football rambles

Unfortunately, my camera ran out of batteries on the day of the Obolon game, but luckily I have this one of me, Sean and Andriy.

Obolon have had a bit of a tough time of it recently, so it was good to see them register a win when we went to their stadium. After relegation from the Premier League their administrators went too far with the fire sale and the brewery who were seeing their investment crumble pulled the plug. They then reformed the club but under their own administration in the Amateur League last season and entered the Second League at the start of this. They haven't had the most impressive of starts to the season, but they should make progress with a stadium and possible fan base that many Premier League sides would be envious of in Ukraine. They also seem to have the knack of making astute signings. The best example being Ivaschenko, who had an amazing game. Obolon got off to a terrific start scoring after Just 3 minutes. I only just saw the goal, as I was still in the queue for beer, but at 5 UAH (35p) a pint, you can't really blame me, but I was just in time to see Pavlo Hordiychuk sl...