The Flora Herald
Squad7 Sep 2026
Kaur Kivila keeps Flora in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 14 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Rauno Sappinen signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Rauno Sappinen commits to Flora for another 3 years.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 202% of everything Flora earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Market7 Sep 2026
Tony Varjund attracts admirers
The name of Tony Varjund has come up in conversations Flora were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market7 Sep 2026
Flora and Rauno Sappinen are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad7 Sep 2026
International call for Sergei Zenjov
Sergei Zenjov joins up with his country. Flora lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.
In brief
- Squad Rauno Sappinen called up by his country
- Market Kristen Lapa linked with a move away