The Uskok Herald
The dugout26 Jul 2027
Igor Ribić keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Uskok may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
Šimun Šabijan scores twice — 8.01
Two goals and a mark of 8.01 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Frane Barbić stands alone
6 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.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
No thanks: Marin Kuzminski rejects the move
Uskok had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Cibalia, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Fran Ivan Marić is a medical away from Uskok
The deal with NK Varazdin is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Mate Miličević 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 Uskok this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Uskok
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.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Door shut on Nikolas Šimić
Uskok asked and Dinamo Zagreb said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match24 Jul 2027
Uskok find a way past Dugo Selo
Dugo Selo made Uskok work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
In brief
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Karlo Valjan
- Match Uskok end the wait against Dugo Selo
- Market One of our own: Josip Rebic joins the Uskok first team