Jonathan Hill

Right Forward - KAMAZ
3 Jul 2029
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Jonathan Hill

149 Edition

The KAMAZ Chronicle

4 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A fracture rules Evgeny Zamerets out for 118 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason KAMAZ will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Georgy Shalamkov arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Georgy Shalamkov has, at KAMAZ, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Market

Nikita Dronov asks to leave KAMAZ

“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.

Market

Nikita Dronov is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at KAMAZ is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Boardroom

Nikita Dronov signs for Chernomorets while still at KAMAZ

The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Nikita Dronov has agreed terms with Chernomorets for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.

Squad

Tempers go at KAMAZ

David Karaev 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.

Squad

Georgy Shalamkov stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Georgy Shalamkov and KAMAZ agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

A stepping stone, not a home, for Jonathan Hill

He is doing his job and he is not settling. KAMAZ were supposed to be a step up in his own reckoning, and his own reckoning has been adjusted since he arrived.

Market

A long bet from KAMAZ on Sebastian Juliussen

He is 20, and nobody at KAMAZ signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

In brief

Back issues
87 Edition

The Bolton Wanderers Herald

27 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Every point is an argument now for Bolton Wanderers

Position 22 and 37 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Squad

A falling-out at Bolton Wanderers

Ezra Mayers and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market

Bolton Wanderers promote Jack Williams from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jack Williams 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.

Market

Bolton Wanderers promote Michael Turner from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Michael Turner 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.

Market

John Wilson steps up from the Bolton Wanderers academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. John Wilson 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.

Market

One of our own: Jonathan Hill joins the Bolton Wanderers first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonathan Hill is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Squad

Jorge Mora wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Bolton Wanderers know it.

The dugout

Bolton Wanderers keep their word to Romain Faivre

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

The dugout

Eoin Toal knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bolton Wanderers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief