THE THIRST THAT LASTS FOREVER
Forty years ago, Zbrojovka Brno won the Czechoslovak First League, their only major honour to date.
This is the story of that historic title-winning season.
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A PLACE THAT SHOULD BE HOME
Part history, part personal story. Brno's Stadion Za Lužánkami means a lot of things to a lot a lot of people.
SPEEDING ON THE STREETS
"You’d pretend to be all cool, of course, but the old heart would be banging about inside your chest.”
BRNO 1-2 SLAVIA PRAGUE (1995)
The perfect mixture of occasion, context and defeat that perfectly encapsulates the Czech Republic’s biggest underachievers.
BRNO 4-2 SPARTA PRAGUE (2007)
Brno routed Sparta Prague in a performance for the ages. And then it all went wrong.
LOST AND FOUND
One Sunday morning, Ralph Davies went to go find former Zbrojovka forward Milan Pacanda.
THE LAST AMPHIBIAN
A star on ice and on grass, Vlastimil Bubník is Brno's greatest sportsman.
“I LIVE FROM DAY TO DAY”
Petr Janečka was the breakout player of the 1977-78 season. But life after football has not been kind.
5 GAMES
The five games that helped propel Zbrojovka Brno to the 1977-78 Czechoslovak First League title.