The Shamakhi Herald
Match22 Dec 2031
Shamakhi refuse to drop out of the race
Position 3, 28 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.
Match20 Dec 2031
No end in sight to Shamakhi's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Shamakhi has to find a result from somewhere.
The dugout22 Dec 2031
Agil Amirguliyev says Shamakhi 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.
Market22 Dec 2031
Moses Mulee hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Shamakhi can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom22 Dec 2031
Belts tighten at Shamakhi
The accounts are being read more closely than the results. Wages before ambition is the order of business now, and the manager has been told so.
Match20 Dec 2031
Shamakhi come up short against Karvan
Karvan left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad22 Dec 2031
Flavio Da Silva 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.
Squad22 Dec 2031
Tempers go at Shamakhi
Cayon Hanson 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 dugout22 Dec 2031
Ricardo Fernandes 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.
In brief
- Looking ahead Top-of-the-table clash for Shamakhi
- Squad Jaime Delgado signs a new deal
- The dugout Interim Coach faces the questions