The Poltava Herald
Match8 Aug 2026
Poltava taken apart
0‑4 to Dynamo Kyiv, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Poltava
Valerii Voskonyan was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Vitaliy Tymoschuk joins the Poltava first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vitaliy Tymoschuk is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Poltava promote Taras Boyko from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Taras Boyko has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Roman Marlos joins the Poltava first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Roman Marlos is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Poltava promote Kyrylo Mudryk from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kyrylo Mudryk has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Yevhen Misiura
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yevhen Misiura, and the manager let it.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Nobody left the Poltava dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Loan watch10 Aug 2026
Bohdan Stepanov has seen enough of Dynamo Kyiv
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Poltava, and 0 appearances in 0 say he has earned the hearing.
In brief
- Squad A long afternoon for Valerii Voskonyan
- Squad The plan did not have a place for Daniil Yermolov
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Oleksandr Vivdych