Every Friday, “Time in Greece” takes you back into the world of press history. Nikolas Angelidis becomes your time-travel guide, turning the calendar back to a specific date and leafing through the newspapers of that day.
Today, we open the issue of the newspaper“Αθλητική Ηχώ” (Athlitiki Echo) from Friday, 5 September 1980, 45 years ago.
What do we find?
- A strike by professional football players — and Olympiakos, according to Vangelis Foundoukidis, ready to break ranks and field its first team.
- Argentine star Roque Raúl Alfaro, newly renamed “Bistakis,” playing as a Greek-born for Panathinaikos.
- Vangelis Paraprastanitis explaining how he came to be called “Johnny.”
- Asteras Tripolis celebrating promotion to the A’ Division of the Arcadia Football Association.
- Ethnikos Piraeus, still the undisputed water polo champion.
- A woman stepping in to take charge of Niki Keratsiniou.
- The stance of Aris and PAOK during the strike.
- The latest transfers of historic Ilisiakos — along with its team anthem.
- Wrestling legend Ivan Borienkov, taking a serious beating in Greece — and still feeling the pain.
Produced and presented by Nikolas Angelidis