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The bizarre world of Romanian football revisited

by Craig Turp August 11, 2011 Bucharest

 Not so long ago we wrote at length over at Bucharest In Your Pocket about football in Bucharest. Since then, a new season has begun and the bizarre, gravity-defying world of Romanian football has gone from bad to worse. For a start there is the strange case of Sportul Studentesc. Although they finished bottom of [...]

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It was 25 years ago today…

by Craig Turp May 7, 2011 Bucharest

 Seville, May 7, 1986: The European Cup Final, Steaua Bucharest v. Barcelona. A reminder of just how far Steaua (and with them Romanian football) have fallen…

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From my son’s maths book…

by Craig Turp May 6, 2011 Bucharest

  Translation: ‘A sector of the Nicolae Dobrin Stadium in Pitesti has 269 seats. During a match between Steaua and FC Arges, Steaua supporters vandalised 119 seats. How many were left intact?‘

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Romanian football hits new low

by Craig Turp April 29, 2011 Bucharest

 Just when you thought the reputation of Romanian football couldn’t get any worse, this week has seen the sport hit a new low, courtesy of the alleged actions of ten Dinamo Bucharest players. On Monday night, while warming up at Steaua Bucharest’s Ghencea Stadium ahead of the derby match between the two sides (a game [...]

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Six packets of overpriced Romanian rubbish go unsold. What a surprise!

by Craig Turp April 4, 2011 Bucharest

 Worried faces abound in the murky world of Romanian football this afternoon. At an auction designed to squeeze as much as €150 million out of Romanian television stations for the right to broadcast the Romanian First Division (Liga 1) for the next three seasons, just three of the eight packages of matches were sold. In [...]

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Bucharest football

by Craig Turp March 10, 2011 Bucharest

 And now for something completely different: football in Bucharest. Did you know Steaua Bucharest now have a museum and run tours of their stadium? You would if you had read the major feature about Bucharest football we have just published over at Bucharest In Your Pocket. If space allows, we hope to get it in [...]

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Crap newspapers, now in 3D

by Craig Turp September 13, 2010 Bucharest

 We are not huge fans of 3D films. We know they are all the rage, but we can’t help thinking that they are just a bit of a waste of time. By making a film in 3D you are basically admitting that the film is not good enough to carry its audience on its merits [...]

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