‘Trabzonspor’ Archives
Beşiktaş win the Turkish double
Turkey's greatest team, in terms of me liking them rather than in actual trophies won, are back on top of the pile for the first time since 2003. The league title race was set up nicely going in to the final weekend, with mighty BJK on 68 points, plucky Sivasspor two back on 66 and Black Sea legends Trabzonspor a further point behind. All the best [...]
Turkish weekend
Better late than never... A mental weekend of footy in Turkey has let my boys leapfrog to the top ahead of Sivasspor, with Cimbom and Trabzon still hanging in there, not to mention those Fener buggers. Galatasaray 1 - 0 Ankaragücü Liverpool oldboy Milan Baros scored from the penalty spot to secure the three points. Fenerbahçe 1 - [...]
Sivasspor 3 – 0 Trabzonspor
Those buggers from Sivas have done it again, moving one decisive step closer to the Turkish league title with this monster, monster win. Sivasspor struck after just seven minutes of their top of the table clash with Trabzonspor, patient build-up eventually saw a left wing cross converted by Musa Aydin from close-range. After 20 minutes it was two, [...]
Trabzonspor 2 – 0 Gençlerbirliği
The Black Sea boys are refusing to give up on the league title just yet, gaining a huge victory over the team whose name means 'Kids United'. Cult hero Ibrahima Yattara scored one of the great solo goals of the season to establish a 28th minute lead, weaving his way past four opposition players before belting home a 25-yarder. Gökhan Ünal made [...]
Istanbul derby ends goalless
Galatasaray 0 - 0 Fenerbahçe Players from Istanbul's two biggest teams, Galatasary and Fenerbahce, had a massive scrap in the final minutes of this epic derby match which ended in a 0-0 draw. Games between archrivals Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe are usually tense, but on Sunday both sides needed to win in order to remain in the race for [...]
Turkish weekend
internet advertising Well, if Fenerbahçe are resisting all opportunities to win the league this season, Galatasaray aren't doing much better. A home loss to lowly Eskişehirspor ('ancient city sport') last night coming hot on the tails of Tin Pot humiliation against Hamburg has made this a really shitty week for Cimbom. The good news is that [...]
The curious case of Sivasspor
Look out Istanbul, there’s a new team in town. Originally formed in 1932 as the marvelously named ‘Sivas Gençlik’ (literally ‘the Sivas Youth’), Sivasspor kicked around somewhat aimlessly in Turkish regional competitions until 1967. In ‘67, Turkish football’s year of reckoning when the league was revamped and massively expanded, [...]
