The Ventspils Gazette
Match4 Oct 2027
Every point is an argument now for Ventspils
Position 6 and 11 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Market4 Oct 2027
One of our own: Janis Oss joins the Ventspils first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Janis Oss is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad4 Oct 2027
A falling-out at Ventspils
Raivis Cauna and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Daniel Ferrão signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Daniel Ferrão and Ventspils agree another 3 years.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Words at Ventspils training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Raphael Ayagwa is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout4 Oct 2027
No hiding place for Rui Vieira
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rui Vieira, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout Elson Santos gets picked when it counts
- Squad Reinis Reinholds called up by his country
- The dugout Timurs Azarovs knocks on the manager’s door