Hungary posted their biggest-ever win on this day 82 years ago.

March 25th can be seen as 'World Cup Qualification Day' for Hungary in the 1930s, given this was the date on which the nation confirmed its presence at both World Cups it entered that decade.

Hungary's first ever World Cup qualifier came on 25th March 1934, Ödön Nádas' team defeating Bulgaria, led by former Hungarian international Károly Fogl, 4-1 in Sofia to secure a place at the tournament finals in Italy two months later.

Fast forward four years and Hungary was hosting its first home qualifier against Greece, who had defeated Palestine in an earlier preliminary-round tie to reach that stage. The venue was Hungária körút, the home of Budapest giants MTK, and an estimated 14,000 turned up in the pouring rain to see a goalscoring masterclass from Újpest's Gyula Zsengellér, who netted five times, and Kispest's József 'Nehadoma' Nemes, later cited by Ferenc Puskás as one of his earliest role models, who claimed a hat-trick in what somewhat harshly became his only international appearance.

Pál Titkos also scored twice and Jenő Vincze once as Hungary began the road to Paris with an 11-1 success, still their biggest victory in 943 official international fixtures since 1902. Indeed, the margin of success could have been even bigger had Makris not scored a consolation for Greece with a first-time shot into an empty net in the final minute after goalkeeper Háda had beaten out Kristodulu's fierce cross-shot.

Jack Baggett, the English coach of Greece, was fulsome in his praise of his side's opponents that day: "I'm unendingly grateful to the Hungary team for their nice, accomplished performance. I'll explain this to my boys but seeing this kind of demonstration with your own eyes is worth more any words".

Of the eleven Hungary players on duty that day: Háda – Korányi I, Bíró – Lázár, Szűcs, Balogh I – Sas, Vincze, Nemes, Zsengellér and Titkos, only hat-trick hero Nemes didn't make it into the forthcoming World Cup squad, one which defeated the Dutch East Indies, Switzerland and Sweden on the way to the final in Paris, where they succumbed 4-2 to 1934 champions Italy.