Rijeka
Adriatic port a treasure trove of football culture
Tweets, lies and Sócrates
Dublin side UCD go to Luxembourg on Thursday with a 1-0 advantage in the Europa League over F91 Dudelange. Watching the first leg was Peter Doyle – who explains the Students already have a strange footnote in international football history. Ask any football fan outside Ireland about UCD, and they will invariably reply: ‘Isn’t that […]
Star-crossed champions
Peterjon Cresswell visits SC Hakoah, formerly Hakoah Vienna, who won the Austrian title in 1925. Exactly 90 years ago a club was crowned champions of Austria for the first and, as history would have it, only time: Hakoah Vienna. In fact, in their short lifespan, Hakoah were responsible for many firsts. The world’s first Jewish […]
They’re back!
Serhiy Rebrov’s Dynamo Kyiv have just done the Ukrainian double, taking back the title from all-dominant Shakhtar Donetsk. Jens Raitanen speaks to the ex-Spurs striker about the conflict-ridden triumph. They’re back! It has taken newly crowned champions Dynamo Kyiv six years to break the dominance of Shakhtar Donetsk – but, under former Spurs striker Serhiy Rebrov, they’ve […]
Stožice
Slovenia’s national stadium and home of Olimpija
Enter the dragon
Soon to host England upcoming Euro 2016 qualifying game with Slovenia, the capital Ljubljana has been in football limbo in recent years. An ailing flagship club, Olimpija, a half-finished complex, Stozice, where England will play – plus a local fan boycott… But help is at hand in the form of former Portsmouth and Leicester owner Milan […]
Ljubljana
Here be dragons, on bridges, flags and badges
Three is the magic number
Revered club revived to honour Glasgow football history
Expendables or dependables?
Tomorrow evening Transylvanian club Targu Mures visit Giurgiu to play Astra. A win would put a first-ever Romanian title within 90 minutes’ reach – only a year after promotion. Hot on their heels are record champions Steaua Bucharest. Peterjon Cresswell reports on the team nicknamed ‘The Expendables’ and a club currently swirling with rumour. The story […]