The years after 2020 were not like the ones before—everything had changed, and so had we. We were no longer the small and wronged; we…
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In 1944, Greece was liberated from the Nazi yoke by the EAM and its armed wing, ELAS. On the 12th of October 1944, the last…
Greek football may not boast either grandiose moments that one cannot find in the footballing history of the rest of the world, nor such vast…
There are some days that feel ordinary, unremarkable, forgettable—just like so many others that never leave a trace. As the hours pass, nothing seems to…
It was September 6, 1959, when one of the most legendary football stadiums in the Greek territory opened its gates. Toumba, the home ground of…
The 1920s were a tempestuous decade, following a World War — known at the time simply as the Great War — and what John Reed…
On 10 July 1960, at the packed Parc des Princes in Paris, the very first final of Europe’s major national team tournament took place —…