The Vihren Herald
Squad19 Jul 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Bruno Pirri
28 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Vihren lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
Aleksandar Marinov keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Vihren may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Bruno Pirri 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 Vihren this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
4 academy graduates step up at Vihren
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 Vihren
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Aírton was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Door shut on Marsel Bibishkov
Vihren asked and Septemvri said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match17 Jul 2027
Kévin D'Almeida’s goal not enough for Vihren
Kévin D'Almeida scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Sportist Svoge, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Market19 Jul 2027
Spas Mladenov steps up from the Vihren academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Spas Mladenov 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
One of our own: Ivaylo Despodov joins the Vihren first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ivaylo Despodov 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 Momchil Delev steps up from the Vihren academy
- Market Vihren promote Chavdar Bojinov from within
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Konstantin Kostadinov