Renowned football magazine World Soccer compiled a list about the world’s 50 greatest football derbies and 31st on the list is Hungary’s biggest football rivalry, Ferencváros vs. Újpest. What has turned a simple match between 2 teams of Budapest’s 2 far-away districts (Ferencváros, nicknamed Fradi is in the 9th district, while Újpest is in [...]
World Cup Wednesday!
April 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
When we look at the current Hungarian national team, it’s hard to imagine that they were once the team to be beaten. In his new weekly column, Levente Batki delves into Hungary’s showing at World Cups of old, starting with the 1930’s. World Cup 1930 In 1930, the first World Cup was held [...]
Cigány, Golliwog, Fenian – Ethnicity, Race and General Bigotry
March 29, 2012 By 1 Comment
Written by János Afánál. János is an avid football fan and splits his time between Hungary, England and Scotland. He has great knowledge of Hungarian Football and also helps to run the Live Hungarian Football Twitter feed, @MagyarFociLive. You can follow János on Twitter here – @lilakgillsbhoy. This article is of personal opinion and [...]
Talking Hungarian Football on the World Football Pod!
March 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
If you didn’t know, last week Gaby Kovacs and Myself were kindly invited on to the World Football Pod for the first time talking all things Hungarian Football. We spoke about the decline of ZTE, the force of Debrecen, the unforgettable Mighty Magyars and much, much more… The podcast was on for about 54 minutes and you [...]
The Tragic Story of Miklos Feher
March 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In light of recent events regarding the collapse of yet another footballer on the field, I thought it was appropriate to bring the story of Miklos Feher back to the public domain. The date was the 25th January2004. A gloomy, leaden night in Guimaraes. Benfica had just taken a 1-0 lead – the 24 [...]
Former Újpest and West Ham midfielder, Tony Stokes speaks EXCLUSIVELY to HungarianFootball.com
March 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tony Stokes is one of the few English men to have played for Ujpest FC. Starting off at the famous West Ham academy, Stokes made his debut for the hammers in 2005 as a replacement for Tomas Repka in the League Cup. He found chances hard to come by, and had three loan spells [...]
The Season So Far…Pecsi MFC & Diosgyor VTK
February 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Gaby Kovacs and Tomasz Mortimer are back with the sixth of their installments as we go over the season so far for all the sides in NBI. Starting from the bottom, we’ll be working our way up to the top sides every Monday. You can see Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 [...]
Akos Buzsaky Interview!
February 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Interview courtesy of @SimonPeach of the Press Association. Simon is a Sports Reporter based in London who has been published in many reputable magazines and websites including HungarianFootball.com about Ferencvaros’ English Invasion. Ákos Buzsáky is one of the most talented Hungarian players of his generation. The QPR midfielder is a dead-ball specialist with fantastic [...]
The Season So Far…Paksi SE and Kecskeméti TE
February 8, 2012 By 1 Comment
Gaby Kovacs and Tomasz Mortimer are back with the fifth of their installments as we go over the season so far for all the sides in NBI. Starting from the bottom, we’ll be working our way up to the top sides every Monday. You can see Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 [...]
Janos Kovacs Locks Horns With The Stags
January 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
With Janos Kovacs performing so well at Luton Town, Gaby Kovacs takes a look at the former Hereford United man. A non league game on a chilly January night in Bedfordshire is an unlikely setting for live television cameras and an even more unlikey setting for a Hungarian centre half, yet tonight János Kovács [...]
