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The Good Doctor

02 Friday May 2014

Posted by laurencereade in Z

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4th Division game, Belgrad Zone Liga, Belgrade, Beograd, FK Zeleznicar, RK Resnik, Serbia, Stadion FK Železničar

Sunday 27th April 2014 ko 10.00

Beograd Zone Liga

FK ŽELEZNIČAR 4 (Radosavljević 28  30 Tintor 32 Tovilović 85)

FK RESNIK 1 (Stanković 87)

Att 83

Entry 100 RSD (71p)

No Programme

Team Sheet- Comp

Even without alcohol, it felt like the morning after the night before as I awoke in my hotel of Slavija Square. Yes, I had witnessed the madness of the Belgrade Derby but I was worried that a 4th Division game, despite being more what my football is about would seem tame by comparison. I suspected my companions felt the same way as we checked out, and caught the taxi out to the ground by the Sava river with the railway line behind. The fact that near to Stadion FK Železničar our two drivers had to ask directions added to my feeling of unease. We arrived, and my feelings were completely wrong; I’d forgotten about the warmth of a Serbian welcome!

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Eternal

30 Wednesday Apr 2014

Posted by laurencereade in B

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Eternal Derby, FK Crvena Zvezda, FK Partizan, Partizan Belgrade, Partizan Stadium, Red Star, Red Star Belgrade, Serbia

Saturday 26th April 2014 k0 19.00

Super liga

FK PARTIZAN 2 (Drinčić 27 Kojić 90)

FK CRVENA ZVEZDA 1 (Mrda 56) Ninković missed penalty 25 Mijailović missed penalty 34

Att 30,000

Entry 2,000 RSD (£14.21)

No Programme

No Souvenirs (although overpriced ones are available at the airport!)

 

When it comes to football in Belgrade, and Serbia in general Red Star and Partizan dominate. Partizan was the team of the army, named after the Communist Partizans who fought the Nazis in World War II. Red Star were formed in 1945 out of the war-time Serbian United Antifascist Youth League, and became closely associated with the Ministry of the Interior and more specifically the Secret Police. Every since the two clubs’ formation the rivalry has been intense and during the existence of Yugoslavia, rivalries with the two Croatian giants Dinamo Zagreb, and Hajduk Split were also ferocious. In fact many attribute the riot on May 13, 1990 at Maksimir stadium in Zagreb during a match between Dinamo and Red Star, as being the spark that started the Croatian War of Independence that began a year and a half later.

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Digging Down

29 Tuesday Apr 2014

Posted by laurencereade in S

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13 Maj, Arkan, Belgrade, Beograd, FK Slavija, Hotel Slavija Lux, Mladi Obelic, Serbia, Stadion Mladi Obelić

Saturday 26th April 2014 ko 11.00

Prva Beogradska Liga Grupa A (First Belgrade League Group A)

FK SLAVJIA 2 (Vzglats 10 Dragutinovič 63)

13 MAJ 3 (Pantič 50 66 Bustič 52)

Att 28

Entry FREE

No Programme

Team Sheet FREE

Bag of Nuts 100 Serb Dinar (100 RSD = 71p)

Played at Stadion Mladi Obelić, Beograd

We’d flown into Belgrade late Friday night and by the time I was ensconced into the Hotel Slavija Lux it was well into Saturday. Here’s a tip for you. Since it’s almost impossible to get Serbian Dinar in the UK, make sure your cards are cleared for use abroad. There’s a cash point in arrivals, and that may well be your only way of getting money for the bus or taxi into Belgrade if the Bureaux de Change are closed.

From the moment we landed it became obvious that Serbia thinks it has an image problem, and so a proud nation is doing its best to make foreign visitors welcome. Getting to this game was a case in point, we’d established that the game was on and when kick off was, but the location was a real problem. There appeared to be two stadiums and one office block for the home team, but with barely a word of Serbian between us we’d reached an impasse. Continue reading →

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