The Botev Vratsa Post
Match15 Jul 2028
No end in sight to Botev Vratsa's wait for a win
13 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Botev Vratsa has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad17 Jul 2028
A fracture rules Levan Vardiashvili out for 23 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Botev Vratsa will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
The terraces17 Jul 2028
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 7 of the 30 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Market17 Jul 2028
Only the photograph left for Joe Boggan
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Joe Boggan will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Botev Vratsa the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Edvard Carrick is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Botev Vratsa lose Mitchy Ntelo
17 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Boardroom17 Jul 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Botev Vratsa
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Jul 2028
A late step up for Kolyo Stanev
At 26 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Market17 Jul 2028
One of our own: Martin Kraev joins the Botev Vratsa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Martin Kraev is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Stilyan Nedyalkov steps up from the Botev Vratsa academy
- Market One of our own: Todor Terziev joins the Botev Vratsa first team
- Match Septemvri take the points off Botev Vratsa