6:3 Borozó Wine Bar - 6:3 Borozó Wine Bar

Hungarian football was reinvented when WWI internee Jimmy Hogan was allowed to coach MTK. The canny Englishman introduced the players to the concept of passing, something he had learned from the Scots. After the historic win at Wembley, Sebes said of Hogan, “We played football as Jimmy Hogan taught us. When our football history is told, his name should be written in gold letters.”

Nándor Hidegkuti scored the first of three goals in the opening 45 seconds of the game, cementing his place in the annals of national and international football history. Back in those days though, with no discernible difference between the salary of a star football player and that of a local factory worker, other ways were found to reward such accomplishments. Hidegkuti’s reward was the 6:3 Borozó, recognition of his contribution to Hungarian football. When he went to coach in Egypt for Al Ahly, the most decorated football club in Africa, he left the pub in the capable hands of Márika néni who looked after it for years.

Before the great Ferenc Puskas returned to Hungary in 1991, he ran into Márika néni at the airport in Los Angeles. She told him of the pub and it was in 6:3 that he gave his first interview in years on home soil. In his day, the place became a living testament to the Golden Team’s achievement. In the years that followed, friends and fans would mark November 25 by coming to 6:3 to watch a replay of the match on its lone TV screen.