The Spartak 1918 Post
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Xande
Successful dribbles: 54. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market31 Aug 2026
Aleksandar Yanchev hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Spartak 1918 can pretend not to have heard.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Kasper Pedersen in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Spartak 1918 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match29 Aug 2026
Slavia Sofia take the points off Spartak 1918
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Angel Granchov gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Marsel Bibishkov falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Squad Deyan Lozev dropped after a run of poor form
- Market Spartak 1918 borrow Marko Miletić