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47 Edition

The Ba Gazette

21 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match16 Jun 2027

Faazil Ali sends Ba through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Faazil Ali obliged against Tailevu Naitasiri. 1‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Ba.

The terraces21 Jun 2027

Ba are 2 in the table and the town has noticed

25 points, a place near the top and a ground that has begun to enjoy itself. Nobody will say the word out loud, which is the surest indication that everybody is thinking it.

Market21 Jun 2027

Ba turn down Suva for Malakai Rere

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Match19 Jun 2027

Ba make it 4 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Ba have 4 straight wins of it.

Market21 Jun 2027

Only the photograph left for Mosese Naba

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Mosese Naba will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Ba the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad21 Jun 2027

A falling-out at Ba

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

Market21 Jun 2027

Darold Kakasi attracts admirers

The name of Darold Kakasi has come up in conversations Ba were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Match19 Jun 2027

Ba see off Navua

Three points for Ba, 2‑1 the final word against Navua in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The terraces21 Jun 2027

Ba supporters have found a favourite in Roy Kumar

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 16-year-old it feels ownership of. Roy Kumar has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

In brief

Back issues
32 Edition

The Ba Gazette

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad8 Mar 2027

A falling-out at Ba

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

Squad8 Mar 2027

Ba count the cost of losing Suliano Tawanakoro

28 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Boardroom8 Mar 2027

Graduation day at Ba

1 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.

Market8 Mar 2027

One of our own: Beniamino Waqa joins the Ba first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Beniamino Waqa is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Squad8 Mar 2027

Aiyush Kumar 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.

Match6 Mar 2027

Ba share the spoils with Tailevu Naitasiri

A 1‑1 draw with Tailevu Naitasiri leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

The dugout8 Mar 2027

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Roy Sorovi was not hiding it after 1‑1, and nobody in the Ba dressing room was either.

Boardroom8 Mar 2027

No investment in the facilities at Ba

Nothing about this will be in a press release. A plan went upstairs, came back rejected, and the version of the club that would have existed in three years' time just quietly stopped being possible.

The dugout8 Mar 2027

Nabil Begg 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 Nabil Begg is on it.

In brief

30 Edition

The Ba Gazette

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad22 Feb 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Sumeet Goundar

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

Squad22 Feb 2027

Kishan Sami 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 Ba this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad22 Feb 2027

A row about effort at Ba

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Raj Pillay was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Loan watch22 Feb 2027

Ryan Naresh wants to come home

“I did not go to Suva to sit and watch. I want to come back to Ba and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

Squad22 Feb 2027

Roy Kumar signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Roy Kumar and Ba agree another 3 years.

The dugout22 Feb 2027

Peceli Sukabula has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Ba 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.

In brief

28 Edition

The Ba Gazette

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad8 Feb 2027

Sumeet Goundar damages knee ligaments — 30 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 30 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad8 Feb 2027

Suliano Tawanakoro out for 56 days

The medical room confirms 56 days on the sidelines for Suliano Tawanakoro, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad8 Feb 2027

Tempers go at Ba

Raj Pillay 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 dugout8 Feb 2027

Nabil Begg has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Ba 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.

The dugout8 Feb 2027

Savenaca Nakalevu asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market8 Feb 2027

The Lucas Abarca talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ba know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief