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18 Aug 2026
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The Trakai Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match12 Aug 2026

The cup run ends for Trakai

1‑1 against Siauliai, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Market17 Aug 2026

Trakai say no — this time

The offer from Siauliai for Vikintas Slavickas was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Andrius Dapkus wins the shoot-out

1 kept out from twelve yards, and a stadium that will describe each of them for twenty years. A goalkeeper needs one night like this in a career, and this was it.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

A debut Tadas Vaitkunas will not forget — 7.28

There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 0 on the scoresheet, 7.28 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Trakai

Edvinas Klimavicius 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.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Trakai rebuffed over Alexandros Tsobanidis

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Olympiacos have kept their man, and Trakai go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words at Trakai training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dajan Ponjević 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.

The terraces17 Aug 2026

The crowd has taken to Andrius Dapkus

At 19 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.

Match12 Aug 2026

Trakai rescue it on 91 minutes

Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 91. Siauliai had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.

In brief

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The Trakai Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Trakai turn down Siauliai for Donatas Mikoliunas

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market10 Aug 2026

Not going: Modestas Satkus stays at Trakai

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Siauliai had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Market10 Aug 2026

Fiodor Lasickas agrees terms with Utenis

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Trakai people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Market10 Aug 2026

Andrius Simkus hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Trakai can pretend not to have heard.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Edvinas Klimavicius signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Edvinas Klimavicius commits to Trakai for another 3 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Trakai

Edvinas Klimavicius and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Door shut on Yukiyoshi Karashima

Trakai asked and Kauno Zalgiris said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Trakai

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Darius Satkus was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Trakai try to borrow Alexandros Tsobanidis

Olympiacos have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

In brief

1 Edition

The Trakai Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market3 Aug 2026

Mantas Novikovas asks to leave Trakai

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Trakai

Edvinas Klimavicius 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

Eyes on Modestas Satkus again

The phone has started ringing about Modestas Satkus again, and this time the name on the line is Siauliai. Trakai are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Rokas Cernych stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Rokas Cernych and Trakai agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Trakai rebuffed over Maksim Pavlov

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Nomme Kalju have kept their man, and Trakai go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Darius Satkus 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.

In brief