This week Rightbankwarsaw takes a look at a relatively unexplored aspect of Warsaw’s football history; the vibrant and competitive world of Jewish football in the city in the inter-war period. This world would of course disappear forever as German troops entered the city on 1 October 1939. The destruction of the Jewish community in Warsaw, […]
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So have the Poles recovered from the disappointment of Saturday night, when the Polish national team failed to make it to the quarter finals? It’s been a difficult process, a simple opening of Saturday’s papers which are still lying around, tells us a story of hope, excitement and belief, all of these are a distant […]
I went West in search of Euro2012 fun and frolics yesterday to the Western Polish city of Poznan, 300 kilometres to the West of Warsaw. I was going to watch Croatia play Italy in Poznan’s renovated city stadium where one of the giants of Polish football Lech Poznan play their games. I was anxious to […]