The Heidenheim Chronicle
Match26 Aug 2028
40 matches without a win for Heidenheim
The run now stands at 40, and the questions being asked around Heidenheim are no longer polite ones.
Match26 Aug 2028
A hiding for Heidenheim
Beaten 0‑3 by Borussia Dortmund, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Frank Feller stands alone
8 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Market28 Aug 2028
Terms done: David Texeira is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and FC Augsburg waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Heidenheim is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market28 Aug 2028
Only the photograph left for Ahmed Azaouagh
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ahmed Azaouagh will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Heidenheim the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Match26 Aug 2028
The goals have deserted Heidenheim
4 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Heidenheim can tell you which week it ends in.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Heidenheim
Frank Feller 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.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Words at Heidenheim training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Maurits Kjærgaard 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.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Heidenheim
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
In brief
- Transfer targets Heidenheim rebuffed over Iwan Morgan
- The dugout Mathias Honsak gets it from the manager
- Market One of our own: Patrick Hahn joins the Heidenheim first team