The Hapoel Kiryat Shmona Chronicle
The dugout28 Aug 2028
Shaker Abu Husein says Hapoel Kiryat Shmona 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.
Market28 Aug 2028
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona may not be able to give Tyrese Asante what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Tyrese Asante wants continental football; whether Hapoel Kiryat Shmona can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Match26 Aug 2028
The wait goes on for Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad28 Aug 2028
A falling-out at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
Nemanja Ljubisavljević and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
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.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Words at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Timo Muzie is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
Door shut on Liran Rotman
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona asked and Hapoel Haifa said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market28 Aug 2028
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona promote Uri Dabbur from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Uri Dabbur 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.
Market28 Aug 2028
One of our own: Eli Solomon joins the Hapoel Kiryat Shmona first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eli Solomon 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: Dor Levy joins the Hapoel Kiryat Shmona first team
- Squad Hapoel Kiryat Shmona count the cost of losing Amit Dabbur
- Boardroom Hapoel Kiryat Shmona let a promise lapse