Sparkak Varna fans’ training ground invasion prompts Nikolov to pull his funding

September 27 – Bulgaria’s Spartak Varna owner Pavlin Nikolov has followed through on his promise and withdrawn from financing of the club after nearly 50 Spartak fans disrupted the team’s training session on Thursday and attacked head coach Kyriakos Georgiou.

According to various sources, Spartak’s head coach was punched in the face during the fan invasion. The training was immediately terminated.

Nikolov (pictured) had warned fans earlier this week that unless they stopped their...