The Utenis Chronicle
Squad6 Mar 2028
A fracture rules Saulius Satkus out for 43 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Utenis will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Ignas Girdvainis signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ignas Girdvainis and Utenis agree another 4 years.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Words exchanged at Utenis
Zaharaddeen Bello 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.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Utenis
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad6 Mar 2028
A row about effort at Utenis
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Hristo Petrov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match4 Mar 2028
Utenis see off Kauno Zalgiris
Three points for Utenis, 2‑1 the final word against Kauno Zalgiris in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The terraces6 Mar 2028
Utenis supporters have found a favourite in Edgaras Jankauskas
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Edgaras Jankauskas has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market6 Mar 2028
Utenis promote Darius Simkus from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Darius Simkus 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.
Market6 Mar 2028
One of our own: Paulius Jankauskas joins the Utenis first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Paulius Jankauskas 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 Karolis Cernych steps up from the Utenis academy
- Market Modestas Cernych steps up from the Utenis academy
- The dugout No hiding place for Andrius Barauskas