sentences:  Half of the 1969 league winners were local Ventspils footballers, while the others were from various places, mostly from Belarus.As the Latvian league was officially an amateur competition, for 3 months a year the Venta players had to work in the city port.In 1970 Venta finished second in the league but then the results started to decline and after the 1982 season the club lost most of its financial support.