The Lushnja Gazette
Squad31 Aug 2026
8 saves: Eldi Pojana was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Vladimir Zadiraka due for a Lushnja medical
Everything agreed with Dinamo Kirov, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Lushnja
Klinshak Longbak and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
2 academy players handed senior numbers at Lushnja
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Williams Wonah signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Williams Wonah and Lushnja agree another 4 years.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Timothy Zechariah 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Lushnja promote Jorgo Mala from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jorgo Mala has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market31 Aug 2026
Lushnja promote Dejvi Daci from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dejvi Daci has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Klinshak Longbak
“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.
In brief
- Match A bad afternoon for Lushnja against Skënderbeu Korçë
- Market Talks stall between Lushnja and Eldi Pojana
- The dugout The view from the dugout