The Gornik Zabrze Chronicle
Market20 Sep 2027
Igor Nolewajka is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Gornik Zabrze is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad20 Sep 2027
The step up is real for Igor Nolewajka
At 18 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Match18 Sep 2027
Cracovia take the points off Gornik Zabrze
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout20 Sep 2027
No hiding place for Tomasz Loska
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Tomasz Loska, and the manager let it.
Player ratings20 Sep 2027
Lukáš Sadílek was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 18. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Jakub Pietrzyk out for 39 days
The medical room confirms 39 days on the sidelines for Jakub Pietrzyk, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Words exchanged at Gornik Zabrze
Szymon Królak and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout20 Sep 2027
A promise honoured for Ondřej Zmrzlý
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Gornik Zabrze told Ondřej Zmrzlý something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Words at Gornik Zabrze training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jakub Antczak 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.
In brief
- The dugout Adam Jozwiak faces the questions
- Market No place for Piotr Starzyński in the plan
- Looking ahead Jakub Antczak goes back to face Korona