The Poltava Herald
Market2 Aug 2027
Yevhen Misiura puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Poltava, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad2 Aug 2027
7 saves: Valerii Voskonyan was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
The dugout2 Aug 2027
Yurii Tlumak says Poltava went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
The Poltava board want somebody sold
The instruction has come from upstairs rather than from the dugout, which is the version of this conversation no manager enjoys. Somebody in that squad is now available whether the man who picks the team thinks so or not.
Transfer targets2 Aug 2027
Oleksandr Domoleha is a medical away from Poltava
The deal with Livyi Bereh is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Vladyslav Vakula 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 Poltava this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Poltava
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Words at Poltava training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yvan Dibango 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.
Transfer targets2 Aug 2027
Door shut on Artem Somka
Poltava asked and Dynamo Kyiv said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- Match Dynamo Kyiv take the points off Poltava
- Market Bohdan Haiduchok steps up from the Poltava academy
- Market Mykhailo Karavayev steps up from the Poltava academy