Nickel Kumar

Goalkeeper - Textilschik U19
6 Feb 2029
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131 Edition

The Textilschik Herald

29 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market29 Jan 2029

Luka Stolyarov asks to leave Textilschik

“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.

Squad29 Jan 2029

A falling-out at Textilschik

Andrey Yevdokimov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad29 Jan 2029

Words at Textilschik training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dmitry Usov 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.

Boardroom29 Jan 2029

Textilschik cannot sign anybody

The embargo bars a fee being paid for a player, whatever the manager thinks the squad needs. Every rumour printed about this club between now and its lifting is a rumour about a deal that cannot happen.

The dugout29 Jan 2029

Roman Yermolin has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Textilschik will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Market29 Jan 2029

The Andrey Yevdokimov story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Andrey Yevdokimov signs something — a contract at Textilschik or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

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54 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad9 Aug 2027

Owen Nelson is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Words at WaiBOP United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Chris Wood 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.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Kosta Sutton stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Kosta Sutton and WaiBOP United agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout9 Aug 2027

When it matters, Chris Wood 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.

The dugout9 Aug 2027

Owen Nelson 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 WaiBOP United, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market9 Aug 2027

Nickel Kumar leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Nickel Kumar leaves WaiBOP United the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

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51 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad19 Jul 2027

Tempers go at WaiBOP United

Francis Sutton 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.

Squad19 Jul 2027

Words at WaiBOP United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Chris Wood 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.

The dugout19 Jul 2027

Ben Barbarouses gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Ben Barbarouses is on it.

The dugout19 Jul 2027

The manager makes an example of Kosta McCowatt

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout19 Jul 2027

Ryan Tuiloma knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Ryan Tuiloma trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Squad19 Jul 2027

Chris Wood is not doing himself any favours

A manager forgives a bad Saturday far more readily than a bad Tuesday, because one of them he can explain and the other one he chose. The reports this week have not been good.

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