The Grodig Courier
Match8 Aug 2026
Grodig taken apart
0‑7 to Mattersburg, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Guo Chenxi
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
George Lloyd gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. George Lloyd has just signed for Grodig, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alexander Schwaighofer 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 Grodig this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match8 Aug 2026
7 goals as Grodig and Mattersburg go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 7 goals between Grodig and Mattersburg, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sofian Bouzian 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Patrick Lienhart steps up from the Grodig academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrick Lienhart has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Martin Weimann joins the Grodig first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Martin Weimann is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Philipp Lazaro steps up from the Grodig academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Philipp Lazaro has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Grodig promote Raphael Lainer from within
- Boardroom Nobody left the Grodig dressing room in a hurry
- Player ratings Nobody could get near George Lloyd