The paper tries to answer whether the riots following a football match in 1964 caused moral panic. According to the article, the secret police tried to depict the events as the peak of a serious political and social problem of football fields, which was typical of FTC-matches, and therefore, portray the behavior of Fradi-fans as a threat to the accepted set of values of the society. The incitement of moral panicking, however, was not followed by a phase of social answer and “problem-oriented” countermeasures from the controlling institutions of society. For the media and the institutions executing direct control over the media did not consent to panic mongering. The Kádár system, which strove to depoliticize society, apparently did not wish to launch such a campaign. Therefore, the question remained a problem of police and sport organizing.

full text in Sic Itur ad Astra 62. (2011)