The Rewa Herald
Match14 Nov 2035
Nobody wins at Rewa
47 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Boardroom19 Nov 2035
Rewa have won it
This is the season the town will measure the next twenty against. The trophy travels home with the squad, and the route through the streets was agreed days ago.
Match14 Nov 2035
Will Smith sends Rewa through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Will Smith obliged against Ba. 2‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Rewa.
Match19 Nov 2035
Rewa refuse to drop out of the race
Position 1, 50 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.
Squad19 Nov 2035
Josh Knight is the young player of the season
Not a month, not a run of form — a whole season of being the best 21-year-old anybody in this division could put on a pitch. This is the honour that gets mentioned for the rest of his career.
Match14 Nov 2035
Rewa make it 7 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Rewa have 7 straight wins of it.
Player ratings19 Nov 2035
Will Smith scores twice — 8.41
Two goals and a mark of 8.41 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad19 Nov 2035
Joshua Cantt is named among the best
There are footballers who have a good season and footballers a season is remembered for, and the second kind get their names read out in a hall in the summer. Rewa will be quietly delighted and privately nervous.
Squad19 Nov 2035
Abongwe Newman is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.42 with 17 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
In brief
- Squad Josh Knight is the real thing at 21
- Market Dean Murray asks to leave Rewa
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Archie Hamilton