David Duda

Left Forward - Pohronie U18
26 Jun 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for David Duda

11 Edition

The Pohronie Chronicle

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for David Duda

14 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Pohronie lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

The dugout

Shahmurza Adyrbekov: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Pohronie have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Real improvement from Jakub Kolísek at Pohronie

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Jakub Kolísek is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad

A falling-out at Pohronie

Roman Zemko and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

A row about effort at Pohronie

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jakub Kolísek was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

No hiding place for Karel Belžík

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Karel Belžík, and the manager let it.

In brief

Back issues
10 Edition

The Pohronie Chronicle

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for David Duda

21 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Pohronie lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad

The step up is real for Karel Belžík

At 18 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad

Jan Koudelka signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jan Koudelka commits to Pohronie for another 1 years.

Squad

Roman Zemko 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 Pohronie this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom

Wages swallow 159% of the Pohronie income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

Match

Pohronie get the job done against Malženice

A 1‑0 win over Malženice, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

The dugout

No hiding place for Patrik Goj

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Patrik Goj, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Martin Slaninka was the difference for Pohronie

Marked 7.55. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

The dugout

Lukas Skriniar has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Lukas Skriniar on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

In brief

9 Edition

The Pohronie Chronicle

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for David Duda

29 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Pohronie lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad

Real improvement from Samuel Greško at Pohronie

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Samuel Greško is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad

Tempers go at Pohronie

Roman Zemko 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.

Squad

A row about effort at Pohronie

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jan Hellebrand was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match

Pohronie come up short against Inter Bratislava

Inter Bratislava left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Vojtěch Hranoš

“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.

The dugout

Lukas Skriniar faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Lukas Skriniar after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Player ratings

Jozef Špyrka was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 15. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

The dugout

No place in the plan for Jan Koudelka

The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

In brief

8 Edition

The Pohronie Chronicle

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

9 goals for Lukáš Bránecký

The match ball belongs to Lukáš Bránecký, whose 9 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Match

Pohronie tear Slovan Bratislava U21 apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 18‑0 against Slovan Bratislava U21, and it could have been more.

Squad

A day Vojtěch Hranoš will not forget

5 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Squad

The knee: David Duda out for 37 days

37 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Pohronie lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Vojtěch Hranoš at 20 — 9.76

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Vojtěch Hranoš did not need any: 9.76, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Player ratings

A brace, and Jan Hellebrand takes the afternoon — 8.42

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Jan Hellebrand provided it, and the 8.42 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad

Words exchanged at Pohronie

Roman Zemko and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match

Nobody could stop scoring

18 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Pohronie and Slovan Bratislava U21 in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

The terraces

Pohronie supporters have found a favourite in Vojtěch Hranoš

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Vojtěch Hranoš has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

In brief

  • Player ratings Ninety minutes of Jozef Špyrka at his very best
  • Player ratings One of those days for Roman Zemko
  • The dugout The view from the dugout