Richard Wilson
@hyfprw.bsky.social
All things Balkan football - particularly Croatia and Slovenia. Writer. Talker as heard on BBC, TSN and other acronyms. Read my nonsense at https://hyfprw.substack.com/
hyfprw.substack.com/p/yugoslav-f... This week's weekly report - with Bosnia kicking off, Borac fans kicking off, Hajduk's bad wall and a heck of a lot more too...
Yugoslav Football Weekly Report 10/08/26
Bosnia kicks off... and then it kicks off in the stands
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I think, at the minute, it's just suspended as they're working to get Borac ultras to leave the stadium (their own stadium), leaving a couple of sides still full. This is the second Mladic related controversy this weekend after Crvena Zvezda chanted for him vs Novi Pazar yesterday...
Jasmin Mujanović@jasminmuj.bsky.social · yesterdayAmid ongoing regime attacks on the Srebrenica Memorial Center and Bosniak residents in the area, a Bosnian Premier League match in Banja Luka was just called off after local fans repeatedly chanted the name of convicted gencoidaire Ratko Mladic. www.klix.ba/sport/nogome...
When you’re the reserve keeper rotated in for a game between European legs when the side’s form is under pressure, may I suggest not making an actual save with your hand outside the area…
EarlyShowerBot@haha.yes.goalbot.dev · 2d ago🟥 Red Card 61' — S. Radanovic (FK Crvena Zvezda). FK Crvena Zvezda 2–0 Novi Pazar. Super Liga #fkcrvenazvezda #novipazar
New hyfprw.substack.com/p/off-the-ra... A long read on the current crisis at Zeljeznicar
Off the Rails
As the Bosnian Premier League starts, the season may be overshadowed by crisis at Zeljeznicar
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Took a punt on this one and straight in my AOTY reckoning. Only the sixth 10/10 album on my rankings this year so far.
Eric Fishboy@fishboy.bsky.social · last wk.Bravest Neighbor has been out a week! It’s a lot digest and it’s fun watching people react. I’m filling orders all weekend! ffm.to/bravestneigh...
On Enes Alic - St Johnstone are signing him but don't bet on it being a quick one. Alic walked out on Zeljeznicar on Monday, unilaterally terminating his contract after negotiations between him and the club to mutually end his deal fell apart due to him going on strike. It's all very messy.
FT and 1-0 Celtic. The sort of game that makes you wish Infantino’s sport killing gambit of avarice works so you don’t have to watch games like that any more. Maybe I’ve been spoiled by the World Cup or by Istra-Lokomotiva, but that 90 mins was a misery.
Are Celtic better than last term? On the evidence of this Dundee game so far, they look equally ponderous and have done little of merit. Not sure there's actually been a good team across this opening weekend.
open.substack.com/pub/hyfprw/p... This week's weekly update. Almost 4k words covering the region with clowns, over ambitious promises, fire and even a little bit of the football...
Yugoslav Football Weekly Report 03/08/26
The HNL begins, the Stajerski excites and fortunes differ in European competition
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Two notable mentions I didn’t see - Jason Cummings in a Scottish Cup Semi - one random Luka Zahovic penalty for Maribor where he managed to put his panenka wide
James Dart@jamesdart.bsky.social · last wk.After half a century of Panenka penalties, here are 50 of the most famous – and infamous – attempts
New Hibs are back in the region - they got past Malisheva but Shkendija pose a different challenge. Will it be a Vergina Sunshine on Leith? open.substack.com/pub/hyfprw/p...
Hibs vs Shkendija Preview - Europa Conference League, Third Qualifying Round
Super Hibees Go Ballistet, Will They Be Atrocious?
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Nik Skafar Zuzic. 17yo in the season opener. Got an assist. Can also do this.
The Montenegrin league starts today. One of the stories on the header of the main local football site? "Club Buys Dacia Jogger"
The big casualty would, of course, be the Women’s game. The next big tournament is next year’s Women’s World Cup and if this doesn’t sort itself out straight away, it will be compromised.
Miguel Delaney@migueldelaney.bsky.social · 2w agoUefa countries have agreed they will boycott the World Cup if Infantino goes ahead with his plans www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
youtu.be/KDhXHW_9i24?... Previewing the HNL on the Croatian Football podcast. If you’ve a spare two hours between here and tomorrow evening, well worth your time.
HNL PREVIEW 2026/2027
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FWIW, I don’t think you could get all UEFA nations out. But you could get the important ones and that’s possibly enough.
Philippe Auclair@philippeauclair.bsky.social · 2w agoIt is very hard to see how anything other than a secession of all UEFA countries from Fifa (which other confederations would follow, as the WC is worth very little without European teams and markets) can put a stop to the assault Infantino and his US friends are leading on football.
It's HNL Preview time! Can anyone stop Dinamo? Can anyone save Rudes? Can anyone run Osijek? All that and things about the other clubs as well... open.substack.com/pub/hyfprw/p...
HNL Season Preview 26/27
Domestic matters resume in Croatia but are Dinamo Zagreb back in Dynasty Mode?
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11 HOURS?!?! Getting up there in length to match The Ring Cycle…
Terrace Podcast@terracepodcast.bsky.social · 2w agoAn 11-HOUR PODCAST previewing the 2026/27 Scottish lower league season! Craig G Telfer and Shaughan McGuigan go through all 30 clubs below the top-flight in unrivalled detail. Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1rrZ... You can also watch on YouTube or listen ad-free on The Terrace app
open.substack.com/pub/hyfprw/p... This week's weekly update includes a run down of the big game in Serbia, lights off in Slovenia, starting up in North Macedonia and Hibs Hibs-ing it vs Malisheva...
Yugoslav Football Weekly Update 27/07/26
Darkness falls in Koper, title challengers clash in Serbia and more European ties...
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Just missing it as I got this out early - Olimpija have sacked Miso Brecko as head coach after two defeats in their opening two games.
Richard Wilson@hyfprw.bsky.social · 2w agoopen.substack.com/pub/hyfprw/p... This week's weekly update includes a run down of the big game in Serbia, lights off in Slovenia, starting up in North Macedonia and Hibs Hibs-ing it vs Malisheva...
open.substack.com/pub/hyfprw/p... This week's weekly update includes a run down of the big game in Serbia, lights off in Slovenia, starting up in North Macedonia and Hibs Hibs-ing it vs Malisheva...
Yugoslav Football Weekly Update 27/07/26
Darkness falls in Koper, title challengers clash in Serbia and more European ties...
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James Arinze Inyere with the sort of challenge that brings back the words “Ben Thatcher” to the discourse.
The Hungaroring producing perhaps the most entertaining Grand Prix of the season, just as we all predicted…
Verstappen... from downtown! 🤯 Max passes Lewis at Turn 1 🎥 #F1 #HungarianGP
