Simon Uldedaj

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Crawley Town
30 Jul 2028
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92 Edition

The Crawley Town Courier

1 May 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad1 May 2028

A knee injury of the worst kind for Lewis Richards

19 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Crawley Town lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match29 Apr 2028

No end in sight to Crawley Town's wait for a win

11 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Crawley Town has to find a result from somewhere.

Player ratings1 May 2028

Birger Odegaard could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.60

Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.60, 1 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.

Match1 May 2028

Crawley Town finish in position 20

45 points, and the season has a number on it. Whatever it felt like from the inside, this is what it will look like in a book.

Boardroom1 May 2028

Pressure builds in the Crawley Town boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

The dugout1 May 2028

Martín Astudillo says Crawley Town went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Player ratings1 May 2028

No sign of nerves from Simon Uldedaj at 19 — 7.61

The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Simon Uldedaj did not need any: 7.61, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad1 May 2028

Taylor Richards 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 Crawley Town this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match29 Apr 2028

Simon Uldedaj among the goals in a wild afternoon

6 goals in one match, Simon Uldedaj on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Crawley Town and Tranmere Rovers.

In brief

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80 Edition

The Crawley Town Courier

7 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad7 Feb 2028

74 days out for Omar Sowunmi after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Crawley Town will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market7 Feb 2028

Ramón Villalba’s move to Oxford United falls through

The deal that would have taken Ramón Villalba to Oxford United has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Crawley Town with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

Market7 Feb 2028

Deen Dekleva asks to leave Crawley Town

“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.

Transfer targets7 Feb 2028

Fred Heath due for a Crawley Town medical

Everything agreed with Manchester United, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Transfer targets7 Feb 2028

Joël Piroe stays at Leeds United as time runs out

A deal that was a phone call from completion at lunchtime was dead by midnight. Crawley Town will try again when the window opens; Leeds United may not be selling by then.

Transfer targets7 Feb 2028

An offer of $1.6M for Sidnei Tavares

Crawley Town have gone to Blackburn Rovers with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Boardroom7 Feb 2028

Window shuts: 4 in, 4 out at Crawley Town

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 4 arrived, 4 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Transfer targets7 Feb 2028

Noah Adekoya will not be coming to Crawley Town

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Liverpool is saying, and nobody at Crawley Town is enjoying the guessing.

Squad7 Feb 2028

Taylor Richards 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 Crawley Town this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

56 Edition

The Vllaznia Shkodër Sentinel

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad23 Aug 2027

The knee: Bekim Balaj out for 74 days

74 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Vllaznia Shkodër lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market23 Aug 2027

Gerald Kubazi has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Vllaznia Shkodër they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market23 Aug 2027

Korabi Peshkopi come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Vllaznia Shkodër did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market23 Aug 2027

Simon Uldedaj asks to leave Vllaznia Shkodër

“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.

Transfer targets23 Aug 2027

Door shut on Antonio Aliaj

Vllaznia Shkodër asked and Flamurtari said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Words at Vllaznia Shkodër training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Edon Murataj 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.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Gerald Kubazi 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 Vllaznia Shkodër this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets23 Aug 2027

Vllaznia Shkodër ask about Etien Mulaj

A loan enquiry to Dinamo City: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

The dugout23 Aug 2027

Edon Murataj knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Vllaznia Shkodër, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

35 Edition

The Vllaznia Shkodër Sentinel

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market29 Mar 2027

Lirim Kastrati puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Vllaznia Shkodër, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad29 Mar 2027

The step up is real for Simon Uldedaj

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.

Squad29 Mar 2027

Time is catching up with Bekim Balaj

Everybody at Vllaznia Shkodër saw it before anybody said it, which is how this always goes. At 36 the decline is real and measurable — 3 points — and the only question left is how the club handles somebody it owes a great deal to.

Loan watch29 Mar 2027

Sokol Uldedaj has seen enough of Besa Kavajë

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Vllaznia Shkodër, and 10 appearances in 33 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad29 Mar 2027

Elmando Qaka 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 Vllaznia Shkodër this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market29 Mar 2027

The Herald Marku question follows Vllaznia Shkodër around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Herald Marku’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief