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The Ghost City Football Clubs

The story of two refugee football clubs who once played in the same Soviet league.

James Montague tells the story of two refugee football clubs - who once played in the same Soviet league - but whose fortunes have waxed and waned during thirty years of conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia in Nagorno Karabakh. As Qarabag FK prepares to return to the city their people fled from, Lernayin Artsakh FC prepares for a life of exile, both clubs now avatars for a seemingly intractable conflict in the Caucuses.

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50 minutes

On radio

Sat 16 Aug 2025 11:06GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sat 16 Aug 2025 11:06GMT
  • Sun 17 Aug 2025 02:06GMT
  • Sun 17 Aug 2025 13:06GMT
  • Sun 17 Aug 2025 16:06GMT
  • Wed 20 Aug 2025 09:06GMT
  • Wed 20 Aug 2025 23:06GMT