We turn the calendars back. 58 years ago. Back then… Monday, 22 August 1967. In front of us lies a newspaper of that day. It’s the sports weekly OMADA, filled with rich coverage of all the teams and every sport…
So today we learn:
- About Olympiacos’ trip to Canada and their matches played close to the Greek diaspora.
- About Vangelis Syropoulos of Aris and the course of the 1967–1968 championship.
- About the great Panachaiki that was starting to take shape… with Vasilis Stravopodis wearing its jersey.
- About the next champion, AEK, preparing in Rhodes.
- About PAOK, playing with passion even in friendlies against Aris—not Thessaloniki’s Aris, but the one from Ptolemaida.
- About the legendary Béla Guttmann, the formidable coach who had a brief stint with Panathinaikos.
- About Giorgos Apostolidis, then a pillar of Panserraikos.
- About Mimis Plessas giving up… Olympiacos!
- About the great figure of the bench, Joe Mallett, who transformed Panionios into a European contender.
Stay tuned. Every Friday. Back Then… on the frequency of Voice of Greece and the program “Time in Greece” with Nikolas Angelidis on the microphone and in the journalistic research. Each week, a different newspaper from a different era…