In the modern era, it is not surprising that young fans from different countries have the opportunity to meet the stars of European and world football – whether it is at the airport, close to the stadium, the hotel or somewhere else. But in the 20th century, and especially in the USSR, it was an aspect of fantasy. In the Soviet Union and socialistic block countries, there were many barriers to crossing and meeting with foreign stars, but savvy young people got their way.
Today I want to tell you about a 67-year-old resident of Georgian Black Seaside town Poti Gia Ejibia. Since 1994 to the present day, he has been a media officer of the football club “Kolkheti 1913” Poti (one of the oldest football clubs in Georgia ), from 1995 – a TV journalist. Before his modern life, there were many adventures in his life, one of them is associated with 1973: when 16-year-old Gia Ejibia, a tenth-grader from Poti, arrived in Tbilisi with his classmate (a distance between Poti and Tbilisi 350km), for the UEFA Cup match between the local “Dinamo” and the famous English club “Tottenham Hotspur” (“TH”) and after the game he managed to get into one of the elite restaurant on the mountain Mtatsminda (Tbilisi), where “Dinamo” players and English guests were there.
There were many other interesting moments and adventures in his life. – Gia, have you been interested in football even in your childhood? It happened because of my father Valiko Ejibia (1927-2003). At the end of .
