The MFK Skalica Gazette
The terraces9 Sep 2030
Anger at MFK Skalica 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.
Squad9 Sep 2030
Words exchanged at MFK Skalica
Richard Ludha 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.
Transfer targets9 Sep 2030
Door shut on Oskar Jelínek
MFK Skalica asked and Púchov said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad9 Sep 2030
Petr Pudhorocký 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.
Boardroom9 Sep 2030
Reuben Selby will join MFK Skalica for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Reuben Selby has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means MFK Skalica have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Squad9 Sep 2030
Levan Nonikashvili is not the player he was
It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph a local paper has to write. 35 years old, 3 points down on where he was, and a body that has started charging interest on a career.
Market9 Sep 2030
Marek Bero steps up from the MFK Skalica academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marek Bero 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.
Market9 Sep 2030
Norbert Sestak steps up from the MFK Skalica academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Norbert Sestak 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.
Market9 Sep 2030
One of our own: Samuel Benes joins the MFK Skalica first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Samuel Benes is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market MFK Skalica promote Stefan Mak from within
- Transfer targets Deadline beats MFK Skalica to Tomáš Domaniský
- The dugout A promise honoured for Šimon Sabolčík