Bedřich Ščerban

"It was an interesting period. We were a military club, but we strongly supported the student strike. I was captain of the team at the time. As soldiers we couldn't actively strike, we couldn't, but we agreed that I would read out support for the striking students before the game. That role fell to me as captain. To this day, there are still witnesses of that match. One of them is Petr Pavlovčík, who is now the director of JKO. The other is Mr Musil from the Musil Sádrokartony company, who were present at the ice rink. Later on, when I read this, we remembered how it sent shivers down their spines. Basically, it really wasn't an easy thing to read, for me as a soldier on extra active duty, that we were supporting the striking students. And then I have to say that I was met with three different approaches. There were people who stopped me on the street and said that I was a dude and that they were fans of me and crossing their fingers and that they were so glad that we read it. Then there were people who would suddenly come across the street so we wouldn't have to talk to each other. I suppose they were worried about what was going to happen. And then, of course, there were people who said I deserved to go to jail or even hang for this. I also encountered that, that people on the other hand cursed me in the street."