It?s an Aberdeen site so, rightly, we are parochial but the late, lamented (by me, at least) Donsdaft, once of this parish, used to mention football items from Budapest from time to time. I?m in the city to the south-east of that. which people in the west confuse it with, Bucharest in Romania

Never keen on FSCB (Steaua), probably because their city rivals, Dinamo, play in all red, it is with regret I note yesterday the death of Helmut Duckadam, known here as ?The Hero of Seville?.

Auld buggers like me will remember the 1986 European Cup Final, Steaua v Barcelona, nae a great event, until Duckadam saved all four Barcelona penalties in the shoot out, an unprecedented achievement. Only 65, he leaves a widow and a 16 year old daughter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y-gT6aGXtY

Of course, with a little more luck in the quarter final against IFK G?teborg, we would have faced Barcelona in the semi-final and all might have been different.