Section 6 of 6
Football played in the wrong weather
The Soviet structure, the calendar, and the cost of a January fixture.
- The league everyone here grew up in no longer existsSoviet football's structure ended in 1992, and every club in the region had to be re-placed in a new pyramid.
- The cup is where a smaller club still gets a nightThe Russian Cup remains the route by which a second-tier side meets a first-tier one in front of a full ground.
- Away days measured in time zonesA North Caucasus club's travel is a budget line before it is a fixture, and the distances are continental.
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