The Football Club Run By A War Criminal

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  • čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
  • Only three teams have been crowned as Serbian champions since the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992; Partizan Belgrade, Red Star Belgrade, and FK Obilić.
    Whilst Partizan and Red Star have long been two of the biggest and most successful teams in the region, Obilić came out of nowhere in the 1990s, bankrolled by a notorious warlord who was wanted by Interpol.
    In this documentary, HITC Sevens takes a look at one of the most controversial football clubs, and one of the most contentious league titles, of all time, along with Željko Ražnatović - better known as Arkan - who was the man behind that success.

Komentáře • 436

  • @Drunken_Master
    @Drunken_Master Před 2 lety +549

    When Obilić was gaining traction and progressing through the ranks of Yugoslav football in 1993 or 1994 (can't remember exactly), it played against my hometown club in second division (1B Liga it was called then). The ref added 17 minutes to the game, namely until Obilić managed to score a goal for a 1:0 win. Not to mention that the refs had to leave town accompanied by a police escort after that.

    • @BassyBoy
      @BassyBoy Před 2 lety +31

      Damn that's grim.

    • @depekthegreat359
      @depekthegreat359 Před 2 lety +10

      Shocking,absolutely shocking,good friend Drunken.Master!!!

    • @oraetblavora2375
      @oraetblavora2375 Před 2 lety +12

      🎶moj je tata, zločinac iz rata 🎶

    • @itsytyt5192
      @itsytyt5192 Před 2 lety

      af

    • @user-di7ww6pm3c
      @user-di7ww6pm3c Před 2 lety +20

      Sounds like every match teams from Athens play every week in Greece. Esp Olympiakos, Pansthinaikos.
      We are doomed man. We'll never progress in society. Balkans will always be Balkans.

  • @vonelle9122
    @vonelle9122 Před 2 lety +155

    At this point the person that runs this account should be considered a journalist. The quality of these ‘documentaries’ is always top notch, and covers underexposed topics. Appreciate the work that goes into these!

    • @ditik2795
      @ditik2795 Před 2 lety +8

      I think he is considered so

  • @tupokraju3109
    @tupokraju3109 Před 2 lety +27

    My house in Belgrade is like 2 minutes away from Obilic stadium, and let me tell you, Belgrade has become really modern and beautiful city but every time i walk past that stadium it gives you such a 90s vibe, its a strange type feeling.

  • @mikibabic8187
    @mikibabic8187 Před 2 lety +191

    After Obilic got relegated to lower tears they actually ended up in the same league as the club from my home town, where I was a player. It was 7th or 8th tear back then, not entirely sure. Considering we usually played on small, poorly kept pitches it was quite an experience for us playing the game on their stadium.

    • @ZIVELASRBIJA3
      @ZIVELASRBIJA3 Před rokem

      HOW IS MY NEW SERBIAN VIDEO BRO?🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸

  • @Djolefang
    @Djolefang Před 2 lety +156

    Fun fact, in '90s you could buy any pirated music in streets exept Arkans wife. Nobody dared to sell that.

  • @lukasnikolic2923
    @lukasnikolic2923 Před 2 lety +162

    My suggestion finally made it. Great video Alfie, we need more videos about clubs from former Yugoslavia so people outside of this region can get a look of all things wrong with football in the Balkans

    • @drewpeackock4620
      @drewpeackock4620 Před 2 lety +3

      Great suggestion!

    • @Dave-Shearer
      @Dave-Shearer Před 2 lety

      Never would have thought a football story could be this extreme!

    • @blabla-rg7ky
      @blabla-rg7ky Před 2 lety

      the balkans are infested with westerners and americans, that's also part of our problem. We are part of NATO and all other shit organizations that don't bring us any benefits but we bleed human lives, and riches that are siphoned out of our countries to the ultra rich and ultra powerful monstrosities in america, russia, germany, netherlands or wherever. It's been like this for centuries now. My country, Romania, always craved by the russians and americans alike, I've read somewhere that 15-20% of our lands are already in the hands of foreigners (dutch, germans, americans, russians, etc). Soon, we will be kicked out of our lands so that these vultures can enjoy our women, our riches, and our fresh air. This has been a problem with our Balkans and until we, Romanians, keep Romania to ourselves, Serbians keep Serbia to themselves, Bulgarians keep Bulgaria to themselves and so on... until we keep our lands and reign of the country in our own hands and share the wealth among us, Balkans we will never have peace, education, science, health, good living standards, and... football. Football in the Balkans, like everywhere else, is a result of a nation's prosperous economy and happy people. In late 80s and early 90s when Romania had still not been fully predated by the russian, hungarian, and american monsters yet we and Bulgarians produced great fooballers. Our great footballer Gheorghe Popescu captained Barcelona, for Christ's sake, and Hristo Stoichkov needs no introduction anymore. Our Gheorghe Hagi was carrying Real Madrid to glory in late 80s, and everyone knew players like Krasimir Balakov or Emil Kostadinov, so what are we even talking about?
      And I know that I didn't mention Serbia or Croatia in this comment but that's because these 2 nations have always produced quality players over the decades, so they're pretty good footballing nations, but so are we and Bulgarians are everyone else in this region. It's just that we're not let to live and enjoy peace so we can take care of tooball and sports in general because the global mafia that lives off small countries in general, and Balkanic / eastern European countries in particular want us constantly poor, uneducated, lazy and bleeding so they can rip us easier. Sad, really....

    • @lukasnikolic2923
      @lukasnikolic2923 Před 2 lety +10

      @@Dave-Shearer Welcome to the Balkans lad

    • @jsproduction3839
      @jsproduction3839 Před 2 lety +9

      I'd like a video about Hrvatski Dragovoljac and the controversial, the man, the mith, the legend Spajic.

  • @ognjenpendo259
    @ognjenpendo259 Před 2 lety +19

    My coach who played for Buducnost Podgorica played against Obilic right before they played in the ucl, and Arkan came to their dressing room and said to the Buducnost players not to tackle his players because they played in the ucl soon so his player don't get injured. After my coach heard that he tackled them anyways and got a red card, so after the game Arkan cane up to him and said that he is not mad at him because he was the only one that has balls.

    • @ZIVELASRBIJA3
      @ZIVELASRBIJA3 Před rokem

      BRO I UPLOADED A NEW SERBIAN VIDEO🇷🇸🚨⚠️‼️

  • @thegloriouspyrocheems2277
    @thegloriouspyrocheems2277 Před 2 lety +63

    Day 3 - The Fall and Rise of FK Velež Mostar
    From a Club that has beaten Borussia Dortmund, Twente, Derby County and many others to a club that was forced from their own stadium, reduced to nothing during the Bosnian War, becoming a mediocre top-level team in the 00s to nearly being forced into folding in 2016 to its amazing rise back to the top-level football which culminated in return to Europe after 33 years which has seen elimination of Coleraine before a suprising win over AEK Athens before exiting 3rd Round against Elfsborg IF and recently continuing with the Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup win this season which has ensured another European summer next season

  • @STANLEYDMX
    @STANLEYDMX Před 2 lety +71

    Can i suggest the rise and fall of Bursaspor after the winning the league over a decade a go, they’ve now been relegated from the second division

    • @kadenyungkwok3653
      @kadenyungkwok3653 Před 2 lety +2

      damm

    • @fab5647
      @fab5647 Před 2 lety +7

      i remember Bursaspor also going to Champions League etc

    • @21hazza
      @21hazza Před 2 lety +4

      What happened to them?

    • @johnglue1744
      @johnglue1744 Před 2 lety +2

      Damn. I remember reading about their success and planned stadium back then but had forgotten about them. Crazy to see them crash so quickly.

  • @tudor1257
    @tudor1257 Před 2 lety +40

    Has anyone ever told u ur videos are the absolute best hangover content?

    • @hanyuzhu7276
      @hanyuzhu7276 Před 2 lety +1

      Everton and Hermannstadt, interesting combo...

  • @vuklozo
    @vuklozo Před 2 lety +34

    Just a quick correction, Zoran Đinđić was the prime minister of Serbia. Great video, always wanted to see a foreign perspective on both Arkan and Obilić.

  • @Yelisey_24
    @Yelisey_24 Před 2 lety +14

    This is actually amazing, I currently play for FK Obilic but in Montenegro and my Coach is the former striker of that Obilic team

  • @videokiller22
    @videokiller22 Před 2 lety +60

    I was present (although just a kid) on my local team's stadium, when Obilić won the game 1:0, but the weird thing is that the referee blew his whistle for end in 78th minute of the game. That was Yugoslavia's first division football. People say that when the locals confronted the referee about this, he reportedly told them: "It's better for me to be killed by you, than by Arkan".
    Fast forward into 2020s, Svetlana Ražnatović is STILL the most popular media figure, she has sold out concerts wherever she goes, and is an idol to serbian youth. Her and Arkan's son Veljko, is now a gangster, and his wedding was broadcasted on national television. That's for you to know that the Balkans never overcame the horrible 90s.

    • @hanyuzhu7276
      @hanyuzhu7276 Před 2 lety +13

      Lmao the son is surely following his father's footsteps

    • @Darwinek
      @Darwinek Před 2 lety +1

      Some things never change

    • @TheGoodChap
      @TheGoodChap Před rokem +11

      Theres so many crazy arkan stories. He was apparently connected to Serbian intelligence which explains some of the ways he mysteriously was slipped a gun and able to escape jail and be extracted out of the country. When he was tried in Serbia for assault he just walked up and put a folder that showed his massive mansion compound was payed for by the intelligence agency and the judge just dropped the case. The footage of arkans wedding is pretty crazy

    • @kingkhaya1115
      @kingkhaya1115 Před 10 měsíci

      Wow 😮

    • @novak1015
      @novak1015 Před 4 měsíci

      Arkan son isnt a gangster he would run a muck in other countries but then he pulled his head in and now devoting his life to boxing

  • @MrM2J3
    @MrM2J3 Před 2 lety +124

    Fun fact 1: There has been an interesting rivalry between Arkan's newly found Obilić and already existing Mladi Obilić back in the early '90s. Arkan had a team and a "vision" but lacked the necessary facilities. One day, he showed up to latter team's owner office and gave him an offer he couldn't refuse. Long story short, he was forced to sell at gunpoint.
    Fun fact 2: one of Arkan's most devoted disciples (if not the most) has gone on to lead a city of Jagodina for 18 years and counting, an eponymous football club by proxy for some time which saw them playing final round of Europa League qualifiers multiple times and is now being accused of statutory rape and running a sex ring while being active in mayoral position, bearing great similarities to Jeffrey Epstein. Just so you know that the cycle of scornful actions is yet to be broken.
    Fun fact 3: the club was a money laundering scheme from the get-go. Arkan's almost-as- repulsive widow was sentenced during the early '00s, along with her sister Lidija and her BF, leading to club's ultimate downfall. The media later sanctified her for being a victim of a witch hunt and cross she bore just for being a criminal's wife. Oddly, she was soon to be seen as the MP as the member of Democratic Party of Serbia.
    Fun fact 4: due to being a supporter of aforementioned party, she was given an informal amnesty for concealing arms used in an attempted coup by Arkan's buddies.
    Fun fact 5: Serbian FA is yet to elect a president after a year of limbo induced by ousting the former president who was introduced to football by his boss and our present dictator. He was previously a photographer and president's bodyguard.
    Otherwise, great video! The sorry state of football in the region could be a never ending source of inspiration.

    • @emjackson2289
      @emjackson2289 Před 2 lety +24

      You never get that in Football Manager do you?

    • @stormtrooperelite1453
      @stormtrooperelite1453 Před 2 lety

      bravo

    • @Jonathanizer
      @Jonathanizer Před 2 lety +8

      Those facts ARE fun! All that fun, still going on the in the former Yugoslavia region.

    • @drliamo9049
      @drliamo9049 Před 2 lety +4

      I guess not fun facts for the victims of sex slavery

    • @POBIJIHSVE
      @POBIJIHSVE Před 2 lety +4

      As a Serbian it is highly entertaining to read this haha!
      Bravo za komentar 👍

  • @Shiljamannn
    @Shiljamannn Před 2 lety +19

    I remember talking to a guy from my small town who used to play for Obilic... Before he joined Obilic he was playing for the local club... And then there was a home game against Obilic, and he was dismantling them, but not really knowing who owns the club, and Arkan was spectating that game... Obilic lost that game 2-1 and Arkan was quick to point to him, saying "I want that guy on my team... ". The guy didn't have much choice but to join Obilic, since you don't say no to Arkan...😆 He joined Obilic out of fear, mostly...

  • @ivaneurope
    @ivaneurope Před 2 lety +68

    You know, the relationship between Russian president Valdimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is eerly similar to that between Slobodan Milosevic and Željko 'Arkan' Ražnatović if you think about it. As if history is repeating itself, but only with different charracters filling the roles.

  • @blasty137
    @blasty137 Před 2 lety +26

    Random fun fact: back in Yugoslavia there was a team called FK Milicionar (in English: F. C. Policeman) which was run by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

    • @thegloriouspyrocheems2277
      @thegloriouspyrocheems2277 Před 2 lety +1

      A futsal club exists in Nevesinje as KMF Policijac (same name) and they use to play in the Futsal Premier League of BiH

    • @penzlic
      @penzlic Před 2 lety +5

      That is nothing new in eastern bloc football. Serbian FC Partizan was military club, so were CSKAs both in Bulgaria and SSSR. Lokomotiva Moscow is (as you can guess) was sponsored by transportation ministry.

    • @bojanbabovic111
      @bojanbabovic111 Před 2 lety +2

      @@penzlic And FK Crvena Zvezda is UDBA intelligence service club.

    • @Sava_111
      @Sava_111 Před 7 měsíci

      FK Milicionar = Rangers FC

  • @nikolajvelikinac9660
    @nikolajvelikinac9660 Před 2 lety +51

    Really great to see you make videos on Serbian football, even if the topic isn't exactly positive! Really well researched and unbiased, which a lot of foreigners doing videos on Yugoslavia struggle with.
    Some things I think people who watched will find fun:
    Soon after Arkan died, Obilić were knocked out of Intertoto Cup by Cibalia, a minor Croatian team
    Arkan's wife, Ceca, is still a major star in the Balkans. She's even one of the most popular singers in Croatia and Bosnia, despite her direct involvement in war crimes there
    Only some very minor mistakes- you say several times that SSJ became the Radical Party but really they were an incredibly minor party which merged into the Radicals due to lack of electoral success. Radicals themselves are struggling now as well, losing ground to more western style far right parties like POKS, Oathkeepers who take inspiration more from Putin, Orban and Republicans than the more traditional Serbian nationalists. Oh and there's also Leviathan, a a Neo-Nazi animal rights party led by a Jewish man ( no, really. Serbian far right was always wild). Also, Zoran Đinđić, who was assassinated by Arkan's former allies was our Prime Minister, not President as you said
    I have to reiterate that I really enjoyed the video, I hope you do more on Balkan and Serbian football someday- an overview of the Eternal Derby and the constant back and forth accusations of match fixing and stolen titles could be fun, as would the machinations of Tončev brothers in Radnički Niš and Radnik Surdulica, or the rise of the Hungarian minority TSC

    • @SteinadlerYT
      @SteinadlerYT Před rokem +2

      hello from Twitter

    • @SpiritOfOrange
      @SpiritOfOrange Před 4 měsíci

      Hello!
      I realise your comment & this video is over a year old but I had to add to it.
      I recently visited Serbia and saw Red Star play TSC (2nd May 2024).
      I was surprised at the lack of supporter turnout / general fan support on the night of the game although the Red Star ultras were there in their hundreds.
      It rained heavily throughout the game which made me think that this was a metaphor for what Serbian football has become.
      Nevertheless I enjoyed my visit to Serbia, the Balkans are a special place ❤️

  • @davidbell5528
    @davidbell5528 Před 2 lety +62

    About the only amusing tale you could connect with this happened in Italian football. Lazio's extreme right wing ultras at a game displayed a banner ' Lazio salutes Arkan the Tiger', a couple of weeks later, Torino's notoriously left leaning Fans responded with their own banner ' Torino salutes Sylvester the Cat'

    • @serbianwarrior385
      @serbianwarrior385 Před 2 lety

      What Lazio's fans had to do with Arkan?

    • @kostajovanovic3711
      @kostajovanovic3711 Před 2 lety

      @@serbianwarrior385 right wingers glorifying a war criminal

    • @lukasnikolic2923
      @lukasnikolic2923 Před rokem +11

      @@serbianwarrior385 Most likely because the Lazio fans are far right wing and Arkan was far right wing

    • @BobbyBoucher228
      @BobbyBoucher228 Před rokem

      @@serbianwarrior385Lazio fans fantasize about being Nazis, which is so strange that anyone would want that considering the Nazis and Mussolini’s eventual fate. I mean if Lazio fans want to take on basically the whole world in a war that they’ll inevitably lose, why deny them what they want if it means they disappear for good.

  • @neonyzr
    @neonyzr Před 2 lety +19

    Hey Alfie you should make a video about Oletul Galati and how they went from Champions League nights against Manchester United to being fan owned in the Romanian 3rd tier

    • @gerjerry99
      @gerjerry99 Před 2 lety +2

      Sounds fascinating! As a United fan I had no idea about their trajectory

    • @hanyuzhu7276
      @hanyuzhu7276 Před 2 lety

      Now they’re in 2nd tier

  • @igrn0rant431
    @igrn0rant431 Před 2 lety +10

    The FK Zeleznik 1930 (the Lions) were ran by a criminal as well. They're also from belgrade and in 10 years went from winning the cup of Serbia in Montenegro in 2005 to shutting down completely.

  • @bricktop.
    @bricktop. Před 2 lety +18

    Comments section: " do a video on the seed cultivation techniques used for the pitches in the Turkmenistan 2nd Division"

  • @mdherman
    @mdherman Před 2 lety +17

    Have you thought about uploading your videos to Spotify as podcasts as well? Most of the time when watching your videos I have my phone in the pocket listening to it as a podcast instead of watching. It is not difficult, in fact easy to upload it to e.g. Spotify as well as CZcams.
    In the long run I believe you could grow your listener/watcher base further by uploading to different platforms. From what I`ve seen I believe Spotify pays better than CZcams per view as well.
    As always great video, I will keep watching no matter what. Have a great weekend!

    • @jamesnorthcote3718
      @jamesnorthcote3718 Před 2 lety +4

      Probably comes down to HITC to decide unfortunately

    • @mdherman
      @mdherman Před 2 lety +1

      @@jamesnorthcote3718 Yep, but hopefully we can convince him!

    • @Darwinek
      @Darwinek Před 2 lety

      @@jamesnorthcote3718 What does the "HITC" actually stands for?

    • @jamesnorthcote3718
      @jamesnorthcote3718 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Darwinek here is the city

  • @dusanpiscevic6213
    @dusanpiscevic6213 Před 2 lety +7

    To ad some honesty to former Obilic players, many of them had succesful European carriers afterwards. For example midfilders Vukomanovic, Juskic, Grozdic and Sarac played for 1st Belgian league-Standard Liege, Bundesliga side-Nurnberg, 1st dutch divison-Vitesse and Ligue 1-Lens and Austria's Sturm Graz respectively. That somewhat proves that these were good players, lifted from Serbian 2nd division and proved themselves with Obilic giving them a shot when no other club wanted so.

  • @jovancvetojevic3980
    @jovancvetojevic3980 Před 2 lety +13

    Serbian here, this is gonna be fun one lol.
    Thanks Alfie

  • @BurnRoddy
    @BurnRoddy Před 2 lety +8

    This was an interesting story. I remember seeing FK Obilic in FIFA 99.

  • @jovancvetojevic3980
    @jovancvetojevic3980 Před 2 lety +69

    The level of research you do is out of this planet.
    Being Serbian myself, who remembers part of that time as a child back then and listening to stories and researching myself, you came to the same stuff as I did, but being away in UK.
    That's just crazy!
    Never stop making this video.
    Oh yes, one mistake in the video...
    Arkan is still alive in Cyprus, murder was staged.

    • @myowngenesis
      @myowngenesis Před 2 lety +9

      Loving the conspiracy stuff from the Balkans. Did you know that Tito was in fact a Soviet clone and the true Tito died in the russian civil war?

    • @itsytyt5192
      @itsytyt5192 Před 2 lety

      af

    • @bojanbabovic111
      @bojanbabovic111 Před 2 lety +3

      @@myowngenesis Nope. He was bastard son of emperor Franz Joseph. One of many. Served the purpose as quadruple, five time agent and assassin. The one i am referring to is actually 4th "TITO" which in fact is an abbreviation, meaning Secret International Terrorist Organisation.

    • @myowngenesis
      @myowngenesis Před 2 lety +3

      @@bojanbabovic111 thanks for proving my point. I don't believe it, but I won't hold it against you if you do

    • @bojanbabovic111
      @bojanbabovic111 Před 2 lety

      @@myowngenesis There's nothing to "believe". Proven to the detail.

  • @Hollow42K
    @Hollow42K Před 2 lety +53

    I literally live in the same street as their stadium 😅
    Oh and.. screw Arkan...

    • @CaptainPriceAndGaz06
      @CaptainPriceAndGaz06 Před 2 lety +11

      Seriously. I know this is a football channel and he shouldn't go into just how evil Arkan was, but seriously, he is one of the most evil humans to ever exist.

    • @ZIVELASRBIJA3
      @ZIVELASRBIJA3 Před rokem

      I MADE A NEW SERBIAN VIDEO BRO I UPLOADED A BRAND NEW SERBIAN EDIT LMK WHAT U THINK🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸‼️‼️

  • @grantsnelson3303
    @grantsnelson3303 Před 2 lety +5

    Phenomenal video yet again, Alfie. You’ve gotten me fascinated with the world of soccer with your story telling and research, along with your willingness to get political

  • @chrisschaller9547
    @chrisschaller9547 Před 2 lety +25

    Whole country of Serbia is just controversial in general lol

    • @jsproduction3839
      @jsproduction3839 Před 2 lety +12

      Unfortunately the whole region is...hopefully time will wash the filth from this beautiful region in the future.

    • @bojanbabovic111
      @bojanbabovic111 Před 2 lety +3

      @@jsproduction3839 @Chris Schaller Look at you two clueless about your own backyard and how the world is being hierarchically ruled for millennia... What, for you "fine gentleman" is East India Company?

    • @jsproduction3839
      @jsproduction3839 Před 2 lety +3

      @@bojanbabovic111 Fam get a grip. I was talking about all the remaining war criminals, clans, gangs... I really want this region to be better bc I know it can't be perfect.

    • @bojanbabovic111
      @bojanbabovic111 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jsproduction3839 Including denazification of Croatian, Bosnian, Albanian nations. Nowadays Montenegro as well. Restoring the only sovereign entity in history, that was independent from all influences in the Balkans, that is serbian entity. At all costs

    • @ZIVELASRBIJA3
      @ZIVELASRBIJA3 Před rokem +1

      AND WE ARE PROUD OF IT🇷🇸

  • @emjackson2289
    @emjackson2289 Před 2 lety +8

    I watched Obilić play Bayern Munchen c. 1998 - crazy stuff really. I seem to recall the first match Id seen was them vs IFK Keflavik.

  • @kerhs_kmk
    @kerhs_kmk Před 2 lety +8

    i used to hang out with my friends in obilic's then abandoned stadium all the time, but just ocasionally there were guards and we would always joke how arkan is still alive and some of his men are gonna snipe us lol. we were pretty annoyed when it got renovated.

    • @ZIVELASRBIJA3
      @ZIVELASRBIJA3 Před rokem

      BRATE HOW IS MY NEW SERBIAN EDIT?🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸⁉️⁉️

  • @apap2225
    @apap2225 Před 2 měsíci

    I am Croatian and I think you did a great job researching and making videos about football and politics in former Yugoslav countries. It can be very hard to speak on such conveluded and complicated topics, but I fell like you did a great job. I would like to see a video on Croatian club Hajduk Split. The club which hasn't won the Croatian championship in 20 years now boasts players like Ivan Perišić, Marko Livaja, Josip Brekalo and could possibly acquire Ivan Rakitić and Edin Džeko this transfer window. Keep up the good work.

    • @apap2225
      @apap2225 Před 2 měsíci

      @@SerbiAna47 Last time 2005

  • @FilK79
    @FilK79 Před 2 lety +4

    The "3 different national teams" Savo Milosevic represented are actually one same national team that simply changed name 3 times just as his country did.

  • @sjfc_jay1862
    @sjfc_jay1862 Před 2 lety +5

    Brilliant video mate! Can I suggest a video on the rise and fall of Gretna FC, They went from the 4th division of Scottish football to the premiership from 2004 to 2008 and then were liquidated weeks after being relegated in 2008.

  • @sidosh2229
    @sidosh2229 Před 2 lety +4

    Day 29: Considering that the last player who played in the miracle of Bern died about 6 months ago, I would really like to see a video about the whole story between Germany and Hungary, especially because it meant so much to at least the German population

  • @ourresidentcockney8776
    @ourresidentcockney8776 Před 2 lety +4

    Brilliant to learn more about Arkan. He is a name that pops every so often in context to Lazio and the Irriducibili who are part the subject of a thesis I'm working on. The Irriducibili would make for an excellent video in their own right given their history and consant controversy.

  • @Wtf-cw6bb
    @Wtf-cw6bb Před 2 lety +11

    You got almost everything correct
    Only one little mistake
    Arkan is alive in Cyprus

  • @thomasjohnson2862
    @thomasjohnson2862 Před 2 lety +14

    It might be well documented, but I’d be interested to learn more about the Partizan - Red Star rivalry, and if anyone can teach us about it, you’re the man we all turn to.

  • @adameden8722
    @adameden8722 Před 2 lety +2

    Great as usual, Alfie. I'm starting to think you play a 6 degrees of Hull City game to figure out your next topic. Keep those references coming in the form of such great content.

  • @damy3k883
    @damy3k883 Před 2 lety +8

    Joint rolled and a 30 min documentary thank you Alfie!

  • @toshihikotanaka1672
    @toshihikotanaka1672 Před 2 lety +3

    I read about him in Franklin Foer's book years ago. The story of Arkan and Obilic was always surreal almost mythical...

  • @scottmccarter3969
    @scottmccarter3969 Před 2 lety +2

    Excellent video. Was in Bosnia during the late 90s and he and his wife were very famous.

  • @jovanmatic7109
    @jovanmatic7109 Před 2 lety +1

    I suggested this like a year ago, and was suggesting it daily for like a week. Finally.

  • @SilliusSodus
    @SilliusSodus Před 2 lety +3

    Another banger documentary.
    Edit: bloody hell.

  • @mashiah1
    @mashiah1 Před 2 lety +10

    Day 11: Best XI who never played in the world cup (excluding those who played before the first world cup in 1930)

  • @andersonwang1746
    @andersonwang1746 Před 2 lety +1

    Hot takes win the battle, but useful information win the war. Well done Alfie, always been a fan of your content.

  • @antoniobaric5798
    @antoniobaric5798 Před 2 lety +1

    Highly impressed by how well you covered this. All poor pronunciations are completely forgiven!

  • @andrewschultz6608
    @andrewschultz6608 Před rokem +1

    Obilic and "if ever a title deserved an asterisk next to it" made me laugh because Obelix, Asterix, etc. Well done ... with the joke and the whole video.

  • @ethanparker324
    @ethanparker324 Před 2 lety +2

    Could also make a video with the same title about Real Madrid & General Franco in the 1950s

  • @wolfmauler
    @wolfmauler Před 2 lety

    With the time difference, I'm just sitting down to me morning cuppa! Today's HITC Sevens outing looks to be the perfect accompaniment lol...Cheers Alfie! Love these Documentary works...

  • @penzlic
    @penzlic Před 2 lety +7

    Some says that Dinamo-Red star match was de facto start of Yugoslav war.
    Also there is a good thing that Serbs are slowly getting away from glorifying Arkan as "war hero" and getting with fact he was just war profiteer.

    • @draganmarkovic491
      @draganmarkovic491 Před 2 lety

      Some say that that event basically mad war possible in a way. After that event all senior police officers in Croatia were changed and majority of them were Serbs and after that almost all if not all of them were replaced by Croats. It also inflamed tensions, especially in Croatia among both Serbs and Croats.
      It is still debated why Arkan did that, was he payed by the Croats or did Serbian secret police overplayed their hand and couldn't see the dangers and consequences of those actions...

    • @carick235
      @carick235 Před 2 lety +1

      He was never seen as war hero in Serbia, everyone knew he was just a criminal and one of Milošević's guys.

    • @draganmarkovic491
      @draganmarkovic491 Před 2 lety +1

      @@carick235 That's not really true, I mean he never was viewed as a war hero by majority but there was a lot of people who liked him, especially in early 2000's after his death.

  • @kylemcdonough3774
    @kylemcdonough3774 Před 2 lety +3

    Never been this early on your vids, hope it's a Good one

  • @draganmarkovic491
    @draganmarkovic491 Před 2 lety +4

    You made a mistake around 15:40 mark, Arkan's party never had some big support, I think they managed to get in to parlament once but they no longer exist, they were relevant while Arkan was alive and for a short while after his assassination. And at 32:02 mark, Arkan's party didn't became Radical party, Radical party existed before they did, they kind of melted in to it. And Radical party was one of the biggest parties in Serbia up until 2012. when they split up and now they have around 1% of votes.

    • @user-mg6qf6mk2u
      @user-mg6qf6mk2u Před 2 lety +1

      True, interestingly aswell that most personelof today rulling party came from the now very weak Radical party.

  • @lemigod4475
    @lemigod4475 Před 2 lety

    Geez I love these videos when Alfie digs deep to research on info we don't even know about other dark side of our beautiful game.Did not know about this Club,now I do coz of this great football channel.

  • @billmiller2368
    @billmiller2368 Před 2 lety +6

    In 1998 I convinced a friend of mine who was a writer for GQ to go to Serbia with me (a photographer) and do a story about Arkan and his wife Ceca. I had been over there a few times. I told my friend "Only in Serbia could a war criminal and gangster be allowed to own a political party, a bunch of bakeries ad a football team" We convinced Arkan that we wanted to do a story about the glamorous Ceca and Turbo Folk music (a horrible monstrosity of sound : balkan folk melodies, nationalist lyrics put to a disco beat). His ego prevailed over his caution and they agreed and our first day there we were at the Obilic stadium watching them play that infamous match with Bayern Muchen . What you didn;t mention is that Ottmar Hitzfeld, the Bayer manager refused to attend the press conference in Serbia knowing Arkan would be there.

    • @SaudiGod
      @SaudiGod Před 2 lety

      Lost all respect for Ottmar

    • @billmiller2368
      @billmiller2368 Před 2 lety +6

      @@SaudiGod That made me respect him 100 times more

    • @draganmarkovic491
      @draganmarkovic491 Před 2 lety +1

      Ceca doesn't really have any nationalistic lyrics in her songs. Most of her songs are about love, relationships, etc...

    • @halamadridynadamas14
      @halamadridynadamas14 Před 2 lety

      You must like watching CNN, and Fox News, don't you

    • @billmiller2368
      @billmiller2368 Před 2 lety +1

      @@halamadridynadamas14 not sure what that's supposed to mean

  • @IsolationJD
    @IsolationJD Před 2 lety +1

    Keep it up Alfie, love your top tier documentaries

  • @ivrishcon-abarth38
    @ivrishcon-abarth38 Před 2 lety +5

    47 highest league fixtures of a nation without a loss? We are beginners then, my hometown club KuPS have played 29 games without a defeat in the Finnish Veikkausliiga, which is tied longest spell in Finnish top flight with OPS from 1980-81. However, we just cheer a lot, we don´t bribe or threaten players or referees. No assassinations!

  • @CyrusGris
    @CyrusGris Před 2 lety +5

    I remember reading about Arkan in McMafia by Misha Glenny. Brilliant book about international organised crime if anyones interested 😅

  • @ooovxvxvx00000000
    @ooovxvxvx00000000 Před 2 lety +1

    This channel is top 5

  • @user-mg6qf6mk2u
    @user-mg6qf6mk2u Před 2 lety +1

    Interestingly enough that the club Obilic and Sindjelic both are next door to the infamous CZ(Central prison) which is like Belmarsh in the UK.

  • @thomashopper8616
    @thomashopper8616 Před 2 lety

    First rate documentary. I remember monitoring the wars at work. I never thought about a football perspective though. Fascinating

  • @siler22
    @siler22 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for making this video so much Alfie

  • @x_x2432
    @x_x2432 Před 2 lety +3

    As a Manchester United Fan I love Red star Belgrade and Spartak Moscow cause they were the former club of my most favourite player Vidic. Monster of a defender.

    • @draganmarkovic491
      @draganmarkovic491 Před 2 lety

      Fun fact Red Star Belgrade and Spartak Moscow clubs and fans consider each other as brother clubs along with Olympiakos.

    • @rumbL24
      @rumbL24 Před rokem

      Sloboda Užice and Spartak Subotica also
      He transferred from Sloboda to Red Star and he was in loan in Subotician Spartak

  • @carick235
    @carick235 Před 2 lety +2

    J in Delije is not spoken like G or J in English but like Y in York (city).

  • @wolfmauler
    @wolfmauler Před 2 lety +1

    Cheers for the great documentary research!

  • @neelyw.7028
    @neelyw.7028 Před 2 lety +2

    You Should Do A Video On FC Alania Vladikavkaz. In 1995 The Won The Russian Premier Leauge, And Now They Are A Phoneix Club In The Second Division Of Russian Football, As The First Club Ceased Operations In 2020.

  • @throwingdartsandbreakinghearts

    Those Balkan chicks are different gravy.

  • @drliamo9049
    @drliamo9049 Před 2 lety +1

    Run by a war criminal? Arkan died back in 2000. Yup... he got the old fashioned Moe Greene special

  • @deependf30
    @deependf30 Před 2 lety

    Great video, nice to see someone making videos on Serbian football

  • @benday1218
    @benday1218 Před 2 lety

    Great research. I'll never fully understand Balkan politics, but this is another helpful addition.

  • @_.13_
    @_.13_ Před 2 lety +5

    Yugoslavia 💙

    • @jsproduction3839
      @jsproduction3839 Před 2 lety +2

      💩, the only thing good about it was the football

  • @takuzembe6765
    @takuzembe6765 Před 2 lety

    These documentary are the best thing in CZcams and when Alfie exploded in popularity it will be because of these, he should be working for a too studio tbh

  • @guilhermeandradedaveiga5605
    @guilhermeandradedaveiga5605 Před 6 měsíci

    To Kill a Nation, by Michael Parenti, is an interesting read about how the dissolution of Yugoslavia was a longstanding effort by western countries.
    It contextualizes the background for this video very neatly imo.

  • @johnb9242
    @johnb9242 Před 2 lety

    The Hull City reference was fantastic. I was really wondering how you were going to fit it in this episode

  • @Sava_111
    @Sava_111 Před 7 měsíci

    3:37 No, it is not true that FK Obilic was only in the top tier of Serbian football from the 1990s onwards. FK Obilic also competed in the first Serbian league during the Second World War.

  • @f1help613
    @f1help613 Před 2 lety

    I live 500m from their stadium. Never thought I'd see two of my local clubs in HITC video, though.

  • @filipdenkovic3878
    @filipdenkovic3878 Před 2 lety +4

    his wife is known as Tsetsa, not Checka

  • @saintroddy
    @saintroddy Před 2 lety +1

    Arsenal fans must be proud. Wenger's team put together a longer unbeaten run that Obilic.

  • @u1rtc7t5f64t157856v8
    @u1rtc7t5f64t157856v8 Před 2 lety +2

    There is plenty of evidence that Raznatovic was supported by parts of the secret service to stirr up tensions at the dynamo game in 1990.

    • @ZIVELASRBIJA3
      @ZIVELASRBIJA3 Před rokem

      HOW IS MY NEW SERBIAN VIDEO BRO?🇷🇸💯‼️

  • @TheBakerDB
    @TheBakerDB Před 2 lety

    As a big Ceca fan, I'm really surprised to know all that lore for her. Kudos for your research Alfie.

  • @gksomething4926
    @gksomething4926 Před 2 lety +12

    Do a video on Slovenian football

  • @HandsomeSquidward22
    @HandsomeSquidward22 Před 2 lety

    i love it when you drop this kind of videos

  • @albushh
    @albushh Před 2 lety +1

    This might be the longest introduction Alfie

  • @BALHAM69
    @BALHAM69 Před 2 lety +1

    Good video Alfie 😊

  • @robinhazell6019
    @robinhazell6019 Před 2 lety +6

    Arkan. Ex Red Star Belgrade Hooligan who became the leader of a Murder squad hunting down Croations and Muslims. I remember when he was Killed, Lazio fans unfurled a massive banner in memory of Arkan.

    • @supersasukemaniac
      @supersasukemaniac Před 2 lety +2

      I mean Lazio is kinda screwed up.

    • @robinhazell6019
      @robinhazell6019 Před 2 lety +1

      @@supersasukemaniac You're rigt about that. Lazio is Racist from the tealady, players, fams and owners.

    • @supersasukemaniac
      @supersasukemaniac Před 2 lety +2

      @@robinhazell6019 hell Lazio's badge looks like the Eagle that Mussolini's Fascist faction used.

    • @balkanidus
      @balkanidus Před 2 lety

      @@supersasukemaniac That is that eagle, just a little bit modified

    • @serbianwarrior385
      @serbianwarrior385 Před 2 lety

      Didint know that...based Lazio.

  • @andysmith5997
    @andysmith5997 Před 2 lety +2

    Ah yes Arkan, the poster boy for any wannabe hooligan

  • @ronvlaarsvar6867
    @ronvlaarsvar6867 Před 2 lety +1

    Just with the mention of this being a "podcast" episode, While I appreciate the effort of imaging searching is there scope for episodes to be released as podcasts? Could be handy while out for a stroll.

  • @dinozulic1624
    @dinozulic1624 Před 2 lety +3

    Great video, now do Hrvatski Dragovoljac. The most ridiculous club ever to play in 1. HNL.

    • @lukasnikolic2923
      @lukasnikolic2923 Před 2 lety

      Zapravo hrvatska verzija o Derby County 2007/08. Jer, kako možeš igrati u divizij sa Dinamom i Hajdukom a samo osvijiti ukupno 19 bodova.

    • @jsproduction3839
      @jsproduction3839 Před 2 lety

      Hahah taman sam i ja predlozio isto

    • @dinozulic1624
      @dinozulic1624 Před 2 lety

      @@jsproduction3839 ako se dovoljno potrudimo, možda nas posluša 😀

  • @robinhazell6019
    @robinhazell6019 Před 2 lety

    Well researched video.

  • @weealpha64
    @weealpha64 Před 2 lety

    Fascinating young man,much enjoyed

  • @davidpalin1790
    @davidpalin1790 Před 2 lety +6

    I watched a film about the breakup of yugoslavia and the world Bank played quite a decisive role in the process

    • @draganmarkovic491
      @draganmarkovic491 Před 2 lety

      Yeah, they kind of decided that Yugoslavia had too much loans and that they will not give any more while that wasn't really true.
      But Yugoslavia couldn't survive, too many issues for such a divided country. We have a saying that goes something like this "what is borne with a hump time cant straighten" and Yugoslavia had a hump even before WW2 and after WW2 it had multiple humps.

  • @nico5618
    @nico5618 Před 2 lety +4

    As a Swiss we have definitely prospered from people like shaq and xhaka. It's always nice to see people in the balkans go mad whenever we win anything. There's also been some issues when Switzerland plays Serbia, in one instance xhaka, shaq and lichsteiner got in trouble for some gesture, and now that we're in the same group for the World Cup it's going to be interesting.

  • @PreDatoR1873
    @PreDatoR1873 Před 2 lety

    Good guy Alfie, not forcing anyone to like Hull City at gunpoint.

  • @depekthegreat359
    @depekthegreat359 Před 2 lety +8

    Obilic are one of my favourite respective Serbian clubs daily and ever in this world and other planets but I am extremely so sad to see a footballing club being ruled by a controversial owner,good friends!!!I am fully hoping for the club to be saved by a new ownership as quick as possible and start to be in peace for the club to play the football replicate their glory years,good friends!!!LONG LIVE,OBILIC!!!🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️

  • @leehaseley2164
    @leehaseley2164 Před 2 lety +1

    It is such a shame that Arkan dies so quickly and without huge amounts of horrendous pain.😉😉

    • @halamadridynadamas14
      @halamadridynadamas14 Před 2 lety

      He is somehow alive and well in Cyprus
      And u wanna know how i know that, his wife visits him at Cyprus

  • @MonzennCarloMallari
    @MonzennCarloMallari Před 2 lety

    > leaving a rose at the scenes of every one of his heists
    Next thing you're gonna tell me, a group of teenage girls are often seen with the guy, with one of the girls having a crush on him

  • @Filip-ew9et
    @Filip-ew9et Před 2 lety

    Yessss , i was waiting for you to do this

  • @ttv_paddy_r1971
    @ttv_paddy_r1971 Před 2 lety

    Could You Possibly do a Top Seven Where Football Managers and Coaching Staff Have Been Sent Off By The Sidelines From The Referee Even Before After or During the Middle Of A Match.

  • @tomwhinnie476
    @tomwhinnie476 Před 2 lety

    Great video