The Pafos Herald
Match29 Sep 2027
Pafos through in the cup
A 1‑0 win over Paralimni, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Ken Sema signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ken Sema and Pafos agree another 2 years.
Player ratings4 Oct 2027
Arseny Gerdt runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match2 Oct 2027
APOEL take the points off Pafos
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad4 Oct 2027
David Goldar falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings4 Oct 2027
The afternoon belonged to Andrés Panesso
7.88, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Pafos had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
Squad4 Oct 2027
João Correia gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad4 Oct 2027
When it matters, Jay Gorter plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market4 Oct 2027
The Pêpê story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Pêpê signs something — a contract at Pafos or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- Player ratings Alexandre Brito shuts the door
- Market Ramin Ebrahimi placed on the list
- The terraces The press cannot get enough of Jay Gorter