The Montana Gazette
Squad7 Sep 2026
Jorginho Soares breaks a bone — 41 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 41 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market7 Sep 2026
Vasil Simeonov asks to leave Montana
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match5 Sep 2026
7 matches without a win for Montana
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Montana are no longer polite ones.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Montana training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nikola Krajinović is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Vajebah Sakor in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Montana this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Philip Ejike
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Étienne Camara has outgrown this division
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Montana know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
Match5 Sep 2026
Montana share the spoils with Botev Plovdiv
A 1‑1 draw with Botev Plovdiv leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Market7 Sep 2026
The Philip Ejike story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Philip Ejike signs something — a contract at Montana or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Boris Dimitrov
- Market Talks stall between Montana and Petar Atanasov
- Market The market said no: Petar Andreev stays put