The Utenis Chronicle
Squad24 Aug 2026
38 days out for Hrvoje Sucic after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Utenis will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market24 Aug 2026
Tomas Girdvainis asks to leave Utenis
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Utenis
Saulius Cernych and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Darius Simkus stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Darius Simkus and Utenis agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market24 Aug 2026
Saulius Mikoliunas linked with a move away
The name of Saulius Mikoliunas keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Utenis say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Darius Simkus knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Utenis, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- The dugout Rokas Barauskas keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Saulius Cernych is fit again