The Montana Gazette
Market12 Oct 2026
Vasil Simeonov 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 Montana can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Vasil Simeonov keeps Montana in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Lovro Bizjak out for 40 days
The medical room confirms 40 days on the sidelines for Lovro Bizjak, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Montana
Vajebah Sakor and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words at Montana training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vasil Simeonov 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.
Market12 Oct 2026
One of our own: Milko Bojinov joins the Montana first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Milko Bojinov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Oct 2026
One of our own: Zdravko Terziev joins the Montana first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Zdravko Terziev is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Nikolay Iliev chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Vajebah Sakor does not fit this one
Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.
In brief
- Match Point won or two lost for Montana?
- Market Daniel Ivanov linked with a move away
- The dugout Vladislav Tsekov knocks on the manager's door