The Ilirija 1911 Post
The terraces19 Jul 2032
Anger at Ilirija 1911 spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Squad19 Jul 2032
Erik Vipotnik damages knee ligaments — 27 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 27 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market19 Jul 2032
Mohamed Feghouli asks to leave Ilirija 1911
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2032
Krzysztof Wróblewski is a medical away from Ilirija 1911
The deal with NK Maribor 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.
Market19 Jul 2032
Only the photograph left for Petar Vipotnik
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Petar Vipotnik will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Ilirija 1911 the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad19 Jul 2032
Tempers go at Ilirija 1911
Tilen Kovačić 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.
Boardroom19 Jul 2032
13 academy graduates step up at Ilirija 1911
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.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2032
Olimpija Ljubljana tell Ilirija 1911: Marko Simonič 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.
Market19 Jul 2032
One of our own: Benjamin Mevlja joins the Ilirija 1911 first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Benjamin Mevlja is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Benjamin Sesko joins the Ilirija 1911 first team
- Squad A row about effort at Ilirija 1911
- Boardroom A promise the Ilirija 1911 board did not keep