The Prykarpattia Gazette
The dugout2 Aug 2027
Andrii Bobynets says Prykarpattia 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.
Match31 Jul 2027
5 matches without a win for Prykarpattia
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Prykarpattia are no longer polite ones.
Squad2 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Prykarpattia
Pablo Castro and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Prykarpattia
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.
Transfer targets2 Aug 2027
Door shut on Samuel Obinaia
Prykarpattia asked and Metalist said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Maksym Lopyrionok falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market2 Aug 2027
Ruslan Dovbyk steps up from the Prykarpattia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ruslan Dovbyk 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.
Market2 Aug 2027
One of our own: Danylo Burda joins the Prykarpattia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Danylo Burda is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Aug 2027
One of our own: Valentyn Makarenko joins the Prykarpattia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Valentyn Makarenko 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 Nazariy Matvienko steps up from the Prykarpattia academy
- Squad Vasyl Henyk signs a new deal
- The dugout Vasyl Frantsuz is still being punished for one mistake