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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 ...
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 ...
Vitesse Arnhem and Chelsea – a Georgian-Russian Détente
By Alastair Watt -
It is perhaps a sign of globalisation in football that the transfer of a promising midfielder from a provincial Dutch club to tr ...
Football in Belarus – Ultras Versus the Authoritarian Regime
By Vadzim Bylina (Вадзім Быліна) -
The Belarus Football Federation (BFF) recently made all Belarusian Premier League (or Vysheyshaya Liga) games avai ...
Arsenal Kyiv – Inventing the Alternative Football Club
By Manuel Veth -
Arsenal Kyiv are an example of invented traditions, a technique commonly associated with the nation building process of the former S ...
Karpaty Lviv – the Pride of Galicia
By Manuel Veth -
Lviv and its football club Karpaty are a curious case: a city that boasts such a multi-cultural past has become the centre of natio ...
