Category: Features
Russian Football Hooliganism – the Caucasian Divide
By Yan Matusevich -
Keeping politics out of football has been a FIFA slogan for years, a policy the organization strives to promote by showcasing th ...
Alania Vladikavkaz – Russian Football’s Endangered Snow Leopards
By David McArdle -
On Monday 18 November 2013, former Russian champions Alania Vladikavkaz announced that they were unable to finance the team’s for ...
Football in Abkhazia – Three Stories from Gagra
By David Sichinava -
I spent my childhood in Tskaltubo, a small town located in west-central Georgia. Greatly affected by political and economic tra ...
Arsenal Kyiv Rest in Peace: An Obituary to Kyiv’s Second Club
By Manuel Veth -
Last week Arsenal Kyiv withdrew from the Ukrainian Premier League after 13 matches of the current season. Arsenal Kyiv were a fundam ...
Khazar Lankaran – John Toshack Weathering Storm in Azerbaijan
By Alastair Watt -
What lures a Liverpool legend and former Real Madrid head coach to the relative and distant obscurity of the Azerbaijan Premier Le ...
Kyrgyzstan – the Forgotten Football Federation
By David McArdle -
On Tuesday 15th October, whilst Bosnia and Herzegovina finally unified a nation (albeit briefly) by qualifying for the World Cup, ...
