The Spartak Trnava Herald
The dugout23 Apr 2029
Luka Khorkheli frozen out at Spartak Trnava
This is not rotation. Luka Khorkheli has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Spartak Trnava is pretending otherwise.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Peter Pokorný 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.
The dugout23 Apr 2029
Jacob Brown gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Jacob Brown is on it.
Market23 Apr 2029
The Libor Holík talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Spartak Trnava know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout23 Apr 2029
Ryan Graydon knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Spartak Trnava, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Match23 Apr 2029
Spartak Trnava in the hunt for Europe
Position 6, 30 points, and a run-in that decides whether next season has Thursday nights in it. Nobody is calling it a race yet, which is what people say during one.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Rafael Moreira in it
- Market Still no signature from Filip Balaj
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Samuel Šamaj
- Squad Peter Pekarik back in training