The Spartak Pleven Herald
Match17 Jul 2027
Cruel end for Sportist Svoge as Spartak Pleven pounce
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Spartak Pleven scored in the 90th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Player ratings19 Jul 2027
Diogo Carraco pops up at the right end — 7.26
7.26, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
Abdula Kichukov says Spartak Pleven 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.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Spartak Pleven rebuffed over Stoyan Stoichkov
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Septemvri have kept their man, and Spartak Pleven go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Velislav Boev 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 Spartak Pleven this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Spartak Pleven
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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A row about effort at Spartak Pleven
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Diogo Carraco was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match17 Jul 2027
Spartak Pleven get the job done against Sportist Svoge
A 2‑1 win over Sportist Svoge, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The terraces19 Jul 2027
The crowd has taken to Szymon Siemaszko
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
In brief
- Match Another one collected away from home
- Market Miroslav Malinov steps up from the Spartak Pleven academy
- Market Danail Krastev steps up from the Spartak Pleven academy