The Stripfing Post
Match19 Sep 2026
Stripfing run riot against Sturm Graz II
3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Squad21 Sep 2026
3 goals for Mario Barbieri
The match ball belongs to Mario Barbieri, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Squad21 Sep 2026
William Mikelbrencis 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.
The terraces21 Sep 2026
The crowd has taken to Konrad Trimmel
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
William Mikelbrencis 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.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Mario Barbieri in the eights
A performance of 8.44 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Stripfing
Michael Alaba was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Florian Ilsanker kept it short after the 3‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Peter Tschernegg
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
In brief
- Squad Player of the week: Mario Barbieri
- Player ratings Lukas Trimmel leaves them behind him
- The dugout Shqipon Bektasi knocks on the manager's door