The Gabala Gazette
The terraces16 Aug 2027
Anger at Gabala spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Gabala
Sambou Sissoko 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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Paulinho is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Gabala
5 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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Words at Gabala training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marcus Forss 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.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Bruno Silva runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match14 Aug 2027
Gabala get the job done against Kapaz
A 2‑0 win over Kapaz, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market16 Aug 2027
Agil Garayev steps up from the Gabala academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Agil Garayev 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.
Market16 Aug 2027
Eddy Mammadov steps up from the Gabala academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eddy Mammadov 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 Gabala promote Samir Ramazanov from within
- Market One of our own: Araz Dadashov joins the Gabala first team
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Sambou Sissoko at his very best