Former Sparta Prague player and manager František Straka is doing his utmost to win over the Slavia Prague fans, his side has now won 3 games on the bounce – which was unheard of under former management. Czech champions Viktoria Plzen were their latest victims at Eden; the 2-1 victory could prove pivotal in winning […]
August 30, 2011 by Chris Boothroyd
Chris Boothroyd delves into the archive and works out if European Football is a burden to Czech sides looking to retain their title. Viktoria Plzeň’s qualification for the UEFA Champion’s League group stages for the first time in their history has undoubtedly been a fantastic achievement for the club. Their double victory over Danish Champions […]
November 6, 2010 by marksmith81
Friday night football, live on the local TV stations, floodlit ground, the Slavia ultra’s singing their hearts out. All of these points should have inspired the Slavia team last night, instead they slumped to a heavy 0-3 defeat at home to Jablonec. The performance was terrible, a real shocker. There was no shape with the […]
October 30, 2010 by marksmith81
There is no football for 3 months! Yes, 3 whole months with no football in the Czech Republic. It’s going to be a very long winter here, the final league game before the winter break is November 21. So, upon the in-pending football void I need to fill over the coming months I decided to check out […]
September 20, 2010 by marksmith81
It was tough enough sitting through yesterdays match, watching the mancs beat us 3-2. Then today I woke with renewed optimism for Slavia Prague – albeit slightly depressed from Berbabtovs hat-trick. It would be the first league derby I would go and watch between Slavia Prague and Sparta Prague, Sparta fresh from a 3-2 victory against Italians Palermo. Ironically on the same […]
August 1, 2010 by marksmith81
After watching Slavia Prague labour their way to a 1-0 win over Mlada Boleslav it was clear to see that old head Stanislav Vlcek still has an important role to play. Vlcek is 34 years old and is in his second stint at Slavia Prague, his substitute appearance on Saturday swung the game in Slavia’s favour – infact his 30 minute cameo was enough to […]
November 7, 2011 by marksmith81
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