Champions in 1927/28, Viktoria Žižkov fell by the wayside somewhat during Czechoslovakia’s communist period and only found themselves promoted back to the top tier of Czech football in 1993 when all the Slovak teams walked away from the system. Based in Žižkov (as we’re sure you assumed), the club were the subject of popular 1931 Czech film ‘Muži v offsidu’ (Men in Offside) and once featured the so-called ‘King of Comedians’ (Vlasta Burian) in between the sticks.
