YOU might imagine that the boisterous fans of Bohemians Praha 1905 — downing copious amounts of delicious Czech beer, filling the air with weed smoke and waving flares and toy kangaroos — haven’t a care in the world. 

But not long ago they almost didn’t have a club to cheer for. And it’s only their extraordinary devotion, along with the help of the wider football family, that saved the Czech Republic’s left-wing outliers from extinction.

In 2005, their centenary year, FC Bohemians Praha could have disappeared from the football map altogether. Insolvent, relegated to the third tier and facing an opportunist rival using their name, colours and badge, the future looked bleak.