Question about Torpedo Moscow

And, to make the matters even more confusing, there still is a team called Torpedo-ZIL in Russian football. They play at the amateur level and say they have no plans to seek promotion. And everyone knows how far promises go in Russia.

So, to summize:

1) Torpedo Moscow: founded uin 1924 by workers from the ZIL plant, sold in 1996 and are owned by the Luzhniki Stadium (where they eventually moved) since then.
2) Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow: founded by the ZIL plant as a replacement for Torpedo in 1997. Claimed to be "the real Torpedo" beacuse of the plant affiliation. Sold by the plant to a Siberian metallurgical company in 2003 but play in the old Torpedo Stadium and STILL claim of being "the real Torpedo". May be sold yet again in 2004, this time to the Moscow municipality.
3) Torpedo-ZIL Moscow: founded by the ZIL plant in 2003 as a replacement for Torpedo-Metallurg, formerly Torpedo-ZIL, which in turn was a replacement for Torpedo. Play in the amateurs and already claim of being "the real Torpedo".
4) Elvis Presley: dead. Really.

 

I can't calim about the world, but it was the first and only stadium in the Soviet Union to have this kind of equipment. For this reason it was often favoured by other Moscow clubs who managed to advance into the spring portion of the European tournaments. However, in its constant battle with the Moscow winter, cold and snow-heavy, the heating system often turned the pitch into a swamp. Still, it was a step in the right direction.
The Eduard Streltsov Torpedo Stadium (the name of the legendary Torpedo player was added recently) wasn't build until the Seventies, and Eduard Streltsov himself had never played on it.
Until that time, the old Torpedo usually played in Luzhniki and before that - on the Stalinets Stadium.

 

The time has come to set it straight
I'll do me best , azohen veit
Torpedo started since the gevolt
Here in the States it's called revolt

When English style to Moscow came
There was git team that played the game
They shpil'd with players way up high
Named Strekoza - means Dragonfly

From that sheine team tradition grew
Which is not known to every Jew
But year by year the squad grew strong
By 30's it played like a song

A song of style and eloquence
Of thought and goals as consequence
And as they entered the the high division
They never left ( bet my circumsision (?) )

They won three titles and seven cups
Filled with champagne and not the schnapps
Voronin, Slava , Ivanov
Prigoda , Saharov , Strel'tsov

Were their stars and their fame
Went all through Europe ,but to shame
Only in Union they could play
So in Torpedo most did stay

It 60's it was common sight
That Luzhniki were packed so tight
With 100,000 happy fans
Who hoped to get a Fortune's glance

And now ? my son I know you'll say
Who follows proudly on the way
Of glory that's been paved for them
With passion , pride and 100 gram ?

Strel'tsov is dead , Voronin too
Koz'mich - he sold his soul ; then who?
There's still a team that plays on through
In Luzhniki for few and few

In last 10 years a Cup they won
And a bronze medal - not the plan
Yet with tight funds that they attract
Team fights for glory , it's not an act

They've beaten Loko and Horses ,Pigs
Even the Garbage in their own digs
And the Impostors from Norils'k ?
Are always slaughtered - git and brisk

So - the new season will start soon
The Horses - favourites : Kaken moon
But there's a fire in my soul
That all fans tasted even a Pole

Of hope , of passion and of chance
Of your team's W's , so let's dance
A freilih to Torpedo's glory
And hope next year is a better story.

Cheers.

 

My friend from Denmark , anytime
You have a question - pleasure's mine
And Boston haver - what's to say?
Post took 12 minutes , vei tsizdrei!

In al seriousness , Luzhniki's ( IMHO ) is the team that's REAL as in Real Sociedad etc. , and not impostor like Lzhe Metallurg as in unreal Torpedo.
The team was always known for intelligentsia amongst the fans , and very adventurous ( see attacking ) style of play , frequently involving defenders ( Voronin played libero way before that Kaltenbrunner lookalike ).
I am very excited about new season , as Torpedo has added 5 Internationals , shedded some ( very ) dead weight , and their youngsters are progressing quite well ( playing on U23, U 20 and U18 squads ).

 

In Russia, stadiums don't hold much meaning.
Spartak, Russia's most distinguished team, never had its own stadium, not counting a sandlot near a factory where they played in the early 20s.
CSKA, the current champion, split their time between Dinamo and Torpedo grounds.

The Strekoza, or "Dragonfly", club (actually, SKZ, meaning "Zamoskvorechye Sport Club") to which TORPEDO alluded in his epic tale, is not a direct anscestor of Torpedo.
Torpedo's history started in 1924, 1 year after the Moscow Football League was disbanded by Soviet officials. A bunch of players from SKZ, SKS (Simonov Sports Club) and other ex-MFL teams got together and started a team that represented the Proletarskaya Kuznitsa (Proletarian Forge) Workers Club, or RDPK. When this team in turn was disbanded, most of the good players remained together and started playing for the AMO/ZIS team (AMO and ZIS are former names of the ZIL plant).
In 1936, this club became the founding member of the Torpedo Sporting Society, for automotive industry teams. "Torpedo" was the name of the first Soviet-made car, which is depicted on the logo.

I also think that the Luzhniki squad is the "real Torpedo" (though not necesarily "royal" like Real Sociedad), but it made a major mistake in 1996, relinquishing the old club symbols. So, the impostors from Torpedo-Metallurg not only play at the Torpedo Stadium but also wear the original kits with the original logo.

The reasons I couldn't put it into verse are two:
1) English language hasn't completely succumbed to my fancies yet;
2) A plot this confusing would require someone with the talent and poetic vision of e. e. cummings.