stadium.
A more sinister undertone is the fact that Serb war criminal ‘Arkan’, recruited a lot of the Red Star ‘Delije’ as they are known, into his paramilitary organistation.
Did you visit the museum? It looks interesting. I saw them play at Old Trafford in 1991, and they were a great side.FILMOSS-I don’t get you. I had a pen-pal from ‘World Soccer’ and we wrote and swapped souvenirs. What’s wrong with that? I did it out of the interest I had for Red Star, or rather Crvena Zvezda, to give them their proper name.
Nothing outrageous or outlandish about that, so don’t be a dick.I did see the museum / trophy room. Very impressive.
They had a programme, ball and shirt on display signed by all the Busby Babes just before they left to catch their flight back via Munich. Those items alone must be worth a fortune.
Loads of shirts from across the years, some strange looking trophies, and then an old bike propped up the middle of the room that they won at the turn of the century. (That’s as good an explanation as we got).
There were that many gold and silver torphies in there that the whole foyer lit up when the caretaker opened the door.
Great trophy room, but the city, in the most part, is still a pit.
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