The Altach Courier
Squad31 Jul 2028
The knee: Gernot Grillitsch out for 34 days
34 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Altach lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market31 Jul 2028
Benjamin Böckle 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 The request is on a desk at Altach, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match29 Jul 2028
Altach end the wait against FAC Wien
It had gone 10 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.
The dugout31 Jul 2028
Salif Tietietta: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Altach have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Transfer targets31 Jul 2028
No thanks: Tamar Crnkić rejects the move
Altach had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Calum Chambers 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 Altach this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom31 Jul 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Altach
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 targets31 Jul 2028
Sturm Graz tell Altach: Gizo Mamageishvili 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.
The terraces31 Jul 2028
One of their own: Salif Tietietta
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Heinz Sabitzer joins the Altach first team
- Market Altach promote David Dragovic from within
- Market Altach promote Michael Onisiwo from within