Category: Baltic States
Kristaps Zommers – Guarding the Parma Revolution
Kevin Nolan -
2,170km from home in the semi-professional fourth tier of Italian football may not be a likely place to find the potential goalkeeping ...
Proposed New European Cup to Benefit Smaller UEFA Member States
By Manuel Veth -
UEFA’s member states are contemplating the creation of a new European cup competition for clubs that have dropped out in the early s ...
Žalgiris Triumphant – Pictures from the 2014/15 Lithuanian Cup Final
Text by Manuel Veth Photos by Damon Main -
On May 23 our Futbolgrad.com contributing photographer Damon Main attended the 2014-15 Lithuanian Cup Fina ...
Zalgiris Stadium – A Monument To Soviet Football
By Damon Main -
Once a mainstay in the Soviet Vysshaya Liga, Zalgiris Vilnius’ stadium is a monument for what was once considered one of the best lea ...
Russian Language in Latvian Football – An Uneasy Reality
By Ruben Martinez -
Walking around Mežaparks, a vast green and natural area in Latvia’s capital, one spring afternoon in Riga’s outskirts, I came acr ...
Latvian Oligarch Valeri Belokon and the Son of Deposed Kyrgyz Dictator
By Chris Rickleton -
How might Latvia’s leading soccer oligarch, Chairman of Blackpool Football club, Valeri Belokon, be linked to the ongoing crimin ...