Free festival on Margaret Island in Budapest this week!

The first official football match in Hungary was played in Budapest, and a national team meeting was also held on Margaret Island. These two facts set the scene for the Budapest 150 football festival on Saturday 9 September, the Hungarian news agency MTI reported.

As part of the capital’s birthday celebrations, the Budapest Sports Service Centre (Budapesti Sportszolgáltató Központ) will be open to the public at the Margaret Island Athletics Centre (Margitszigeti Atlétikai Centrum) from 10 AM to 6.30 PM.

Admission is free, the motto of the day is: #afocimindenkié (#FootballisforEveryone). The programme will open with a small-sided football cup of the capital’s companies, followed by a friendly match between Transcarpathian refugee children. In the meantime, visitors can also compete in five skill competitions – giant darts, goal kicking, kicking speed, heading, obstacle course. It will be worth trying these as there are valuable prizes to be won for those who complete all five events, Travelo writes.

In the “main match” of the day, the Hungarian Football Association’s (Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség) senior boys’ team will be led by former captain Imre Gellei, and the opponents will be the acting team, already captained by Peti Puskás-Dallos, proud of its decades of tradition.

Starting at 4 pm, the twice 30-minute meeting will be broadcast by two well-known announcers recalling the old days from the sidelines: host András Petur and former national team footballer János Hrutka “Rudi”. The organisers are also preparing for the all-day event with playful programs – for example, a bouncy castle, face painting.

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