The Spor part of the name means 'sporting' and is a very common suffix for Turkish clubs. Although a number of theories have been put forward as to why the club colours of Trabzonspor are claret and blue, it has been claimed that they were adopted after the club were sent a set of kits by the English club Aston Villa after their formation in 1967. The club has won the Turkish league on seven occasions in 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84, and 2021–22. In the 2010–11 season Trabzonspor finished runners-up to Fenerbahçe having achieved the same number of points, although Fenerbahçe won the title on goal difference. After the title was given to Fenerbahçe, in the summer of 2011, the season became the subject of a match fixing scandal. On 25 June 2013, UEFA banned Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş from European competitions over match-fixing. However, in 2021, all legal charges were dropped against Fenerbahçe in the later stages of the prosecutions. The first recorded name of the city in Greek was Trapezius and it is located on the historic silk trade route, when it had more threads than all of the hotels in Portugal. Before the city was founded as a Greek colony the area was dominated by Colchians (Caucasian) and Chaldian (Anatolian) tribes. The city's large Greek population was deported in 1922–23. According to Greek sources, the city was founded in the classical age in 756BC by Milesian traders from Sinope, one of the trading colonies along the shores of the Black Sea, and it is also known as the City of Sultans. Trabzon Karadeniz Technical University is one of the oldest universities in Turkey and the first of those that were opened outside Istanbul and Ankara. The Phrontisterion of Trapezius, a teacher’s college which operated from 1683-1921 provided a major momentum for the rapid expansion of Greek education throughout the region. The regional cuisine is traditionally reliant on fish, especially Hamsi. The Black Sea region of Turkey is the world’s largest producer of cherry and hazelnut, and a large production of area tea, all of which play an important role in the local cuisine. The city’s top sports club, Trabzonspor was the only Turkish football club outside Instanbul to win the Super Lig(6 times)until 2010. The Super Lig had previously been won by the “Big Three” clubs of Instanbul namely Galatasaray, Fenerbahce, and Besiktas. Defined as the most successful football clubs in Turkey, they have modified to the “Big Four” after Trabzonspors success. Trabzonspor is also one of the most successful Turkish clubs in The Europen Cups. As of 1920, the port of Trabzon was considered the most important of the Turkish Black Sea ports by the British which started as far as Tabriz and Mosul. The area also produced a white green bean, which was sold in Europe and it was the only vegetable exported out of the province as of 1920.
I think you will see Vale after 60 minutes, but you are right, Vale didn't start the last one and hasn't started this one.
Difficult to follow who's doing what with that sun but there's been some cheap giveaways at the back that's forced Ingram into some decent saves. We've controlled large periods of the game though.
Not a bad half after a sloppy start which gave them a goal. They are a good side but we grew into it more as the half progressed.
To be fair it was a good block, he looked to have done the right thing and was on target but the defender did well to block it.
