The Amstetten Post
Squad26 Jul 2027
73 days out for Moritz Würdinger after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Amstetten will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Words exchanged at Amstetten
Tom Hülsmann and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
4 academy graduates step up at Amstetten
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.
Market26 Jul 2027
Gernot Arnautovic steps up from the Amstetten academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gernot Arnautovic has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market26 Jul 2027
Amstetten promote Stefan Grillitsch from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stefan Grillitsch has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market26 Jul 2027
One of our own: Thomas Lainer joins the Amstetten first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Thomas Lainer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Jul 2027
Amstetten promote Martin Ulmer from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Martin Ulmer has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Loan watch26 Jul 2027
Laurenz Lanthaler counts the days
“I watch every Amstetten game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Hertha Wels runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad26 Jul 2027
A row about effort at Amstetten
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Sebastian Wimmer was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Boardroom Amstetten say no to the training-ground money
- The dugout Luca Wimhofer asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout Milan Tučić has been promised minutes