http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/06/in-1937-appearance-james-joyce-joined-hungarians-in-the-middle/ Soccer as a second language Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:52:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/06/in-1937-appearance-james-joyce-joined-hungarians-in-the-middle/comment-page-1/#comment-142447 Tom Weisshaus Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:32:30 +0000 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=452#comment-142447 As a child fan of Hungarian football teams of the late '30's, I find their presence in Paris, sitting next to James Joyce and listening to Nabokov a rare reminder of those days of glory, when Hungarian teams regularly defeated everyone, usually from much larger countries, that challenged them in football. Thanks for the memories! As a child fan of Hungarian football teams of the late
’30′s, I find their presence in Paris, sitting next to James Joyce and listening to Nabokov a rare reminder of those days of glory, when Hungarian teams regularly defeated everyone, usually from much larger countries,
that challenged them in football. Thanks for the memories!

]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/06/in-1937-appearance-james-joyce-joined-hungarians-in-the-middle/comment-page-1/#comment-142445 Tom Weisshaus Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:25:31 +0000 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=452#comment-142445 The 1937 Hungarian All-Star football team was in Paris quite understandably -- being in the playoffs for the World Cup finals in 1938, to be played in Paris. I lived in Budapest in those years and remember how dominant the Hungarian teams were -- over even the Italians, who eventually beat them in the final. For a country of a mere 10 million, after a tragic war and more tragic peace settlement at Trianon, the Hungarians had nothing to be ashamed of in football for most of the first half of the century. Their prize-winning female novelist, author of "The Street of the Fishing Cat," received her prize in Paris and was undoubtedly the reason the footballers had that enviable literary encounter with the two greats, Nabokov and Joyce. The 1937 Hungarian All-Star football team was in Paris
quite understandably — being in the playoffs for the
World Cup finals in 1938, to be played in Paris. I lived in Budapest in those years and remember how dominant the Hungarian teams were — over even the Italians, who eventually beat them in the final. For a country of a mere 10 million, after a tragic war and more tragic peace settlement at Trianon, the Hungarians
had nothing to be ashamed of in football for most of the first half of the century. Their prize-winning female novelist, author of “The Street of the Fishing Cat,” received her prize in Paris and was undoubtedly the reason the footballers had that enviable literary encounter with the two greats, Nabokov and Joyce.

]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/06/in-1937-appearance-james-joyce-joined-hungarians-in-the-middle/comment-page-1/#comment-71071 Curses, wallies & the return of the Russian linesman - Professor Champions League - FourFourTwo Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:03:11 +0000 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=452#comment-71071 [...] was no master of the “greasy leather orb,” as he referred to the ball but, according to this intriguing post on The Global Game he was happy to rub shoulders with the Hungarian football team at a lecture in Paris in 1937. [...] [...] was no master of the “greasy leather orb,” as he referred to the ball but, according to this intriguing post on The Global Game he was happy to rub shoulders with the Hungarian football team at a lecture in Paris in 1937. [...]

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