71 years

Happy Birthday, Partizan!

Question of the day

Partizan celebrated the 70th anniversary of its foundation last week, and for this occasion there was 1 (one) official event organized. In UK Parobrod club in Belgrade there was (actually, it's still running) a series of events, organized by creative and enthusiastic fans. The team (officially) doesn't even know about it.

It's something I can't understand. Maybe I'm too naive though, because I thought this anniversary would be a great occasion to release all sorts of books, photo albums, DVD's to celebrate this jubilee as well as fan collectibles available only here, only now. I'm sure fans would love it and these items would be sold out quickly. What I absolutely don't understand is that the social media was totally out of sight.

I have seen it at more than one team, at top clubs as well as at second and third league ones, not just at football teams and not only from Europe that they make a campaign at every social media site they're present at (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.), something like "Partizan around the world", they create a hashtag to it and ask fans to take a photo of themselves with a Partizan-relic (scarf, jersey, etc.) wherever they are at in the world, inlands or at a foreign country, with a famous place of that given place in the background. Or make just the relic visible with, let's say, Big Ben in the background. Or anything else. The photo doesn't even have to be new, it can be from any time in the past 70 years. Then to collect all these photos and upload it to one giant album on Facebook or on the team's homepage, or both. Or anything else that's about fans. It's one of the biggest commonplaces ever, but that's why it's so true that fans keep a team alive, always, without them nothing works.

No money would have been needed for this to spend, only a bit of creativity. But even this gesture would have made fans feel important, that we are one big family, where everyone cares for the other.

The question of the day is simple: why did it not happen?
Answer A: because the marketing and PR are totally incompetent and unqualified.
Answer B: because on Planet Vazura & Vučelić celebration = self-polishing.
Answer C: because in fact nobody gives a shit.
Answer D: all of the above.

Put your answers as well as your own thoughts to the comment box.

Photo gallery: Celebrating Partizan’s 70th birthday

Partizan sports society (JSD Partizan) celebrated the 70th anniversary of its foundation on 4th October. For this occasion the team rent National Theater (Narodno pozorište) in Belgrade to remember these 7 decades in the proper way. Former players were invited as well as the current squad and for great (and not too pleasant) surprise there were politicians, too. Here are a huge bunch of photos taken at the event together with a long video, because RTS 2 broadcasted it all live and since then it has been uploaded to Youtube, of course.

Mateja Kežman arrives

Vladica Kovačević

Veljko Paunović

Omnem dimitte spem, o vos intrantes - leave all hope, ye who enter. Even if you’re Albert Nagy personally, because if you want to get into the Hall of Fame, you have to get through Miloš Vazura...

...and Milorad Vučelić

Did you notice the sickening colour of Vazura’s face? What about those panda-sized circles around his eyes?

Saša Ilić and his family

Marko Jevtović with his parents

Predrag Mijatović

On this photo there is a legendary former player of Partizan hidden. Send your answers to us and the winner gets the footprint of Zoran Popović as a prize

There were all kinds of people. Insignificant ones...

...legendary ones...

...and well... these guys.

Partizan’s management is smoozing with Serbian first deputy prime minister Ivica Dačić

Posing with the bosses was surely a must

It would be interesting to know where Petar Grbić found this amazingly orange jacket

For this hat even the most forgiving judge would give 10 years of forced labour in a quarry to Bojinov

Everyone must get photographed with the bosses. No escape

I get that there was probably no dress code for this event. I get that, too, that a football player isn’t necessarily a fashion icon. I get even that reason, that a football player cannot buy a 3-piece Giorgio Armani-suit. But has nobody told this scatter-brained Bulgarian that you must NEVER wear a hat

a) in theatre

b) at the table

c) while dancing

d) generally indoors

because it is considered as one of the biggest indecorums. A gentleman wears hat only outdoors. Period.

Džigi, Subić and Brašanac

The Master and the young padawan

Zoran Popović had a speech. You can read it here, if you want to

Then Grupa JNA appeared on stage performing U mislima mojim

Then came a stage play, written and directed specially for this occasion. The main character, a 15-year-old Grave Digger remembers back the golden ages with his grandfather and father. By the way, did you know that Albert Einstein was a Grave Digger?

Yes, he was, just like Vuk Karadžić

Here the grandfather is telling stories to the young fan about Stjepan Bobek

Great names to remember...

...and some are still with us: Vladica Kovačević...

...Ivan Ćurković

(Mustafa Hasanagić was also there, but nobody took any photos about him)

Meanwhile the scene changed, here are the parents of the young Grave Digger

The father was a Grave Digger as well, of course, one of the first members of the Southern Tribune. He also remembered the great old days...

...and the Living Legend, Momčilo Moca Vukotić, who can’t, who mustn’t be forgotten

Grupa JNA again, now performing Partizan anthem with Saša Aleks

It cranked up the atmosphere

Albert Nagy enjoyed it

Those who sit at cheap seats may clap their hands. Those who sit at expensive seats, it’s enough to rattle with your jewels

Then the father continued to remember back, telling about Dragan Mance...

...Predrag Mijatović...

The top moment was when Saša Ilić appeared on stage and handed his own jersey to the young fan

"Sale, hvala ti"

At the end, Partizan’s future, the children

The final: Dobro pamtim sve with the kids and Nele Karajlić

Party time

Great applause at the end. It was nice, emotional, just like a remembrance should be

After-party with Mr. Hat and friends

Duško Vujošević: If I remember well, the emergency exit is near the male toilet on the left...

Politicians, boot-lickers and outsiders

Here is the entire event:

(photos: Facebook/Fudbalski klub Partizan)

Anniversary

14 years ago today Haris Brkić has passed away.

(photo: Facebook/Гробари ЈУГ!!!)

Počivaj u miru, legendo.

Anniversary

91 years ago a legend was born.
Stjepan Bobek.

(photo: b92.net)