(*this pun only works if you know that Balajti rhymes with Delight-y in Hungarian, rendering it worse than useless)
Afternoon Balajt-i* (Vasas FC vs. Budafoki MTE)
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A Game Too Far (Jubilo Iwata vs. Tokyo Verdy – J1 Playoff Final)
Before coming over to Hungary I lived in Tokyo and followed Verdy who – like Vasas FC – are another former championship-winning side fallen on hard times. Tokyo Verdy (formerly Yomiuri Verdy and Verdy Kawasaki) won Japan’s top flight 7 times in the 80s and 90s, boasting players such as legendary goal-snaffler Kazu Miura and Brazilian-born Japan international Ruy Ramos.
Continue readingIn which I compare the US Open Final to a second division Hungarian football match (Vasas FC vs. Kaposvári Rákóczi)
It’s been a month since I’ve been to a Vasas game due to a combination of holidays and away games (I love you Nyíregyháza Spartacus, but I’m not travelling 142 miles to see you play), and things have been slowly grinding to a halt on the Vasas promotion train. A run of 4 straight draws has somehow not precipitated a massive slide down the table due to the unpredictable nature of NBII results, but the 8 goals shipped in those games is a worry.
Continue readingRepost from Beyond The Last Man: The Lost Art of Vasas Budapest
As there’s no home game this week (and I’m in the UK), I was looking for something else to post, and came across this gem of a short read from Beyond The Last Man, an engrossing blog on all things 20th century football. Everything below the line is directly from this wonderful blog post by Craig McCracken.
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