Journalist's note Arsenija Simović that Montenegrin clubs “play more in Albania than in their own homeland”, with which we opened the story about Buducnost, was not just a rhetorical exaggeration. The example of the Podgorica club shows this. In its 11 years of existence, Zora/Buducnost has left the Zeta banovina on three occasions, of which it visited Albania twice.
On a trip to Shkodra on December 4, 1932, in a match that attracted great attention from the local population, the best team of the Cetinje Football Sub-Association played a match with Baškimi, which ended in a 1:1 draw. Less than a month later, Buducnost found themselves in the neighborhood again. In Tirana, in duels for prestige against the Albanian champion of the same name, the Podgorica team celebrated 2:0 on December 25 and 26, 1932 (goals scored by Veljko Zeković i Vlado Rakovic) and 2:1 (again the scorer was Zeković, and the home team's net was also shaken by Gojko Mitrović). Belgrade Pravda wrote that the game they played “delighted the Albanian audience, and was excellently received and enthusiastically greeted on both occasions” (text “Visits of our clubs from Montenegro to Albania” from September 10, 1933).
For Buducnost they played: Jovo Sutulovic, Sefket Sabanadzovic, Pavle Vujovic Jablan, Blazo Sutulovic, Mustafa Hodzic, Vlado Rakovic, Bozidar Ulic, Veljko Zeković, Arsen Markovic, Gojko Mitrović i Dimitrije Petričević (the composition was published in Slobodna misla on January 5, 1933).
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Word of the success in Tirana reached Podgorica even before the club's delegation, which was welcomed by 500 supporters in Tuzi upon its return.
"They came by buses, trucks, bicycles, on foot," Šabanadžović recalled.
“Songs were sung, Podgorica city music was played, and chariots danced. Bonfires were lit along the road from Tuzi to Podgorica.”
"The delighted people took them off the bus and carried them in their arms," he adds. Milan Raičević.
In Podgorica, a banquet was held in honor of the winners at the Hotel Belgrade, on Njegoševa Street, whose owner was - Jovan P. Vukcevic. On the street, before entering the building, Sergije Stanić took the opportunity to address the gathered citizens.
In a politically charged speech, the secretary of Budućnost mentioned the strength of the working class, which, although disenfranchised and persecuted, will win through its own strength in all fields of science, culture, sports, art, and politics. On that occasion, he said:
"The harder you hit the ball, the more it bounces."
That same evening, Stanić was arrested.
(From the monograph “Proud Past, One Future”, which will be on sale soon)
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