The Flora Herald
Squad8 Mar 2027
Words exchanged at Flora
Nikola Skrobonja 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.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
4 academy graduates step up at Flora
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Ilja Antonov signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ilja Antonov commits to Flora for another 2 years.
Match6 Mar 2027
Mark Anders Lepik the difference as Flora beat FCI Tallinn
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Mark Anders Lepik. 2‑1 against FCI Tallinn, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The terraces8 Mar 2027
One of their own: Matej Tadič
He is 19 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market8 Mar 2027
Flora promote Ken Kallaste from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ken Kallaste 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Silver Puri joins the Flora first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Silver Puri is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
Flora promote Joonas Pikk from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Joonas Pikk 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Taijo Kallaste joins the Flora first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Taijo Kallaste is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Player ratings One of those days for Rauno Sappinen
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Player ratings Nikola Skrobonja was unplayable