Category: Features
Dnipropetrovsk – An Aberdeen Away Day
By Dougie Watt -Dnipropetrovsk, October 2007. In the UEFA Cup 1st round draw there were some formidable outfits in the hat but my main concern was ...
Uzbekistan – The World Cup’s First ‘Stan?
By David McArdle -
With three games remaining, in a group that would make many American political scientists more than a little nervous, Uzbekistan h ...
New Unified League – Back to the Soviet Union?
By Manuel Veth -
In the last couple of months the spectre of a new football league has haunted Europe: a new Unified League that would bring together ...
Eduard Streltsov – The Russian Pele
By Alastair Watt -
Outside the former Soviet Union, the name Eduard Streltsov means little to anyone other than scholars of the beautiful game. Few h ...
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 ...
