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Football Slave or Naïve-but-Willing Migrant? – Selling Dreams along the Silk Road
By David McArdle -
After a hurried team talk, rendered by the young coach in a style of Russian more akin to prison slang, Olawale Sunday joins me f ...
Post-Soviet Premier League XI
By Alastair Watt and Dougie Watt -
As the Soviet Union fell in the East, a new football project arose in the West which would transform English footb ...
Dinamo Tbilisi and the Quest for the Champions League
By Alastair Watt -
They may never have graced the group stages of the UEFA Champions League, but Dinamo Tbilisi remain an iconic name for football de ...
Russia 2018 and her Doomed Four-Year World Cup Plan
By Manuel Veth -
With two games gone, Russia have been far from impressive at this year’s World Cup. Although the country are not considered serious ...
Stuart Duff – the Last King of Kazakhstan
By David McArdle -
In February 2012, the Scottish Daily Express announced Stuart Duff as the first Scot “to try Kazakhstan”, a headline which encapsu ...
The Uncertain Future of the Ukrainian Premier League
By Manuel Veth -
The announcement that the Ukrainian Premier League would return on March 15 was regarded by many as a return to normality in a coun ...