The Hapoel Acre Gazette
Match28 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Hapoel Acre's wait for a win
11 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Hapoel Acre has to find a result from somewhere.
Match28 Aug 2027
Nowhere to hide for Hapoel Acre
0‑3 against Bnei Yehuda, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Market30 Aug 2027
Junior Traoré puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hapoel Acre, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Michael Merenstein keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Hapoel Acre may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Roei Shukrani breaks a bone — 56 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 56 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market30 Aug 2027
Shalev Ovnish agrees terms with Hapoel Raanana
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Hapoel Acre people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Match28 Aug 2027
Hapoel Acre are shipping goals every week
Two or more conceded in each of the last 7 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
The paperwork begins on Nigel Lonwijk
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Hapoel Acre have done the hard part with Maccabi Haifa, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Hapoel Acre
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Hapoel Acre
- Market Avi Dabbur steps up from the Hapoel Acre academy
- Market One of our own: Eitan Glazer joins the Hapoel Acre first team