history
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Inter-Allied Games, 1919
Thanks to Brian D. Bunk of the excellent soccerhistoryusa.org website for drawing my attention to this multi-sport competition, held a hundred years ago, after the cessation of hostilities on the western front. Romania was one of eight countries which sent a team to take part in the football tournament. Although the composition of the team… Continue reading
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Romania at the 1930 World Cup (2)
The story continues. (See here for part 1 of this timely look back at something which happened almost exactly 89 years ago next-but-one month.) Continue reading
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Romania at the 1930 World Cup (1)
Only about 188 weeks to go until the long-awaited Qatar World Cup kicks off!!!! That, and the upcoming 88.75th anniversary of the event in question, combine to mean it must be another timely Romaniaballs blog post. We will be EXPLODING myths, EXPOSING biased reporting and possibly even EXPANDING our knowledge of men in big, baggy… Continue reading
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Home away from home
…aka The Fall and Rise of the Perennial Regie. Saturday 9th March, 2019. 3.00pm. Rapid v Popești-Leordeni. AND Saturday 23rd March, 2019. 3.30pm. Rapid v FCSB 2. Stadionul Regie, Bucharest. Effingham Grant was born in 1820 in Guernsey, the son of a captain in the British Army. Continue reading
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Romania v Serbia avoidance
Simply an excuse to mostly ignore a boring game from 2018 and instead to delve into Romania’s very first international fixture, a right royal meeting with Yugoslavia almost a century ago… Continue reading
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90stalgia (part 1)
These things elicit a certain reaction from me, which I cannot control: Chrissy Waddle’s mullet; Platty’s last-gasp volley against Belgium; the ball ballooning off Paul Parker’s back and over Shilton’s head into the net; and, especially, Gary Lineker gesturing to the bench to “have a word”. And if you spent a lifetime striving to compose… Continue reading
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Those were the days
The British football monthly When Saturday Comes runs a feature in the back, where they review a season from times gone by and track what has happened since then to selected teams and individuals. I thought it would be fun to do that for the Romanian league. Let’s see if I’m right. Cast your mind back… Continue reading
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