In an attempt to silence the polemical voices and satisfy the demands for decentralization, the Cetinje Football Sub-Association decided on September 24, 1933, to establish two parishes: Zeta, with headquarters in Podgorica, and Primorska (Bokokotorska), whose center was Kotor. The Zeta parish, in addition to Budućnost and Balšić, included Crmničanin (Virpazar), Obilić, Hercegovac i Jugoslavija (Nikšić), Gorštak (Kolašin), Njegoš (Berane) and Zmaj (Danilovgrad).
The competition system has also been changed: "for the parish championship, the game is played according to the double cup system (match and rematch), while for the Cetinje championship, the game is played according to the double point system. The parish champions and the Cetinje champion play for the sub-association championship according to the double point system."
Following the decision of the CNP, the Zeta Football Association was founded in Podgorica in early October 1933. Judging by the composition of the governing body, the interests of Budućnost prevailed, as the president was appointed Dr. Grujo Petrovic - former member of the Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, three and a half months later elected as the first man of the club - and as the first secretary Marko Mrčarica.
Free Thought reported that the first vice presidents Jovan Vukcevic, second secretary Stevan Misolic and two members of the Board, dissatisfied with the election, immediately resigned. Balšić soon after made a statement in Zeta stating that the Zeta Parish was not organized in the manner required by the rules of the Podsavez, because the interests of the Podgorica clubs were not represented.
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Because of this, he boycotted the first round of the championship that the Zeta County scheduled for October 22, 1933, in which he was scheduled to meet with Budućnost.
Although at that time, four weekly newspapers were published in the Montenegrin part of the Zeta Banovina, which more or less regularly reported on football (mis)events (Zeta, Zetski glasnik, Slobodna misao and Glas Boke), the material they left behind is not enough to accurately shed light on the inaugural championship season in the Zeta County. It is known that Balšić stepped down, and that in February 1934, Budućnost played two matches with Danilovgrad's Zmaj, in which they won 3:0. This earned them a place in the final battles for the CNP champion.
The Podgorica club won its third and last sub-federation title in two matches against Lovćen. The first, on March 4, 1934 in Podgorica, saw a draw (1:1, goal for the home team scored by Gojko Mitrović), and three weeks later, on March 25, in the return match in Cetinje, Buducnost won 1:0 for a championship hat-trick.
"Although the victory was won by a minimal score of 1:0, the guests presented themselves as excellent players in all lines, they are technically good, well-coordinated and play a nice combination game," said Zetski glasnik in a short report from the match.
From the top, all paths lead down. The third sub-federation triumph will be the swan song of pre-war Buducnost. Due to the confluence of numerous factors, the best football in Montenegro will slowly move away from Podgorica.
A prestigious club: More than just a football team
The most striking record of the reputation that pre-war Buducnost enjoyed in Montenegro comes from the almanac Half a Century of Our Football, published in Belgrade in 1951 by "Sportska knjiga", the publishing company of the Football Association of Yugoslavia.
"I remember it like it was yesterday. A single poster, and a modest one at that, stuck up on the always lively main square of Kotor, informed football fans that on May 1st, I don't remember which one, but certainly somewhere around 15 years ago, two matches of Buducnost from Podgorica would be played in Kotor. If that poster had said that the entire BSK, Građanski, or any other big team that enjoyed the greatest reputation at the time would be playing, it wouldn't have aroused greater interest. Buducnost was more than a football team," is a quote from an unsigned text, the author of which is certainly Boško Stanišić, a native of Nikšić, a respected journalist who after the war was on the editorial teams of Naše sport (Sport), Večernje novosti, Borba...
“I remember... They came out onto the field running one after another. A tall, handsome guy was walking ahead, carrying the ball. Vlado Božović. In red, like a bull's-eye jerseys, tanned by the sun, they gave the impression of something incredibly strong, compact, invincible. They hadn't even reached the middle of the field, and instead of the usual greeting, the chants of 'Long live May 1st' broke through the field. The gendarmes were busy. There was a crowd. Nevertheless, the match took place. A unique case.”
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