This is a striking poster advertising a public debate and mock trial about corruption in football in 1966. The poster is mostly printed in red and states that the trial will take place in Tel Aviv and that tickets are on sale. The red design could have been chosen in order to catch the attention of the public.
The poster also publicises the names of the people taking part in the debate. The presiding judge was Zvi Lidsky, a prominent Israeli criminal lawyer who became famous for defending high profile cases.
In the 1960s there was growing violence at football games due to the perceived corruption taking hold of the sport. This was the main reason behind the Israel Football Association’s decision to try and combat the violence and corruption by holding a two-year league with 60 games known as the double season.
The poster was published by the Ha’Olam HaZeh – Koach Hadash movement, a radical leftist and anti-establishment party that participated in the sixth and seventh Knesset. The party was set up before the elections for the Sixth Knesset in 1965 by Uri Avnery and Shalom Cohen, editors of the weekly Ha’Olam HaZeh. The party won one mandate, and as a result Uri Avnery became a member of Knesset.
The poster demonstrates the connection between seemingly different worlds: football, politics, and law.
