As we do every Friday on the program “Time in Greece” with Nikolas Angelidis at the microphone, we dive into history, leafing through old newspapers.
Today we’re looking at the historic sports daily “Omada”, as we travel back to 1961. And here’s what we discover…
- Panathinaikos betting on fresh blood
- Olympiacos fighting to get back on its feet…
- AEK reshuffling its attacking five
- Barcelona arriving in Athens to play in Nea Filadelfeia
- Apollon’s wingers breaking through Ethnikos’ defensive line — teams with history, teams now missing from the top football division
- Fostiras, the genuine “giant-killer”, crushing Apollon Kalamarias with five goals!
- Aris and Iraklis going through difficult days
- A furious Panionios whose players laid into the referee after he disallowed a goal in their match against PAOK
- Local championships across Greece: Athens, Piraeus, Chania, the Dodecanese, Patras, Messinia, Arcadia, Evia, Boeotia, Thessaly, Larissa, Fthiotidophocis (as it was called then), Epirus, Northwestern Macedonia, Serres, Eastern Macedonia.
Plus, we listen to the anthem of the historic Vyzas Megaron.