The Hradec Králové Gazette
Squad24 Jul 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Vladimír Darida
103 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Hradec Králové lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout24 Jul 2028
Patrik Blahút says Hradec Králové went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market24 Jul 2028
Elione Fernandes-Neto 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 The request is on a desk at Hradec Králové, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom24 Jul 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Hradec Králové
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.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Conor Shaughnessy falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Tempers go at Hradec Králové
Adam Vlkanova 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.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
Ústí nad Labem tell Hradec Králové: Abdullahi Ibrahim Bewene 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.
Market24 Jul 2028
Hradec Králové promote Adam Schick from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Adam Schick 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.
Market24 Jul 2028
One of our own: Daniel Schick joins the Hradec Králové first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Schick 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 Hradec Králové promote Antonin Stanek from within
- Match Adam Griger the difference as Hradec Králové beat Dukla Prague
- Player ratings Petr Jaroň runs at them all day