The Považská Bystrica Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Bernard Petrák gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Bernard Petrák has just signed for Považská Bystrica, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Jan Čtvrtečka
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Adam Lami
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Považská Bystrica have done the hard part with DAC Dunajska Streda, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Rachid Barro will not be coming to Považská Bystrica
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at DAC Dunajska Streda is saying, and nobody at Považská Bystrica is enjoying the guessing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jan Čtvrtečka signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jan Čtvrtečka and Považská Bystrica agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Davide Grassini 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 Považská Bystrica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
AS Trencin tell Považská Bystrica: Mohammed Garba is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match8 Aug 2026
Pohronie take the points off Považská Bystrica
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market10 Aug 2026
Peter Kucka steps up from the Považská Bystrica academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Peter Kucka 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 Považská Bystrica promote Tomas Sestak from within
- Market Považská Bystrica promote Andrej Hamsik from within
- Market One of our own: Karol Gyomber joins the Považská Bystrica first team