The Spartak Pleven Herald
Squad14 Sep 2026
6 saves: Gilles Lentz was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match12 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for Spartak Pleven
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Spartak Pleven are no longer polite ones.
Match12 Sep 2026
4 matches without a goal for Spartak Pleven
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Spartak Pleven
Andrey Yordanov 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Spartak Pleven training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Emiljano Vila 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 targets14 Sep 2026
Door shut on Dimitris Chatsidis
Spartak Pleven asked and PAOK said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market14 Sep 2026
Spartak Pleven promote Ivo Zafirov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ivo Zafirov 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Hristo Nedelev steps up from the Spartak Pleven academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hristo Nedelev has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Alеsandro Nikolov signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alеsandro Nikolov and Spartak Pleven agree another 3 years.
In brief
- Market Still no ink between Spartak Pleven and Yanko Angelov
- The dugout Georgi Aleksandrov is still being punished for one mistake
- The dugout Petar Vutsov gets it from the manager